Macro command suggestion to add to the "Macros for New Multiboxers" sticky

[Unscrupulous]

I have recently discovered a macro command that could eliminate the need to use /assist.

When multiboxing, you can either bind specific spells or bind macros to your bar on your main toon - the function I have in mind works either way.

Example:

My main toon is named Unscrupulous, a Warlock. I bind Shadowbolt to the 2 key.

If I were running around with 4 other locks, I would use the following macro, also bound to 2:

#showtooltip
/cast [target=Unscrupulous-target,harm,nodead] Shadowbolt

This macro command makes the extra toons cast Shadowbolt on your party leader's target without having to use /assist or /focus to accomplish it. Obviously, you can edit the name of the main toon and the spell as is needed for your setup.

"target=maintoon-target" means that you will cast the specified spell on whatever mob or player your main toon is currently targeted on. If you were to do this with all of your DoTs, you could DoT stack multiple targets even using tab-targeting and just run around while everything around you dies...

Or whatever class or mix of classes you are using.

It also means that you can always have your healer targeted on your main tank in a mixed group so that heals will always default to the tank, and you can always add a mouseover function for healing the other toons.

Hope it helps.



Oh, yeah... First post.

[Tasty]

Grats on your first post/welcome to the forums :)


http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Macro:Assist_without_focus

[Unscrupulous]

Grats on your first post/welcome to the forums :)


http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Macro:Assist_without_focusAHH... fail

I didn't lurk long enough.

Story of my life.

[Fizzler]

there is a ton of information buried in many threads most of the good ones are captured on the wiki and stickys.

I do not like using Target=name in my macro's anymore. Well not in that manner if that person dies you need to make sure and have a backup. some folks like to use focus but I like a more focusless approach.

i have one macro in ActionButton12 on each toon that reads something similar to this.

/target [target=focus,help,nodead][target=toon1, exists,nodead,help]; [target=toon2, exists,nodead,help]
/assist

Each macro has different names so if the person ahead of them dies they take over and everyone targets them. The one below is on my third toon if the two before him dies he is the one. Notice I start off with a focus check I do this incase I want to assign focus fire or CC to my secondary toons.

Each harmful and beneficial spell looks something like this.

#showtooltip Chain Lightning
/click [noexists][dead][noharm] ActionButton12
/cast Chain Lightning

what happens if if I have a target and its not dead I will cast Chain Lightening. (hrmm I just thought of something I better add a focus=target in there for stated reasons above...) If I do not have a target or its dead than it will /click Button12 which is the assist macro above.

It seems to work very well. I got this from the wiki I am sure I have so much stuff written down I did not keep track of where I gleamed it.