When you get over World of Warcraft addiction, you don't play nearly as much. Makes sense, right? But one of the side effects of not playing as often is that disorientation when you do sit down to play again. What the heck was I doing last time I played? Where was that quest giver? Or maybe where were those pesky Timbermaw anyway?
First thing to get over is beating yourself up for not remembering. At least that's the way it is for me. When I'm living, eating, breathing World of Warcraft ie, addicted, I know everything. (Or at least think I do.) Now I sometimes feel like I know nothing.
Back in the addicted phase, I almost considered it cheating to have to resort to great sites like thottbot.com and wowhead.com. Now they are my first line of reference. I don't have time to wander around confused. Tell me where it is and what I need to do. Thottbot and wowhead do that. (To be fair, there are other sites that do the same thing. Those are just the two I use.)
Better yet though are a couple addons I've discovered along with many others I use: Questhelper and Carbonite Quest. They are nearly identical in purpose so pick one. You don't need both.
Either one keeps track of your (or your group's) current quests and helps determine the most efficient route in completing them. Along the way they keep all informed of the progress in reaching the various objectives.
Neither tool is perfect. But both are right enough of the time to make them immensely worth using. (Note: Carbonite Quest becomes even better with the Cartographer addon installed as well. Questhelper stands alone.)
The main reason I use Carbonite instead of Questhelper is that Carbonite shows you a path of where you've been recently. Its great for backtracking to get out of dungeons and so on.
Questhelper is a totally free addon. Carbonite comes in two flavors. One free and one paid for. I admit I did pay for Carbonite and find the added features worthwhile. But it is a useful tool even in its free version.
I've heard there are addons that go beyond Questhelper and Carbonite. They not only guide you in the quests you already have but suggest which ones you ought to pick up and maybe even drop because they aren't worthwhile. I haven't looked into them too much because I kind of like completing all or most of the quests in a zone before moving to the next.
Do you know about other time saving addons? Tell me about them. You can either write them up yourself for me to post at myworldofwarcraftaddiction.com (giving you credit of course) or alert me to them and I'll write something up. I've already thought of a couple more addons that I'll be writing up soon.
First thing to get over is beating yourself up for not remembering. At least that's the way it is for me. When I'm living, eating, breathing World of Warcraft ie, addicted, I know everything. (Or at least think I do.) Now I sometimes feel like I know nothing.
Back in the addicted phase, I almost considered it cheating to have to resort to great sites like thottbot.com and wowhead.com. Now they are my first line of reference. I don't have time to wander around confused. Tell me where it is and what I need to do. Thottbot and wowhead do that. (To be fair, there are other sites that do the same thing. Those are just the two I use.)
Better yet though are a couple addons I've discovered along with many others I use: Questhelper and Carbonite Quest. They are nearly identical in purpose so pick one. You don't need both.
Either one keeps track of your (or your group's) current quests and helps determine the most efficient route in completing them. Along the way they keep all informed of the progress in reaching the various objectives.
Neither tool is perfect. But both are right enough of the time to make them immensely worth using. (Note: Carbonite Quest becomes even better with the Cartographer addon installed as well. Questhelper stands alone.)
The main reason I use Carbonite instead of Questhelper is that Carbonite shows you a path of where you've been recently. Its great for backtracking to get out of dungeons and so on.
Questhelper is a totally free addon. Carbonite comes in two flavors. One free and one paid for. I admit I did pay for Carbonite and find the added features worthwhile. But it is a useful tool even in its free version.
I've heard there are addons that go beyond Questhelper and Carbonite. They not only guide you in the quests you already have but suggest which ones you ought to pick up and maybe even drop because they aren't worthwhile. I haven't looked into them too much because I kind of like completing all or most of the quests in a zone before moving to the next.
Do you know about other time saving addons? Tell me about them. You can either write them up yourself for me to post at myworldofwarcraftaddiction.com (giving you credit of course) or alert me to them and I'll write something up. I've already thought of a couple more addons that I'll be writing up soon.
About the Author:
Starets Sayas of Farstriders US wandered the realms of World of Warcraft since before release. Currently you'll find him logged on as Dhume (a death knight, what else?) sometimes as well. Follow his advice and exploits at My World of Warcraft Addiction or you can subscribe to stay caught up with your news reader or aggregator.
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