need help with targettarget based healing in ISboxer

[echo]

Hello all,

First, I apologize for asking this as I tried searching in the forums, and read through about a dozen threads but none addressed this problem specifically, so I'm hoping that maybe someone here can point me towards the proper resource/thread.

So I just started trying out Lax's wonderful Isboxer, and it's been awesome. But I am having trouble getting my 5 druid team to heal the target of my current target.

When I was using keyclone, I made use of a macro something like

/cast [target=focustargettarget, nomod] rejuvenation

or

/cast [target=party1targettarget, mod:alt] lifebloom.

I'm just going off memory but that was the gist of my macro, and by pushing the button to that macro, i can get all 5 druids to cast 5 stacking heals on the target of the mob/player that i'm beating up on.

I am trying to recreate that functionality but cant figure out how to do it in ISboxer.

I like that I dont need to depend on setting a focus to make my dps macros work, thus freeing it up for CC and such in cata. but without setting a focus, the best i can do is base a macro on party1targettarget, which works for the 4 slaves but wasting the current team leads heal since her party1 slot is not the same as the slaves.

If anyone can help me figure this out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and have a great day! :)

[MiRai]

I am not well versed in macros, especially macros for healing. However, I am going to just throw this out there since this
is one of the features that ISBoxer is well know for.

Repeater Region Healing

Start here:

http://isboxer.com/index.php/guides/32-guide-wow-ualaa-grid-clique-repeater
http://isboxer.com/index.php/guides/74-wow-guide-advanced-healbot-repeater

[echo]

Hi Fenril,

Thank you for bringing that up and the helpful links. :) I fully plan to utilize the repeater region healing for running instances and for PVE content, where I can hopefully predictably soak up the damage with my tank so I can anticipate heals; but in PVP situations I noticed some players will switch targets on my toons to throw off my healing, in those instances I would like to be able to keep the guy targeted and spam my heal key and have my toons auto heal whatever he's attacking.

But thank you for those guides though, I will definitely follow them when I am doing my heroics setup. :)

[ZorbaTheGeek]

Hello all,

First, I apologize for asking this as I tried searching in the forums, and read through about a dozen threads but none addressed this problem specifically, so I'm hoping that maybe someone here can point me towards the proper resource/thread.

So I just started trying out Lax's wonderful Isboxer, and it's been awesome. But I am having trouble getting my 5 druid team to heal the target of my current target.

When I was using keyclone, I made use of a macro something like

/cast [target=focustargettarget, nomod] rejuvenation

or

/cast [target=party1targettarget, mod:alt] lifebloom.

I'm just going off memory but that was the gist of my macro, and by pushing the button to that macro, i can get all 5 druids to cast 5 stacking heals on the target of the mob/player that i'm beating up on.

I am trying to recreate that functionality but cant figure out how to do it in ISboxer.

I like that I dont need to depend on setting a focus to make my dps macros work, thus freeing it up for CC and such in cata. but without setting a focus, the best i can do is base a macro on party1targettarget, which works for the 4 slaves but wasting the current team leads heal since her party1 slot is not the same as the slaves.

If anyone can help me figure this out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and have a great day! :)

If you are using "FTL" targetting in its basic form then all slaves will assist whoever is the current leader at hotkey press. In other words Party1target = party2target = party3target etc since they all assisted.

To create your heal key, why not just use:

/assist {FTL} - to assist the leader for his target
/cast [target=targettarget, mod:alt] lifebloom - to cast a heal on a toons own targettarget (as they are all the same)

If you're using more complicated targetting modes "sticky targetting" or "target queue" macros then dealing with the question of "Who is current tank?" becomes more of an issue. It can be done with a combination of keymap virtualisation and mode switching keymaps which run when you swap windows, but I suspect you don't need that. :D

Hope this helps.

[Ualaa]

I like to have a few macros for healing.
Mainly to be able to heal those outside of my raid/group.

#show Rejuvenation
/assist <Insert Assist>; I'd FTL Assist Me + Send Keybind, as a mapped key.
/cast [Help][Help,@TargetTarget][Help,@TargetTargetTarget] Rejuvenation

I'll generally have 2-3 spells like this, that I can cast outside of the group.
The leader will target whoever I want the heal to go to.
And then I click the relevant hotkey.

If the leader's target is hostile, then the heal goes to the Target of the Target.
And if both the Target and the Target's Target are hostile, the third condition is the Target's Target's Target, which will very rarely be true in PvP if the first two conditions fail.
You could include [] after the last condition or perhaps [@Player].

The Repeater Region healing, is 99.9% of party/raid healing.
It is amazingly easy and strong, once you get used to it which takes an instance run on your healer.

[echo]

@ Zorba

Thank you for the macro code Zorba! I was not aware that i can do target=targettarget. makes perfect sense in hindsight :p I just have a question regarding

/assist {FTL}

Is that actual code that I can copy paste in to a macro? I was hoping there was a parameter to specify the current FTL leader; is that it? Or is that shorthand for my needing to make a keymap in isboxer to FTL assist me?

If there is a parameter to specify ftl leader like FTLtargettarget that would be great as one thing I did like about the focus based macro systems for PVP was that I can have my slaves target a different enemy and sometimes trick the enemy healers into thinking that's my attack target, when they will actually cast at my leader's target. It's a tiny advantage that rarely works, but I'll take any small advantage I can get if it'll help to confuse the opposing forces. :p

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@ Ualaa

Oh and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Ualaa. :) If I can send you christmas cookies, I would.

/assist <Insert Assist>; I'd FTL Assist Me + Send Keybind, as a mapped key.
/cast [Help][Help,@TargetTarget][Help,@TargetTargetTarget] Rejuvenation

Is just what I was looking for logic wise. I just want to clarify that I can use @targettarget in macros? I also didnt know that we can use "@" in macro codes.

On a sidenote, your ISboxer writeup helped me immensely in setting everything up and was easy to understand. Wish I could do more to thank you but all I was able to do was put you down as my referral for ISboxer. Thank you again. :D

[ZorbaTheGeek]

/assist {FTL}

Is that actual code that I can copy paste in to a macro? I was hoping there was a parameter to specify the current FTL leader; is that it? Or is that shorthand for my needing to make a keymap in isboxer to FTL assist me?


That, is macro code using one of ISBoxers inbuilt variables (the {FTL} part will be filled in when the macro is exported to the ISBoxer addon). You can use it if you create the macro inside a WoW macro keymap within ISBoxer. If you prefer your macros in game, then just use the FTL keymap like the DPS keys do, or use the "but first" options when setting the wow keystroke.

ISB is extremely flexible, and I would advise build all-purpose macros such as this one right inside ISBoxer to save typing it out for every toon in every team.