WoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gifWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comen-usCopyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/WoW Insider ShowEvery week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider. We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community. From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft. Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.Gold Capped: Never scan the Auction House againhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/15/gold-capped-never-scan-the-auction-house-again/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/15/gold-capped-never-scan-the-auction-house-again/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/15/gold-capped-never-scan-the-auction-house-again/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Gold Capped Never scan the Auction House again DNP
WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aims to show you how to make gold on the Auction House. Check out Basil's gold making podcast, Call To Auction, and email Basil with your questions, comments, or hate mail!

Have you ever scanned the Auction House with TradeSkillMaster (the best auction management addon, well worth the trouble of learning) and not gotten a complete scan? Maybe you see an error message and your crafting window starts displaying unknown materials prices, even though you can see the prices right front of you when you search? This is a bug that affects anyone on a realm with a lot of auctions (more than 42554, according to the TSM error message). In essence, the GetAll scan that's used to grab a dump of the AH in a few seconds can be incomplete if there are a lot of auctions.

As far as I know, the traditional scans are immune to this, but they take a lot more time; like 20 minutes instead of 20 seconds. Even if the scans work perfectly on your realm, scanning is still an extra step that you have to do every time you want to update the prices before you queue up your crafting list. Luckily, there's a way you can get up to date price information without ever having to scan the AH again.

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WoW InsiderGold Capped: Never scan the Auction House again originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>42554-auctionsahauction-housecraftingdealfindinggetall-scangetall-scan-brokengoldgold-makingprofessionsscanscan-ahtradeskillmastertradeskillmaster-applicationtsmtsm-apptsm-bugBasil BerntsenWed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: DoT trackershttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/04/addon-spotlight-dot-trackers/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/04/addon-spotlight-dot-trackers/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/04/addon-spotlight-dot-trackers/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight DoT trackers
DoT trackers are addons which monitor your DoTs, or Damage over Time effects. If you're playing a class whose damage relies on DoTs, and there are plenty, you should definitely consider using one of these addons. What they do is provide an easy-to-read representation of what DoTs you have on a given target, be it your focus, your target, or any target in the area, depending on your choice of addon. This is important to ensure DoT classes are maximising their DPS, and yes, the Blizzard standard UI does represent them, but the time display is not that clear.

To maximise DoT damage, efficient re-casting is key. You should certainly check out guides for your specific class to ensure you're using the right method, whether that's clipping -- replacing a DoT before it's expired -- or allowing something like a mage Living Bomb to explode. It's often useful to be able to start the cast of a DoT to time it with its expiration, and of course, to maintain maximum DoT uptime for the minimum of GCDs and mana, and for all those reasons, you need to track your DoTs.

Tidy Plates

What the heck? Why am I starting with a nameplate addon? Well, dear reader, I understand your confusion, but for PvP purposes, Tidy Plates, or any similar addon such as the built-in ElvUI nameplates, is a pretty decent way to track your DoTs.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsdot-trackersfeaturedguidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-dot-tracker-addonswow-dot-trackerswow-guideOlivia GraceThu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:00 ESTTrack your Isle of Thunder to-do list with this handy addonhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/13/track-your-isle-of-thunder-to-do-list-with-this-handy-addon/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/13/track-your-isle-of-thunder-to-do-list-with-this-handy-addon/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/13/track-your-isle-of-thunder-to-do-list-with-this-handy-addon/#commentsFiled under: ,

horridon i think
Patch 5.2, much like the Mists of Pandaria expansion overall, is practically dripping with content. There is content simply oozing out of Lor'themar Theron's over-sized pointy ears. Keeping track of it all is not the most fun thing in the world, and who wants to bother with that, anyway? If you're feeling a tad overwhelmed by it all, you're not alone, and post-its are not the only answer to your problem.

Over at the WoW subreddit, redditor mfontani did us disorganized messes a favor by plugging a guildmate's addon creations. User Saregon has several addons designed to help keep our pixellated lives just that little bit more tidy. Isle of Thunder Weekly Check will open a window to let you know which weekly events your character has completed, so you don't get confused across level 90s. In a similar vein, Daily Tamer Check tracks pet battle daily quest completions, so you don't have to. If you've been looking for a handy way to keep tabs on all this stuff, this may be the solution you've been seeking.

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]]>addonsdailiesisle-of-thunderpatch-5.2pet-battlesQuestsweekly-eventWeekly-QuestsSarah PineWed, 13 Mar 2013 13:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: Skada versus Recounthttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/12/addon-spotlight-skada-versus-recount/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/12/addon-spotlight-skada-versus-recount/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/03/12/addon-spotlight-skada-versus-recount/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight Skada versus Recount
It turns out that Addon Spotlight hasn't done an exploration of what must be among the top ten most used addons in World of Warcraft for many years. So, of course, we had to put that right. Yes, there are categorically other DPS addons available, such as TinyDPS, but I think it's fair to say that these two are the biggest. So we should examine them, it seems, and wonder why people prefer Skada to Recount and vice versa.

As you can see, I've been running with both addons active, in the interest of testing, and what's more, I've been combat logging and uploading the results to World of Logs, in the interest of having the output verified against an independent third party. And the results have been fairly interesting!

But let's start with a comparison of some of the elements of the addons that don't relate to their numerical output. First and foremost, before we get on to the heavy stuff, by far the most important question one can ask about any DPS meter, what visual customization does it offer?

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Skada versus Recount originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguiderecountskadaskada or recountskada-or-recountSkadaOrRecountwow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guideOlivia GraceTue, 12 Mar 2013 17:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: Your addon questionshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/addon-spotlight-your-addon-questions/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/addon-spotlight-your-addon-questions/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/addon-spotlight-your-addon-questions/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight Your addon questions
We haven't had an Addon Mailbag in a while, and the questions starting to mount up. The poor undead lady you see in the header is getting quite flustered about having such a full mailbox, so it seemed like a logical time to address the task at hand. If you have a question, do stick it in the comments or send me an email!

Let's get started with a very simple question that took me an inordinate amount of time to answer:

Chester writes:
I loved your article on getting started with weak auras. I have a question though, how do you make the box showing the graphic transparent? I followed your mindbender example but it showed the box as opaque. I would like to see only the graphic show up like in power auras classic. thanks for any help!
It took me a really, really long time to find this option, which was, quite frankly, rather annoying given that it's on the front page of the options screen.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Your addon questions originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsboss-arrowsdungeon-journaldungeon-journal-arrowsfeaturedguideincoming-whisper-colorotisoutgoing-whisper-colorweak-auraswhisper-colorwow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guideOlivia GraceWed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:00 ESTEverything you need to know about getting started with addonshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-getting-started-with-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-getting-started-with-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-getting-started-with-addons/#commentsFiled under: ,

Everything you need to know about getting started with addons
If you're relatively new to the game or have only been playing casually, you may not have run into the concept of addons, much less used any yourself. However, addons can revolutionize your gameplay experience, making it easy to keep track of how much damage (or healing) you're doing, letting you know when your abilities are off cooldown, map out where you find gathering nodes so you can easily find them again later, or even just change the way things look in the game -- modifying the appearance of your map, buffs, or how your character information displays.

While World of Warcraft's default interface is pretty good -- certainly good enough to get the job done -- you might find that addons take some of the tedium out of tedious tasks (like crafting or selling things on the auction house) and make it easier to see information you want (like how much energy you have or when one of your party members has a harmful effect on them that you can dispell). If your curiosity is piqued, we'll show you what addons can (and can't do) as well as walk you through finding and installing addons to boost your playstyle.

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WoW InsiderEverything you need to know about getting started with addons originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>addonaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguidehow-to-play-wownew-to-world-of-warcraftnoob-guiderookie-guideworld-of-warcraft-guideworld-of-warcraft-helpworld-of-warcraft-noobsworld-of-warcraft-rookieswow-addonwow-addonswow-guidewow-helpwow-noob-guidewow-noobswow-to-play-world-of-warcraftElizabeth HarperThu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 ESTReader UI of the Week: The UI Doctor returnshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/19/reader-ui-of-the-week-the-ui-doctor-returns/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/19/reader-ui-of-the-week-the-ui-doctor-returns/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/19/reader-ui-of-the-week-the-ui-doctor-returns/#commentsFiled under: ,

Reader UI of the Week The Doctor returns
A couple of weeks back, the UI doctor stopped in to help a user by the name of Luthuvien. After that column, there's been quite a few requests for assistance, so the doctor is returning for today. Just like last time, please do let us know of any ideas you might have to help the submitters out -- last time the commenters were fantastically helpful with addon suggestions and the like, so let's do the same this time! As ever, UI modification is hugely subjective, it's all based on opinion, and mine is no more weighty than anyone else's.

Khaldrogo writes:
I play a human retribution paladin on the US realm, Azuremyst. His name is Khäldrogo. I'm trying to find the perfect UI, one that is most efficient for a dps for raiding, and has room to improve if I wanted to tank or heal. I like things being very lightweight, non-cpu heavy. But I also love looking at the game's art, so I don't want something that takes over the whole screen. I loved Carbonite's look for the quests on the UI, but I didn't like the Carbonite map. Any way to just have the look for the UI? I've tried xperl, but I didn't like it. I am currently using LUI, but it's very buggy at the moment. I've included the list of addons I use. I'm open to any suggestions.

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WoW InsiderReader UI of the Week: The UI Doctor returns originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguideuiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configurationOlivia GraceTue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 ESTHow to make gold without breaking (much of) a sweathttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/13/how-to-make-gold-without-breaking-much-of-a-sweat/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/13/how-to-make-gold-without-breaking-much-of-a-sweat/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/02/13/how-to-make-gold-without-breaking-much-of-a-sweat/#commentsFiled under: ,

How to make gold without breaking much of a sweat
Making money in World of Warcraft can be a drag, requiring boring grinding or spending tedious hours watching price fluctuations in the auction house. And, while there's tons of advice out there on how WoW players can make piles of gold, it tends to be more involved than my attention span allows. (Though if your attention span does allow, you should go for it!) This is, after all, a game I am supposedly playing for fun: spending my fun time farming leather turns it into not fun time pretty quickly.

However, fortunately for me (and those like me), you can turn a decent profit in WoW without jumping through many hoops -- even at low levels. All it takes is paying attention to the loot you find and following a few general guidelines, and you can make enough gold to buy (almost) anything you want as you level your way to greatness. Sound too good to be true? It's really not. So if you're a new character or rolling on a new server and want to be sure you have the gold to buy anything you might need on the trip to level 90, read on! (If you're already at max level, you may find a few useful tips here, but Gold Capped caters more to end-game players.)

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]]>auction-housefeaturedgoldguidehow-to-play-wowmaking-goldmaking-wow-goldnew-to-world-of-warcraftnoob-guiderookie-guideworld-of-warcraft-guideworld-of-warcraft-helpworld-of-warcraft-noobsworld-of-warcraft-rookieswow-auction-housewow-goldwow-guidewow-helpwow-noob-guidewow-noobswow-to-play-world-of-warcraftElizabeth HarperWed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: Bags and Bankinghttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/addon-spotlight-bags-and-banking/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/addon-spotlight-bags-and-banking/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/addon-spotlight-bags-and-banking/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight Bags and Banking
This is a really big topic, likely one that we'll be dealing with in several parts, rather than in one fell swoop. There are so, so many bag addons available in WoW right now, and so much of the assessment of them is simply down to personal preference. Addon Spotlight is going to attempt to cover just a few bag addons at a time, but please do be aware that we can't ever hope to get through them all in the one column!

As a result, I'm asking you not to be surprised or angry that your preferred bag addon isn't being covered, rather to let me know what it is and why you like it. I'm starting with my favorite today, and working through some others that I've either used in the past, or known of friends using. Let me know what you use, and next week, I'll take a look!

Adibags

I said I'd start with my favorite, and that is Adibags. I've used it for a while now, after giving it a go on a friend's recommendation, and I love it. Why do I love it? Well it's a very simple addon really, provides the user with a single bag, as opposed to several separate ones, which is such a straightforward and seemingly popular change that I don't know why Blizzard doesn't just make it standard.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Bags and Banking originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsadibagsarkinventorybagnonfeaturedguidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guideOlivia GraceTue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:00 ESTNew Blizzard Video: How to disable all your addons, hopefully solve lots of issueshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/new-blizzard-video-how-to-disable-all-your-addons-hopefully-so/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/new-blizzard-video-how-to-disable-all-your-addons-hopefully-so/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/new-blizzard-video-how-to-disable-all-your-addons-hopefully-so/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Blizzard's Customer Support team have posted the latest addition to their WoW Tutorials site, this time it's a video filling you in on how to solve your WoW technical issues in 60 seconds or less!

If you're suffering from high latency, low framerates, disconnections or similar issues, resetting your interface is worth trying before attempting more extreme measures. They're not talking about a simple /reload UI, which can be typed into the chat box, rather about renaming your Cache, Interface and WTF folders.

Why rename them? Don't you usually delete them? Well, you can certainly do that, but if the reset doesn't fix your issues, renaming them will mean that your settings can be restored to how they were before. As the video says, exit the game, and open the containing folder of your WoW installation. Rename the Cache, WTF, and Interface folders, to whatever you like. When you next start WoW, the folders will be recreated. If this fixes your problems, reinstall your addons one by one. You could, theoretically, grab installs and profiles from your old folders, but if something has become corrupted you risk replicating the previous issues.

A less extreme course of action than the one suggested in the video is to get an addon like Addon Control Panel that allows you to switch your addons on and off without logging out. Disable all your addons, then re-enable them one by one. You may find that one addon is the culprit! If this doesn't work, then your next step is the action recommended by Blizzard's team.

As always, keep your addons updated, either at their own sites or via Curse, WoWInterface or WoWAce. These "big three" addon sites are where most addon creators host their work, so other sites may not necessarily have the latest updates or correct versions.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsbreakingcrashesdisconnectfeaturedguidehigh-latencyinterfacelow-frameratewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-crashingwow-guideOlivia GraceTue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:00 ESTWhy WoW won't be killing off add-ons anytime soonhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/why-wow-wont-be-killing-off-add-ons-anytime-soon/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/why-wow-wont-be-killing-off-add-ons-anytime-soon/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/21/why-wow-wont-be-killing-off-add-ons-anytime-soon/#commentsFiled under: ,

It's a question we get often enough in The Queue, and one that always comes up whenever there's some brouhaha over add-ons: why doesn't Blizzard just turn off the ability to all third party add-ons?

In some respects this would solve a lot of problems. All players would have an equal footing in terms of raiding and PvE technology. There wouldn't be a magic add-on that everyone needs to have to do basic things (Deadly Boss Mods), or one that you should have if you want to be a good player (Recount/Skada). Blizzard would be forced to design these add-ons into the game, or overhaul the game systems to account for their absence. We'd probably see simpler raids and simpler DPS mechanics as a result.

But, that's not a terribly good solution. Ghostcrawler weighs in:


The add-on system WoW has is an economy. Blizzard provides the framework for the utility/value that add-ons provide the community. From there it's up to the community to create the add-ons that will service itself, which then live or die by their popularity and perception of utility in-game. In many ways it's a brilliant system that allows the dedicated players what they want while taking much of the design and implementation out of Blizzard's hands (although as Ghostcrawler notes, the support of the underlying mechanics is quite a task). If Blizzard were to kill add-ons and bring all the "necessary" functionality they provide in-house, then they'd have to dramatically expand their development team, something which is very costly.

At the end of the day, no, Blizzard is never going to kill add-ons. If anything, look for them to expand. A Twitter interface would be amazing.

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]]>Adam HoliskyMon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: Weak Auras, getting started and stringshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/addon-spotlight-weak-auras-getting-started-and-strings/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/addon-spotlight-weak-auras-getting-started-and-strings/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/addon-spotlight-weak-auras-getting-started-and-strings/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight Getting into Weak Auras
Weak Auras is a really incredibly powerful addon, enabling users to create custom alerts for pretty much anything they want to see. However, like many very powerful addons, it can be a little daunting, and there's an awful lot going on. Unlike several other very powerful addons, a user guide also exists, that walks you through the basic starting point of Weak Auras, creating your first display. But, it's missing a few bits. While I use it a lot, I am far from an advanced user, given some of the things I've seen people create with this addon, so I'm going to keep it basic, and I'm also going to hopefully, with your help, start a useful set of Weak Auras strings!

Weak Auras, when created, can be imported and exported as what are called strings. These, essentially, are huge text files full of mumbo jumbo that can be translated by Weak Auras into displays. When I first got started with Weak Auras, a while back, I found that the easiest way for me to learn to use it was to start with an existing aura and go from there.

We've collected some of our favorite Weak Auras strings, and published them for each class (and some general ones) on their own page:

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguideweak-aurasweak-auras-stringsweakauraswow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guideOlivia GraceThu, 17 Jan 2013 18:00:00 ESTReader UI of the Week: Light and shadowhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/reader-ui-of-the-week-light-and-shadow/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/reader-ui-of-the-week-light-and-shadow/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/15/reader-ui-of-the-week-light-and-shadow/#commentsFiled under: ,

Reader UI of the Week Light and shadow
Last week we featured a very different UI from Bull, which he had largely created from scratch with his considerable programming knowledge, and cunning use of custom textures from the game. One thing that was notable about Bull's UI was how it functioned well across several different characters. Bull, it seemed, was playing the same role over several characters, being DPS, and this week we're looking at a UI that has to perform a somewhat harder task.

Nesavare is a priest on Jubei'Thos, and plays both as holy and shadow. While Nesavare's UI only needs to function (for the purposes of this column) for one character, the different demands of a healer and a DPS are difficult indeed to cater for with a uniform UI. And Nesavare makes a good stab at it, using ElvUI as a base, along with several additions, but as always, there's room for improvement! Nesavare sent over several screenshots, out of combat, raid healing, group DPS, and a test mode screenshot, showing off all his weakauras.

Let's dive straight in with Nesavare's email. As ever, I've had to whack it down a bit with the editing stick!

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WoW InsiderReader UI of the Week: Light and shadow originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguideuiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configurationOlivia GraceTue, 15 Jan 2013 13:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: Readers' addonshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/addon-spotlight-readers-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/addon-spotlight-readers-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/addon-spotlight-readers-addons/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight Readers' addons
Along with the usual questions about addons to use for specific tasks, and the like, we receive a decent number of readers' own addons that they ask for us at WoW Insider to take a look at. So here, we have a compilation of reviews of addons created by our very own WoW Insider readership! All of these addons have been sent over to me by our readers, and if you want yours featured in a future round up, do email me on olivia@wowinsider.com!

I have to say, I'm really impressed with these addons I've featured today. I would love to have a go at creating an addon of my own, and it occurred to me that we could have an addon spotlight addon creation brainstorm, and go through the process as a sort of collaborative effort! What do you think, dear readers?

Anyhow, let's get started with the reader addons from programmers who actually know what they're talking about!

Claw

Claw, created by Jpapertowels, is described as an addon for cat and bear druids that simplifies gameplay and maximizes DPS by doing all the decision making for you. Claw uses an advanced priority list developed by the people over at the SimulationCraft project and improved by Jpapertowels for ease of use in actual gameplay.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Readers' addons originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Addon Spotlight Your Questions Answered
Welcome to another addon question session! I was prompted to do one of these by the fact that a recent reader question has been answered by some updates on my curse client downloader. A while back I wrote a column about archaeology addons, in which I asserted that much-loved addon Archaeology Helper was all working perfectly, despite not being updated since 2011. Since then I've had a few people contact me to let me know that, actually, it isn't.

Apparently, it was all good in the old world, the only place I could test it as my toons don't have very high level Archaeology, but wasn't working in Pandaria. Prolific addon author Oscarucb has recently taken it over from Biasha, starting from mid-December, and since I wrote that last column back on November 1, has done a lot of updating. There's now a new release version for all you Archaeology fans out there, so do go and check out this fantastically useful archaeology addon.

Moving swiftly forward, let's tackle some more addon questions. If you have addon questions, or want to make us aware of an addon that we should be covering, do drop an email to olivia@wowinsider.com.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Your addon questions answered originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>Olivia GraceFri, 28 Dec 2012 15:00:00 ESTAddon Spotlight: PvP Addonshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/20/addon-spotlight-pvp-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/20/addon-spotlight-pvp-addons/http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/20/addon-spotlight-pvp-addons/#commentsFiled under: ,

Addon Spotlight PvP Addons
You must have seen it coming, people. I'm the PvP columnist, and now the addon columnist, too. So, naturally, I had to eventually write a column about the addons I use for PvP. For clarity, I should state that the majority of PvP I do is in the arena. I am also on a couple of rated battleground teams, and do random battlegrounds to gear up my characters, but not once they're geared beyond honor gear, thanks to the changes to the conquest point cap. Now that that's out of the way, let's get started. I've got a lot of addons to talk to you about today.

SaySapped

When there's a rogue in your midst, particularly in random battlegrounds, and you're going about your merry way with a couple of cohorts nearby, they may not notice when you're suddenly sapped. SaySapped is a great little addon that does exactly what it says on the tin -- it makes your character say "Sapped". Simple as that! It's also very handy in rated battlegrounds, saves the use of the chat channel to announce such things, and allows your team to make a decision on whether to leave you as rogue-bait, or to stay and fight. Especially if there's two of you defending the flag or base, it's a boon.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: PvP Addons originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Addon Spotlight Raid healing addons part 2
Two weeks back, I looked into two fine contenders for raid healing addons, namely Healbot and VuhDo. There was a great and lengthy tussle between the two, and no clear victor was named, although VuhDo snatched a narrow lead. As I promised back in that column, I've gone away to test two more raid healing addons, or party healing addons, as you prefer.

Actually, I tested three of them, to be precise, but one probably couldn't stand alone as a healing addon, and is more a raid frame replacement. Those three addons are Healium, Clique and Grid. I began with Healium, for no other reason than because that was the first one I decided to switch on, but as it happens that worked out pretty well for the testing as, when I wandered into the settings, I discovered it could work with Clique.

Healium

Healium takes quite a different approach to the other addons I've reviewed so far in this set of Addon Spotlights. VuhDo, Healbot, and Grid+Clique are all click-to-heal addons, that is to say, they take a set of either their own frames or a third-party set of frames, and set up mouseover macros on them. A left-click on a frame fires one heal at that player, while an ALT+ left click fires a different one. Healium, on the other hand, as can be seen in the header image, doesn't perform quite like this.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Raid healing addons, part two originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Reader UI of the Week
I'm excited to be getting more standard UI challenge screenshots arriving in my inbox at the moment, but I still want more! Play without addons? Completely standard UI with no modifications whatsoever? No problem! Send it in! There's still customization available within the standard UI, without addons being used at all. And if you don't use the standard UI, have a go! Send it in, the only rule of the challenge is that you can't have any non-standard UI elements visible.

To send in your UI, drop an email to olivia@wowinsider.com, and include your addons, your likes and dislikes about your UI, and some screenshots! I can take video submissions, but they need to also come with screenshots -- not everyone can watch videos!

This week's UI submission comes from Tinala, of Moonrunner US-H. Tinala was extremely helpful in their submission, sending in not only one combat shot, but a second, solo one to go with it, as well as a "map" which shows which addon is which, an out of combat image, and a timeline showing UI evolution over the past 2 years. And many gold stars were issued to Tinala on that day!

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WoW InsiderReader UI of the Week: Damage over time originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Addon Spotlight Your Addon Questions
I know, I promised you more raid healing rundown this week, and I apologize for the absence of that, but I'm testing a few new raid healing addons (Grid, Clique and Healium) and I want to be thorough. I've also been getting a lot of reader questions, so I thought it was high time we did an Addon Mailbag.

If you have addon questions, or want to make us aware of an addon that we should be covering, do drop an email to olivia@wowinsider.com. We have a lot of questions to cover, so let's get going. I'm asking for a lot of reader feedback this week for addon questions that have stumped me, so get involved in the comments below!

Ailindah of Wyrmrest Accord asked:
Using a laptop with a 17" screen I am unable to really customize the WoW UI the way I would like to, however there is one quirk I was hoping you could help me out with: Boss Frames. Like you I do not care for the default ones and have searched for ways to change them, however it seems to not be possible without using an alternative unitframe addon, something I do not really care for as I prefer the Blizzard raid frames.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Your Addon Questions originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What's Tori Amos doing as the header? Well, since starting to do the research for this column, I haven't been able to get this song out of my head. I'm not 100% sure what the song's about, but I've replaced the words in my head with the two addons I'm going to be talking about today. There are other raid healing addons, and next week I'll likely be comparing the third of the big three, which I consider to be Healbot, Vuhdo, and Grid+Clique. If there are others out there that do the same thing which you'd like me to look at, do let me know via email on olivia@wowinsider.com or in the comments below, with links please!

But back to Tori. I never was a Vuhdo girl, I thought that was a good solution, hanging with the Healbot girls... I've been a Healbot user since I found out what a raid healing addon was, way back when, when I discovered that there were ways of healing that didn't require you to select your friendly target then cast spells. If you're not aware of exactly what all these addons do, they essentially replace your raid frames, and turn them into clickable frames, allowing you to heal with clicks on frames while holding various modifiers. I've talked before about why I don't like these for PvP healing, but for PvE, they're very handy.

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WoW InsiderAddon Spotlight: Raid healing addons originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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