From best to worst of the best
1. Bartender
2. Tidyplates
3. ComboPoints Redux
4. Bagnon
5. Skada
6. Gladius
7. TellMeWhen
8. Prat
9. Atlasloot
10. Althoholic
I couldn't play without the first 3
From best to worst of the best
1. Bartender
2. Tidyplates
3. ComboPoints Redux
4. Bagnon
5. Skada
6. Gladius
7. TellMeWhen
8. Prat
9. Atlasloot
10. Althoholic
I couldn't play without the first 3
These are the mandatory ones: WeakAuras and DBM/VEM/BigWigs. Without those, the game would be radically different. They have shaped the PvE game in ways nothing else has. The reason we see such complex encounters today is because of the almost blanket usage of DBM and similar addons, VEM being the most useful now because of it's incredible sound alerts.
Others that may be worth mentioning are Skada, ElvUI (compilation but ubiquitous enough to mention), TidyPlates, Prat, Altoholic, Vuhdo/Grid, oQueue, Auctionator/TradeskillMaster/Auctioneer, NPCscan, AffDots, OmniCC, MSBT.
10 addons? Sure!
1. Bartender
2. WeakAuras 2
3. DBM
4. TidyPlates
5. Move Anything
6. Chatter
7. iLvLr
8. BadBoy
9. Scrap
10. TradeSkillMaster
Although really, you should make categories for the addons. There's UI addons, and then there's Quality of Life addons, as I see it. E.g. DBM, Scrap and Postal aren't big UI addons for me, but they're great for quality of life. And you can divide the UI into specific elements that can be modified, such as unit frames/minimap/action bars. And really, which specific addon you choose to use for either element depends on individual taste.
And to be honest, sometimes a UI can look really fancy, but it will be so much more efficient and fun if you also include the QoL addons.
So, I'm going to make two small lists with my favourites of each type!
UI addons:
1. Bartender (action bars)
2. SexyMap (minimap)
3. Chatter (chat)
4. Stuf Unit Frames (unit frames)
5. TidyPlates (nameplates)
6. Raven (buffs + debuffs)
7. bXP (XP + rep bar)
8. Move Anything (moving UI elements around)
9. Kong UI Hider (hiding UI elements)
10. Align (aligning UI elements)
Honorable mentions: Skada (combat meter), Quartz (cast bars), Fonter (changing all in-game fonts), Aurora (changes look of all menus and windows), ColorPickerPlus (advanced color selection), Advanced Icon Selector (search for icons).
Quality of Life addons:
1. Opie (keybinds)
2. Scrap (auto-vendor junk)
3. iLvLr (character window mod)
4. BadBoy (chat filter)
5. Addon Control Panel (in-game addon control)
6. GatherMate (minimap gathering nodes)
7. Postal (mailing)
8. TradeForwarder (trade chat anywhere)
9. Combat Log Conceiler (hides combat log)
10. MogIt (transmog)
Honorable mentions: Bagnon (bags), TipTac (customize tooltip), idTip (tooltip IDs), Auto Safari Hat (petbattles).
Weak Auras
BigWigs/DBM
BagSync
Clique
Postal
ReforgeLite
Skada
XCT+
cargBags Nivaya
ElvUI + ElvUI Enhanced + ElvUI Addon Skins (if those count :P)
Vuhdo
Pitbull
Postal
Skada
DBM
Aurora (not really an addon but nice texture replace for the UI)
Chatter
ArkInventory
DeathNote
Auctioneer
Tidyplates
No real order
I started a survey a few weeks ago on the official French UI forum, asking people for their 5 favorite addons. Here are the results so far:
1. Weak Auras 2 (7 votes)
2. DeadlyBossMod (5 votes)
2ex. ElvUI (5 votes)
4. Bartender (4 votes)
5. Vuhdo (3 votes)
Here are the other addons that have votes:
Raven (2 votes)
OmniCC (2 votes)
Skada (2 votes)
oQueue (2 votes)
Postal (2 votes)
GladiatorlosSA (2 votes)
Gladius (2 votes)
MoveAnything (2 votes)
TidyPlates (2 votes)
PlateBuffs (2 votes)
Big Wigs (2 votes)
Grid (1 vote)
Recount (1 vote)
Juked (1 vote)
TradeSkill Master (1 vote)
xCT+ (1 vote)
Fatality (1 vote)
Shadowed Unit Frames (1 vote)
Dominos (1 vote)
Auctioneer (1 vote)
Button Forge (1 vote)
SafeQueue (1 vote)
Interrupt Bar (1 vote)
LoseControl (1 vote)
My personal votes:
ElvUI (or Stuf when I don't use ElvUI)
Weak Auras 2
Raven
DBM
MoveAnything
They are the ones I would keep over any others, but I love many more.
1) oQueue
2) DBM
3) Skada
4) Clique
5) Auctionator
6) Sell Junk
7) Gladius
8) Battleground Targets
9) NPC Scan
10) Postal
My addones as a resto/feral druid are:
Grid
Badkitty
ExtraCD
Skada
Bagon
Postal
Some AH addon for quick buy/sell
Havnt used DBM since firelands
1. Vuhdo
2. Weakauras
3. Big Wigs
4. Coolline
5. Chatter
6. Stuf
7. Clique
8. Dominos
9. Gnosis
10. Raven
These are the 10 I absolutely can't live without!
Bartender
VEM
Skada
WeakAuras2
AddOn Control Panel
AtlasLoot Enhanced
xCT
The only addons I use.
Originally Posted by Sunshine
Elv UI
Skada
DBM
Weak Auras
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Aurora
Autoturnin
RangeDisplay
Loggerhead
TrufiGCD