Reverting to the original intention of this forum, I would like to ask a couple of questions:

1) Aggro Radius

Can anyone tell me of a site that explains the exact calculation of the aggro radius.
I am talking about the distance at which a mob will stop being a dumb idiot and actually "see" you.
And, is there an addon that will show aggro circles ?


2) Mob hit points

I have heard of people talking about some bosses having such and such number of hit points, rather than a percentage (as they show normally).
Again, could someone tell me which addon can do that ?

Thanks in advance.

imho all mobs have about the same aggro range if your group is the same level as the mob and its about 20 or 25 feet i guess (this value is not verified! i just made it up) you can experiment with different ranged spells ;) no, there is or at least was a macro which could show the value of distance, but circles are impossible (i have thought about it once before) since the circles will have to be overlayed on the world and you can only adjust the user interface not the actual game world environment you can try mob2info or anything like that
note - all addons like mob2info get their data from earlier kills, some have a built-in reference of a lot of mobs and bosses when you download it but most build up a database during playing - (so the first kill wont give you info but from then on it remembers)

Everything has a set amount of hitpoints.

Just Blizz doesn't tell you, so mods have been designed to figure it out (from % of damage done by an attack that you know the exact value of, or just from counting total damage done).

Just that nobody cares about normal mobs' hitpoints.

The following is taken from the Aggro radius page on wowwiki.com


Current in-game testing shows the following facts:

The aggro radius of a mob having the same level as the player is roughly 20 yards (~ 18 meters)
Aggro radius varies with level difference at a rate of roughly 1 yard/level.
Minimum aggro radius for a mob seems to be combat range (5 yards).
A Hunter's pet seems to ignore the minimum aggro radius for low level mobs, even when controlled through Eyes of the Beast.
Aggro radius is capped at a maximum of 45 yards, that is, when the mob is 25 or more levels higher than the player.
Vertical distance seems to be weighted much more heavily than horizontal distance. A mob standing on a ledge 4 yards above your head can fail to aggro even if standing 4 yards away from the same mob on level ground will draw aggro.

The mobinfo2 mod comes equipped with the MobHealth2 mod that will calculate the amount of health a mob has based on the percentage of health left and the damage you have done to it. It's a really convenient mod to have, I highly recommend it.

Thanks for all the useful and intelligent comments. Will follow suggestions.

P.S.: A pleasure to see an uncontroversial topic for a change.

That's what you get for asking a useful and intelligent question.