Replacement for focuspet / partyxpet ?

[Ohitekah]

I try to find a way to be able to target the combat pet of a hunter / warlock equivalent to 'focuspet' or 'partyxpet' but in a partyless / focusless setup. Lets assume the hunters name is Boromir and his pet is Frodo I tried to use /target BoromirFrodo which unfortunately doesn't work. Is there any elegant way to do make this work?

/salute

Ohitekah

[algol]

"/target Frodo" isn't working for you? Although, /targetexact would be more helpful.

You can also use target=pet for your own pet, or target=partypet1 (partypet2, etc) for a different party member's pet (in listing order following the party1, party2, etc order), or target=raidpet1 etc for raid member's pets.

But if you're not in a group, you're pretty much stuck with /targetexact.

[Ohitekah]

Thank you for your reply. The problem with /targetexact <petname> or /target <petname> is that it does only work with a specific pet, it is not variable as /target party1pet or /target focuspet. And especially when it comes to a warlock it is very situational which pet is used at any given moment. So targeting a fixed pet name will not work. I currently use the party1pet solution, but this obviously is the fail when I join a group ( PUG ).

/salute

Ohitekah

[algol]

/cast [target=MyImp,exists][target=MyVoidwalker,exists][etc] Renew

Throw more cases.

[Ohitekah]

That is pretty close to what I want to have, but it does not fit into the 255 character restriction that macros have. Here is what I currently have:


#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt, target=party1pet] Power Word: Shield; [mod:ctrl, target=party1] Power Word: Shield; [mod:shift, target=player] Power Word: Shield; Power Word: Shield


The modifiers have to be alt for the pet, ctrl for the leading toon, shift for the player himself and non-modifier for the click use as all my toons have been setup this way.

Is there a way to shorten this and make it party- and focusless?

Thank you so much for helping out here.

/salute

Ohitekah

[algol]

The only way to avoid being in a party or using focus is to know your target's name explicitly.

Also, the syntax you're using is for if you want to supply different spell names. Try this:


#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt, target=party1pet][mod:ctrl, target=party1][mod:shift, target=player] Power Word: Shield

You usually want the self-cast case to be the one with no mods. What do you mean by "non-modifier for the click use"? The sentence kinda falls apart there. Are you trying to have PW:S as a secondary spell on a key that normally does something else? If that's so, try:


#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt, target=Alice][mod:ctrl, target=Bob][mod:shift, target=player] Power Word: Shield; Greater Heal

I think that should work. I don't normally do multi-target multi-function macros, so I'm not certain. Too much holding of modifiers to be efficiently castable IMO.

[Ohitekah]

Sorry for my bad English, it is not my native tongue.

What I meant was that if I use no modifier then I just use my mouse to click the target and hit the key to cast the spell. Does that make sense?

I tried to use your example but still ran into the 255 character limit when using all 5 pets of my leading warlock in the macro. So I guess I am back to square one and have to continue to use the in-party solution.

Thank you very much for your help, Algol. I very much appreciate it.

/salute

Ohitekah

[algol]

Make this macro. Bind it to a button on a hidden bar and get the button's ID.

/target [mod:ctrl,target=ImpImpImpI,exists] [mod:ctrl,target=Voidwalker,exists] [mod:ctrl,target=SuccubusSu,exists] [mod:ctrl,target= FelhunterF,exists] [mod:ctrl,target=FelguardFe,exists][mod:shift,target=WarlockWar,exists][nomod,target=player]

Then make this one:

#showtooltip
/click FirstMacroButtonID
/cast Power Word: Shield
/targetlasttarget

This pair should shield the warlock's pet if you hold Ctrl without needing to be grouped, shield the Warlock if you hold Shift, and shield the caster if it can't find any of the above. I haven't tested it, so let me know how it works!

[Ualaa]

You could also try to assist off of the target.
As in:

/assist MainAssist or Tank
/cast [help] Power Word: Shield; [help, target=targettarget] Power Word: Shield

[Ohitekah]

Sorry for my belated response, post xmas stress ;)

@algol: I give that a try first thing tomorrow as time permits.

@ualaa: I am not sure if that will cover all my needs as I want to be able to target my lead toon, its pet, the slave toon and a target that i clicked via mouse. But I give it a thought.

/salute

Ohitekah

[Maxion]

Get Macaroon and stop worrying about macro lengths.