FOCUS and TARGET

[Sun]

I have been reading the posts and am still fuddled.

WOW has the option to bind focustarget and targetfocus but other than that I have no idea what that means.

I cant seem to figure this out by reading between the lines either.

How does one SET focus? Why is there a focustarget and targetfocus? Why the opposites?

This would help me understand how to make my macros. Can somebody point me to an explanation?

Thx

[Wilbur]

Focustarget Makes your target your focus, Targetfocus shows your Targets focus.

[henrik.falk]

I have been reading the posts and am still fuddled.

WOW has the option to bind focustarget and targetfocus but other than that I have no idea what that means.

I cant seem to figure this out by reading between the lines either.

How does one SET focus? Why is there a focustarget and targetfocus? Why the opposites?

This would help me understand how to make my macros. Can somebody point me to an explanation?

Thx

When i set focus in a macro, i do a /target x and then a /focus.
But a /focus x might set x as your focus as well. However i don't believe so.

I don't remember the exact names for them, but most things (targets?) that are valid, like target, player, pet and focus can be added after each other. So targettarget would be your targets target. Focustarget and targetfocus are just consequences of this mechanic.

As an example, i use /focus when i cast my fire elemental. I cast it and set
it as my focus by clicking on the icon with my right mouse button.
[code:1]
/target Greater Fire Elemental
/focus
[/code:1]

I can then cast Lesser Healing Wave on it by using this in the macro:
[code:1]
/cast [target=focus] Lesser Healing Wave
[/code:1]

I can also give my elemental some support by casting lightning bolt on his target by using:

[code:1]
/cast [target=focustarget] Lightning Bolt
[/code:1]

This way i can both heal and support him with DPS without switching my target. All this with the use of our friend focus :-)

That's as i have it figured. Mind you i haven't started multiboxing yet, but i have written some quite useful macros for my shaman.

I find this page helpful:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro

[dniem]

thanks for those focus ideas, I'll make good use of it when the time comes.

[Heenan]

Focus Target
Create a focus for the thing I currently have targeted
(store target into memory)

Target Focus
Target the thing that I made my focus from above
(retrieve target from memory)

[keyclone]

think of this situation:

4 mages... 5+ mobs...

each mage has a key bound to assist the main.. which will target the main's target

each mage has a key that sets focus to the current target

each mage also has a key that will sheep their focus target

then... and here's the fun bit... you put the 'set focus' key into round robin

now... roll up to your 5+ mob area. your main clicks a target, hit the 'assist main' key.. all mages get the target. then hit the 'set focus' key... and only 1 mage will set that mob as his target. repeat for all mobs. (will take a second, but can be done at a distance)

now... run in... hit 'sheep your focus' key... 4 different mobs get sheep'd at once... target a non-sheep mob with your main, assist-main, and blast it.

once in a while, hit 'sheep your focus' to keep the mobs sheep'd... they will all un-sheep at the same time, so timing it is easy. just concentrate on those that are not sheep'd and you'll clean up in no time.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?p=14596#14596

[kalih]

Focus Target
Create a focus for the thing I currently have targeted
(store target into memory)


Let's not confuse this with "focustarget", which is your focus' target.

Ie, /cast [target=focustarget] shadow bolt, which will cast a shadow bolt on my focus' target.

I think the simplest answer to the original question is that focus is basically a second target that is stored locally.

So, essentially, you have two targets you can assign independently. And then, in macros, you can append 'target' to the end of each of these to get that unit's target.. So you can have focustarget targettarget and targettargettarget, etc.

[Heenan]

Focus Target
Create a focus for the thing I currently have targeted
(store target into memory)


Let's not confuse this with "focustarget", which is your focus' target.

Ie, /cast [target=focustarget] shadow bolt, which will cast a shadow bolt on my focus' target.

I think the simplest answer to the original question is that focus is basically a second target that is stored locally.

So, essentially, you have two targets you can assign independently. And then, in macros, you can append 'target' to the end of each of these to get that unit's target.. So you can have focustarget targettarget and targettargettarget, etc.

Aye, but OP was asking about the 2 bind-able options in the Keybindings page.

[shivetya]

think of this situation:

4 mages... 5+ mobs...

each mage has a key bound to assist the main.. which will target the main's target

each mage has a key that sets focus to the current target

each mage also has a key that will sheep their focus target

then... and here's the fun bit... you put the 'set focus' key into round robin



round robin? is this a feature of your program or just definition of what to do?

In my needs I have fear set to focus with each lock having his own fear key. If I think I am going to get into a messy combat I will need to set focus before that (else have keys set to make each lock accept his current target as focus should the fur fly - like respawns)

[beyond-tec]

round robin:

3 PCs, round robin:
you press a key and it will be sent to your first computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your second computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your third computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your first computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your second computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your third computer

you can use it for deathcoil rotations, fear rotations or sheep rotations....

keyclone supports the round-robin function for keys.

[Hippieman]

This thread taught me sooooo muuuuch! Never saw the point with focus, now I do. Never knew what round robin was, now i do. Excellent!

[beyond-tec]

:-)

round-robin is quiet brilliant because it ain't the "fire all of your guns at once and explode into space" thing. Not each char got a cooldown on a spell and you don't need a seperate key for each char for the same spell.

a deathcoil rotation is just BAM!

warlock1: deathcoil
All warlocks: curse of agony
warlock2: deathcoil
all warlocks: corruption
warlock3: deathcoil
all warlocks: immolate
warlock4: deathcoil
-wait for the DOTs doing their job-
priest: Psychic Scream
/wave


he can't do anything against that.

[Hippieman]

OR! Five opponents... one man... five boxes... zerged? Nay! Physical Scream, POW, DC 1 target, DC 2 targets, DC 3 targets, DC 4 targets, DOT DOT DOT, /rofl at last guy, DEAD (the opponents, that is).

Btw, me vote this topic sticky/someone who can be bothered collect all of this usefull stuff and make it a sticky. I know there's a similar thread, but this is more layman's terms, aka. wittle guys like me can understand it.

[shivetya]

round robin:

3 PCs, round robin:
you press a key and it will be sent to your first computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your second computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your third computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your first computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your second computer
you press it again and it will be sent to your third computer

you can use it for deathcoil rotations, fear rotations or sheep rotations....

keyclone supports the round-robin function for keys.


Oh, what the rest of us easily do with commas and reset=nn macros? :P

[amalgam]

Oh, what the rest of us easily do with commas and reset=nn macros? :P

Oh, man, I found that macro for Poly in a MB setup on WoWWiki. It's amazing. Using it for Frost Nova and Counterspell as well. Of course, I've also got a macro that makes ALL of them cast FN, Poly, and CS simultaneously as well.