Addons That Help After World of Warcraft Addiction

OK, so you are addicted to World of Warcraft no more, but you still play every now and then. You probably know the disorientation that comes every time you log in now. What was I doing last time? Why am I camped in Netherstorm? What quest was I working on? Or what is the next step in the chain?

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 all things. (Or at least think I do.) Now I sometimes feel like I know next to nothing.

I didn’t need sites like thottbot.com and wowhead.com when I played all the time. In fact, I kind of looked down on people who used them too much. But now I use them too. There are others like thottbot.com and wowhead.com too. I just know and use those two the most. (No, I have no interest in them. )

Even better though, I’ve learned about a couple great addons: Questhelper and Carbonite Quest. Both do almost the same thing, so choose between them. Don’t run them at the same time. (I don’t think you even could.)

Either one keeps track of your (or your group’s) current quests and helps determine the most efficient path in finishing 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 installing. (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.

Carbonite comes in a free version and a paid version. I use the paid one but the free one is a great help as well. Questhelper is totally free the last time I knew.

I’ve heard there are addons that take the concept one step further. They not only guide you through the quests you have, but help you decide which quests and quest paths are worth following. I can see the benefit of that but since I’m one of those people that enjoys the trip as much as the destination, I’ve never explored them further.

I’ll be adding more reviews and suggestions for useful addons for the casual World of Warcraft player at myworldofwarcraftaddiction.com. If you know of any, please suggest them or write them up yourself and I’ll post them.