Today I will be talking about addons, from installing them to picking the addons to suit your needs.
First of all, addons represent a big part of the game, and customizing your User Interface(UI) could not only clean up your game screen, but also provide tons of useful functions and features.
Where do I get addons?
There are many sites on the internet who provide a whole array of different addons, but the two sites i would reccomend is either wow.curse.com and www.wowinterface.com
How do I install an addon?
Installing an addon is very simple. You could either use the curse client found on the curse website mentioned above, or you could follow this step to get the addon set up and installed :
Once you have downloaded the %Addon%.zip file, you could extract it to %/wow/interface/addons (where % is the drive where wow is installed)
Make sure to close down wow completely after installing an addon, because addons for wow are pre-loaded when wow starts up.
Which addons are useful to have?
There are so many addons that provide functionality in the game, and it is impossible to name them all. But here is a list of addons that i find useful and you can go and test them yourself to see what works for you.
Onebag and Onebank
This addon consolidates all your bags in your backpack and your bank, into one big bag, which you can shrink/grow and even have it flat or very tall.
Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
Great addon for showing some important battle factors happening, highly customizable, and you can even change where the text scrolls, the font, and the size of the text.
ButtonTimers
This is a useful addon for tracking cooldowns of your own abilities.
Gladius/Gladminish
Great combo of addons for the arena players, helps you keep track of your enemy, and also cooldowns and diminishing returns.
Quartz
This is one of the most important addons if you are playing with a high ping such as me. This addon factors in your connection's speed, and shows a red bar on your castbars, indicating where the spell can be pressed again due to the delay. This can boost your dps alot if used on high latency connections.
Bartender
Sick of all the single line actionbars that come with wow? This addon helps you set up a multitude of actionbars, which you can customize alot and really clean up your screen. Also a much easier addon for setting up hotkeys for spells.
This is but a small list of addons that I find useful, i would suggest visiting the addon sites at the top of the page and explore some addons that might oneday just blow your mind :D
Peace,
Senzaki
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
PvP Basics on Battlegrounds
Should I heal? Should I DPS? Should I CC? What must I do?
The problem in battlegrounds this day and age, is that a big number of people don't really know what to do and just run around like headless chickens attacking anything that moves.
Before we start, let me tell you that winning a battleground awards alot more honor than just running around trying to kill other players. And ofcourse winning is alot more fun then losing.
Step 1 : Know the Playing field.
"Uhm sarge, I don't know where to go"
It doesn't really matter which BG you play, all of the battles take place on a field(map) and knowing the terrain will surely give you an advantage.
Always keep your eye on the map, knowing where your allies/enemies are, will help you decide on where to go next.
Step 2 : Don't run alone
"A dead player is a useless player"
Try to avoid running alone, this puts you at a disadvantage and leaves you open to stealth attacks from rogues and feral druids.
Too often you see a single ally running into a group of enemies only to die in a few global cooldowns later. If you are outnumbered, run away. This is not considered cowardly, this is considered smart.
Step 3 : Communicate
"INCOMING!"
Your teammates cannot keep their eyes on the entire playing field all the time, and letting them know of big threats helps coordinate your defense/attack.
Try to add info to your communication like : The approx number of incoming enemies, the location of attack and the direction of attack eg. "Inc LM 3x from farm"
This lets your allies know that there are three enemies closing in on the lumber mill from the farm side.
Step 4 : Know the BG Objectives
"OMG NOOBS, FORGET THE FLAG, GET BASES"
If you don't complete the objective, you can't win the battleground.
Enter any battleground, and you will see a couple/many of useless players just killing other players randomly, completely ignoring the main objectives.
Warsong Gulch : Protect the Flag Carrier, Slow/CC/DPS the enemy flag carrier/his support
Eye of The storm : The taking of bases has priority over the flag, it is best to get three bases first before going for the flag(best to send 5 players to each tower)
Strand of the Ancients : Defend your tanks and attack/bomb the walls if Attacking, Defend the walls/graveyards and attack the tanks if defending.
Arathi basin : Take and hold the bases, Never leave a base undefended and fight close to the flag(this gives more honor anyway)
Alterac Valley : This one is a bit difficult to follow the objectives, due to both sides rushing eachother's bases. Try to take and hold both mines and attack/defend the towers and graveyards.
Isle of Conquest : The Oil refinery and Quarry definately are the most important bases to hold, holding one of the two bases gives you 15% more siege damage and 30% if you hold both, this in turn helps your allies to break down their walls faster, and indirectly makes your walls last longer(meaning the other team is missing the 15 or 30% buff)
Battlegrounds are a real fun way of experiencing WoW PvP.
Play hard, Never give up, teach the inexperienced and most of all have fun.
Peace,
Senzaki
The problem in battlegrounds this day and age, is that a big number of people don't really know what to do and just run around like headless chickens attacking anything that moves.
Before we start, let me tell you that winning a battleground awards alot more honor than just running around trying to kill other players. And ofcourse winning is alot more fun then losing.
Step 1 : Know the Playing field.
"Uhm sarge, I don't know where to go"
It doesn't really matter which BG you play, all of the battles take place on a field(map) and knowing the terrain will surely give you an advantage.
Always keep your eye on the map, knowing where your allies/enemies are, will help you decide on where to go next.
Step 2 : Don't run alone
"A dead player is a useless player"
Try to avoid running alone, this puts you at a disadvantage and leaves you open to stealth attacks from rogues and feral druids.
Too often you see a single ally running into a group of enemies only to die in a few global cooldowns later. If you are outnumbered, run away. This is not considered cowardly, this is considered smart.
Step 3 : Communicate
"INCOMING!"
Your teammates cannot keep their eyes on the entire playing field all the time, and letting them know of big threats helps coordinate your defense/attack.
Try to add info to your communication like : The approx number of incoming enemies, the location of attack and the direction of attack eg. "Inc LM 3x from farm"
This lets your allies know that there are three enemies closing in on the lumber mill from the farm side.
Step 4 : Know the BG Objectives
"OMG NOOBS, FORGET THE FLAG, GET BASES"
If you don't complete the objective, you can't win the battleground.
Enter any battleground, and you will see a couple/many of useless players just killing other players randomly, completely ignoring the main objectives.
Warsong Gulch : Protect the Flag Carrier, Slow/CC/DPS the enemy flag carrier/his support
Eye of The storm : The taking of bases has priority over the flag, it is best to get three bases first before going for the flag(best to send 5 players to each tower)
Strand of the Ancients : Defend your tanks and attack/bomb the walls if Attacking, Defend the walls/graveyards and attack the tanks if defending.
Arathi basin : Take and hold the bases, Never leave a base undefended and fight close to the flag(this gives more honor anyway)
Alterac Valley : This one is a bit difficult to follow the objectives, due to both sides rushing eachother's bases. Try to take and hold both mines and attack/defend the towers and graveyards.
Isle of Conquest : The Oil refinery and Quarry definately are the most important bases to hold, holding one of the two bases gives you 15% more siege damage and 30% if you hold both, this in turn helps your allies to break down their walls faster, and indirectly makes your walls last longer(meaning the other team is missing the 15 or 30% buff)
Battlegrounds are a real fun way of experiencing WoW PvP.
Play hard, Never give up, teach the inexperienced and most of all have fun.
Peace,
Senzaki
Learn to Play : Back to Basics
Greetings!
My name is Daniel and this is my blog.
I want this blog to be a collection of information for most of the basic skills needed to play World of Warcraft, in both PvP and PvE content.
Alot of WoW players tend to forget/dont know the basics of WoW and either get frustrated or mad at other people for scolding them.
So welcome to Learn to Play : Back to Basics, and I hope you will enjoy reading this blog as much as I will enjoy posting on it.
Looking forward to a long lasting relationship between me and the blogging community.
Peace,
Senzaki - Karazhan-EU Alliance 80 Frostmage.
My name is Daniel and this is my blog.
I want this blog to be a collection of information for most of the basic skills needed to play World of Warcraft, in both PvP and PvE content.
Alot of WoW players tend to forget/dont know the basics of WoW and either get frustrated or mad at other people for scolding them.
So welcome to Learn to Play : Back to Basics, and I hope you will enjoy reading this blog as much as I will enjoy posting on it.
Looking forward to a long lasting relationship between me and the blogging community.
Peace,
Senzaki - Karazhan-EU Alliance 80 Frostmage.
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