Recently I have been relearning about addons. They can be great for enhancing your game experience, improving performance, or just plain fun.
One of those that falls under the category of “just plain fun” is the addon AddEmote.
The first time I heard of this addon was when someone left a comment about it on my blog while I was still out of game. I didn’t follow it up much because at that time I wasn’t playing WoW so lacked enthusiasm for something I couldn’t use. Since I’ve been back I did a bit more research into that addon and find that I really like it.
AddEmote can be a powerful RP tool and I would encourage others to check it out. Let me give you a general rundown on it without the technical stuff clogging the way.
Super Simplified: you make your own emotes.
I can hear you now, “But TDRP, I can do that now just by going /em <emote text>.”
Yes you can but AddEmote adds frequently used emotes to your repertoire. For example, my warrior, Megaly loves to hum bawdy tunes while fishing. A simple thing really but there is no /hum emote in game. With AddEmote I create one called /hum and it comes out “Megaly hums a bawdy tune.” and AddEmote remembers it and saves it for use again later. No more typing the whole bloody thing out. But wait! There’s more!
Now I have set this emote as a global one so all of my characters can use it too and have the circumstances be different. It has completely different meaning if Nauloera hums a bawdy tune.
Now I could also set Ithrene to have her own /hum using the same command. It could say Ithrene hums an old dwarven lullabye. It would still be the /hum command, but AddEmote would see hers first if I was playing her and not use the global one.
Now this is the most basic type of emote that you can do. AddEmote is capable of so much more though! There are more complex strings that can change depending on who or what the target is, gender, class, etc. I won’t try to explain all of that here because there is a lovely README file in the AddEmote folder that explains all of that. The instructions are there. You just add imagination!
“But TDRP, why would I bother?”
Here’s my opinion and take it for whatever you wish but emotes are a great way to give something more to your character. To give them more of the personality that makes them unique. A repeated movement that is habit tells more about a character than simple words can.
Does your character fidget? How about a /fidget emote? Do they chew and spit on the ground a lot? Do they run their hand through their hair?
It is for these common personality defining actions that AddEmote truly shines. Everyone has their own non-verbal traits that are unique to them. Think about your character and what theirs are.
So overall, I give this addon two thumbs up and I intend to use it most vigorously to bring just a bit more personality to my stable of characters. And on my scale of 1 to 10 for user friendliness with 10 being “My cat could use this addon!” and 1 being “AAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!” I’d give it an 8. Which for me is important because anything that frustrates me finds its way into the trash bin.
When you’re ready to start crafting your own emotes, be sure to check out my post on Emote Crafting!
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