What 2 or 3 "can't do without" addons do you recommend for most players?

daneyulebub17_ESO · June 2014

OK, there's a lot of addons out there. Some seem extremely functional--like those that improve the bank ui, or add info about your character and other stats. Many seem like cheats (I don't WANT a skyshard map). Some seem sketchy, or confusing in their description at ESOui.com and other sites, have terrible usage descriptions or descriptions geared to a different language. Some have too many features that overlap others, or are "uni-taskers" with too few. Some aren't updated regularly, or are abandoned. It's a jungle out there.

And... IMO, its not that easy to find the highest rated ones without laboriously delving into individual categories (Unit Frame Mods?) and checking each one individually at the addon sites, comparing ratings, viewing screen shots, comments, popularity, before going through the effort of checking it out yourself.

To try to narrow things down a bit, what are the best more or less general purpose ones you would recommend pretty much everyone use to improve the game right now? ----and any tips on their usage? Any thing's fair game, but keep in mind there's a fine line between addons that add missing functionality and those that are more or less spoilers to a lot of players who just want a better interface here and there but don't want things (like skyshard locations) handed to them--I guess I'd prefer less of the latter and more of the former but I could be alone there.

Francescolg · June 2014

FTC - is a must to learn more about your character. It even has combat stats for the last fight, just set up a hotkey for it.
Lorebooks + Skyshards - to level the mage guild
Minimap - as soon as the map is working again, this is must have in PvP to -quickly and safely- know where your party is
Wykkyds OUTFITTER + Wykkyd Bundle to be able to swap more skill bars depending on game style. You don't need to open your skill-window anymore: 1 AE bar + 1 DD bar or SPOT-heal and Battle-Heal, etc. a templar can have a single player hotbar and one for grouping, etc. Always changing the skills gets annoying!

Gisgo · June 2014

The only must have for me is the add-on that removes the word "HIDDEN" from the screen but keeps the eye icon.

kimboh · June 2014

Sky shards/lore books.

Undiscovered map locations.

And I really like Azurahs UI enhancement.

Also Greymind quick slot bar is good.

Eylith · June 2014

- CraftCompare : display your currently equipped item(s) when crafting items
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info231-CraftCompare.html

- Advanced Filters : some filters for the bag
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info245-AdvancedFilters.html

- SoftCap info : displays the softcap for each stat
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info141-SoftcapInfo.html

- SpentSkillPoints : displays the amount of already spent skill points for each category/skill line
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info303-SpentSkillPoints.html

- Greymind Quick Slot Bar : A simple addon so you don't have to dig into the quick slot interface during combat.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info258-GreymindQuickSlotBar.html

- CombatCloud : Displays outgoing and incoming combat events, warnings, notifications, ..
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info281-CombatCloud.html

- Codex : Session Stats, Kills logger, AvA Stats
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info421-Codex-SessionStatsKillsloggerAvA....html

I use like 20+ addons, but those are very very usefull to me.

adriant1978 · June 2014

Research Assistant is a must have for anyone who doesn't want to go mad trying to remember if they know the trait or not on that item they are about to sell or deconstruct.

GreySix · June 2014

Can do without any of them, but I like the skyshard and lore book map markers and the incomplete quest markers.

Syntse · June 2014

Not sure if anything is must have for me but there are some really nice to have ones and then personal preferences.

1.EasyQuickSlots (makes it possible to map keys to quick swap the quick slot)
2.ResearchAssistant (Tells which items your chars have researched and which not)
3.CraftResearchTimer (Shows the research times on going researches)

Addition to those I have CombatLogStatistics, HarvestMap, LoreBooks, SkyShards, SimpleClock, SlightlyImprovedAttributeBars, SoftcapInfo, TiEmote, XPView

chaosme · June 2014

I really like LootDrop (the all-in-one version) and the range of add-ons by Harven's.

FTC I only use to display the absolute numbers for health/magicka/stamina as there is an option to retain the original ESO frames. Everything else replaces it with custom bars.

Rosveen · June 2014

Wouldn't play without: Guild Store Search, Advanced Filters, Bank Stuffer, Research Assistant.

Ones I could live without, but I'd rather not: Librarian, Craft Research Timer, Wykkyd's Outfitter, Easy Quickslots, Soft Cap Info, Srendarr, Sous Chef.

Alphashado · June 2014

FTC
Guild Store Search

alphawolph · June 2014

Bank manager, automates your mules. Best add on in game imo.

Kulrig · June 2014

Eylith wrote: »

- CombatCloud : Displays outgoing and incoming combat events, warnings, notifications, ..
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info281-CombatCloud.html

I learned quite a bit thanks to this addon. Things like weapon damage affects the healing done by resto staff abilities, the third hit of resto heavy attacks restores magicka basline, and that Essence Drain was a waste of two skill points.

One thing I wish they would add is similar to their crit color override option, have something that overrides all colors with what you want. It's great that it can track what kind of damage is going on, but all I care about is that damage happened and how much; trying to remember that fuchsia is one damage type, brown is another, one shade of green means poison, another shade means disease, and a third means healing.... a bit much. And having to reset all the colors to the basic red = damage green = healing when it updates is my one gripe with combat cloud.

Chuggernaut · June 2014

LOREBOOKS - Displays all lorebooks are map, super handy if you're looking to level up mage guild.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info288-LoreBooks.html

SKYSHARDS - Displays all Sky Shards on map.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info128-SkyShards.html

TOOLBAR - Adds a handy toolbar (I move mine to the top) that shows xp, gold, pack space, horse feed timer, werewolf/vampire xp, and crafting timers.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info8-WykkydsFramework.html

FTC - Combat feedback!
http://tamrielfoundry.com/ftc/

hk11 · June 2014

FTC, skyshards, lorebooks, and the addon that lets you search the store.

niocwy · June 2014

2 or 3 addons ? ...hmm I'gonna list 2 or 3 for each gameplay aspect.

Combat :
CurvyHud - vertical HUD for player frame
CombatCloud - combat text/alerts
Srendarr - buff/debuff display

Exploration :
Lorebooks
Skyshards
TrueExploration - hide the map until you actually explore the areas

Inventory / Store :
BatmanStoreFilter - filters for the guild store
AdvanceFilters - filters for your inventory

Stats :
SofctCap Info - better info about your softcaps
MitigationValue - actually shows what % of flat damage mitigation you have
ShowMyStats - show your stats when in inventory/gear screen

Skill bar
Wykkid's Outfitter - so you can change your skill set easily
Greymind Quickslot Bar - better quickslots management

EDIT forgot Crafting :
ResearchAssistant - show icon about researched items in your inventory
AIResearchGrid - shows all your researches in a grid

daneyulebub17_ESO · June 2014

Having all the skyshards revealed to you just kind of takes the fun out of it to me, so don't think I'll be using that one.

Sighlynce · June 2014

Definitely Undiscovered by dwot

. Marks map with a red 'x' where there is a point of interest so no more missing quests ( dl at curse) ! Love it

... and Wykkyd's Full Immersion and Wykkyd's Framework a must have

( dl at esoui put wykkyd in search to find all his addons

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lecarcajou_ESO · June 2014

Some great suggestions here. I wonder if anyone can speak to the additional memory/CPU usage required by add-ons—how many is too much? And is there a way of checking add-on resource usage?

sylviermoone · June 2014

I play with well over 25 addons at this point. I can't even remember the original interface.

Some crucial ones for me are:
Advanced Filters- adds additional tabs in your inventory screen to make things easier to see/find.

Wyykd's mailbox, advanced auto loot, and new loot drop- my husband and I got sick of having to manually additems to mail back and forth, and our inventories were increasingly difficult to manage space wise due to crafting mats and research gear. Advanced auto loot allows us to click one button in the mail screen, and poof! all of a designated item type are sorted, attached and sent. Wyykd's mailbox ensures that as long as we have "return" as the first word in the mail, it is auto bounced back to sender. Loot drop goes with this set because you can't see what you're looting when auto loot is on, so the add on displays that for you.

Research assistant and crafting research timer- research assistant allows for cross char tracking of researchable items, CRT displays timers so I know how much longer until that 15 day trait is learned.

Vickster's inventory insight- I have 5 chars that I play, 2 are crafters, AND a mule to hold stuff. I also trade with other players. A LOT. This add on shows me what my inventory is across ALL my chars and my bank from any char inventory screen. Which means when someone wants to buy a stack of rawhide or motif, I don't have to log into each and every char to find out who's holding it.

Luminary Trade History- again, I trade, buy and sell. This add on quickly shows me all items that have sold in the guild stores, how much it sold for (so I know what to price my items at), what of my listed items have sold.

CLS and FTC- I like the modified health/magicka/stam bars on FTC, as well as knowing enemy's health and buffs/debuffs. I don't like the floaty damage trackers and things on FTC, so I use CLS for that and the DPS/HPS meter.

I use skyshards and lorebook addons, though I totally understand folks that don't want to use them. I really like the harvest map; it only shows known locations of harvest nodes and chests. Meaning you have to have found it once before it is placed on the map.

twnakita · June 2014

Everything of Wykkyd's. And a few others but I can't recall the names at the moment.

kieso · June 2014

1. FTC
2. Skyshards
3. lorebooks
4. research assistant (assuming you craft)
5. craft research timer.

catpower · June 2014

If I could only have two it would be Bank Manager and Advanced Filters, they are awesome for making your inventory and bank manageable!

xaraan · June 2014

FTC, Wykkyd's Framework, & Azurah's UI enchancement

nudel · June 2014

daneyulebub17_ESO wrote: »

Having all the skyshards revealed to you just kind of takes the fun out of it to me, so don't think I'll be using that one.

I feel the same way about the Lorebooks addon.

I only have 3 addons installed.

Guild Store Search Extended -- until a search bar gets added to the guild store ui
Advanced Filters -- it's like SkyUI for ESO. a must have for me
Librarian -- b/c Eidetic Memory doesn't work

GnatB · June 2014

The only mod I would argue is required is the minimap of your choice. (I believe I use ZRMiniMap modified) so you don't need to have your face constantly buried in the full map. (Note: If anybody happens to know of one that handles showing your group members better, *please* let me know)

The 2nd one I'd strongly recommend for any crafter is Research Assistant, so looking at an item you know whether or not you already know that trait.

All the rest of the addons I have (or that I've seen listed) I'd argue are fairly optional, not just missing practically required basic game functionality.

Samadhi · June 2014

Kill Counter and Greymind's QuickSlot.

Moiskormoimi · June 2014

None? This is the first game that I didn't really need them to improve upon the game. That said, I'm not truly as invested in it as I once was.