Multiboxing pet peeves

[Nitro]

I think my biggest pet peeve is when i run half way through a zone or instance and I realize that 1 of my toons stopped following so I have to go all the way back to get him.

Anyone know of a cool addon for this, something that will turn on a blinking light to alert me that one of my party members is to far away. Would love something like that.

[Diamndzngunz]

This happened to me today. First time.. I got on the boat and everything. Haha.

Its even worse when you walk for 15mins and realize one of your toons forgot to hand in a quest. Lame

[Kyudo]

My pet peeve is the crazy "I'm independent" I'm gonna run whatever way I wanna run thing, even if it's in circles....

Sometimes it's very amusing, but other times, it causes a wipefest, which isnt fun.

Plus ofc those big fat elekk things that can't fit through doors, but oh well.....

42 and rising and more fun than ever

[junx]

I think the "twoboxtoolkit" mod will warn if you follow breaks.

[maqz]

I've been thinking about adding something to my follow macro that will whisper (or say in /p chat) if someone is outside follow range.

I need to get familiar with lua first though, still struggling with macro syntax. :)
But something like this:

[code:1]/run if not CheckInteractDistance("target",4) then SendChatMessage("Wait for me!",PARTY) end[/code:1]

You'd still need to press follow once in a while to get the warning though. You'd need something bigger for periodic checks.

See http://www.wowwiki.com/API_CheckInteractDistance

[maqz]

Yes, replace PARTY with RAID_WARNING. Here are all chatIDs: http://www.wowwiki.com/ChatTypeId.

I updated the post above with a version that works. I would like to know if anyone manages to shorten it a little. Instead of using if not (test) then (say) end it should be possible with a simple (test) or (say), but I can not get it to work.

My /follow macro is currently 252 characters and you never know what you might want to add later. :)