Do You Need It?

Compare group loot with the looter’s gear and ask for items you need.

See dungeon and raid gear drops beside the looter's equipped items, then use Ask to send a whisper. Recent drops are saved in loot history.

Automatic whispers are off by default.

Getting started

1. Install and enable the addon. Run /reload, then /dyni to open the loot window.
2. Prepare the comparison. Use /dyni scan before a dungeon or raid pull to queue a group equipment scan.
3. Review a drop and click Ask. Hover the dropped and equipped items for tooltips. The button appears on eligible drops your character can use.

Use /dyni test to preview sample rows. It sends no whispers and saves no demo loot.

Loot and history

• Compare gear: dropped items alongside the looter's live or cached equipment. Rings, trinkets and paired weapons have separate tooltip targets.
• Check trade status: check whether a drop may be tradable; the looter confirms the final answer.
• Revisit drops: per-character history keeps up to 50 session drops and 10 completed boss/run groups.
• New drops: the list stays in place while you read. Click New loot to return to the latest drops.

Non-gear loot and known warband/account-bound items are hidden. Unknown eligibility stays visible. Ask means usable and eligible according to the available data, not a guaranteed upgrade.

Trade status

WoW does not expose another player's final personal-loot eligibility. Likely is an estimate; ask the looter to confirm. Equipment inspection depends on range, combat and available item data. Earlier scan results are labelled Cached:.

Whisper settings

Open the gear button or /dyni settings to set your whisper, language, font and font size. The window remembers its position; Escape closes it and Reset Position centres it.

Use {item} in your message: Hi, do you need {item}?

If you enable auto-whisper, it waits 10 seconds by default, adjustable from 3 to 30. Pending sends are cancelled when you ask manually, clear the current rows, disable auto-whisper or the looter leaves. If a message is too long or invalid, the row explains the problem; edit it and retry with Ask.

Nothing appeared?

• No window: type /dyni; use /dyni resetpos to bring it back to the centre.
• No loot rows: try /dyni test to preview the window. Real rows appear for eligible group gear drops; non-gear loot is hidden.

Language, help & source

Auto follows your client language. English and Russian have the most complete text. German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Simplified/Traditional Chinese are selectable with English fallback for untranslated labels. Blizzard font fallbacks support player names in other scripts.

For WoW Retail: Midnight, with package support for 12.1.0 and the 12.1.5 PTR. See the full guide for advanced commands and troubleshooting.

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