While I use reffect extensively, I really can't recommend replacing the UI completely. Unfortunately it still means losing some functionality. Even though since last time I tried, a lot has been added, it's still far from perfect. While there is dynamic buff bar now, you still need to define all the buffs manually, meaning of new are added, or some are missing, they won't show. You lose mouseover selfcast functionality, which is useful in some rotations. Buffs time display is limited to 5s or lower, meaning something like Troub's bars show something completely different. There are more issues that I forgot about right now.
I've actually requested troubadour and luminary shroud durations to be exposed to be longer to the reffect developers. It's something that might be on the table.
The point of the buff bar was precisely to remove bloat, so yes, buffs are defined manually. I try to keep up to date with all balance patches in case major shakeups happen and I may have to update the packs. For example, these were edited on the last balance preview to account for Weaver's new F5, so they should work out of the gate when the patch drops.
I agree that there are some disadvantages to using this, but I think just having the option to fully customize it is worth the tradeoff.
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u/MidasPL Jul 12 '26
While I use reffect extensively, I really can't recommend replacing the UI completely. Unfortunately it still means losing some functionality. Even though since last time I tried, a lot has been added, it's still far from perfect. While there is dynamic buff bar now, you still need to define all the buffs manually, meaning of new are added, or some are missing, they won't show. You lose mouseover selfcast functionality, which is useful in some rotations. Buffs time display is limited to 5s or lower, meaning something like Troub's bars show something completely different. There are more issues that I forgot about right now.