A Tribute to Addons: WoWHead Looter
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On this edition of A Tribute to Addons, we are looking at the WoWHead client and its accompanying addon, "WoWHead Looter".
The WoWHead client is very simple. Players can download the Windows or OSX versions from WoWHead, and it automatically puts the addon in the appropriate place. The software does not need to run while you are playing WoW for the addon to work. The addon grabs data from drops you find, quests, items, and other general data, which WoWHead's collects to calculate statistics and locations for the various items and objects in the World of Warcraft. There is no in-game interface; it merely prints a message in your chat frame on startup to let you know its work. Users need only run the software client to upload their data after creating an account on the WoWHead website. Using it helps contribute to the WoW community and provide us all with one of the best WoW database on the Internet, but there were some recent changes that make the WoWHead looter even better.
WoWHead launched their Profiler a few months ago, which allowed players to query the Armory and have their Armory information stored on WoWHead, complete with multiple profiles and deep integration with the WoWHead database. Now, the WoWHead looter can gather information about your characters and sync it to the WoWHead Profiler.
The new profiles are very slick. Sites that support WoWHead hotlink mouseover tooltips, like Project Lore, allow users to hotlink their characters. The addon grabs nearly all relevant data about your characters, so you can see data like your collected pets, completed quests, and known recipes. Using the vast WoWHead database, you can easily see what "completionist" items you need to obtain, like what quests you need to do, and quickly and easily find out all the information you need to find out about it. The system is all automatic, and the links are very clean and intuitive. For example, check out my non-combat pets, and how to get the ones I'm missing.
In audition to the extremely powerful profiles, the same great searching and filtering abilities you know and love from the WoWHead database are present in the profile database. For example, here is a search that showed me everyone on my server who participated in the first Yogg-Saron kill, everyone with the Insane title, and all the skill level 450 engineers.
WoWHead looter and profiles have replaced a lot of other services and sites that I use. Are you a fan of the WoWHead profiles?
The WoWHead client is very simple. Players can download the Windows or OSX versions from WoWHead, and it automatically puts the addon in the appropriate place. The software does not need to run while you are playing WoW for the addon to work. The addon grabs data from drops you find, quests, items, and other general data, which WoWHead's collects to calculate statistics and locations for the various items and objects in the World of Warcraft. There is no in-game interface; it merely prints a message in your chat frame on startup to let you know its work. Users need only run the software client to upload their data after creating an account on the WoWHead website. Using it helps contribute to the WoW community and provide us all with one of the best WoW database on the Internet, but there were some recent changes that make the WoWHead looter even better.
WoWHead launched their Profiler a few months ago, which allowed players to query the Armory and have their Armory information stored on WoWHead, complete with multiple profiles and deep integration with the WoWHead database. Now, the WoWHead looter can gather information about your characters and sync it to the WoWHead Profiler.
The new profiles are very slick. Sites that support WoWHead hotlink mouseover tooltips, like Project Lore, allow users to hotlink their characters. The addon grabs nearly all relevant data about your characters, so you can see data like your collected pets, completed quests, and known recipes. Using the vast WoWHead database, you can easily see what "completionist" items you need to obtain, like what quests you need to do, and quickly and easily find out all the information you need to find out about it. The system is all automatic, and the links are very clean and intuitive. For example, check out my non-combat pets, and how to get the ones I'm missing.
In audition to the extremely powerful profiles, the same great searching and filtering abilities you know and love from the WoWHead database are present in the profile database. For example, here is a search that showed me everyone on my server who participated in the first Yogg-Saron kill, everyone with the Insane title, and all the skill level 450 engineers.
WoWHead looter and profiles have replaced a lot of other services and sites that I use. Are you a fan of the WoWHead profiles?
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