LotusResourceTick
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A minimal tick indicator overlaid on the standard Energy/Mana bar that shows exactly when your next resource regen tick lands.
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Description
LotusResourceTick
A minimal, non-intrusive tick indicator built directly into your standard Blizzard UI power bar. No custom frames, no extra windows — just a thin line that tells you exactly when your next resource tick lands.
Why?
Classic's Energy and Mana regeneration both happen in fixed ticks roughly every 2 seconds. Knowing precisely when the next tick lands lets Rogues, Cat Form Druids, and Mana classes time their openers and ability usage for maximum resource efficiency — without cluttering your interface with a whole new resource-tracking addon. Warriors and Bear Form Druids get the same idea applied to Rage decay: a line that shows exactly when you're about to bleed Rage while out of combat.
Features
- Standard UI integration — draws directly on top of the existing power bar on the default PlayerFrame. No repositioning, no separate frame to manage.
- Energy, Mana & Rage support — automatically detects your active resource and tracks the correct one. Switches seamlessly when a Druid shifts between Cat Form (Energy), Bear Form (Rage), and Caster Form (Mana).
- Self-correcting sync — the indicator anchors itself to real, observed events rather than a fixed guess, so it stays accurate over time instead of drifting.
- Honest confidence display — when a tick can't be observed directly (e.g. resource pool full), the indicator keeps running on its last known timing but dims slightly to show it's now an estimate rather than a confirmed sync.
- Configurable — adjust bar width, transparency, and pick a color per resource (Energy/Mana/Rage), or disable any of the three individually — all from a proper settings panel, no slash commands needed.
- Fully localized — UI available in all official WoW client languages.
- Featherlight footprint — a handful of small Lua files, no external libraries.
Supported Resources
| Resource | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | ✅ | Rogues, Cat Form Druids — ticks every 2s while gaining |
| Mana | ✅ | Any Mana-using class/form — ticks every 2s while gaining |
| Rage | ✅ | Warriors, Bear Form Druids — Rage has no periodic tick while gaining in combat, but decays on a real rhythm out of combat. The indicator shows that decay instead (reversed direction), with the interval learned live from your own observed decay ticks rather than a hardcoded guess |
How It Works
The addon watches your power value every frame. Whenever it detects a real tick (Energy/Mana increasing, or Rage decreasing out of combat), it re-anchors its internal timer to that exact moment. Between ticks — or when a value is capped/idle and no change is observable — it keeps looping on the known interval, dimming slightly the longer it's been running on an estimate rather than a freshly confirmed tick.
Configuration
Open Interface Options → Lotus → ResourceTick to adjust:
- Bar width
- Transparency
- Bar color per resource (Energy / Mana / Rage)
- Enable/disable the indicator per resource
Compatibility
Built for WoW Classic Era. Touches only the existing PlayerFrameManaBar — no UI replacements, no taint-prone hooks into secure frames.
Part of the Lotus Addon Family
LotusResourceTick is one of several small, focused addons built for a tight-knit guild — each one solving a single specific problem without bloating the interface.
LotusResourceTick Team
