macro reset help

Hello I have a macro issue,

I use a system where my primary targeting is done through party1target selection. I do this so i can free up focus however I seem to be having an issue with castsequence resets, as in they don't seem to work.

What I want to do is have an initial two spells fire then stop firing while I continue to spam the same key, which is doing other stuff on other toons.

I figured it would look something like this

/castsequence reset=target/combat [target=party1target] Faerie Fire, Insect Swarm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;

It works except the macro never resets on target switch or combat ending.

Is it because I'm not actually switching targets with this toon since it targets through a brain? If so I at least expect the macro to reset after combat, but it does not seem to do that either.

I even added:
/assist party1
To try and get the toon to switch targets mid fight with no success.

I could try a short time reset like reset=5 but then if I stop spamming the button for other toons it will reset mid fight.

Right now it works in the sense that I can click like 50 times real fast to reset the macro but that gets old real quick.

Any insight?

Wow that is some macro :)

That is not a very efficient use of a macro, have you thought about maybe doing a modifier for the opening salvo?

All the modifiers are already used for other characters for that key. I play 5 different classes.

I use trinity so i have unlimited macros, it does get ugly though. However it works well with my setup, see I have unlimited macros but am limited for keys because I play with a gamepad.

So for example, I use the square button (ps3) to attack with pally, spamming it to keep his shield and seal refreshed, while the same button is bound to renew, and PW:shield on my priest, stuff like that ect. It is how I do basic tanking. What I want is to have my other classes drop debuffs/long dots on the first couple presses of the button, but stop after that. I use the mod buttons for other tank abilities so they are all used up (or at lest the three I fit on my ps3 controller. That is my opening salvo/basic tanking macro. So I need to spam the key on a regular basis, but I want my druid to just drop those two simple spells without having to bother pushing a second key.

Yes I'm that lazy...

However that was not my question I'm trying to figure out why reset isn't working.

Try replacing
target/combat
with
target,combat

Poking around the wow ui forums I found the problem, for anyone else who may have this problem the reset needs to come after conditionals so the macro should be


/castsequence [target=party1target] reset=target/combat Faerie Fire, Insect Swarm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;