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Re: Recommended Add-ons
General Add-ons (Non Warlock Specific)
Omen Threat Meter
Download from: [ WoW Ace ] [ WoW Interface ] [ Curse Gaming ]
Rating:  Must have add-on, get it... GET IT NOW!!
Description:
Omen is a threat meter. Basically, enemies in WoW decide who to attack by deciding who is the most threatening based on the abilities you use. What Omen attempts to do is provide reasonably accurate estimates of your group's relative threat level on individual enemies, so that you can see when you're in danger of pulling aggro (or, if you're next on the snack list if your tank bites it). This info is usually only critical in raids, where only tanks can survive aggro, but it's useful for any multi-player situation.
Member comments:
If I had to chose ONE add-on, this would be it. No doubt. This add-on shows you how far your damage can go. It tells you when you need to stop doing damage. It tells you when you can do more damage. ~ Malboro
Omen and Dotimer are just absolute must haves for any lock. I'm not a big fan of addons but I have these. The best part of omen, especialy if your an affliction lock that dots up multiple targets. It' keeps track of your threat for each target. ~ Anij
Even if it's just you & your pet, especially the Voidwalker, OMEN is great as you know exactly when you're going to pull a mob off him. In my guild if you don't have OMEN you cannot raid. ~ Belaide
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: Omen Threat Meter
Deadly Boss Mod
Download from: [ Deadly Boss Mods ] [ Curse Gaming ]
Rating: Voted "must have" or "highly recommended" by nearly all members, you have a choice between this one or BigWigs (see below...)
Description:
All the bosses found in instances and raids in game have special abilities. This add-on provides timer bars, warnings and alerts for all of them.
Member comments:
This is a MUST HAVE!! Especially if you are a raider. Deadly boss mod keeps a great timer on the abilities of a boss mod, so it provides a good indicator when you should expect to do something to avoid it, or counteract it. For those in Gruuls Lair, for example, it will tell you when the warlock is casting a felhunter so you can be prepared to control it before it actually starts beating up on a healer. ~ Aloysia
Another must have for instancing, this or at least BigWigs. I prefer the eye candy of DBM, plus it has a nice auto-reply to whispers feature. If someone /w you with "status", it'll give them an auto-reply of instance, boss, and hp remaining. It also as the Battleground stuff built-in. ~ Purson
If you raid without DBM you must somehow be telepathically hacking the server (or possibly using Bigwigs) but aye, its as essential to raiding as your keyboard. ~ Theleb
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: Deadly Boss Mod
BigWigs
Download from: [ WoW Interface ] [ Curse Gaming ]
Rating: Voted "must have" or "highly recommended" by nearly all members, you have a choice between this one or Deadly Boss Mods (see above...)
Description:
An alternative boss alert mod. It consists of many individual "boss modules", mini addons that are designed to trigger alert messages and timer bars for one specific raid boss each.See the WoWWiki page for more information...
Member comments:
I use Big Wigs for all raiding stuff and Little Wigs for all 5 man stuff. ~ Valdor
Simple truth is, for raiding you need this or DBM. I prefer Ace2 mods so this one wins. ~ Turmeric
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: BigWigs
Compare the two: Deadly Boss Mod Vs BigWigs
Another comparison thread is also available at Elitistjerks: Deadly Boss Mods vs. BigWigs
Recount
Download from: [ WoW Ace ]
Rating: Although damage meters aren't must have add-ons, this was voted "must have" or "highly recommended" by nearly all members
Description:
Recount is a damage meter that is designed with being a raid analysis tool and get better information on you can improve player's performance.
Member comments:
Absolutely my favorite damage meter to date. Lots of information available to further your personal dps and game-play. Seems to run slightly heavier than other damage meters for me but there is still no substitute to the information it can give you. ~ Nereida
No damage meter is a "must-have"--but if you're going to use one Recount is the way to go. ~ Vorph
Recount is - according to me - the best for sure, I especially like all the features. I, for example, like being able to see how many shadow bolts I and the other locks throw during a fight, their average crit during the fight and so on to analyze exactly why they or I did the most damage. ~ Evalor
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: Recount
RatingBuster
Download from: [ WoW Interface ]
Rating: Very handy, would highly recommend it...
Description:
The design aim of RatingBuster is to provide detailed, meaningful and customizable information about items so you can easily decide for yourself which item is better.
Member comments:
Highly recommended. Converting the combat ratings back to percentages is handy but the real benefit to this add-on is the stat summary at the bottom. It shows you exactly what you gain and lose when you're considering whether a new item is a worthwhile upgrade. ~ Vorph
With the mass of configuration options on this mod, it provides a fantastic way to quickly and easily compare two pieces of gear. Great when considering blowing a lot of gold on an item in AH etc, or when looking at instance/raid loot. ~ Swoop
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: RatingBuster
Dr. Damage
Download from: [ WoW Ace ]
Rating: Handy, could live without but if someone asks would mention it...
Description:
DrDamage displays the calculated, average damage or healing of abilities with talents, gear and buffs included on your action bar buttons. The add-on will also add various information to the default tooltips in your spellbook and on the action bar.
Member comments:
I use dr. damage to maximize my gear. A lot of times a piece I think would be better is actually worse in terms of DPS. This especially holds true for boss fights. I have a handful of different pieces of gear that I will switch in and out. on some pieces I find that the amount of +damage an item has out weighs the amount of +hit another would give me, so I find Dr. Damage very handy. ~ Magnusram
Yeah, this is a theory crafter type mod. I have used this whilst leveling and learning the class. That is, it lets you know what spells to use to maximize damage or efficiency (DPM). I suppose once you know the in's and out's of lock spells under all talent/gear builds then this mod loses its usefulness. ~ Thralock
I personally find it great to use. It's extremely configurable (so you can stop it from always displaying the spell information breakdown) and you can even specify what theorycraft information you want it to show. For people that aren't into theorycrafting, or aren't as concerned with details of their spell performance, then it's much less useful. ~ Swoop
Read more comments and find out how Warlocks rate it here: Dr. Damage
Other add-ons to look at:
- Natur Enemy Castbar. It tracks cooldowns, diminishing returns, and durations on pretty much everyone that's in range of your combat log. Info thread here.
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