For those of you who play often and do specific things inside of WoW (raiding, instances, questing, gathering, etc.) there are really great add-ons that you can get to make your life easier. I often get asked which add-ons I use so I wanted to outline those here and explain what they do so that you can get a sense for what I use inside of WoW.
Add-On #1: Bartender
Bartender is simply amazing for customizing your action bars in-game. You can put them wherever you like, adjust the size of them, add bars you couldn’t see before and so much more. It has allowed me to put my portals and teleports up on the main screen all the time (as a mage) and not have to shift-click to them.
Add-On #2: Recount
Recount is great if you want to know how much DPS (deeps) you do in your group or on your own. You can set it up to track all of your DPS for a set amount of time and then you can do a recount on it. It’ll rank you against everyone else in your party and you can also broadcast the info out via raid or party chat. This becomes particularly helpful when you are trying to place higher DPS’ers in various groups or have them burn bosses faster. Plus there is something sexy about knowing that you place high in DPS… It just feels good!
Add-On #3: Quest Helper
Quest Helper, also known as QH, is by far the MUST-HAVE add-on for WoW. I don’t know how people could quest without it… Seriously. It would be like questing on Lord of the Rings Online. Warhammer Online figured this out by doing the nice pink area around or near what you need for the quest but Quest Helper has taken WoW to a whole new level.
What the add-on does is shows you where on the screen the items you need to gather are and the bosses you need to kill as it relates to open quests in your quest log. You can always turn it off too but once you have it, you’ll never go back. Think about driving across the country, in a country you’ve never been before blindfolded and without a map.
Add-On #4: Deadly Boss Mods
This add-on, otherwise known as DBM in the WoW community, helps you determine different unique abilities that bosses in WoW have. It also shows you when their buffs and debuffs spawn and how long until they disappear. Very cool in terms of knowing when to counterspell, mass dispel, etc. your target – specifically in raid groups.
Add-On #5: Auctioneer
If you place stuff on the AH to sell, you need this add-on. It will help you with pricing, availability, rarity of an item and so much more. It’ll also track your auctions over time showing you past posted prices, how to under price your competition and how many auctions just like yours exist. Very helpful to someone like myself as I’ve earned over 3,000 gold just from the auction house alone! My highest auction was 80 gold so you can see how many items I had to sell to get there!
What do you use in your World of Warcraft experience? What have you found to be helpful and what was a total waste of time?
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