Forever runs on the modern client, so the Classic addon ecosystem carries over once authors flag their addons for the new branch. Install through a manager that supports it, keep the list short, and check for updates after every weekly reset: a stale addon is the usual cause of a broken UI after a patch.
The short list
- A quest guide or helper. Forever has more than a thousand quests and the new zones are not in anyone’s memory yet. A guide that tracks objectives on the map saves hours in the mid-30s Riverglades.
- Bag and bank search. Even with one-bag on, finding the right potion in a dungeon is faster with a search box.
- Threat and cooldown tracking. Forty-player Onyxia on 9 December is a threat-management fight; learn the tool before you need it.
- A damage meter, for yourself and not for the group chat.
- A nameplate and unit frame addon if the default frames hide the information you want at a glance. The Enhanced preset’s centralised layout is good enough for most people for the first weeks.
- An auction helper once you reach the auction house. Prices on a brand-new economy move daily.
Settings
- Turn on quest points of interest and the map pins if you chose the Classic preset and find yourself reading quest text twice.
- Set the camera distance to its maximum; the new zones are large and the default is close.
- Bind a push-to-talk key and an interrupt key before your first dungeon.
- Enable the combat log for your own runs; it is the only way to know why you died.
What to skip
Anything that promises to automate decisions, anything that spams the chat with addon advertisements, and any “all in one” suite you do not understand. The game is deliberately slower than retail; the addons that help are the ones that show information, not the ones that play for you.