July 06, 2009, 01:07 PM
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Character Info
Lephlock
80 Blood Elf Warlock
Earthen Ring
US
RP
Guild: Team Awesome
Talent Spec: 0/55/16
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Re: The (in)Complete Guide to AddOns
Just a few points to add. Great guide!
1. When Blizzard does a major new patch, they normally disable the "load out of date addons" setting, so with each patch, it's worth checking that setting as there are normally a few addons that will not be up to date for a few days or weeks, but may otherwise work just fine in the new version of WoW.
2. If you start using addons, you will probably want a way to enable and disable them without having to log out. I use "Addon Control Panel" which you can find on Curse, but there are other programs that do this. These programs also let you create profiles of addons, so I have my "Heroics" profile which turns off my gathering, questing, and auction addons but enables things like Omen and Recount, my "Raid" profile which turns on Deadly Boss Mods, and my "Questing" profile which turns off most of my raid and instance mods, but enables my questing, gathering, and auction addons. I just turn addons on or off, or choose a new profile, then click a "Reload UI" button to enable/disable my addons within about 10 seconds without the need to log out and lose my group assignments.
3. I highly recommend WoWInterface as a place to get addons. I use their "Favorites" feature to easily keep track of all the addons I use, and can see at a glance which ones have been updated. I do manually download and install my addons, but it's much easier to manage with WoWInterface's Favorites feature.
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Lephlock 80 Demonology Warlock
<TEAM AWESOME> - Earthen Ring US
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