keyclone
01-10-2009, 04:55 PM
i had sent this as a reply to a PM and realized that it has been some time since i put one of these on the newbie area.
hopefully this will help some people get set up.
note: i labeled this level 1.5 as it is a step above the basic /assist and /follow macros bound to a single leader (level 1), but it does not require the complexity nor does it have the efficiency of the full focus based macros (level 2). level 3 would be the FTL macro setup... which has improved flexibility but increased complexity.
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Q: My characters are not firing at the same time. what do I have to do?
A: that would require noodling with wow macros. the most basic macro setup would be the /follow and /assist macros.
create these macros for each character:
1: /follow focus
2: /assist focus
3: /startattack [target=focustarget]
then create a macro setting the focus for the current leader, one per character. (for this example, my characters are named joe, sam, and bob)
4: /focus joe
5: /focus sam
6: /focus bob
open up your right action bar and set the top slots to F8, F9, and F10 (continue if you have more then 3).
put macro 4 in the top slot w/ F8. macro 5 in the slot w/ F9. and macro 6 in the slot w/ F10.
do this on all characters.
then replace the main action slot 1 with macro 3.
put macro 2 on main action slot associated with '-'
and finally, put macro 1 on main action slot associated with '='
i usually also make a specific macro for my original main(joe) to pull them all together in a group when i log in.
7: /invite sam
/invite bob
put this macro on joe's right action bar slot (no key required as its really a one time macro). then group up.
hit F8 to set the focus to joe for everyone... then hit '=' to have them all follow joe.
from joe, click a target and hit '-'... all should have that target now. fire... rinse... repeat... loot
if joe dies and you need to get a new leader, assuming you used maximizer and have the pip keys set to F8, F9, F10... just hit F9 and sam's screen will swap with joe's.... while also setting the focus for everyone to sam.
hit '=' and now everyone will be following sam.
i hope that helps. let me know if you 'd like more info.
Rob
ps:
keep in mind, clicking the buttons with the mouse will not trigger the macro on multiple wows. you must hit the associated key.
hopefully this will help some people get set up.
note: i labeled this level 1.5 as it is a step above the basic /assist and /follow macros bound to a single leader (level 1), but it does not require the complexity nor does it have the efficiency of the full focus based macros (level 2). level 3 would be the FTL macro setup... which has improved flexibility but increased complexity.
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Q: My characters are not firing at the same time. what do I have to do?
A: that would require noodling with wow macros. the most basic macro setup would be the /follow and /assist macros.
create these macros for each character:
1: /follow focus
2: /assist focus
3: /startattack [target=focustarget]
then create a macro setting the focus for the current leader, one per character. (for this example, my characters are named joe, sam, and bob)
4: /focus joe
5: /focus sam
6: /focus bob
open up your right action bar and set the top slots to F8, F9, and F10 (continue if you have more then 3).
put macro 4 in the top slot w/ F8. macro 5 in the slot w/ F9. and macro 6 in the slot w/ F10.
do this on all characters.
then replace the main action slot 1 with macro 3.
put macro 2 on main action slot associated with '-'
and finally, put macro 1 on main action slot associated with '='
i usually also make a specific macro for my original main(joe) to pull them all together in a group when i log in.
7: /invite sam
/invite bob
put this macro on joe's right action bar slot (no key required as its really a one time macro). then group up.
hit F8 to set the focus to joe for everyone... then hit '=' to have them all follow joe.
from joe, click a target and hit '-'... all should have that target now. fire... rinse... repeat... loot
if joe dies and you need to get a new leader, assuming you used maximizer and have the pip keys set to F8, F9, F10... just hit F9 and sam's screen will swap with joe's.... while also setting the focus for everyone to sam.
hit '=' and now everyone will be following sam.
i hope that helps. let me know if you 'd like more info.
Rob
ps:
keep in mind, clicking the buttons with the mouse will not trigger the macro on multiple wows. you must hit the associated key.