5 Essential WoW Addons
One of my friends started playing World of Warcraft again after a LONG absence and while helping I realised how much I take certain addons for granted. There are some addons which alter the game in such a way that you wonder why they aren’t that way by standard.
This is a list of those addons that I consider essential along with my reasoning and a download link to the most prominent site that addon is available from.
Cartographer - Having all the map visible from the start is pretty much essential for questing, plus you get the ability to see party member locations, a waypoint arrow (for your corpse runs), map notes and herb and mineral tracking to name a few.
Lightheaded - Lightheaded gives you access to comments from Wowhead on your quest log pane, making completing quests much easier, complete with clickable co-ordinates which use the waypoint arrow from Cartographer to show you the way.
Doublewide - Doublewide extends the quest log to two panes, with quests down the left hand side and the description on the right. Makes much more sense than Blizzard’s default.
tekKompare - Lets you compare equipment with what you currently have on quickly and efficiently.
WIM - WoW Instant Messenger replaces the only bad thing about the chat system, sending private messages. WIM adds an IM-like window to each conversation which allows quick and easy replying. It also lets you log chats, use tabbed windows and much more.
“So how do I install these wondrous addons?”, I hear you cry. Simply extract the archives to your \World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns folder.
I’m still working on the new-fangled video-based Addon Corner, the first of which should be hitting this blog sometime this week, but if you want to see my thoughts on some other addons, why not check out my old Addon Corner posts.
Tags: Addon Corner, addons, cartographer, doublewide, lightheaded, tekkompare, wim, wow
