Melee vs Ranged

[kalos72]

So every team I have done so far is ranged, tonight I started my monks.

I have to say, melee is going to be annoying with the whole facing target and IWT and the like. I need to research this some before I spent time on DK, Pally and Monk teams.

Half the time only half my team was attacking a target. And with Gnomesequences not assisting properly, half attacked the wrong mob anyway. I have to look into the macros they use to control the assist.

Anyone have any pointers for a melee team? I usually run as the tank so I know the interact is working but I am nervous about running a melee team as the healer and making sure they attack the right thing and dont go running in 4 different directions.

[MadMilitia]

Your DPS should not be using a /targetenemy or any variant of that in their DPS macros. Mostly because you'll want some customizable behavior at times.

I use what I call a combat-assist macro setup. It looks like this:

#1 PvE Combat Assist
#2 PvP Combat Assist
#3 Safe Combat Assist

Note: These are all done using ISBoxer but the general idea can be applied in other ways.


PvE:

!rem assist FTL
/stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
/assist {FTL}


!rem assist Slot1
!if( character is not "slot 1") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 1") /assist {SLOT1}


!rem assist Slot2
!if( character is not "slot 2") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 2") /assist {SLOT2}


!rem assist Slot3
!if( character is not "slot 3") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 3") /assist {SLOT3}


!rem assist Slot4
!if( character is not "slot 4") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 4") /assist {SLOT4}


!rem assist Slot5
!if( character is not "slot 5") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 5") /assist {SLOT5}






!rem target generic enemy
/stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
/targetenemy

This one prefers FTL and if not FTL then tank. If tank has nothing then it checks all the other slots and finally if still no target it will pick its own enemy target.

PvP:

!rem assist FTL
/stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
/assist {FTL}


!rem assist Slot1
!if( character is not "slot 1") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 1") /assist {SLOT1}


!rem assist Slot2
!if( character is not "slot 2") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 2") /assist {SLOT2}


!rem assist Slot3
!if( character is not "slot 3") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 3") /assist {SLOT3}


!rem assist Slot4
!if( character is not "slot 4") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 4") /assist {SLOT4}


!rem assist Slot5
!if( character is not "slot 5") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 5") /assist {SLOT5}


!rem target enemy player
/stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
/targetenemyplayer

Same as above but uses /targetenemyplayer instead. When you don't want to target pets by mistake.


Safe:

!rem assist FTL
/stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
/assist {FTL}


!rem assist Slot1
!if( character is not "slot 1") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 1") /assist {SLOT1}


!rem assist Slot2
!if( character is not "slot 2") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 2") /assist {SLOT2}


!rem assist Slot3
!if( character is not "slot 3") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 3") /assist {SLOT3}


!rem assist Slot4
!if( character is not "slot 4") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 4") /assist {SLOT4}


!rem assist Slot5
!if( character is not "slot 5") /stopmacro [@target, exists, nodead, harm]
!if( character is not "slot 5") /assist {SLOT5}

This one has all the slot preferences and nothing else. Good for when you are in an area you don't want random pulls. They'll just wait until you target something.


For these I have a menu button setup in isboxer to toggle through the three. Then whichever is active is the one used in my DPS rotation.

[kalos72]

OK I get whats your saying, rather use a focus or target enemy in my macros, which limits my options as toons die or I change mains, tell the toons which ones to assist. But does assist move the toon into melee range?

Where do these "hotstrings" go, is there a guide/video? Ill go look in the video section and Youtube.

I aussme there is just no easy way to get melee to get in range other run the few examples Miraj put in his videos...that still hold true today?

[MadMilitia]

OK I get whats your saying, rather use a focus or target enemy in my macros, which limits my options as toons die or I change mains, tell the toons which ones to assist. But does assist move the toon into melee range?

Where do these "hotstrings" go, is there a guide/video? Ill go look in the video section and Youtube.

I aussme there is just no easy way to get melee to get in range other run the few examples Miraj put in his videos...that still hold true today?

Good morning!

Assist will simply target whatever the FTL target is targetting. FTL = Focusless, Targetless, Leaderless. See here: http://isboxer.com/wiki/WoW:FTL

In order to get them to move to targets you can either do that by hand or you can use in-game functionality through click-to-move ( interface > mouse options ) and an IWT key. IWT ( interact with target ) keybinds can be found under Key Bindings -> Targeting.

The macros I listed would go into the Isboxer section for Game Helpers > World of Warcraft > Quick Setup 41.

You add a new one, paste the content in the macro window and then these options:

Keybind: Whatever you want to send to the WoW clients for this macro.
Modifiers: Select all
Can use FTL modifiers: Select
Click button name is unimportant.


Then you would call it in one of your keymaps mapped keys like mentioned here: http://isboxer.com/wiki/Named_World_...t_Macro_Action

Then whenever that keymap mapped key is called, either through your direct input or chained off another direct input they will run the macro.

To get melee into range you should be using IWT. IWT is explained here: http://isboxer.com/wiki/WoW:Interact_with_Target