| World of Warcraft fans aren't limited to their | | | | reference. For the most part nothing fancy. You |
| gaming machines when they want to access their | | | | will find an array of chat, guild, party/raid, pet, and |
| character information, guilds or look up | | | | emote commands. Basically a cheat-sheet on your |
| commands. And although never truly leaving | | | | iPhone. One thing that does make the WoW |
| World of Warcraft may be bad for some WoW | | | | Companion better than a simple cheat-sheet is |
| addicts, having portable and on-demand WoW | | | | the macros offered for each class. It doesn't |
| information will be helpful to many WoW gamers | | | | publish a huge list of macros for each class, but it |
| on the go. | | | | does help you learn how to do some more |
| 1. World of Warcraft Mobile Armory | | | | complicated macros. For example, they'll show |
| Blizzard offers a great official companion app - | | | | you a Warlock fear macro that will focus and fear |
| World of Warcraft Mobile Armory - that allows | | | | a mob in one click, and then reset focus and fear |
| access to the World of Warcraft servers. Players | | | | if the targeted mob dies. This one macro has |
| can look up stats, armor and weapons that are | | | | saved me a ton of time, clicks and deaths. |
| on their characters. A built-in talent calculator links | | | | 3. WoW Fishing |
| to each of your characters. Press the Calculate | | | | While the other two apps are very utilitarian, |
| button while viewing your character's current | | | | WoW Fishing takes a fun immersion approach to |
| talent points and play with the possibilities (without | | | | the game. WoW Fishing turns your iPhone into a |
| making any in-game changes). This feature is | | | | Wii remote and allows you to fish in World of |
| very well done. | | | | Warcraft from your phone. To cast the line you |
| Another great feature allows you to check | | | | flick your wrist forward - hopefully, not throwing |
| information about items, including peeking in on | | | | your iPhone across the room. Then you move |
| what drops from various boss mobs in raids and | | | | the cursor with the iPhone acting as a touchpad, |
| dungeons. It's nice drooling over The Soulblade | | | | and pull up at your wrist to hook the fish. |
| (dropped by Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas), even | | | | To use the app, you will need to download some |
| knowing that your chance of getting it is pretty | | | | software to your WoW-playing PC to connect to |
| low (15% to 24% drop rate). | | | | the game. The authors say their app doesn't |
| For those that enjoy Darkmoon Faire or | | | | automate anything -- it merely allows your iPhone |
| Brewfest, a calendar with various Azeroth events | | | | to act like a keyboard and mouse. |
| lets you know when they are coming. It would be | | | | But if you're interested, you may want to |
| nice if you could click the event for more details | | | | download this app quickly. I've read articles that |
| other than date and time, but it's still better than | | | | indicate this app may be pulled because Blizzard |
| not having the information. | | | | doesn't approve (something that happened with |
| 2. WoW Companion | | | | WarcraftStat, which showed the server status |
| The WoW Companion app is a basic /command | | | | and population level for each server). |