NeedOrNot
Watches group loot and helps you politely ask members for transmog appearances your Warband hasn't collected yet.
Overview
NeedOrNot solves one small, specific problem: you never remember which transmog appearances you still need. When someone in your group loots a piece of gear, NeedOrNot quietly checks whether that appearance is one your Warband hasn't collected and your character could actually learn — and if so, it offers to whisper the looter and ask for it.
It's a nudge, not a spam bot. Asking is always manual — you click Ask when you want to whisper. It never messages you or repeats itself.
- Smart, not noisy — subclass-aware collection checks mean it only flags looks you can genuinely use. It never begs for a plate drop on a mage, or a cloth look you already own on leather.
- Two loot nets — catches boss/M+ personal loot and trash, chests, world, and group drops.
- Polite by design — 10 human-sounding "no pressure" whisper lines, picked at random when you click Ask.
- Clean panel — a movable, resizable window split into collapsible Weapons / Armor sections, with item icons, quality colours, and class-coloured looters.
- Performance-first — event-driven, pooled widgets, no polling.
How it works
For every drop a group member loots, NeedOrNot asks three questions:
- Is it a transmog appearance at all? — currency, reagents, and no-appearance items are skipped.
- Can this character learn it? — wrong armor type or class-locked looks are skipped, so you only ask for gear you could actually use.
- Has your Warband already collected it? — checked per armor subclass, so you still get flagged for a plate piece you only own on cloth.
If it clears all three, it lands in the window with an Ask button that whispers the looter something like:
Hey! Do you need [Item]? I haven't collected it for transmog yet. No worries if you do!
Installation
Manual
- Download or clone the
NeedOrNot folder.
- Place it in
World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns.
- Restart the game (or
/reload if already in-game).
Getting Started
| Command |
Description |
/non or /needornot |
Toggle the window |
/non clear |
Clear the current list |
/non test |
Populate a fake list to preview the window |
/non status |
Print current settings |
You can also toggle the window from the minimap button (left-click), or clear the list (right-click).
Behaviour
- Manual only. Nothing is whispered until you click Ask on a row.
- Whispers are randomised from 10 polite variants each time, so you don't send the same line twice in a row.
- It never whispers you, and it de-dupes per looter + item so the same drop can't nag twice.
- Rows are interactive — hover for the real item tooltip, shift-click to link the item in chat, click Ask to whisper or X to dismiss.
Credits
- Plusmouse & TransmogLootHelper — the subclass-aware "is this appearance collected" logic is adapted from their work.
- DoYouNeedIt — reference for the group-loot detection approach.
License
MIT. Freely modifiable and redistributable under the license terms.
