Binding keysFollow

You can use the standard user interface for keybinding as well. You don't necessarily have to download an addon just to use keybindings.

I personally have my Feral abilities in this order:

Bear

1 - Bash
2 - Lacerate
3 - Mangle/Maul macro
4 - Feral Charge
5 - Swipe
F - Frenzied Regeneration
Shift+F - Enrage

Cat

1 - Maim
2 - Rake
3 - Mangle
4 - Ravage/Shred macro
5 - Pounce
6 - Tiger's Fury
F - Ferocious Bite
Shift+F - Rip

Multi-Form

E - Faerie Fire/Faerie Fire (Feral) macro
R - Shadowmeld/Prowl macro
Shift+E - Growl/Cower macro
Alt+1 - Demoralizing Roar/Dash macro
Alt+2 - Abolish Poison
Alt+3 - Remove Curse

And my heals are bound to Shift+1 to Shift+5:

S1 - Lifebloom
S2 - Healing Touch
S3 - Regrowth
S4 - Rejuvenation
S5 - Tranquility

My shapeshifting abilities are bound to Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+5:

C1 - Bear form
C2 - Aquatic form
C3 - Cat form
C4 - Travel form
C5 - Flight form

I've bound the abilities to keys that, for me, are the easiest to reach. The standard user interface gives you an actionbar for each form. I'm not sure if we get one for Prowl in Cat form, but with the Ravage/Shred macro I don't really need it.

Here are some explanations on the macros:

Mangle/Maul - casts Mangle if it's ready, otherwise Maul

#showtooltip 
/cast Mangle (Bear)() 
/cast Maul

Ravage/Shred - casts Ravage if stealthed, otherwise Shred

#showtooltip 
/cast [stealth] Ravage; [nostealth] Shred

Faerie Fire/Faerie Fire (Feral) - casts Faerie Fire if in caster form, otherwise Faerie Fire (Feral)

#showtooltip 
/cast [nostance][stance:5] Faerie Fire(); [stance:1/3] Faerie Fire (Feral)()

Growl/Cower - casts Growl in Bear form and Cower in Cat form

#showtooltip 
/cast [stance:1] Growl; [stance:3] Cower

Demoralizing Roar/Dash - casts Demoralizing Roar in Bear form and Dash in Cat form

#showtooltip 
/cast [stance:1] Demoralizing Roar; [stance:3] Dash

Shadowmeld/Prowl - casts Shadowmeld in caster form and Prowl in Cat form

#showtooltip 
/cast [nostance][stance:5] Shadowmeld; [stance:3] Prowl

By selecting the red question mark as macro icon, it will show whichever of the abilities named in the macro is available. For instance, my Growl/Cower macro icon will show that of Growl if I'm in Bear form and that of Cower when I'm in Cat form.

Furthermore, by putting #showtooltip at the beginning of the macro, just like with the icon, it will display the proper tooltip for whichever ability is available. Using the same macro as example, in Bear form it will show Growl's tooltip and in Cat form, Cower's tooltip.

You probably knew all of this, but there you have it.

All the abilities are lined up on four actionbars. But I'm using a huge addon compilation which completely changes the look of the user interface. Below is a screenshot of my Druid in Bear form, targeting a guard:



The top-right actionbar changes when I shapeshift, but the keys stay the same, meaning 1 is always Maim in Cat form, Bash in Bear form and Starfire in caster form.

Hope this all helped a bit.

For the record, the addon compilation I'm using is MazzleUI.

Edited, Mar 23rd 2008 3:36pm by Mazra

Just tried Mangle/Maul macro,but it won't work. :S

I must wait allways for CD and Maul doesn't "cast" at all!

I c/p your macro,have put it to my actionbar and asked for duel to try it.

I cast mangle,and the only thing I see after it is numbers of cooldown (I have addon showing numbers of cd of my abilities when I click them).

Icon of macro doesn't change to Maul at all. I can just wait for Mangle to finish then I can click only Mangle again.

I think cooldown addon doesn't ***** this up?

Ok,tnx,will try it again.

I forgot to ask u 1 thing.

I see u play in forms with 1,2,3,4,5,

While playing with those buttons,u move your char with clicking both right and left mouse keys?

But when you are using 1,2,3,4 abilities,do you still move with WASD or with mouse only(by clicking left and right mousebutton at same time)?

It is hard to move with WASD and clicking 1,2,3,4 at same time. :S

I thought of playing with my all fingers of left hand on numbers (1,2,3,4,5) and my right hand clicking left and right mousebutton at the same time.

That sounds easier to me,I think.

PvPing with Feral is so good to me and I must bind almost every ability to perform well. :(

Which addon? Bongos?

My explanation wasn't correct, RareBeast. It will indeed fire Mangle if it's ready and there's enough rage for it. It will then queue Maul for the next swing. If you don't have enough rage for anything, or if Mangle is on cooldown, it will just queue Maul. Of course, you'd have to get the needed rage before the next swing or the Maul will not fire.

I'm 99% sure it will cast Maul if Mangle is on cooldown, though.

I usaully bind dps macros to my number keys dependant on which form I'm currently in, and leave my healing to the numberpad. This leaves my left hand free to move while i heal with my right. My dps macros are pretty simple, just a lot of repitition for each form

#showtooltip 
/cast [stance:X] SPELL(rank); [stance:Y]

...and just continue like this until you cover all the forms with an ability that you wanna cast. This saves a ton of buttons on your screen too.