FileFront and other patching servers have the files that will move you much faster instead doing each incremental patch.

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I will also throw my two cents in on this. I use quite a few addons myself but you may only want to use a few of them. I've been playing for over a year now and I consistently test new and highly rated mods that show up. Bagnon: It pulls all your bags together in to a single bag screen. Does the same for the bank. Configurable color/transparency and columns are highlights besides the one bag feature. Dominos: Action bar replacement. You get rid of the old action bars and replace it with new moveable bars. Bars can be hidden if you do not need them. RedRange: Works with Dominos to show if you are out of range to cast a spell/attack. Colors the button red. Very simple and light. Nothing to configure. Just enable and play. MikScrollingBattleText: No need to look at the terrible WoW made battle text popping up above mobs and your head. This mod splits damage you recieve and damage your enemy recieves on the left and right side. It's configurable with the font, color and numerous other features. Outfitter: If you have an item you wear in a paticular zone, just tell this mod when you want to wear that item and it will switch it out for you whenever you enter a zone. Same goes for riding, flying, swimming, fishing, drinking and anything else you can think of. Prat 3.0: A new way to view chat. Shortened channel names (ie. Guild is now ), colored by class toon names, level next to a toon name and tons of other little features. WIM: also known as WoW Instant Messenger. It's like combining AIM with WoW. When you get a whisper from someone it automatically pulls it from the chat and drops it in to a chat box. If you're in combat, the WIM icon on the Mini-map will blink until you open up your recieved message. It will not intrude on your combat with a box suddenly showing up out of nowhere. ZOMGBuffs: Auto notification that you or party/raid member has a buff running out that you cast. Roll your mouse wheel and it casts it for you without touching your action bar. Can also auto-buy reagents at a vendor if you want it to. The mouse wheel auto-cast can be turned off if you don't like it.

What kind of addons are you looking for. Quest helper gives you a nice arrow pointing you in the direction to complete your quests. Its nice but it will need Cartographer to work properly. SellFish is another nice one it lets you know the sell value of the stuff you have. Sell-O-Matic let you auto sell all your grey items with a push of a button. If you are going to play with the auction house at all you are going to want Auctioneer. Lastly my personal favorite RatingBuster lets you see a numerical value of your equipments to let compare which is best.

If you want to try out a Death Knight, you will need to have an existing 55+ toon on that server. You can choose either side, but you still are required to have a 55+ toon as a prerequisite.