I figure not everyone nows about add-ons or even how to use them so I figured I'd post a Tutorial.
First off what are add-ons?
-Well They are programs that Very Nice people make that make a task easier and/or faster to acomplish. Plus it allows you to arrange your interface to fit your type of play. Note: A few examples of add-ons are advanced mail box, musicplayer in game, map mods that add waypoint arrows to objectives, and tons of useful stuff that is more class specific. (skys the limit basically)
Isn't that cheating or hacking?
-NO IT'S NOT!!! lol I don't know how many times i've heard that on retail wow. Add-ons Help not play the game for you XD
Where can I find add-ons?
- I get most of mine from
http://www.curse.com/ there are other sites out there but I trust this one.
Well now I got this folder on my desk top wtf do I do with it?
- Well first you unzip it (if it is not already unziped) and then you want to cut/copy it into your "add-on" folder in your wow folder.
Note: sometimes add-on creaters will put the add-on folder with in another folder of the same label. You will want to remove it from this extra folder or it won't work.
And there you go thats the general idea if anyone has ?'s feel free to post or ask me in game ;-)
Oh and i'll tell you about my favorite add-on quick it's called "lightheaded" and it takes iinfo from the site "wowhead" and adds a little interface to your quest log. So you basically get ALL info needed to do any given quest. (i.e.-quards, lvl you should be, exp awarded, rep rewarded, and comments from other ppl who have done the quest.)
it's not found on the site I gave above though so you'll have to google/yahoo it.
(Edit)- So i've been back on legit wow for some time now figured i'd pay a visit and update this bitch \o/.
I've stoped using lightheaded all together now and now use an add-on called "quest helper" I recomend this add-on strongly because it will cut your lvling time down drastically. I was also introduced to "deadly boss mods" and/or "Big Wigs" they are raid mods that give audible and visable alerts to all of the higher end instances which is realy handy for those first timers or even vets.
Ok well im out peace <( ' ')/
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