since I have to futz with addons anyway...

[ysobel]

Any suggestions for good addons to get, or addons to avoid?

* I have bartender installed for skillbar-etc management, and I am fairly happy with that

* I have arkinventory installed for bag management, and I would prefer something else. Have tried baggins and don't particularly like it. I like having different areas for different items (eg one for potions and food and drink, one for $profession supplies, one for soulbound equipment, etc), and like autosort options.

* I have grid installed for healing purposes yey. Though I kind of want to investigate sub-addons...

* I have DBM for instance/raid warnings and notifications, and it seems fine, but I don't mind trying something else

* I have FuBar, and various *Fu things. I am not inordinately attached to FuBar itself, but I like some of the functionalities -- particularly DurabilityFu (shows durability of items), MoneyFu (tracks money gained and spent), TrainerFu (tells me what skills are available and how much they cost), and ... uh ... I forget the name, but it's one that tracks rep gains per session.

* I do not have, and would like, something that makes nameplates halfway readable. Suggestions welcome.

* Ditto for customizing the whatsit (faceplate/healthbar/etc) for self and target.

* Other suggestions welcome also. I have not come anywhere close to listing all of the addons I have, but feel free to suggest things you like (and why, and what they do)

Comments

[exor674]

If you have the patience for it, Baggins will work for have arkinventory installed for bag management, and I would prefer something else. Have tried baggins and don't particularly like it. I like having different areas for different items (eg one for potions and food and drink, one for $profession supplies, one for soulbound equipment, etc), and like autosort options. -- It's WAAAAAY configurable -- can configure multiple different windows, with different groupings of items -- it does is it doesn't actually *sort* the items in your bags at all, just to show them to you.

[ysobel]

Read the second sentence of what you quoted :) (I know it does what I want, I just don't like it, for reasons I can't really put into words.)

[exor674]

My apologies, I read that as I don't like it BECAUSE I like.... dangers of commenting from class!

[merryish]

I use clique in conjunction with grid for healinating. Is awesome.

For the nameplates, Ag_unitframes is awesome and highly configurable.

I use ButtonFacade along with Bartender; using dreamlaoyout and turning the background to black makes for a far less "busy" button area.

Auctioneer is great for helping with the money-makins. :)

PowerAuras or IceHud or something similar is invaluable for knowing when your cooldowns are up, or when debuffs are running out, etc. or Squawk & Awe if you're a druid.

You didn't mention Omen for threat, but I imagine you already have it or something similar.

Ummm, that is all I can think of off-hand! I'll see what else I can come up with next time I play. :)

[undomielregina]

For nameplate mods, I use Tidy Plates. It works with a bunch of different skins and some of those are definitely configurable enough to be readable. It gets rid of all the textures and stuff that make Blizzard's annoying.

(Also, there's a skin that's great for keeping basic track of aoe threat, which for me (tank) is totally amazing.