WoW Plug-ins

benskia · 6 Apr 2008 at 00:19

Hi.
I've decided to have another go at WoW after a rest from it for about a year.
I've been on and off the thing since release, but still only level 35 since I've been a very casual player & my time is limited.

I'm wondering about these plug-in thingies though.
What do they do? And do I need them?

Which ones would you recommend?

Cheers.

badgermonkey · 6 Apr 2008 at 08:37

You don't need them at all. Basically they change the interface, to make things easier usually, or do nifty little tricks.

If you're going to get any, a reputable site, such as curse.com is necessary (avoid those keyloggers!). For aesthetic purposes, there are some nice simple UI modifiers.

As a casual player, that's about the extent of it. Raiders have addons that show all various things to do with all their party members, threatmeters, boss warnings, and so on.

Basically, if you're only a casual player, there's no need for any of them.

ganesh · 6 Apr 2008 at 08:53

You may not need them, but they make things a hell of a lot easier and better looking.
Try downloading questhelper, cartographer and monkeyquest. Just scout around curse.com and see what takes your fancy. I highly recommend you download the curse addon client, makes it all a lot easier.

Ace Modder · 6 Apr 2008 at 09:02

I would recommend against the curse client, and stick with the wowaceupdater

Stick to WowAce installs, and then you can auto update every mod you have.

Hunders · 6 Apr 2008 at 10:43

As those above me have said it makes this nicer to look at, makes functionality better and makes things easier to do. I am a bit of a mod freak and can't really do without them.

Here is what you can do with them:

Kipper67 · 6 Apr 2008 at 11:18

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17860704&highlight=wow
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17859065&highlight=wow

2 other threads with some recommendations

Haggisman · 6 Apr 2008 at 12:08

what class do you play?

Ace Modder · 6 Apr 2008 at 12:11

this is mine

GraemeUK · 6 Apr 2008 at 12:27

If you want to level up super quick use mobmap - shows you on the map where to go to do quests etc

http://www.mobmap.de/

neil3k · 6 Apr 2008 at 16:31

Ace Modder said:
this is mine

whats the mod on those portraits?

Hunders · 6 Apr 2008 at 16:56

ag_unitframes I think?

utajoker · 6 Apr 2008 at 20:25

x perl

Hunders · 6 Apr 2008 at 22:44

They aren't X-Perl. Look at my screenshot, they are X-Perl. I am almost certain they are ag_unitframes because that is what I was using before.

Barbie · 6 Apr 2008 at 23:08

Pitbull does portraits like that too

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.richardson40/Baggins.jpg my UI

waso_dude · 6 Apr 2008 at 23:34

Barbie said:
Pitbull does portraits like that too

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.richardson40/Baggins.jpg my UI

What bag mod is that?

Barbie · 7 Apr 2008 at 07:40

Baggins is the bag mod. Pitbull for the unitframes/portraits. Bartender for bars/action buttons. Prat for chatlog.

Robert · 7 Apr 2008 at 09:12

The problem with those interfaces is that they look far too cluttered

Sorry - not a dig just my view

Haggisman · 7 Apr 2008 at 15:01

I gotta agree there, I don't like having stuff in or even near the middle of my screen, so i got it all round the edges =P

Lee2k4 · 7 Apr 2008 at 15:45

I think Questhelper is one of the best add-ons you can get, makes questing more fun and more quicker. Also I recomend you get autoprofitx it basicly sells all the grays to a vendor with one click of a mouse. You can also set it to sell or not to sell a particular item.