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On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:28:36 +0200, "Peter T." <pinoc10@hotmail.cum>
wrote:

>I'm looking at all my addons I use with my mage.  Deadly Boss Mods, 
>Power Auras, GTFO, Mage Nuggets, Parrot, Arcanometer, TidyPlates etc.. 
>I have a lot of addons incl. the boss specific addons for bosses like 
>Malkorok.  Its all about numbers, visual cooldowns, countdowns and timing.
>
>Is it possible to complete an unknown raid instance with a classic GUI 
>and no third-part addons at all?

In the olden days it was, as least as a player not a leader: I did
Onyxia/ZG with no combat addons, and Kara/ZA with only CT Raid_Assist
or whatever its name was (raidframe addon), even that wasn't needed
for a non-healer. Nowadays, it depends how dependent you are on them.
I couldn't heal without addons, I've got too used to VuhDo (I'm not
trying any 5-mans on WoD beta because of that, I just know I'd screw
up constantly without having my spells bound and clear raidframes), I
could probably dps, but ideally I'd want DBM or similar for warnings
of nasty stuff about to happen. 

I don't use many other addons which directly influence combat, the
default UI does most things fine, but some classes have quirks which
make addons very useful: shaman totems without an addon are just a
total nightmare (I'm playing a shaman on beta, and argh, too many
buttons, can't keep track at all), and feral druid/rogue are hard to
keep track of dots/buffs without an addon which puts both in one
place. I could do without those if I had to, but it's certainly easier
with them.