Is there a way to enter more than 1 command per line on the hotbutton / macro screen? [5 just isn't enuf .. LOL]
Tnx.
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The only command that can be entered on the same line as another is the /pause command...so you could enter
/pause 10, /cast 1
This would first cast your spell, then wait 1 second. (It's backwards from how it reads)
/pause 10, /cast 1
This would first cast your spell, then wait 1 second. (It's backwards from how it reads)
Don't forget about the 2.5 second recast time when setting up your macros (some spells are longer, but all spells are 2.5 seconds), if you want to cast another. Also, you no longer have to /stand before casting. The act of casting will force you to stand up. That saved a bit of lines in mine.
Edited, Fri Jun 3 12:44:12 2005 by amastropolo
Edited, Fri Jun 3 12:44:12 2005 by amastropolo
One macro / hotkey I could not live without it is…
/target “the person’s name I am assistingâ€
/pause 3 *note in heavy encounters I may get a lag spike, the pause gives the parser time to work*
/assist
*note if I was playing a caster I’d add one more line to turn auto attack off*
I know it’s off topic a bit, but I live for this one hot key.
/target “the person’s name I am assistingâ€
/pause 3 *note in heavy encounters I may get a lag spike, the pause gives the parser time to work*
/assist
*note if I was playing a caster I’d add one more line to turn auto attack off*
I know it’s off topic a bit, but I live for this one hot key.
Quote:
/target “the person’s name I am assistingâ€
/pause 3 *note in heavy encounters I may get a lag spike, the pause gives the parser time to work*
/assist
*note if I was playing a caster I’d add one more line to turn auto attack off*
/pause 3 *note in heavy encounters I may get a lag spike, the pause gives the parser time to work*
/assist
*note if I was playing a caster I’d add one more line to turn auto attack off*
/assist <name>
For example, /assist Wayen, accomplishes the same thing you have written above. Also, /assist <name> has a longer range than /target <name>. I would also strongly recommend that you have auto attack on assist turned off at all times not matter if a caster or melee.
Unless you have an assist macro for each member of the group...and you are planning on just assisting one person, you can make that a lot shorter.
Simply /assist nameofpersonyouareassisting
Simply /assist nameofpersonyouareassisting
Wayen and Martant,
Many thanks for the help on that macro I posted. This will save me time and line space.
Rate up !
Do you guys have any other macros you like to use?
Many thanks for the help on that macro I posted. This will save me time and line space.
Rate up !
Do you guys have any other macros you like to use?
Scholar
19 posts
i use a few...
for druid i use:
Heal - /g HEALING %T
/cast 1 (or where ever your heal is)
Assist - /g ASSISTING %T
/assist %T
Snare - /g Attempting to SNARE %T
/cast 3 (or where ever your snare is)
Root - /g Attempting to ROOT %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your root is)
Incoming - /g INCOMING, here comes %T
for enchanter i use:
Mez - /g Attempting to MEZ %T, don't touch please.
/cast 3 (or where ever your mez is)
Slow - /g Attempting to SLOW %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your slow is)
basically, stuff like that...i mean sometimes i don't use the assist one, and others you pick and choose.
for druid i use:
Heal - /g HEALING %T
/cast 1 (or where ever your heal is)
Assist - /g ASSISTING %T
/assist %T
Snare - /g Attempting to SNARE %T
/cast 3 (or where ever your snare is)
Root - /g Attempting to ROOT %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your root is)
Incoming - /g INCOMING, here comes %T
for enchanter i use:
Mez - /g Attempting to MEZ %T, don't touch please.
/cast 3 (or where ever your mez is)
Slow - /g Attempting to SLOW %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your slow is)
basically, stuff like that...i mean sometimes i don't use the assist one, and others you pick and choose.
Scholar
19 posts
As a cleric I use this when soloing
/target "my name"
/pause 30
/cast 3 (whichever heal I am using)
this way I have a hot key for self heal.
/target "my name"
/pause 30
/cast 3 (whichever heal I am using)
this way I have a hot key for self heal.
Quote:
for druid i use:
Heal - /g HEALING %T
/cast 1 (or where ever your heal is)
Assist - /g ASSISTING %T
/assist %T
Snare - /g Attempting to SNARE %T
/cast 3 (or where ever your snare is)
Root - /g Attempting to ROOT %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your root is)
Incoming - /g INCOMING, here comes %T
for enchanter i use:
Mez - /g Attempting to MEZ %T, don't touch please.
/cast 3 (or where ever your mez is)
Slow - /g Attempting to SLOW %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your slow is)
Heal - /g HEALING %T
/cast 1 (or where ever your heal is)
Assist - /g ASSISTING %T
/assist %T
Snare - /g Attempting to SNARE %T
/cast 3 (or where ever your snare is)
Root - /g Attempting to ROOT %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your root is)
Incoming - /g INCOMING, here comes %T
for enchanter i use:
Mez - /g Attempting to MEZ %T, don't touch please.
/cast 3 (or where ever your mez is)
Slow - /g Attempting to SLOW %T
/cast 4 (or where ever your slow is)
Don't tell us when you're assisting, snaring or slowing because no body cares and it's annoying at best.
For assist I just use /assist %t for macro ease.
I can use it to see if my target (a mob) is already engaged, or I can assist the tank, or assist the chanter to slow a mezzed mob (a slow that does not break mez I might add).
For such a basic command I do not want a bunch of complications that make it not work in all situations.
Agree 100% with SceltorEltor except for healers (and mezzing chanters maybe), I really don't want to hear what spell you are attempting to do, announce a success if you need to only. And I don't want to hear you are assisting, which you should be doing anyway. It's spam and very annoying and you can miss important group messages. But that is a different thread.
I can use it to see if my target (a mob) is already engaged, or I can assist the tank, or assist the chanter to slow a mezzed mob (a slow that does not break mez I might add).
For such a basic command I do not want a bunch of complications that make it not work in all situations.
Agree 100% with SceltorEltor except for healers (and mezzing chanters maybe), I really don't want to hear what spell you are attempting to do, announce a success if you need to only. And I don't want to hear you are assisting, which you should be doing anyway. It's spam and very annoying and you can miss important group messages. But that is a different thread.
I have two assist keys:
/assist
/assist <name>
The fisrt one serves the same purpose as /assist %T. Actually, the %T is completely not necessary. Both will return the target of your current target.
The second one is as described in other posts and will always return <name>'s target.
In terms of the spam messages, I could even do without the heal spam. As a cleric, I rarely announce my heals unless someone in the group/raid requests it. There are two messages that I want to see...
"XYZ is mezzed/rooted/being kited" - more of a comfort message letting me know adds are controlled.
"XYZ is resisting my mez/root" - more of a head's up message that the crowd controller is about to get aggro.
/assist
/assist <name>
The fisrt one serves the same purpose as /assist %T. Actually, the %T is completely not necessary. Both will return the target of your current target.
The second one is as described in other posts and will always return <name>'s target.
In terms of the spam messages, I could even do without the heal spam. As a cleric, I rarely announce my heals unless someone in the group/raid requests it. There are two messages that I want to see...
"XYZ is mezzed/rooted/being kited" - more of a comfort message letting me know adds are controlled.
"XYZ is resisting my mez/root" - more of a head's up message that the crowd controller is about to get aggro.
When I am main tank I have one I really like when I approach a mezzed mob:
/gsay Taunting < %T >. Please hold attacks until I strike first.
I also have two I use while pulling since I'm melee-only:
/gsay Please lull my target < %T >.
/gsay Thanks sm]luller's name[/sm. Gonna pull now.
The latter is so the luller can run back to the group and get set so he/she isn't racing my mob back to the group.
Here's really useful macro for all types who can bash with a shield:
/bandolier activate BashSet
/pause 1
/doability 10
/pause 5
/bandolier activate NormalSet
I assume your Bash ability is in the lower-right slot on your abilities tab. This lets you have your two-hander or casting items in your hands during a battle, but still be able to bash to interrupt a casting mob. I'm a barbarian warrior which means I have slam, but I still use this since bashing with a shield seems to do more damage.
Edited, Fri Jun 3 16:30:07 2005 by JoltinJoe
/gsay Taunting < %T >. Please hold attacks until I strike first.
I also have two I use while pulling since I'm melee-only:
/gsay Please lull my target < %T >.
/gsay Thanks sm]luller's name[/sm. Gonna pull now.
The latter is so the luller can run back to the group and get set so he/she isn't racing my mob back to the group.
Here's really useful macro for all types who can bash with a shield:
/bandolier activate BashSet
/pause 1
/doability 10
/pause 5
/bandolier activate NormalSet
I assume your Bash ability is in the lower-right slot on your abilities tab. This lets you have your two-hander or casting items in your hands during a battle, but still be able to bash to interrupt a casting mob. I'm a barbarian warrior which means I have slam, but I still use this since bashing with a shield seems to do more damage.
Edited, Fri Jun 3 16:30:07 2005 by JoltinJoe
Quote:
Here's really useful macro for all types who can bash with a shield:
/bandolier activate BashSet
/pause 1
/doability 10
/pause 5
/bandolier activate NormalSet
/bandolier activate BashSet
/pause 1
/doability 10
/pause 5
/bandolier activate NormalSet
What purpose does the /pause 1 and /pause 5 serve? I am not sure I see the need, wouldn't it be bertter to have it go though the 3 steps faster without the pause added?
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What purpose does the /pause 1 and /pause 5 serve? I am not sure I see the need, wouldn't it be bertter to have it go though the 3 steps faster without the pause added?
Maybe it's just my client lag. If I don't put the first pause in, then my barbarian slams before the shield is equipped. If I don't put the second pause, then sometimes the shield is switched out before the bash happens.
Or maybe it just seems that way.
Scholar
19 posts
well like i mentioned i dont always use those, but sometimes if i am in a new group and we are determining roles (which is really for the druid because it can change) i will use them at beginning to let everyone know what they can expect from me....they are basically to keep people on the same page. but yeah, i dont use those all the time..only as needed.
To the person who added an extra line to turn auto-attack off: if you type /assist off it will no longer turn on auto-attack when you assist.
Aulweyen wrote:
Is there a way to enter more than 1 command per line on the hotbutton / macro screen? [5 just isn't enuf .. LOL]
Tnx.
Tnx.
No.. there is not.
If you have 3 macros set up. Is it possible to link them all together by adding at end of each marco a command to execute the next one? Example, when not healer with dru. I have one macro that assists, sends in pet and snares/attack off. Second macro I have assist and cast 2 dots with attack off at end and pauses before the second dot. Third macro is assist and nuke/attack off.
Now while these are 3 clicks, no biggy, i was wondering if you could link them together so each one executes the one following witht he appropriates pauses set? Any thoughts on how if this is possible?
Now while these are 3 clicks, no biggy, i was wondering if you could link them together so each one executes the one following witht he appropriates pauses set? Any thoughts on how if this is possible?
Rossd wrote:
If you have 3 macros set up. Is it possible to link them all together by adding at end of each marco a command to execute the next one?
It is not possible to "link macros together". Macros cannot be activated by other macros.
I've had success separating commands in lines with the semi-colon on the same line
example: /cast 1 %T;/pause 30
/cast 2 %T;/pause 30
Pause 20 is pauseing 20 ticks befor the next command is initiated. Six ticks equal one second. The pause must be long enough to cast the spell and to recover in order to cast the next spell.
Works for me... not too sure about your about your ability to type a macro.
Edited, Thu Jun 9 21:05:23 2005 by FushaesLounge
example: /cast 1 %T;/pause 30
/cast 2 %T;/pause 30
Pause 20 is pauseing 20 ticks befor the next command is initiated. Six ticks equal one second. The pause must be long enough to cast the spell and to recover in order to cast the next spell.
Works for me... not too sure about your about your ability to type a macro.
Edited, Thu Jun 9 21:05:23 2005 by FushaesLounge
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Pause 20 is pauseing 20 ticks befor the next command is initiated. Six ticks equal one second.
I may be wrong but I thought a tick was every six seconds. The UI runs on a six second interval which is where the term "tick" came from as far as I know.
Pause works on the tenth of a second just like weapon delays. A wep with a delay of 25 would attack every 2.5 seconds, same as pause. A pause of 20 would pause for 2.0 seconds.
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