Archon Tooltip Release for Retail and Cataclysm
We released an early access version of our Archon Tooltip Addon a while back, and since then, we've taken a ton of early testing feedback back to the workshop, and we are now ready to make a wider release after some bug fixing, problem solving, and visual updates!
The Archon Tooltip Addon is now available for Retail and Cataclysm World of Warcraft!
We are hoping to get this addon out to more versions of World of Warcraft soon as well.
Archon Tooltip Addon
What Does the Addon Do?
Our addon lets you view a character's progress, and if the character meets our parse-gates (see below), you'll also see their parses, All Star Points, and world rank in-game.
This works on hover tooltips:
If the character meets the parse-gate, more information will be shown:
Shift-clicking names in-game shows you the progress and Best Avg % for every spec they play:
This also works with the guild window when selecting a player.
You can also right-click to open the menu and get a "Copy WCL URL" to quickly check a character page on the website for more details.
New Unique Feature: Alt to Main Linking!
With alt-main linking, getting into groups on alts should be much easier! Other players can see your main's kill counts, progression, and parse average.
Addon Opt Out and Player Protections
The Archon team recognizes the power we're giving players with an easy-access add-on like this and wants to be responsible in our implementation.
Difficulty Breakpoint
We only want to show parses for players that are likely part of the high-end culture. We're doing this by only including the more difficult content parses in the addon. For example, data from Normal difficulties will not be included at all.
Parse-Gates
Additionally, we've decided to introduce something that we've been calling a parse-gate. We want to show players in their best light and give them a chance to prove themselves. To do this, we will be hiding all parses until a certain number of kills have been obtained to give players a chance to improve their best parse before it is shown.
There is a set threshold where parses aren't shown until a certain number of kills. For Heroic in Retail and Cataclysm, this is set to "20 kills", or roughly 3 full clears. Retail Mythic parses are impressive early on regardless of percentile, so a lower threshold of "5 kills" is used.
Note: If a character meets the kill threshold in Heroic, but not Mythic, it will show their Mythic progress with their Heroic parses (and show that the parse is from Heroic).
Opt Out
You may opt out of the addon. To do so, you can hide your character on Warcraft Logs.
Why Are We Releasing an Addon?
This has been a long-time, highly requested feature by the community, and it has been repeatedly attempted to be created through scraping our site or abusing our API. That is not a feasible way to keep it up to date, and it's expensive for us to prevent. We are doing this ourselves as the only way to feasibly provide all this data, and hope this opens up to even more in-game features in the future.
How to Install
You should be able to see an Addon tab. You can download the Addon and keep it up to date there.
- Enable "Install Character Tooltip Addon and Automatically Keep Up-to-Date". We'll auto-select your dataset based on your characters, but you can opt-in to more.
This also shows you when the latest data is from, and how long until the next update. As long as the client is running, it will auto-update the data for you when possible.
Subscriber Features
All users get access to the core addon and data for every character, which is updated weekly. Subscribers get a few more features, such as:
- Subscribers can use Shift to get more information in their hover tooltips.
This gives you encounter-level data in-game.
- More Frequent Updates
Subscribers get daily data updates with a bit more detail. This also updates YOUR data for everyone else daily.
Potential Future Features
We have some ideas for future features in mind! This step opens up a lot of possibilities for us, and we're excited to see where we can take it.
- More Customization Options
- Showing Guild Progress/Speed Rankings
- Recruitment Information
- And more!
Contact Us
As always, we love to hear your feedback. Please join us on Discord to share any feedback and suggestions, or to ask any questions.
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If you have any support questions, please reach out to our support team at [email protected].