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There's no doubt about it.

I Love Addons.

I love how much more convenient they make the game. I love how they store and display important information that is otherwise either inconvenient to click around to find, or absolutely, completely impossible to find because it's invisible to what the game allows us to see.

Introducing AlwaysLFG

Okay, this isn't much of an "Ode", but I thought I should introduce the addon first.

AlwaysLFG is an addon that is a "must-have" for anyone who fits the following description:

• Runs dungeon PUGs

• Has a "family" of characters to advance
• Has enough time to fiddle around for a bit before into a dungeon run
• Likes to leave some of their play time to chance

Its function is to, at a basic level, automatically subscribe your logged-in characters to the LFG tool so you can always see the LookingForGroup chat line when you're logged in.

How Does AlwaysLFG Work?

Simply put, this addon will list your logged-in toon in the LFG tool under a random zone.

The zones chosen are amongst those that particular toon would be able to choose for themselves, so lowbie toons will be placed in lowbie zones, and high level toons in high level zones.

Once you're listed in the LFG tool, you can see the LookingForGroup channel and respond to party requests from there - for this toon, or for another toon you'd need to log in with.

Won't I Get Bugged For Groups?

Most people don't want to list themselves in the LFG tool because they don't want random invites when they're really not sure what group play they want to get into.

Rest assured, it's not in the habits of the majority of players to look at who has listed themselves in a Zone - In the whole time the Looking For Group tool has been in place, I've never once gotten an invite based on the Zone I was in, even back when I lurked manually.

So the short answer is "No" :)

What Do I Have To Do To Configure AlwaysLFG?

Nothing. It works on installation just as described above and requires nothing from you but activating it for each of your characters (even level 1 bank characters!)

One thing you CAN do, however, is configure the "comment" that shows up by default, and you can specify a different comment to appear depending on which toon is logged in. This is helpful for when you do actually list yourself in the LFG tool under specific instances.

To configure the comment:

Type: /alfg config

In the Interface window that pops up, the LFG comment currently in place is the default one that will show up for all characters. If you only dungeon with one character, you can set or clear the comment here.

If you play multiple characters, click on the "Profiles" sub-menu on the list to the left side of the window, and create a new profile for this character before you clear or set the comment.

Where Can I Get AlwaysLFG?

Personally, I use both the WoWMatrix and Curse Client addon updaters because they offer different addons and thus update different addons.

However, this one in particular is updated through the Curse Client, so look for it there.

Alternatively, if you don't like to use applications you've downloaded from the Internet (and I can't blame you, I make my decisions very carefully in this area as well, although being on a Mac helps an awful lot) and you're comfortable with installing addons the "old-fashioned way", you can find AlwaysLFG quite easily by searching for "AlwaysLFG wow addon" in Google.

What's Your Favorite Addon?

I'd love to hear from you about your favorite addons - how long have you been using it, how does it help, and what's the best thing about it?

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