HudMap will place radius circles around raid members, indicating where it is safe to stand so as to not knock raid members all around the room and cause some nasty damage.
An example would be during the Blood Princes encounter, during an Empowered Shock Vortex.
In order to be safely out of range, you move your marker out of the radius of the debuff. When a debuff occurs that has a specific range that you need to be in or out of range for, a circle indicating the range of that debuff is placed on raid member's markers. Your marker in in the center and your fellow raid members are shown on your screen relating to their position and distance from you. Think of the addon as adding a transparent layer to the top of your screen, like a top-down view of the battlefield or boss encounter. I think it is a lot easier to show than tell - Antiarc has provided potential users with lots of videos of the addon in action to show just what the addon can do. So what does HudMap do? HudMap creates a heads-up display of player location and, during encounters, range data on debuff ranges, area of effect ability ranges and role indicators. On my paladin (my main raiding character), I can see everything that AVR provided me and more: encounter gimmick radius detection, character placement and situational awareness. On my shaman, it is invaluable as a totem range-finder at the very least, allowing me to see who is in range of my totems at a glance. If you haven't noticed already from the stellar introduction, I love HudMap.
In swoops addon guru Antiarc, famous for Omen, Sexymap and Sexycooldown, to deliver us the functionality of AVR and AVR-e without the game breaking, world drawing and inexplicable phalluses. This simple fact lead to some of the most hilarious comedy and the saddest, depressing tragedies. The prominent issue that resulted in the destruction of AVR and its ilk was the simple fact that the game world could be "drawn" on, modified without Blizzard's consent. With the imminent demise of AVR and AVR Encounters, the World of Warcraft community was torn in two. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond - your addons folder will never be the same! This week, HudMap replaces the hole AVR will eventually leave in your heart when it is destroyed in patch 3.3.5. Addon Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW game play experience - the user interface.
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