Nameplates - No happy middle ground?

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So here is my conundrum.

I dont like seeing health bars all over my screen when not in combat. I had a very simple solution provided by Kuinameplates that worked great until the pre-patch.

  • Target has a healthbar
  • Enemies in combat with me had a health bar (but at 60% opacity)
  • Friendly players had name-only nameplates at all times (but with lowered opacity unless targeted)
  • NPCs had the default blizzard fonts

The existing addons dont seem to be able to allow for this setup unfortunately. Most of the time its an all or nothing situation. Take Platynator. GREAT UI for customization, however you either have nameplates on every enemy on the screen, or none at all. This means if you are running through valdrakken, you see all the ugly bars over the neutral wildlife that populates the city. Or if you are exploring the world, its littered with nameplates even if you arent in combat.

Anyone found a solution similar to my bullet points?

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I am seeking a resolution to this as well. Either too many name plates or too little at the moment.

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I havent looked through the CVars since the patch but there were CVars to turn off nameplates for different mob types: pets, guardians, minions, etc. There was also a CVar to set the distance at which nameplates appear.

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I was also using Kui and didn’t realize why I dislike other name plates until OP explained the missing functionality. I hope there is a solution because having name plates all over the screen is confusing for battle grounds.