Some addons are just downright essential, and I've provided a list here of the ones commonly used by some of us in the guild. What follows is a list, with info on what the addon does. Also, check out SignsofKelani's video at the end of his top most useful addons. How to download addons for WoWThere are several ways to download addons, but one of the easiest ways is to first get Twitch. You can download Twitch from its website HERE. Once you download Twitch, Twitch will let you download each addon mentioned here and update them them as needed. Addon ESSENTIAL for RaidingDeadly Boss Mods (DBM): Gives warnings when the boss is about to do something nasty, when you are standing in crap and other useful raid-wide warnings. It'll give tanks warnings when to tank swap. It'll sometimes give healers warnings when something cleanable comes up that can be purged. It's just really handy to have. A raider is blind without it. We require that all raiders in our guild get this addon. Other Raiding AddonsDetails! Damage Meter: This is my favorite DPS meter. There are others as well. This one shows DPS and damage done of everyone in the raid, along with loads of statistics. It can also be made to show HPS and healing done instead. I consider it a must have, to know how you are doing, so that you can work on improving. It follows all the raids you ever do, and you can look up past ones, as well as track how your guild improves over time. Very cool. Hekili: Hekili is a rotation addon that tells you the three next buttons to hit for your rotation, depending on the changing situation of the raid. You can also program it with your current gear and it will update your rotation to include your gear in mind as well. It's highly useful when learning new classes or to remember your rotation in the heat of a boss fight! TANKING Omen: A threat meter showing how much threat you are generating on your current target and how much threat everyone else has. HEALING The best thing I recommend for Healers is mouse-over macros for all your healing spells, so one doesn't have to click on targets to heal. One can also get addons to adjust the raid frames, making them larger; but WoW's in-game raid frames have less lag and also can be optimized to be as large as necessary, making these addons not as important as they used to be. Decursive: Decursive is a cleansing mod intended to make affliction removal easy, effective and fun for all classes having this ability, including dps, not just healers. Other General AddonsAskMrRobot: This addon gives you a code-string that you can put into the AskMrRobot website, that will tell you what the best-in-slot items are for your spec, as well as how you can optimize your gear. It also does the following:
Easy Scrap: This addon makes it easy to scrap large quantities of items with a few clicks, allowing you to queue up items needing to be scrapped. This addon is essential when farming expulsom. Here's a list of its other features:
The Undermine Journal: This addon shows realm-specific pricing information in item tooltips for all US and EU realms. It should be updated twice each week, on Tuesday and Saturday mornings. WeakAuras: WeakAuras is a powerful and flexible framework that allows the display of highly customizable graphics on World of Warcraft's user interface to indicate buffs, debuffs, and other relevant information. Disclaimer: I've never been able to figure out how to use WeakAuras, but I'm told, once you learn it, it's extremely powerful. Battle Pet Breed ID: Battle Pet BreedID is a standalone addon that will display the Breed of any pet in the following situations:
Identity-2: This addon allows you to specify your main character's name, an identity format string, and which channels will have your identity tag prepended. It also allows you to specify a nickname for use in Raid and Party channels. NPCScan: This addon helps one find rare mobs or hunter pets in the game. NPCScan helps you find NPCs by scanning nameplates, minimap vignettes, and mouseover targets, with an optional dynamic targeting keybinding. Once an NPC is found by one of these methods, an on screen alert is displayed and an audio alert is played. TradeSkillMaster (TSM): Trade skill master is a hugely powerful addon, essential for all who want to make a lot of gold in WoW. I highly recommend this addon, and learning to use it via guides online. TSM4 is the most up-to-date version. Here's the description from the addon: TradeSkillMaster (TSM) is an addon designed to help both casual gold makers as well as experienced goblins streamline their gold-making processes. TSM's features include everything from improving the native crafting and auctioning experiences to helping you gather needed materials and sniping that low-hanging auction house fruit! TradeSkillMaster currently offers the following features:
Accountant: An addon for tracking gold in World of Warcraft. Are you one of those people that at the end of the week, just can't figure out where your gold went? Do you want to know what your biggest expenses are? Accountant is an independent Gold tracking ad don that tells you exactly how much your trip to the auction has cost you, what you spend on taxi costs, what you have earned from quests and many other things. Independent tracking: Accountant allows you to sort your income and expense by Total , Monthly, Weekly, and daily earned gold. You can also check where your biggest income is and what you spend most of your gold on. Adibags: AdiBags displays the content of your bags in one view, distributed into several sections using smart filters. It is heavily inspired by Nargiddley’s Baggins. Configuration is available through Blizzard addon panel, /adibags chat command or right-clicking on the LDB plugin. Camera Max Factor: This AddOn sets the Camera Zoom Factor to it's maximum on every login. World Quest Tracker:
Sexymap:
Simulation Craft: This is a small addon that simplifies the process of generating a Simulationcraft profile for your character. Typing the chat command /simc will bring up a text box containing an exported profile for your character. This profile can be copy/pasted into SimC's "Simulate" window or into any text editor and saved as a .simc file. /simc minimap will toggle the minimap button. This addon eliminates the need to log in and out repeatedly to update the armory in order to re-import your character through Simulationcraft's GUI, speeding up the process significantly. It also works for situations where the armory isn't available (for example, characters on beta or PTR servers). Pawn: Pawn helps you find upgrades for your gear and tell which of two items is better for your spec. Start with built-in advice from Ask Mr. Robot, or customize Pawn's stat weights to have it suggest items based on your favorite class guide or simulator. Pawn can help you decide whether it's better to use the cloak with 100 mastery or the one with 80 crit—whether you're just starting out, or you're an advanced player who plans out gear upgrades and regularly simulates and evaluates performance. PetJournal Enhanced:
Leatrix: Leatrix Plus is an efficient and modular addon which offers lots of quality of life improvements to enhance the default user interface. Translations for English, Chinese, Korean and Russian are included. Dominos: An action bar addon that lets you customize your action bars. FarmHud: This addon turns your minimap into a hud for farming ore / herb. Signs of Kelani's essential addons
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*Allow for differences in the markets of different servers. BregVids: Top Ways of Making Gold 2019Breg rambles a little bit, but for some reason, I find his videos highly entertaining to listen to and watch regardless. I highly recommend ALL his videos and guides. To see a cache of his guides with links, see the bottom of this post.
BregVids: How to farm expulsom
Hazelnutty's Top 8 Ways to Make Gold
Farming RoutesBFA Mining Guide HERE Monelite Ore Farming Routes / Guide HERE Tidespray Linen Farming Routes / Guide HERE Anchor Weed Farming
Akunda's Bite Farming
APPENDIXBregVids has guides on flipping BOEs on the Auction House, as well as loads of other juicy info! Check out his page. BregVids: How to make 1 mil gold in WoWThese episodes are a bit dated, as they are from April 2018, but the concept is still very similar now. I found them to be a super fun listen while commuting and I highly recommend them to you all!
Other GuidesHello, Culurien here! Do you love theory crafting? I know I do. So, in this new patch, I'm always curious about how the rankings are stacking up on what I love to play. I've collected a few of my favorite videos for TANKS, HEALS and DPS, so take a look below and enjoy! Tanks Ranked!Taliesin is great and I really enjoy his guides so far. He has the latest one I can find on tank rankings. Healers Ranked!For heals, the most recent guide discusses healing just before 8.1 came out. DPS Ranked!Other DPS GuidesThe following guides are a bit out-dated, but still great and lots of fun. They relate to 8.0 when BFA first launched. There still going to be some great go-to places for info if you're looking for a fun summary.
HERE: METHOD'S TOP 5 DPS RANKED for BFA HERE: TALIESIN'S GUIDE, RANGED DPS RANKED for BFA HERE: TALIESIN'S GUIDE, MELEE DPS RANKED for BFA |
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