I was curious to figure out which set of macros worked best and came to the conclusion that a mix and match of the two seemed best. All it took was about 5 minutes of fighting mobs outside Shattrath to get dodges and parries to see how each macro reacted both with single key presses and spamming.

First I used my standard Macro to watch it's behavior, and I found something very interesting about having Multiple castrandom lines:
/castrandom Raptor Strike
/castrandom Mongoose Bite
/castrandom [target=pettarget, exists] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

A single key press will cast BOTH Raptor Strike and Mongoose bite when they are up and ready, raptor goes off first and is immediately followed by Mongoose in the combat log (it follows the order they appear in the macro). The animations also go one after the other with a single key press. Any Hunter that has Kill Command knows that a castrandom line will also cast that ability in conjunction with a key press, so technically you can get all 3 to fire in one key press if they are active.

I then added another line for Counterattack:
/castrandom Raptor Strike
/castrandom Mongoose Bite
/castrandom Counterattack
/castrandom [target=pettarget, exists] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

The first 2 lines behaved as in the first test set, the 3rd line never cast, so even though there were times where Counterattack was ready to fire off, it never did.

Next came your macro with a Raptor strike added in:
/castrandom Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite, Counterattack

Sometimes it would cast on the first key press, the rest of the time you had to spam it to get the spell you wanted and sometimes what you wanted never cast because the reaction timer wore off before you could get it off, which could have had something to do with adding Raptor Strike.

What I then tried was a combination of the two methods:
/castrandom Raptor Strike
/castrandom Mongoose Bite, Counterattack
/castrandom [target=pettarget, exists] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Sometimes I would get Raptor Strike going off in the same key press as Mongoose or Counterattack, sometimes I would have to spam the key to get the reactive ability I wanted to go off (and it always seemed to only require 1-2 extra key presses, for some reason with this run I had no problems getting the abilities to cast before the reactive timer ran out).

I tried just "/castrandom Mongoose Bite, Counterattack" and it seemed to work alright, the only problem was you had to spam it to get the ability you wanted to come up.

The last test I ran was with both Mongoose and Counter attack in different lines:
/castrandom Mongoose Bite
/castrandom Counterattack

The second line never went off, and it was as I suspected, you cannot follow a reactive ability with another reactive unless they have the same dependency that sets them off (if both worked off Dodge it would probably be viable). In all the multi-line macros, whenever Raptor Strike was on cooldown it allowed you to use the reactive in the next line at anytime, which means you do not have to wait for Raptor Strike to finish its cooldown. So if you do not have Counterattack and want a spammable macro, the first one is probably the best one as it casts everything in a single key press (including kill command). If you do have Counterattack and do not care about Mongoose Bite, then just replace it in the first macro with Counterattack. And if you want to use both reactives, then the following is most likely your best bet (and can require some spamming):

/castrandom Raptor Strike
/castrandom Mongoose Bite, Counterattack
/castrandom [target=pettarget, exists] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()


Anyway, I found all the the results interesting. Blizzard is clearly intent on keeping us from using those old school melee spam macros, but you can still get away with having everything but Wing Clip in one button. You just might have to put up with the ability you want going off taking a little extra time.

Ran into a 5v5 last night that used spellsurge to great effect, which got me thinking.

It's a 30 second proc per weapon for 100 mana. What if I dual-wield Spellsurge and spam mend pet rank 1 to proc it while LoS to regen mana for me and my partners. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Hey guys,

Thanks a lot for the macro help, I have my condensed melee macro working great now thanks to you guys.

What's the best approach to geming and enchanting.
There are a number of options like stun resist, snare and root resist and minor speed increase.

Minor speed on boots
snare and root on helm or stun resist on helm?

snare and root on boots and helm?

minor speed on helm and snare and roots on boots?

Stun on helm and minor speed or snare / root on boots?

Wich tier 6 pieces? And owl!? O.o