Combat daggers and cooldown macros

Necother · 09/06/06, 2:04 PM

I don't know a lot about macros in general. I was curious though, if there were a way to put BF and AR in a macro that would allow you to use them everytime they were off cooldown in a constructive manner. I have not been able to find anything posted about this previously, so I figured that I would ask the question of the people in here who are better versed in these things than I am.

Basically, all I want is to be lazy and not have to press the corresponding number to the ability on my keyboard because I have a tendency to forget to use them. If someone is aware of a pre-made macro for this purpose just point me to it and I will be thankful. Or the inability to make a macro for this would also be appreciated.

red · 09/06/06, 2:48 PM

I'm not really sure what you're asking. You still have to activate macros manually. You could put them in macro so that you have to hit one button twice instead of two buttons once. It won't show their cooldown and it won't do it automatically when the cooldown is up.

/cast Blade Flurry
/cast Adrenline Rush

• frmorrison · 09/06/06, 2:53 PM

If you want to just spam one button:

/cast Sinister Strike (Backstab if you have a dagger)
/cast Blade Flurry
/cast Adrenline Rush

This will cast the abilities once they are ready.

However, I wouldn't want to use the macro at the start of a boss fight, you would likely pull aggro ;).

Day · 09/06/06, 2:57 PM

You don't want to use Blade Flurry and AR whenever they are up in all cases. You have to time AR/BF to be effective in any sort of burst or only semi-sustained situation. On the other hand, if you are forgetting to using them when they cooldown DURING boss fights, well, I'm not sure what you are paying attention to. Playing a rogue is very simple.

Necother · 09/06/06, 3:23 PM

Yes. It is mostly during the boss fights that I become forgetful of them. From what has been shown I have to assume that I need to be more observant of my cooldown timers. Is there a mod that gives you a visual or sound notification of when your cooldowns are up again?

probiscus · 09/06/06, 3:26 PM

CoolDownTimers is part of CTRA.

Turn it on and it shows you (on the button icon) how much time is left before you can use the ability again.

There are other cooldown timers that display graphical "count down bars" where your buffs typically show up (for example).

www.curse-gaming.com has all the mods you could ever want.

Arnath · 09/06/06, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by probiscus

CoolDownTimers is part of CTRA.

Turn it on and it shows you (on the button icon) how much time is left before you can use the ability again.

Really? Where is this option?

crimsonsentinel · 09/06/06, 3:38 PM

If you use discord action bars, you can setup a floater to pop up a giant icon whenever the cooldowns are up.

probiscus · 09/06/06, 3:40 PM

Erm, but seriously (I'm going off memory here, forgive me) - I have the CT "button" around my mini map. Click that, and go to the 2nd (or 3rd) tab, there is an option for CoolDownCount, and another option to scale the text of it. I believe they're on the same tab, but I can't say I'm a big fan of the CTRA interface these days. Seems like they can't figure out how to thematically organize all those mini-mods.

FWIW I've installed the CTRA "core" pack, or whatever they call it, so YMMV depending on whether you've installed the same stuff I did.

Kenjiwing · 09/06/06, 4:01 PM

I use Cooldown Timer a mod for watching my earthstrike,ar,bf etc

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/a...imer-bars.html

works great

Nisu · 09/06/06, 4:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kenjiwing

I use Cooldown Timer a mod for watching my earthstrike,ar,bf etc

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/a...imer-bars.html

works great

I love that mod. Seriously. It's even better since I hacked it to display it's messages through SCT.

Necother · 09/06/06, 4:24 PM

Originally Posted by crimsonsentinel

If you use discord action bars, you can setup a floater to pop up a giant icon whenever the cooldowns are up.

How does discord compare to nurfed then. I may want to switch for that functionality alone.

Necother · 09/06/06, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by Kenjiwing

I use Cooldown Timer a mod for watching my earthstrike,ar,bf etc

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/a...imer-bars.html

works great

Awesome. May be exactly what I am looking for. Thank you.

Nisu · 09/06/06, 4:28 PM

Originally Posted by Necother

Originally Posted by crimsonsentinel

If you use discord action bars, you can setup a floater to pop up a giant icon whenever the cooldowns are up.

How does discord compare to nurfed then. I may want to switch for that functionality alone.

Anything Nurfed can do, Discord can do better. The simple stuff is not hard to set up, but the complex stuff can take some work and/or reading. Discord eats memory, though, compared to Nurfed.