There was actually a pretty good mod thread a week or two ago: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/36801

All kinds of good pointers there.

Other than that, as a person who just started playing the game for the first time a few weeks ago, I might suggest actually starting a character fresh from the start. Recent patches have made the experience curve very soft (you'll probably hit 10 in one sitting, and 20 in after about a week of playing) and my understanding is that the content has changed significantly.

Speaking of content, if you haven't already done so you should go buy Burning Crusade. I was able to get both the core game and the expansion packaged together for like $40, so the expansion alone ought to be available super cheap. This will give you two extra options for your character's race, plus the general opinion seems to be that the starting areas for the new races have much more interesting content than the old areas did.

I'd also like to throw in a pitch for Team Green as they have done a great job of running lower level instances. They have taken it upon themselves to run as a group. I am willing as always to help new and returning players get on their feet. Let me know how I can help if you choose to join or rejoin.

Damn, everyone's coming back. I recently returned after a long hiatus and man a lot has changed. Get ready for a lot of chatter on the guild channel that is completely foreign.

[guilchat:] Looking for an HG to run XYZ in a 4 man premade to arena whatchamacallit!

That mod threadn Zero linked to is awesome.

My mods are pretty simple BigWigs, AtlasLoot, CoolDownCount (a must for rogues at high level, takes all the guess work out of timing stuns/interrupts), Fishing Buddy, Omen, something that keeps track of drop rates and I think a couple more that I really don't pay attention too. The only three mods I would be lost without are BigWigs, Omen and my CD counter. I use standard bars and hotkeys (my hotkeys are perfect for me and yes every single one of my most used roguey talents are hot keyed) and really prefer to keep my screen as uncluttered as possible.

I know quite a few folks who don't use any mods except Omen (and Vent of course) and are perfectly happy. If you plan on playing on multiple computers, keep your mod list simple and don't change up dependent on machine.

I use bartender3, auctioneer, and omen.. thats it really. CT mod is on my computer that helps raids

BlackHand Alliance.

I used CT and DeadlyBossMods until about a month ago when they started going all wonky. So I dumped both for BigWigs which seems to be much more accurate. Oh one other mod I use is Titan Panel simply because I like having money, durability, bag space, coords and my clock all in a nice neat bar along the top. I did recently install 2 different damage meters to see if I was putting out what I need to be for end-game raiding, but those aren't needed until then and can be funny (as in grandma talking to a stuffed cat funny, not cat running into sliding glass door funny).

The number of mods you use really does depend on your class, your play style and your goals. Raid healers tend to be mod heavy which makes sense as they are keeping track of 9-24 other people. Tanks not as much which again makes sense as they really just need to have lots of hate and stay alive. DPS folks vary on the number of mods they use and its a matter of personal taste. And of course if there is something you want to do at the mere push of a button there is probably a mod out there for it

I would stay away from 3rd party mods anymore. I've heard too many stories recently of jacked passwords and empty accounts from people who seem pretty careful and vigilant about that kind of thing.

Oh, and don't buy gold. The people who jack your passwords are the people you're supporting when you buy gold.

As far as the AddOns go.. just make sure you don't get anything that uses an executable. I haven't heard of any cases of account hacks or keylogging from AddOns from Ace or WowInterface involving the simple download and manual install the folders into the AddOn directory.

Again, though, there's nothing wrong with either playing without them or with playing it totally safe. I can just comment from my own experience. I enjoy the ones I use and when I try playing without them, I find myself missing them tremendously.

Because equipcompare does it better.

Wow really? It's such a simple function that I figured there really wasnt much to improve on.

So according to a machine translator this translates to"

Or something like that.

Looks like we both used the same google result to get to Babylon.
I wonder if that is a secret message for some shadowy organization. Only the "word" that didn't translate is significant, as it is probably an acronym or anagram or somesuch, not an actual word.
Hmmm...

Yeah, that's what prompted me to look out of curiosity.

I suppose that if this is some secret message, say using the first letter of every word to spell something, it would be lost on us using an English translation.

I can't think of a good reason why an Arabic gold spammer would leave spam like this on an English forum. It doesn't make much sense.

Maybe it's semaphore? (Long words versus short words?)