How do u use the Autoshot macro? And what is it?Follow

I am a new hunter at lvl 45 and I was wondering what the autoshot macro does, how to use it, what it is and what's the point to it? Any help would be gret for an up and coming hunter. Thanks for your positive input. : )

I'm with him. Autoshot is a regular attack. If you want macro help go look at the elitist jerks forums.

Autoshot is the same thing as autoattack, except you are shooting vice swinging away at something. That is all there is to it. There is no forum, there is no macro to it. It is a basic ability your character does. He Automatically shots a single round from your quiver or ammo pouch at whatever you are attack while you are at range.

I still have no idea exactly what you are asking about. Tell us what you want to do and then maybe we can figure out what you mean.

or perhaps he is confused when reading shot rotations that read something to the effect of

serp sting -> autoshot -> steady shot -> auto -> auto -> Steady ... thinking perhaps a macro is needed for auto???

maybe not new to hunter but new to macros?


I don't know ... trying to throw the huntard a bone :P



Edited, Feb 16th 2009 6:01pm by Foxximo

I would think the only time you need a macro for auto shot is if you are using a macro for example something like this.

/castsequence [target=pettarget] Serpent Sting,auto shot

now that they seem to have changed the way macros work that macro needs 2 clicks to start auto shot off and not knowing much about them i am not sure if it can be made to work with just one click but is that what you were asking ?.

OP could also be fishing for this:

When writing a macro if you want to ensure you start or stop casting shots, you can write in lines that say /startattack or /stopattack to enable or disable your autoshots. For example:

/cast Hunter's Mark
/petattack
/startattack

This will cast Hunter's Mark on your target, send pet after it, and start your regular attacks with one command.

There is no good shot macro anymore for any hunter tree. Patch 3.0 abolished the link between regular shots and specials, increased hunter DPS and made macros mostly useless. Hand weaving shots works better in most cases. Just bind a few keys to your special attacks like steady shot, arcane shot, multi-shot, chimera shot. Hit them in the order suitable for your tree. Read up over at Elitist Jerks, WoW Head, BRK's site or elsewhere for that info. The only thing I would include in a macro is your pet's kill command with steady shot.

http://elitistjerks.com/f74/
http://www.wowhead.com/?forums&board=4
http://www.bigredkitty.net/forums/index.php?board=14.0
http://www.wowwiki.com/Useful_macros_for_hunters


Edited, Feb 17th 2009 12:34pm by ItsaGaAs

if you find that forum again, post the link here, maybe there is other info in that post that could help. Or if nothing else, people here can tell you if that forum is full crap.