I will be "featuring" an addon each month that I will select from my addons folder, meaning these will be addons that I actually use myself on a day by day basis. The addon will be one that I would recommend to any player who is looking to better their adventures in Azeroth in some way or another. For the month of September '09, the featured addon is:
WoW-Pro Tourguide
This addon will greatly suit anyone who is leveling an alt and looking to get to endgame as soon as possible. It will also suit anyone who is already level 80 and wants to go back and finish some quests that were skipped over previously in order to make a lot of gold in a relatively short amount of time.
What makes this addon special?
There are numerous addons that are made to make your questing experience more productive, more efficient, and more fun (questhelper, lightheaded, cartographer, etc). Although these addons are helpful, all of them that I have used have had their fair share of drawbacks. Almost all of them are huge memory hogs, they feel very clunky to use in general, and are not very user friendly. Although it is much younger, WoW-Pro is better than all of these addons in all of these areas. When followed exactly as instructed, it will outperform all other questing addons in every way.
How will it benifit me?
WoW-Pro takes almost all of the quests in a single zone, lays them out for you so that you do as little backtracking as possible. It is used in conjunction with TomTom and Lightheaded so that as soon as you complete a quest, a new waypoint is added at the location of the next quest objective. It is almost like turning an entire zone worth of quests into one huge quest. Make sure you're using Jame's guides!
Will it hog fps?
The display for the Tourguide is only about 10x50 pixels large and it doesn't seem to impact my fps at all. If there is any loss in fps it is more than likely due to Lightheaded, although if you do see any loss, it shouldn't be any more than 2-3fps.
Why should I download this addon?
This question is simple to answer. You will level at a pace incredibly faster than with any other leveling addon. There is less time spent alt+tabbed and more time spent actually getting XP and level gains.
Are there any drawbacks?
There are almost no drawbacks to this addon. If I had to come up with one, it would be that it limits travel a bit due to having to set your hearthstone to the inn corresponding with the guide.
There you have it. My first "Featured Addon." Grab it, install it (follow the installation instructions on the linked website), and enjoy spamming "ding" in gchat faster than ever!
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