Addon Guides
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What is an AddOn?
AddOns are generally self-contained User Interface (UI) modification components. However, some AddOns can be dependent on other AddOns to work, and some AddOns are actually collections of other AddOns. There is no size restriction on AddOns - you can actually implement a whole AddOn collection as one big Lua+XML chunk.
In plain English, it's just something you can put in your game folder that can (theoretically) improve your interaction with the World of Warcraft game (i.e. make it easier to play, or give you more information about what's going on in the game).
Below are some examples of useful addons. If you have any addons that you find useful that are not listed below, feel free to add them along with a link to where you can get it.
In addition to the AddOns listed on this page, see also the Raid AddOns page for AddOns that are particularly useful for raiding.
Required Addons
Decursive
Decursive lists curses and other afflictions that raid members have, and allows configuration of options on what to do about them (it'll be interesting to see if I can set it up to allow cycloning of mind controlled players).
Omen
Omen is the Ace alternative to KLH, and provides some additional functionality, including more detailed threat data, and the ability to track threat on multiple mobs. One nice thing is that it will coexist with KLH. This is the current standard threat meter for Servants of Seagis.
Example Addons
Auctioneer
Auctioneer adds the ability to scan and record auction house prices, then run queries against that data in order to look for good deals, or to help determine what you should list your items for. It's not as regularly maintained as it once was, but is still extremely useful for auction house junkies like me.
ArcHUD
ArcHUD adds a combat HUD to your UI, showing player/target/pet hp and mana/rage/whatever as rings centered on your screen. It uses the StatRings code originally made by Iriel but later modified by Antiarc. It also shows a small target frame with textual hp/mana as well as a 3D target model for other players.
Latest version: 2.1.29981 (March 14, 2007)
Clique
Clique is a pretty slick addon that let's you assign spells and abilities to mouse clicks when you click on unit frames in your UI. For example, instead of clicking "Lifebloom", then clicking the person I want to heal (or vice versa if you like targetting people first), you can set it up so you just shift-click on the person's name and they'll get the heal. Makes it easier to manage healing, especially when it gets laggy, and I'm sure it has it's uses for other classes as well.
Latest Version: r84 (7/16/2007)
DoTimer
DoTimer is a mod that displays duration timers for damage-over-time spells. Originally intended just for warlocks, it now contains support for all classes. It is written by Asheyla, 60 Undead Warlock, <Warcraft Gaming Faction>, Shattered Hand (Horde).
Latest Version: May 22,2007
ItemRack
ItemRack is an addon for quickly swapping what gear you have equipped (absolutely necessary for druids, who's need for a large wardrobe rivals Gwen Stefani). You can set up sets, which can be bound to hot keys or even events, so you can automatically equip your riding crop as soon as you get on your mount.
Though it hasn't been updated since the latest WoW update, it will work perfectly fine if the option to load out of date addons is enabled in WoW.
Latest Version: 1.992 (September 25, 2007)
Pawn
Pawn performs item value assessments to make it easy to decide which items are better than others. It's similar to mods such as Tank Points, but much more general, and applicable to any class and situation. You can use it to help create multiple gear sets, or decide whether to give up those ten points of stamina for two more points of fire resistance.
Latest Version: 0.5.4 (7/29/2007)
WoW Instant Messenger
WIM (WoW Instant Messenger) is a World of Warcraft addon which helps you to manage your whispers by making them into a classic instant messenger interface such as AIM, Yahoo and MSN. It will even log messages with guild members (or others, if you choose), in case you forgot where they said you needed to go to turn in that quest you've been carrying around for weeks.
Latest Version: 2.1.15 (May 22, 2007)
X-Perl Unit Frames
X-Perl Unit Frames is a replacement for Blizzard's built in unit frames, and allows a great deal of customization of how targets, party, and raid member unit frames are displayed in the UI. This is not an Ace frame, but it is what I'm using, at least until I've had an opportunity to evaluate the Ace alternatives. Specifically, the thing I like about this addon is the healer mode, that shows the number of hitpoints a person is down, rather than how many hit points they have left, which makes it easier to pick your heal spells.
Current version: 2.3.5a (8/23/2007)
Addon Collections
Cosmos
Cosmos is a collection of addons that covers just about any functionality you might want in your UI. In fact, there's so much functionality that I've found it necessary to disable many of the addons just not to be overloaded. They even provide a patcher utility that will automatically download updates so you don't have to worry about hunting down new versions when WoW is upgraded.
It's a good collection for people getting used to addons because of how many features are included, and the relative ease of staying up to date.
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