I’ll be bringing you my experiences and opinions, as well as screenshots and possibly video. I’m still not sure if I’ll do the video, but short video snippets might be fun.

My goal is to provide at least two posts per week devoted to my Cataclysm Beta experience. ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/my-cataclysm-beta-experience/ This is where I will attempt to keep our readers and listeners apprised of the add-ons which have been featured in the Emporium to date. You can reach me on Google.]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-summarized/
Segment 26: Leveling Guides

This week we’re going to look at leveling guides; specificly, Zygor’s Leveling Guide, and an alternative.

Let me start off by saying that I emphatically do NOT recommend Zygor’s Leveling Guide, and I’m not going to give you a link to the official Zygor site. If you still want it after listening to this segment, you can find it easily enough.

Zygor’s Leveling Guide is an in-game guide; that means it’s an add-on. It also is sold, not supported by voluntary donations. That means it’s in blatant ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-26-leveling-guides/ Segment #25: LightHeaded

This week we’ll look at a very lightweight add-on that adds speed and accuracy to your questing.

LightHeaded is a very simple add-on that displays quest information and comments from Wowhead in-game, eliminating the need to Alt-Tab when you get stuck on a quest. Data is only loaded when you first request it, so you can be sure you’re not using more memory than you need to.

Lightheaded supports TomTom, MapNotes, and Cartographer2 and Cartographer3; by clicking coordinates shown in LightHeaded, you can automatically add a ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-25-lightheaded/
Segment 24: AutoEmote and AutoProfit

This week we’re going to look at two small add-ons; one just for fun, and one to help you get the junk out of your bags and put some jingles in your pocket. Both of these are considered outdated, but they continue to work and so I continue to use them. Remember to check the “Load out of date add-ons” box in the add-ons window before entering the world.

AutoEmote is a just-for-fun add-on which will automatically issue emotes back to the people who ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-24-autoemote-and-autoprofit/
Segment 23: ArkInventory

This week I would like to tell you about a mod that will help you keep your bags organized, and also let you check all your various storage spaces on the realm when you are pretty sure you have an item, but can’t remember where you put it.

ArkInventory (or “AI”) as it comes “out of the box” allows you to have one large virtual bag instead of the vanilla WoW default of a bunch of smaller bags. Without any custom configuration on your part, it also ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-23-arkinventory/ Segment 22: RaidBuffStatus

Are you a raider? Are you a raid leader? Either way, you need to know the status of buffs on yourself and, if you are the leader, of the entire raid. Proper buffs can make a marginal raid successful, while missing buffs can make your raid fail.

RaidBuffStatus is an add-on to check, show and report on the complete buff status (including flasks etc) of a party or raid. It shows the information on a dashboard much like XRS. It can report via whispers and to raid ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-22-raidbuffstatus/
Segment 21: SkillScore

SkillScore is a lightweight addon that will let you quickly check a player’s experience in specific raids.

SkillScore is a much more useful indicator of a player’s experience than GearScore, because it doesn’t depend on the luck of the Need or Greed roll. SkillScore will tell you how many times the player has completed ICC 10 and ICC 25, for example.

Similar to GearScore in the abbreviated mouseover display, SkillScore will give you a much more detailed tooltip by pressing . SkillScore caps the score for ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-21-skillscore/ Voice Enhancing Steroids

The Pros and Cons of Real ID
We look at positives and negatives regarding Real ID.

Talents and Specializations
Blizzard announced a complete overhaul of the talent system. We discuss.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Lightheaded

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

LoreDucation with Evinrue
Evinrue discusses the first couple volumes of the World of Warcraft comic book.

Are you leveling or planning on leveling a new toon? Are you trying to plan ahead and get enough gold to get your riding skill and mount at level 20? Did you take two gathering skills so you can do that? Good plan! Did you take Herbalism and Mining? Not so good, since you can’t detect Herbs and Minerals at the same time!

There’s a solution for you (can I say “There’s an add-on for that?”) – as well as for hunter and druid tracking, and fish ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-20-wetspot/
Parrot

Some time before Patch 2.0.3, way back in the beginning of 2007, Blizzard incorporated the basic concepts of the add-on Scrolling Combat Text into “vanilla WoW.” Newer players probably have no idea that there was a time when you needed the SCT add-on to see combat hits scrolling up from the center of the screen.

While the now-built-in floating combat text is a big improvement, it could be even better. That’s where Parrot comes in.

Parrot allows you to adjust the start and end points of your scrolling combat text, ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-19-parrot/
_NPCScan

Have you spent hours flying aimlessly around Storm Peaks, trying to find the Time-Lost Protodrake? Wasted days in Sholozar Basin, looking for Loque’nahak? This week’s add-on detects rare mobs for you, alerting you when you get within detection range.

Before installing _NPCScan, you’ll want to clear your game cache. The add-on’s Web page explains how in detail, but the short version is “delete your cache folder.”

When a rare mob is found, _NPScan wil alert you with audio, flashing the screen, and providing an animated targeting button. There’s a “test” ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/07/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-18-npcscan/
Outfitter

Let me start by saying “Thank you!” to Tonkah for the tip regarding the “freeze on training” bug. Disabling the Wowhead Looter add-on fixed it for me. However, it didn’t work for a friend who runs Fubar; possibly that’s difference that matters.

This week we’re going to talk about an add-on that may seem redundant; in patch 3.1.2, Blizzard introduced the equipment manager. The equipment manager “can… be used to just swap weapons or trinkets or put on that tuxedo to strut around town. It will not automatically ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-17-outfitter/
Keeping Up With Everybody

By this time you probably have a slew of add-ons helping you level up, keep your bags organized, make a killing at the Auction House, and make a fast getaway when your latest AH victim realizes that wool cloth really isn’t worth 35 gold a stack. You’d probably like an easy way to keep all those add-ons up-to-date, wouldn’t you? I knew you would.

Other than manually checking every add-on at the site where you originally got it, there are several effective methods of checking for, ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-16-keeping-up-with-everybody/
GoGoMount and GoGoPet

If you have have made any effort at all to learn about the World of Warcraft achievement system, you are probably aware that there is an achievement for obtaining fifty mounts. There’s another for one hundred mounts. There are also achievements for fifteen pets and for fifty pets. Breanni has even created a guide to the vanity pet achievements over at WarcraftPets.com

But how do you manage all those mounts and pets? What’s the point of having dozens of them if you can’t show them off? ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-15-gogomount-and-gogopet/
EasySerum

EasySerum is an add-on to help you do the daily quest Troll Patrol: The Alchemist’s Apprentice in Zul’Drak which gives Argent Crusade reputation and is one-quarter of the lead-in quest. It is a great quest for leveling as well, because there’s no risk of dying. EasySerum has been tested by yours truly and works perfectly under patch 3.3.3

Although Carbonite does have a built-in helper for this quest, EasySerum does it better. Where Carbonite gives you a waypoint arrow and tells you which shelf and item to ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-14-easyserum/
Segment 13: RankWatch

Are you dual-specced? Have you recently leveled? Do you raid? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may find RankWatch to be a useful add-on.

RankWatch will monitor the spells cast by you and other members of your party or raid and warn you (or them) if you or they are using a downranked spell. It will also tell you what new spells you can train each time you gain a level.

Except for reducing threat, there’s no longer any advantage to using downranked spells, ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-13-rankwatch/
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Infinite Ignore
Tired of watching all the spam in trade chats, but your ignore list is full? This is for you then. Infinite Ignore is exactly that, an ignore list that has no limit.

Features
+ No cap on the number of people ignored.
+ Hooks directly into ignore/unignore commands
+ Ability to import your existing list from WoW
+ Ignore list carries across all toons on the realm
+ If you are sick of the ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-12-infiniteignore/
Segment #11: Free Refills
Last week on WoWphiles, Jason mentioned Anea’s blog post entitled “I am not your heal bitch” in which Anea justly complained about players not preparing for random dungeon crawls by stocking up on food beforehand.

There’s no excuse for it. Seriously. Even if you can’t cook, you can buy food items from vendors in every city, town, and 1-shack settlement all over Azeroth, Outland, and Northrend, and you don’t even have to think about restocking; get the FreeRefills add-on and spend fifteen seconds setting ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-11-freerefills/
Segment Number 10: Advanced Trade Skill Window

Guest voice by Victoria Tietjens

Advanced Trade Skill Window (which I herinafter refer to as “ATSW”) is a complete replacement for Blizzards tradeskill window with more overview and special functions.

This replacement, which works for all tradeskills, including enchanting, provides you with:

- a better overview
ATSW is bigger than the standard window, resulting in a much better overview over the thousands of items you can produce. Additionally, it lets you sort your recipes either by groups (as in the standard window), alphabetically ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-10-advanced-trade-skill-window/
Icesnake’s Add-on Emporium, Segment #9: AuctionLite

This week we’re going to look at an add-on that will help you dominate the economy on your Realm. AuctionLite is the add-on for the day traders of World of Warcraft. While not as comprehensive as the bettter-known Auctioneer, AuctionLite has a lot of functions that make working the Auction House a lot less of a chore.

AuctionLite adds some new tabs to your Auction House interface. Instead of being limited to searching for all gems, or blue gems, for example, if you know ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-9-auctionlite/
Welcome to Icesnake’s Add-on Emporium, Segment Number 8.

Guest voice by Rakeleer Frostfyre

Continuing in our not-necessarily-for-raiding vein, this week I’ll tell you about not one, but two add-ons: AchievementSnap and DingRecorder.

I’m sure that everyone has heard the old “screenshot or it didn’t happen” taunt. Some people won’t go look up the facts on the Armory, but you can post a screenshot on Flicker and they’re perfectly happy to accept that as proof. AchievementSnap makes sure that you will have a screenshot of every achievement you earn after installing it, ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnake%e2%80%99s-add-on-emporium-segment-8-achievementsnap-and-dingrecorder/ Path To Nowhere.

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Cataclysm Features Update
We recently got word from Blizzard about some of the features of Cataclysm being changed and/or removed. We discuss.

Cataclysm Raids
We bring in Evinrue to discuss Cataclysm raids and bosses and the lore surrounding them. We start off with the new Caverns of Time: War of the Ancients raid.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Auto Emote and Auto Profit

Listener Email & Comments
We mention ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/wowphiles-podcast-show-35/
Welcome to Icesnake’s Add-on Emporium! This is Segment Number 7, and I’m going to depart from the must-have raiding add-ons to introduce you to a small, utilitarian add-on called DeclineDuel.

DeclineDuel, or “DD,” does exactly what the name tells you: When someone challenges you to a duel, DD will decline it. If you’re the kind of player who prefers to limit her dueling to specific places or times, then you’ll want to have DD installed.

DD has a few options, invoked using the /dd command, including setting the add-on active ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-7-declineduel/
This week we’re going to look at a mod that does for Death Knights what Mage Fever does for Mages; that is, help you to optimize your spell rotation while in combat.

According to the author’s description, Loracks DK Optimizer will help you to optimize health regen, DPS, and threat. I know from my own use of it that my DPS has at least doubled, and my health at the end of each melee is a great deal higher than it was before I installed this addon, so I ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-6-loracks-dk-optimizer/
Guest voice by Ensoph Frostfyre.

Mage Fever is a proc and buff notification addon for mages. It was designed to be simple, light on memory, completely stand alone, and easy to use. Developed by a mage for a mage, it is specifically tailored to help make the most of a mage’s damage output and manage their spell rotation. Mage Fever is an addon that is extremely flexible and fit for any mage. Mage Fever is designed to visually stand out when needed, yet invisible when not, through uniquely colored ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-5-mage-fever/
This week we’re going to take a look at a simple yet powerful aid for healers, called Grid. I will also mention a few enhancements to Grid, and a link to a tutorial on how to get the most out of Grid.

Grid is an essential tool for healers. Anyone who has been in a raid knows that, many times, there is way too much going on during a fight to look at the standard raid array to see who needs healing, who has a HoT on them, who ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-segment-4-grid/

Those of you listening to the audio segment will probably notice my voice is rough and more nasal than usual; sorry, I’m just starting to get over a sinus infection. Here’s the text for those who wonder what I actually said.

Decursive is a mod which makes affliction removal easy, effective and fun for all the classes having this ability.

It’s easy to use. Decursive configures itself automatically for your character class. It works straight out of the box; no configuration is required, although advanced options are readily available. Decursive is ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/icesnakes-add-on-emporium-3-decursive/ Ooh, Cataclysm Talent Trees

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Cataclysm Talent Trees
MMO-Champion has links up to Cataclysm talent trees for Priest, Druid, Rogue, Shaman. They are up over at their new site Wowtal.com

How To Make Fishing More Interesting
Our listener Kurg brought up the idea about how to make fishing more interesting: let’s discuss.

Pay More Get Less?
We discuss a topic that came up about a player who believes that Blizzard is charging us more and more and giving ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/wowphiles-podcast-show-34/ When you are finally sent to Browman Mill after working so hard to get out of the DK starting area, you will find you have about 5 minutes to kill before the battle starts. Use that time to ride around and explore; you can get 815 experience points for each area you discover. You will also discover you simply aren’t allowed to stray far from Light’s Hope Chapel.

I have noticed a big question lately has been: how can blizzard make fishing more interesting? One suggestion might be to make fishing more in depth like a crafting profession. For example, fishing lures could be created by recipes. A player could make certain lures with recipes and those lures will have an effect on their fishing such as: an increased chance at catching a ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/cataclysm-suggestion-how-to-make-fishing-more-interesting/
Can You Spare Ten Silver?

The Gathering
The WoWphiles official guild for friends and fans has been created. It’s called The Gathering and it’s on the Lightbringer server. Get your level 1 alts ready.

News
BlizzCon tickets are selling out and Gnome and Troll quest lines not going live 3.3.5

PvP Class Balance
Blizzard again tackles the topic of how to balance classes in PvP

Stefon the Travel Correspondent
We are joined by Stefon who gives us some places to see in Azeroth.

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/06/wowphiles-podcast-show-33/ Murlocs are for realz!

Murlocs are real!
Handfish species of fish that look like murlocs.

Remote Auction House details
Thanks to a comment from Hiruu, we got to the bottom of what the charges are for in regards to remote services.

Healing in Cataclysm
We look at how healing is changing in Cataclysm.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week with the addon RaidBuffStatus

Evinrue’s NPC of the Week
Evinrue is back with her segment to tell us about Keristrasza

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2010/05/wowphiles-podcast-show-32/ Listen To Your Mother.

Mobile Auction House
The Mobile Auction House is coming soon: is it worth the money?

Female Worgen Screenshots
Are they killer werewolves or sexy foxes?

Putricide Strategy
We give you our tips on the Professor Putricide encounter in Icewing Citadel

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Predicting the Bosses of Cataclysm
Evinrue joins us to talk about what bosses we might be facing in Cataclysm

Cataclysm Professions
Blizzard officially released information regarding Cataclysm profession changes. We put our two cents in on the subject.

Good Cop / Bad Modem
Blizzard flexes their NDA muscle and we discuss

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium #21
Icesnake is back this week with the addon SkillScore

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Ruby Sanctum
We give our thoughts on the upcoming Ruby Sanctum.

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The WoWphiles Guild
We answer the question about whether or not we will start our own WoWphiles guild.

When will Patch 3.3 be released?
We talk about the possibilities of how soon patch 3.3 will come out.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake brings us this week’s addon: Omen3. We also discuss another threat meter that we use.

Are you burned out?
Dealing with and avoiding burnout with WoW

Icecrown lore
This week’s lore segment ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2009/12/wowphiles-podcast-show-10/ http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/one-game-man/ http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/shared-topic-best-paladin-changes/ Hey everybody, we wanted to wish a very special Thanksgiving to all the members of our community from the blog to the podcast. Have a great Turkey Day!

On more official business the podcast will be coming a day late due to the Holiday so we can all spend some quality time with our families in the real world… Today’s epic quest – eat so much turkey you pass out.

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Night Elf Mohawk
I pity the fool that doesn’t experience the Mohawk Grenade in game.

Shadowmourne revealed
We discuss the new legendary weapon Shadowmourne and talk about why legendary items don’t scale with level.

Plight of the new tank
So you want to tank but no one will let you? We talk about the struggles of new tanks starting out.

Really??
Our own version of SNL’s Really skit, where we talk about Blizzard’s ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/wowphiles-podcast-show-9/ I’m thinking of doing a weekly column for WoW add-ons, if there’s any interest in the listener/readership here. The idea is that I will try them out and recommend them for general use or specific classes, along with links to where you can get them.

To give you an idea of my qualifications, I have been playing RPGs since 1976 (Dungeons & Dragons first edition!), and MMORPGs since Everquest (the first one). I’ve played through EQ, Asheron’s Call, Diablo II, and now World of Warcraft (remember when “raid” meant “level 58+ ...]]> http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/icesnakes-add-on-emporium/ http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/frosty-gear-in-3-3/ ]]> http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/doing-the-unthinkable-warrior-alt/ ]]> http://wowphiles.com/2009/11/microtransactions-final-thoughts/