Where’s My Tear Assignments (WMTA)

WMTA is a World of Warcraft raid utility that lets you plan, assign, announce, and confirm crowd-control and debuff responsibilities with very little typing or menu-digging. It focuses on clarity for raid leaders, quick interaction during pulls, and low performance overhead.

Core Features and Their Impact:

1) Purpose-built tabs for each assignment type

Curses (Warlock) — Multi-assign per curse with a configurable cap (1–4).
Impact: You can ensure the right number of warlocks cover priority curses (e.g., Elements vs. Agony) without over- or under-assigning. This reduces duplicate effort and forgotten debuffs.
Banish (Warlock) — Single assignment per raid marker.
Impact: Eliminates “two locks on the same demon” mistakes by enforcing a one-lock-per-target rule.
Sheep (Mage), Kick (Rogue), Shackle (Priest) — Multi-assign per marker with a configurable cap (1–4).
Impact: You can layer redundancy (up to your limit) on high-risk targets while preventing excessive stacking on one add.
General — Multi-assign per marker with no cap, and group-aware dropdowns.
Impact: Assign any raid/party member to any marker, with fast selection via group headers. You can toggle a whole group at once, or pick individuals within it.

2) Marker-centric UI with compact, no-scroll layout

Eight raid markers (Star, Nipple, Diamond, Triangle, Moon, Square, Cross, Skull) have consistent rows across tabs.
Impact: Your muscle memory carries between tabs. You don’t scroll; everything needed fits on one screen, reducing clicks in combat.

3) Smart dropdowns with checkboxes and group controls (General tab)

Single-level menu: first a group checkbox (“Group 1…8”), then indented checkboxes for players in that group.
Whole-group toggle: checking a group selects all its members; unchecking any member clears the group’s “all selected” state.
Summary line: if exactly one whole group is selected, the dropdown shows “Group X (N assigned)”; otherwise it shows a count or a single name.
Impact: You can assign large sets of players in seconds and see at a glance whether a full group is covered, without losing track of partial selections.

4) Announce and whisper flows

Announce buttons per tab: posts a tidy, multi-line summary to RAID or PARTY automatically. Lines include assigned names and the marker icon (e.g., {rt5} for Moon).
Per-row “Whisper”: sends a direct confirmation request to each assigned player.
Impact: Everyone knows their job before the pull; individuals are explicitly reminded. This reduces “Who’s on Skull?” chatter and cuts re-explaining between wipes.

5) Auto-assign for Banish / Sheep / Kick / Shackle

One unique player per marker, top-down, no repeats.
Impact: When time is tight, you can press a single button and get a fair, deterministic spread. If you only have three Rogues, only three markers get filled—no surprises.

6) Practical limits to prevent mistakes

Max per curse and max per target (for Sheep/Kick/Shackle) are configurable in the ⚙ options.
Impact: Your assignments stay within plan. If the roster changes, the addon auto-trims extra names and updates the on-screen summary so you won’t over-assign by accident.

7) Persistence that respects roster changes

Saved variables remember your plan between sessions.
When players leave the group or change, invalid assignments are removed from the UI and storage.
Impact: You don’t rebuild everything from scratch each night, but your lists also don’t get polluted by offline or missing players.

8) Lightweight, responsive operation

Roster snapshotting: raid/party membership is computed once per refresh and reused across all rows.
Coalesced updates: bursty events are throttled; the addon batches refresh work to avoid “script ran too long” issues.
Dropdown refresh (not rebuild) in General tab keeps checkboxes in sync without re-initializing the whole menu.
No-op save avoidance and precomputed marker tags reduce garbage and CPU.
Impact: The window remains smooth to use during combat or heavy join/leave churn, minimizing frame hitches and input lag.

9) Quick access and ergonomic controls

Sticky minimap button with draggable angle memory.
Lockable, scalable frame (80–140%) for visibility on different UIs.
Slash commands (/wt, /wmta, /wmt) and an optional keybind to toggle the window.
Impact: You can open the tool instantly, place it where it doesn’t block raid frames, and size it so names are readable at a glance.

How It Changes a Raid Leader’s Workflow:

Before pull: Open the tab you need, click group headers or a few names, press Announce. If you prefer a fast baseline, press Auto-assign first, then tweak manually.
During progression: If the comp changes, the lists self-clean. Limits keep redundancy sane. You can whisper individuals for confirmation without typing.
Between wipes: No re-entry of known, stable parts of the plan; only adjust problem targets. The UI avoids scrolling and keeps the same layout across assignment types.

Why Consider Using It:

It reduces human error: single-assign banish, capped CC per marker, and clear announcements.
It saves time: group toggles, auto-assign, and per-row whispering compress minutes of micromanagement into seconds.
It stays performant: careful throttling and lightweight refresh logic avoid UI sluggishness when the roster churns.
It stays readable: compact, consistent layout and smart summaries make the current plan obvious to the entire team.

WMTA focuses on doing one thing well: making raid assignments fast, unambiguous, and reliable for both planners and executors.

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