Must Have Add-Ons

thedude33 · October 2016

Very new player. I have browsed through some add-ons trying to decide what to take. Rather than create clutter and chaos I figured I should ask the experts.

Looking for solid no hassle/bugs ad-ons. Tried and true.

A damage calc would be good ......but open to suggestions.

Thanks

Kelces · October 2016

SkyShards
LoreBooks
Destinations

These are the tree Add-ons, I always use for new/incomplete characters.

Wizball1987 · October 2016

Combat metrix
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1360-CombatMetrics.html

altemriel · October 2016

FTC (Foundry tactical combat)
Wykkyd toolbar is nice
if you are planning to use lot of addons, then "Shissu's LUA Memory" is a must
Trait Buddy or AUI if you plan to be a crafter
Automaximprovement is nice
OmNomNom is nice too
MultiCraft
Poison Tracker
Minimap by Fyrakin
Slightly Improved Experience Bar
MundusMap
S'rendarr - Aura, Buff & Debuff Tracker
"Awesome Guild Store" and "Master Merchant"!!!

daedalusAI · October 2016

Kelces wrote: »

SkyShards
LoreBooks
Destinations

These are the tree Add-ons, I always use for new/incomplete characters.

To stay as close to the standard UI as possible I would add to those 3 above:

Harvest Map to show resource nodes on your map which you collected
Inventory Grid View for a better inventory view
Dustman to handle your junk items easily

If you want to dive in a complete UI overhaul I can provide a screenshot of my UI in this thread:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/300012/ui-screenshots-addons-used#latest

Eweroun · October 2016

don't forget installing "Dressing Room".

Danikat · October 2016

I think the only ones I consider a 'must have' are a Mini Map (I use Fyrakin's) and Advanced Filters which adds sub categories and search/filter options to your inventory, making it much easier to find specific items.

Others I find useful:
Azurah - To move and customise the UI.
S'rendarr - buff/debuff tracker.
Binder - save and load key bindings using chat commands - very useful if you have multiple characters.
Unified Chat Tabs - same as binder but for chat settings.
Inventory Insight - Lets you see what's in your inventories and bank from anywhere.
Banker Shut Up - Mutes bankers and adds a mute button to all other NPCs so you can mute them if you want to.
Harven's Subtitles - more customisable than the built-in ones which are so huge they must be thinking anyone in need of subtitles is extremely old and half blind as well as deaf.
Research Grid - To keep track of which motifs and traits each character knows.

thedude33 · October 2016

Appreciate the suggestions. I am a minimalist so some of these sound great. Will google and find out where to download them.

Thanks

thedude33 · October 2016

Foundry Tactical Combat looks like an important one

FleetwoodSmack · October 2016

Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter; Makes writs quicker, especially with the increasing FFA in Craglorn atm.

Itemization Browser by code65536 (he lurks here on the forums a lot); Allows you to look at crafted and dropped sets, where they're located, and what they look like in gold quality. Personally, a must have for theorycrafting.

I'll post a longer list later if I can think of anything else that hasn't been posted. A lot of people are already on the ball with some of the ones I use.

BlackPhillip · October 2016

What a good add on to display your guild under your name? Is it shissus guild tool? So far I'm using only MIni map

thedude33 · November 2016

I have been playing around with a few of them to see if I like them. One question though. Do you need to disable the ones you aren't actively using like crafting ones? I got a message that the LU memory was close to max? I disabled a couple of the add-ons to solve that problem.

fgoron2000 · November 2016

QuickSettings - makes all of the vanilla ON/OFF toggles in Settings to be hotkey-able...

fgoron2000 · November 2016

Also, you should be able to find any and all of the above addons at esoui.com, and the preferred install manager would prolly be minion, that one you may need to google for if a link is not offered at esoui

fgoron2000 · November 2016

thedude33 wrote: »

I have been playing around with a few of them to see if I like them. One question though. Do you need to disable the ones you aren't actively using like crafting ones? I got a message that the LU memory was close to max? I disabled a couple of the add-ons to solve that problem.

to resolve this issue, you can either manually edit the usersettings.ini, or perhaps even better, get "Shissu's LUA Memory", which is another addon. It can automatically set the amount of memory needed, so that you don't need to estimate and over-allocate within the ini file.

I think default memory is either 32 or 64 kb, and recommendations are usually to set it to 128 or 256 or even higher if necessary. I have quite a few addons (nothing like oblivion or skyrim <g>) and after adding shissu's, the memory used INCLUDING shissu's itself is consistently below 100. if you really pile them on, I could see getting up to 128 or higher, but if you're a minimalist, then you'll prolly stay consistently below 100, and shisshu's is great for that...gives you all the LUA memory you need on the fly...and no more than that...

thedude33 · November 2016

I use minion. Will take a look at Shissu's

Thanks

Sigtric · November 2016

Toto2Thumbs wrote: »

What a good add on to display your guild under your name? Is it shissus guild tool? So far I'm using only MIni map

This is done by using your guild tabard and then having the right settings in nameplate options

Lolssi · November 2016

Khajiit speak is only one.
AwesomeGuildStore if you belong to a guild.

2ndcovenant_ESO · November 2016

can
"Awesome Guild Store" and "Master Merchant" co-exist or will one cause problems for the other? Is there reason to have both? I have been using Master Merchant for a long time but I have never used Awesome Guild Store.

FriedEggSandwich · November 2016

No Thank You
AwesomeGuildStore
Wykkyds Outfitter
CritPercent and Aju's Penetration Display
CyrHud

And Codex can be quite fun but don't take the results seriously.

FriedEggSandwich · November 2016

thedude33 wrote: »

Foundry Tactical Combat looks like an important one

I use FTC for buff tracking only because I can't get my head around srendarr or whatever it's called. I prefer the default damage numbers to FTC now, but it took some getting used to. I wanted to reduce my reliance on FTC because I suspected it was a bit of a resource hog. The default damage numbers are much nicer to look at imo.

wayfarerx · November 2016

Set Tracker by @Elephant42, a must have since One Tamriel and all the new sets.

daedalusAI · November 2016

I'd add superstar - an ingame skill builder with a nice overview page including your items, cp points etc.