Macros - Page 51

Sharky76 · 03/25/10, 11:14 PM

Hey guys, just wondering if i can improve this macro for the occasions when more than one shambling horror is up during the Lich King fight, to make sure it targets and tranqs the enraged one. Atm i am using this:

/target shambling
/cast tranquilising shot
/targetlasttarget

If it targets the wrong shambling, i then have to manually do it, which at times can be cumbersome. Your help would be appreciated.

Aelysar · 03/26/10, 1:32 PM

I've found a simple mouseover tranq macro works best for this situation. The enrage is very easy to see and you don't need to manually target them (which can also be a little tricky when there's two up and they're stacked).

/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Tranquilizing Shot

Sorean · 03/26/10, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by Sharky76

Hey guys, just wondering if i can improve this macro for the occasions when more than one shambling horror is up during the Lich King fight, to make sure it targets and tranqs the enraged one. Atm i am using this:

/target shambling
/cast tranquilising shot
/targetlasttarget

If it targets the wrong shambling, i then have to manually do it, which at times can be cumbersome. Your help would be appreciated.

I have the exact same macro that I made for that purpose. However, when there is more than one shambling up, I simply spam the macro and it takes care of the right one. I'll get a "nothing to dispell" error on the first one, but it will hit the right target. I realize it's a little bit of a DPS loss (because of the multiple target switching), but I couldn't think of a better way of dealing with more than one shambling.

Sympa · 03/30/10, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Nooska

While I can't remember how (having never used it) there is a funtion that lets you call a hotbar function - where you place the macro you want to call.

/click ActionButton1

Actionbutton1 references the first ability you have in your bar. What would traditionally be your 1 keybinding with default wow ui.

Dosko · 03/30/10, 12:24 PM

I'm often the only hunter in our LK attempts, so for the first Shambling Horror, I do nothing as our OT stuns the guy and that works for that particular one. When the second one spawns, I do two things: target the new Shambling horror, make him my focus and MD it to my OT. I use this:
/focus
/cast [@OT'S NAME HERE] Misdirection
After that, I watch him from the corner of my eye as well as watch for the warning from DBM. When he enrages, I hit this macro:
/cast [@focus] Tranquilizing Shot
I only lose Arthas for a second while I focus the Shambling & MD him, after that I never have to target the horror to tranq again.

Aiel Wyrmrest Accord · 03/30/10, 2:48 PM

--Hello, I use a macro for opening encounters.

#show tooltip Misdirect
/cast [target=tanksname, exists, nodead] misdirect
/cast black arrow

This works very well in both raids and instances. However, since the random dungeon finder groups people of different realms I have found this macro does not work consistently with tanks from different realms. It does, however, work flawlessly with tanks from my own realm, and does work with tanks from other realms occasionally. Anyone know why or how to fix it?

--Thanks

• Narcosleepy · 03/30/10, 3:32 PM

Originally Posted by Aiel Wyrmrest Accord

--Hello, I use a macro for opening encounters.

#show tooltip Misdirect
/cast [target=tanksname, exists, nodead] misdirect
/cast black arrow

This works very well in both raids and instances. However, since the random dungeon finder groups people of different realms I have found this macro does not work consistently with tanks from different realms. It does, however, work flawlessly with tanks from my own realm, and does work with tanks from other realms occasionally. Anyone know why or how to fix it?

--Thanks

It doesn't work with players from other realms because of the naming convention I would imagine. An easy fix is to set the tank as your focus and change the "[target=tanksname..." to "[@focus..." and it will work flawlessly.

ksalls · 04/21/10, 12:14 PM

I am using this misdirection macro:

#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [target=focus, help] Misdirection
/cast [target=focustarget, help] Misdirection
/cast [target=target, help] Misdirection
/cast [target=targettarget, help] Misdirection
/cast [target=pet, nodead, exists] Misdirection

Is there any way to add to that a condition that, when being targeted by a hostile target, i can simply click the MD button and it will MD to my pet?

.. to clarify: the mob is running at me, i click the button and it MDs my pet..

gcbirzan · 04/21/10, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by ksalls

.. to clarify: the mob is running at me, i click the button and it MDs my pet..

No, for at least 3 reasons. You cannot check if an unit's targeting you in particular, you can only check conditions on a particular mob (your target, your focus, whatever), not on any mob around, and you cannot check conditions on an unit and cast on another unit (check conditions on your target's target and then cast on your pet).

Iru · 04/23/10, 12:55 AM

You could, however, use a modifier to force the selection of your pet earlier in the selection sequences, e.g

/use [mod,@pet] [@focus,help] [@focustarget,help] [@target,help] [@targettarget,help] [@pet,nodead,exists] Misdirection

This would require you hold either the shift, ctrl, or alt keys down while clicking, but it does produce the effect you want

Megasandwich · 04/28/10, 8:32 AM

I see so many people using these MD macros, when obviously most top end raiders are using some sort of grid or raid frames.

To stay on track w/ the MD aspect, I simply just click the tank Im MD by simply setting it up 1 time on healbot. This also works well if a Paladins HoF is down and a rad member needs a freedom ability, one can simply cast Master's Call on a raid member without ever loosing your focus target and DPS time.

Zeel · 05/05/10, 4:07 AM

I tried to make a Volley macro that would let me spam it without clipping previously casted Volley. The best result I got was modifying shadowpriest Mind Flay macro:

#showtooltip Volley
/cast [nochanneling:Volley] Volley

I would like to change it so that I get the targeting circle while the first Volley is rolling (and I'm spamming the macro), but the actual channeling starts only after the previous one has ended.
Could someone point me to right direction please?

ZobbL · 05/05/10, 4:15 AM

Originally Posted by Zeel

I tried to make a Volley macro that would let me spam it without clipping previously casted Volley. The best result I got was modifying shadowpriest Mind Flay macro:

I would like to change it so that I get the targeting circle while the first Volley is rolling (and I'm spamming the macro), but the actual channeling starts only after the previous one has ended.
Could someone point me to right direction please?

im not able to test it, but for me it looks like your condition ([nochanneling:Volley]) prevents the circle from popping up
just add "!" in front of Volley (without the condition) and you will see the circle where to put your next volley.
this was very helpful in the anub'arak fight... here you can see how it works. the "!" in front of volley prevents you from cancelling your actual cast and so you can place your next volley while you are still channeling

maybe im getting it completely wrong, please let me know if i do so

alienangel · 05/06/10, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by ZobbL

im not able to test it, but for me it looks like your condition ([nochanneling:Volley]) prevents the circle from popping up
just add "!" in front of Volley (without the condition) and you will see the circle where to put your next volley.
this was very helpful in the anub'arak fight... here you can see how it works. the "!" in front of volley prevents you from cancelling your actual cast and so you can place your next volley while you are still channeling

maybe im getting it completely wrong, please let me know if i do so

FWIW, I don't use any macro for volley, and can target my next volley just fine while the previous one is still channeling - it's not until I actually click on the ground with the targetting circle that the previous one stops and the new one starts - I'm pretty sure that's the standard behaviour.

If you guys are trying to make it so that you can volley, target the next one on the ground and have it not go off till the first one has finished, that isn't how ground targetted spells work, so I'm almost certain you can't do that - completing the targetting of one will interrupt casting of any other spell you're already channelling.

Tsook · 05/07/10, 2:27 AM

Putting ! in front of Volley in a macro makes it so that hitting the key multiple times won't toggle it. It's equivalent to the old !Auto Shot macro -- rather than the first hit activating Auto Shot, and the second deactivating it, it always activates it, even if it's already active. In this situation, "activate it" means "show the targeting reticule," not actually casting the spell. So if you're in the habit of spamming keys, you won't get an on-again, off-again targeting circle while you're trying to position the spell.