I hate to disagree with Dadanox, but you seem concerned about security, which case I'd manually install the add-ons. I share a similar sensibility and I don't like giving anything else control of what gets downloaded where. :-)
Yosalt wrote:
can someone walk me through step by step how to set up/where to set up this folder i need to download these into and what not....
Find the add-on you want at curse.com. You can decide whether to use the client, which case you install that and then do nothing, or if you prefer the manual install:
- Click Manual Install.
- All that will do is download a zip folder with the add-on in it.
- Open that zip folder and drag all its contents (this will be one or more folders) into your Addons folder.
- I can't tell you exactly where your Addons folder is. If you're using Vista, the path probably looks something like this: Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons. The World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons part is universal, but different operating systems put them in different places, so if you can just find your World of Warcraft folder, you're good.
- Once you get into the game, click the Addons button on your login screen and choose which addons you want to load for each character.
Yosalt wrote:
i think i need some healing add ons (suggestions please), DBM, omen, recount, and maybe a few others. is curse.com going to be my download site of choice?
Cheers
For raiding I'd recommend Recount, DBM, maybe Omen at first (not as important for healers, IMO), and a healing add-on. For the latter, try all the ones Dadanox mentions and just get a feel for which you like best. Once you get used to playing with add-ons you may also want an action bar mod to customize your bars and buttons (I use dominos, I forget what the other big one is called) and/or a unit frames mod (pitbull and xperl are both popular choices) to tidy up your frames.
There is a thread in the main forums right now talking about UI's - lots of people are posting screenshots of theirs, so you can check that out and get a feel for what you like as well. Google priest UI's and see what other people are doing to get ideas too.
Edited, Sep 24th 2009 7:42am by teacake