World of Warcraft has been one of the great time sinks of my life.  These days I feel like a slacker when I'm not putting in time to help the guild (I know ...guilty for having a life ...how odd).  The great thing about wow has always been the programming framework exposed to developers within the game.  This is the only MMORPG that I'm aware of where you can change almost ever element of the UI if you don't like it.  The gameplay itself is also quite addictive though I often find myself at odds with many of  Blizzards policy decisions (such as the power gap in gear btwn the original game and the Burning Crusades expansion).  Below is a list of some addons that are essential to my wow game experience.  I encourage anyone to try these as I believe they will change your wow experience for the positive.

  • Gatherer
  • Auctioneer
  • Bartender
  • Cartographer
  • RatingBuster
  • SmartBuff
  • TitanPanel
  • ZHunterMod
  • EasyMail
  • Quartz
  • VisualHeal
  • TankPoints
  • HealPoints
  • OptiTaunt
  • Lunar Sphere
  • StealYourCarbon
  • Deadly Boss Mods
  • FlightMap
  • Omen
  • Recount
  • Satrina's BufF Bars
  • Sexy Map
  • WIM (Wow Instant Messenger)
  • X-Perl