Addons you use!
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:22 pm
Greetings, Petopians and Petopia Lurkers!
I was curious as to what addons people use, and why? This included UI arrangements too. The reason I'm asking is because I generally like my set-up, but I'm sure there are other addons out there that would be extremely useful to have. I am also not limiting this to hunters - any addons you use for any of your characters would be cool to know about!
The addons I use (and why!) are, in no particular order:
NPC Scan is a great addon for keeping track of npc rares that you are searching for. It will notify you if you are in the vicinity of a rare that you are tracking, and will pop up with a target window of the rare you have found. The only problem with this is, of course, that once you have seen the rare in the game it becomes cached and will no longer notify you with a triumphant calling of horns that makes you jump out of your seat if your volume is up too loud! To remedy this cache problem, delete your Cache folder in your WoW folders. I like this addon because it is easy to use and helps me find rare pets that I want to tame!
NPC Scan Overlay will mark where certain rare mobs spawn on your map and minimap. Again, I like this addon because it is easy to use and helps me find rare pets that I want to tame!
Silver Dragon Similar to NPCscan, this addon will notify you if you mouse-over a rare, and pops up with a target window of the rare you have found. I like this because sometimes I don't notice a random rare (like a humanoid) at first, but I'll mouse over them and suddenly I am notified that they are nearby.
Auctionator
Like many people who play WoW, I have a bank alt that sells things on the Auction House. This addon makes finding the prices for buying or selling quick and easy. It makes posting auctions easy too, and allows you to do a scan of the Auction House so you have a rough idea of what prices on certain items are.
Postal is a great addon for organizing mail and allowing you to open multiple messages with the click of a button. I like it because I can sort between "open mail from AH" or "open successful auction mail only" etc. It's very easy to see what mail you have, and even refreshes your mailbox while you're "Opening All" so it still only requires that one click of a button to open hundreds of messages!
Bartender4 is the addon I use to customize my bars. I like it because you can change the rows/columns of each bar, as well as the size and number of the buttons, and spacing in between them. It also allows you to move the bars wherever you want, so if you don't like the Blizzard UI you can change things around. They even have an option to keep the Blizzard Art Bar if you like the traditional look of the bottom bars.
Sexy Map is a customizable minimap addon that allows you to see coordinates of your current location, show or hide buttons (both Blizzard UI and addon buttons), and you can change the size, shape, and appearance of the minimap itself. It also allows you to move the minimap and other windows such as the tracking of quest logs and achievements.
Recount is great for keeping track of dps and healing in particular. It will show you all kinds of data on various encounters you and the group you are with have with bosses, trash mobs, etc. This includes overall damage dealt, damage taken, healing received, healing dealt, dispells, pet damage, etc. It's nice to organize and get an idea of your own data so you can see how you measure up to other people in your group.
HealBot Continued is a very customizable addon that helps with healing. It allows you to cast various heals depending on what mouse/button combination you have set. I also like to use it when I'm healing as my raid frames, so I can see the entire raid but have it smaller or larger, depending on what I am doing. I personally usually have it set as a small window so I can easily click everyone's names for heals, but also can see what is going on in the fight. It has various fonts and colors you can use, as well as the ability to track and heal pets if you desire.
Deadly Boss Mods is a must-have for raiding and heroics in my opinion. It helps you to keep track of what the boss is doing when, when to dispel certain spells or interrupt them, etc. It also allows you to keep track of what is going on in a battleground and gives you "timers" for when certain bases like in Arathi Basin or Alterac Valley, etc.
GearScore This I may or may not be keeping. At this point with everyone going off of item level instead of gearscore, it's sort of obsolete. That being said, this is a very nice addon for organizing people's gear and inspecting what they have gemmed or enchanted.
SellJunk I love this addon. I can set it to either automatically sell junk (grey items only) when I visit a vendor, or I can click the "SellJunk" button at the top of the vendor window to manually do this.
I'm pretty sure that's all that I use regularly- I've used the Peggle addon in the past, but don't use it anymore because I have the full game on my computer now if I want to play it.
I may be forgetting a couple, but my break is just about up so I will come back to this later and edit if I have any that I forgot.
Anyway, just thought I would share and find out what the rest of you use also!
I was curious as to what addons people use, and why? This included UI arrangements too. The reason I'm asking is because I generally like my set-up, but I'm sure there are other addons out there that would be extremely useful to have. I am also not limiting this to hunters - any addons you use for any of your characters would be cool to know about!
The addons I use (and why!) are, in no particular order:
NPC Scan is a great addon for keeping track of npc rares that you are searching for. It will notify you if you are in the vicinity of a rare that you are tracking, and will pop up with a target window of the rare you have found. The only problem with this is, of course, that once you have seen the rare in the game it becomes cached and will no longer notify you with a triumphant calling of horns that makes you jump out of your seat if your volume is up too loud! To remedy this cache problem, delete your Cache folder in your WoW folders. I like this addon because it is easy to use and helps me find rare pets that I want to tame!
NPC Scan Overlay will mark where certain rare mobs spawn on your map and minimap. Again, I like this addon because it is easy to use and helps me find rare pets that I want to tame!
Silver Dragon Similar to NPCscan, this addon will notify you if you mouse-over a rare, and pops up with a target window of the rare you have found. I like this because sometimes I don't notice a random rare (like a humanoid) at first, but I'll mouse over them and suddenly I am notified that they are nearby.
Auctionator
Like many people who play WoW, I have a bank alt that sells things on the Auction House. This addon makes finding the prices for buying or selling quick and easy. It makes posting auctions easy too, and allows you to do a scan of the Auction House so you have a rough idea of what prices on certain items are.
Postal is a great addon for organizing mail and allowing you to open multiple messages with the click of a button. I like it because I can sort between "open mail from AH" or "open successful auction mail only" etc. It's very easy to see what mail you have, and even refreshes your mailbox while you're "Opening All" so it still only requires that one click of a button to open hundreds of messages!
Bartender4 is the addon I use to customize my bars. I like it because you can change the rows/columns of each bar, as well as the size and number of the buttons, and spacing in between them. It also allows you to move the bars wherever you want, so if you don't like the Blizzard UI you can change things around. They even have an option to keep the Blizzard Art Bar if you like the traditional look of the bottom bars.
Sexy Map is a customizable minimap addon that allows you to see coordinates of your current location, show or hide buttons (both Blizzard UI and addon buttons), and you can change the size, shape, and appearance of the minimap itself. It also allows you to move the minimap and other windows such as the tracking of quest logs and achievements.
Recount is great for keeping track of dps and healing in particular. It will show you all kinds of data on various encounters you and the group you are with have with bosses, trash mobs, etc. This includes overall damage dealt, damage taken, healing received, healing dealt, dispells, pet damage, etc. It's nice to organize and get an idea of your own data so you can see how you measure up to other people in your group.
HealBot Continued is a very customizable addon that helps with healing. It allows you to cast various heals depending on what mouse/button combination you have set. I also like to use it when I'm healing as my raid frames, so I can see the entire raid but have it smaller or larger, depending on what I am doing. I personally usually have it set as a small window so I can easily click everyone's names for heals, but also can see what is going on in the fight. It has various fonts and colors you can use, as well as the ability to track and heal pets if you desire.
Deadly Boss Mods is a must-have for raiding and heroics in my opinion. It helps you to keep track of what the boss is doing when, when to dispel certain spells or interrupt them, etc. It also allows you to keep track of what is going on in a battleground and gives you "timers" for when certain bases like in Arathi Basin or Alterac Valley, etc.
GearScore This I may or may not be keeping. At this point with everyone going off of item level instead of gearscore, it's sort of obsolete. That being said, this is a very nice addon for organizing people's gear and inspecting what they have gemmed or enchanted.
SellJunk I love this addon. I can set it to either automatically sell junk (grey items only) when I visit a vendor, or I can click the "SellJunk" button at the top of the vendor window to manually do this.
I'm pretty sure that's all that I use regularly- I've used the Peggle addon in the past, but don't use it anymore because I have the full game on my computer now if I want to play it.
I may be forgetting a couple, but my break is just about up so I will come back to this later and edit if I have any that I forgot.
Anyway, just thought I would share and find out what the rest of you use also!
