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I have been using my pet as my focus, getting used to new macros, etc.
As most people will have found, because your pet disappears when you mount up, you must reacquire it - when you dismount.
Is there any macro to do this?
What would be nice would be for the macros to reacquire your last focus, when you land. If your last focus is not present, it would make your pet the focus (as it often would be, anyway, when grinding).
Of course I can select my pet and click to establish focus, but it would be nice to do it in a more streamlined fashion (ie with a macro).
Ideas?
Why are you setting your pet to focus? If it's to Misdirect to your pet, then you don't have to set your pet as focus use the macro:
#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [target=focus,help][help][target=pet,exists,nodead] Misdirection
It'll cast on a friendly focus, a friendly target or your pet (in that order, if the first two are not true).
With that macro, I don't ever have to focus my pet. Ever.
Edited, Nov 11th 2008 7:47pm by ProjectMidnight
#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [target=focus,help][help][target=pet,exists,nodead] Misdirection
It'll cast on a friendly focus, a friendly target or your pet (in that order, if the first two are not true).
With that macro, I don't ever have to focus my pet. Ever.
Edited, Nov 11th 2008 7:47pm by ProjectMidnight
It was to MD onto my pet, yes.
I need to clear things up, in my head, so here goes:
Assuming the answer to be yes, would it then look like:
#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [target=focus,help][target=pet,exists,nodead] Misdirection
?
"help" means "friendly target", in code terms, does it?
Thanks for the quick response!
Some resources I find useful for writing macros...
WoWwiki
http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro
some FAQ about macros
http://www.wowwiki.com/UI_FAQ/Macros_and_scripts
Also EJ post, pertaining to poly but should work in this case also
http://elitistjerks.com/f32/t10124-focus_macro/p2/
Edited, Nov 11th 2008 8:26pm by browningguns
WoWwiki
http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro
some FAQ about macros
http://www.wowwiki.com/UI_FAQ/Macros_and_scripts
Also EJ post, pertaining to poly but should work in this case also
http://elitistjerks.com/f32/t10124-focus_macro/p2/
Edited, Nov 11th 2008 8:26pm by browningguns
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wow the macro i use is /cast [target=pet's name or tanks name] misdirect . and this works for me great
enigmachine wrote:
What it means is that if you either don't have a focus, or your focus is an enemy target (some people do this for CC reasons), it'll move onto the next target on the list. You can only have 1 focus at a time, but it is either friendly, or an enemy.
Quote:
You could take it out, by why would you be targeting a healer... ever?
Maybe I worded it a little incorrectly. It'll cast MD on your focus first. Even if you have a friendly target selected, it'll still go to the focus. If you don't have a focus, then it will go to the target, but again, there is never a reason to target a healer.
Quote:
"help" means "friendly target", in code terms, does it?
Undeadsinner wrote:
wow the macro i use is /cast [target=pet's name or tanks name] misdirect . and this works for me great
It works, but you have to edit the macro every time you want to Misdirect something else. Try using the focus macro. It's so much more efficient.
Edited, Nov 12th 2008 10:56pm by ProjectMidnight
I use:
This will cast it on your focus if it is friendly, if not, it will cast it on your target if that is friendly, lastly it will cast on your pet.
/cast [target=focus,help] Misdirection, [help] Midirection, [target=pet] Misdirection
This will cast it on your focus if it is friendly, if not, it will cast it on your target if that is friendly, lastly it will cast on your pet.
you can also add [nomodifier:shift] (or ctrl or alt) and that will let you use a button to force a specific behavior. it's modifier or nomodifier
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I use a slight modification on the above macros:
#showtooltip Misdirection
/focus [help,modifier:shift]
/cast [target=focus,exists,help] Misdirection; [help] Misdirection; [target=pet,exists] Misdirection
This macro is amazingly robust. Hold Shift and it'll try to Focus on your current target (if it's friendly). Hit it normally and it'll cast MD on your focus first (if it's friendly). If that fails, it tries MD on your current target (again only if it's friendly). If THAT fails, it tries to cast MD on your pet, regardless of focus. If you don't have a friendly target, a friendly focus, or an active pet, the macro fails.
A little complex, but it works wonders. AND it'll always MD even if you're focusing on your CC target.
#showtooltip Misdirection
/focus [help,modifier:shift]
/cast [target=focus,exists,help] Misdirection; [help] Misdirection; [target=pet,exists] Misdirection
This macro is amazingly robust. Hold Shift and it'll try to Focus on your current target (if it's friendly). Hit it normally and it'll cast MD on your focus first (if it's friendly). If that fails, it tries MD on your current target (again only if it's friendly). If THAT fails, it tries to cast MD on your pet, regardless of focus. If you don't have a friendly target, a friendly focus, or an active pet, the macro fails.
A little complex, but it works wonders. AND it'll always MD even if you're focusing on your CC target.
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