Spammable Party Buff macro

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11-29-2009, 03:34 AM
Dwarven

Spammable Party Buff macro

So I was playing around with macros recently, and came up with this:

Code:

macro 1: /castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil /click BT4Button64 macro 2 (on button 64): /castsequence [target=party3]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party4]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild

I looked through the forums and the wiki, and didn't see any macros with a similar purpose, so I thought I'd share. It's not so important for MotW (due to GotW), but I like it for my blessings, as half my team is wanting Kings and the other half Might.

Code:

macro 1: /castsequence [target=guerria]reset=20 blessing of kings,nil /castsequence [target=guerrissa]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,nil /castsequence [target=minou]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,nil /click BT4Button65 macro 2: /castsequence [target=benira]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,blessing of might,nil /castsequence [target=oragreva]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,blessing of might, blessing of might

The first of the blessing macros is exactly 255 characters, btw.

This is spammable, too, so if you hit the macro again before your GCD is up, it won't cause the sequences to go out of synch.
11-29-2009, 03:45 AM
moosejaw

Why not use Smart Buff? Saves a ton of time and you can have different buffs configured when you are in a group/raid/solo etc.
11-29-2009, 09:55 AM
Dwarven

I'm already tight on addon/resource space, as I'm only running the one machine atm, and I like to use macros instead of addons where I can.
11-29-2009, 01:11 PM
Maxion

That is a horribly large amount of work to try to avoid getting SmartBuff.
If your computer is that short on resources, your multiboxing would probably benefit greatly from some more RAM anyway.
Don't think SmartBuff uses that much resources in the first place, but thats up to you if you think so. *shrug*
11-29-2009, 01:15 PM
Fursphere

Get Smartbuffs of Zomgbuffs.
11-29-2009, 03:21 PM
Ualaa

I can see not wanting to use an addon, when a macro will suffice.

However, a macro that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...
It is probably the better choice.
If you change your party composition, do a new team, or just trade a toon each, between two teams.

The addon still just needs to be clicked.
The macros take much longer to edit.
11-29-2009, 07:21 PM
thinus

Smartbuff gets my vote but some comments on the macros.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwarven

Code:

macro 1: /castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil /click BT4Button64

I haven't tried it but wouldn't the following work:

Code:

macro 1: /castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /click BT4Button64

Or do all the castsequences advance even if a spell is triggered on the first castsequence? If the castsequence is advanced every time, wouldn't the following work then:

Code:

macro 1: /castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 ,mark of the wild,nil /castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 ,,mark of the wild,nil /click BT4Button64

I understand that you wan't to spam the button or at least avoid advancing castsequences when the GCD is up but I thought WoW did that automatically.

Don't you end up buffing the same character more than once with those macros? You *must* be able to set it up in such a way that you don't need to repeat the spell multiple times in the castsequence. It just looks wrong.
11-29-2009, 09:00 PM
Fursphere

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ualaa

I can see not wanting to use an addon, when a macro will suffice.

However, a macro that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...
It is probably the better choice.
If you change your party composition, do a new team, or just trade a toon each, between two teams.

The addon still just needs to be clicked.
The macros take much longer to edit.

I have ZOMGBuffs tuned to a single button (backspace) on all my characters. So one button press, and everyone does the needed buffs. And its intelligent - it recognizes dual specs and situational buffs.

A macro could never do this.
11-29-2009, 10:38 PM
Ualaa

Typo there.. should have read:

However, an addon that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...
11-30-2009, 02:17 AM
Mokoi

beware, zomgbuffs caused us significant grief in a raid resulting in many people disconnecting for whatever reason.

My vote, for blessings.. pally power..
11-30-2009, 10:43 AM
Maxion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mokoi

beware, zomgbuffs caused us significant grief in a raid resulting in many people disconnecting for whatever reason.

My vote, for blessings.. pally power..

Indeed, I'm keeping SmartBuff on my other chars but am moving over to using PallyPower more for my pally, just gotta figure out how to get it to do my seals before I can stop using SmartBuff on the pally.
11-30-2009, 11:55 AM
Fursphere

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mokoi

beware, zomgbuffs caused us significant grief in a raid resulting in many people disconnecting for whatever reason.

My vote, for blessings.. pally power..

Did we actually prove it was ZOMGBuffs? I disabled everything - didn't do a lot of testing to figure out what it was.
11-30-2009, 08:51 PM
Ghallo

The part I am interested in is where you state "It is spammable". Have you tested this? I can see situations where these macros could be very useful in a non-buff situation (like "renew" being cast on your party etc). I'd love to have a button I press 5 times and it casts renew on all 5 members of my party ... but if I spazz out and click it too fast won't then go through and rebuff some party members twice.
11-30-2009, 09:00 PM
daviddoran

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fursphere

Did we actually prove it was ZOMGBuffs? I disabled everything - didn't do a lot of testing to figure out what it was.

Yes, or at least it was on my end. I re-enabled all the other ones except zomgbuffs, and i havent had a DC since.
12-03-2009, 06:34 PM
Tofino

Quote:

Originally Posted by moosejaw

Why not use Smart Buff? Saves a ton of time and you can have different buffs configured when you are in a group/raid/solo etc.

Speaking of Smartbuff, anyone have any clue why my shammy's weapon buffs never go off? Every other buff I set in Smartbuff works great, but not, for example, Flametongue. It can be long expired and SB just says "Nothing to do".
12-03-2009, 09:31 PM
Maxion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tofino

Speaking of Smartbuff, anyone have any clue why my shammy's weapon buffs never go off? Every other buff I set in Smartbuff works great, but not, for example, Flametongue. It can be long expired and SB just says "Nothing to do".

Works fine for me, make sure to have it checked, be buffing out of combat, and such.
Might help to checkmark buff self first as well.
12-03-2009, 09:50 PM
Coltimar

I have this problem too. Sometimes it says nothing to do. I open the interface, go to Party, uncheck and recheck the buffs and then they work. I have to do this on each toon. Sometimes it just works.
12-04-2009, 12:27 AM
Khatovar

Also make sure you have mainhand/offhand checked if applicable. I seem to recall it getting pissy with me when I went from a staff to dagger and shield.

I also get problems if Solo and Group aren't set up the same, usually if Smartbuff tries to start buffing before my group invites finish. Made things really messy with my paladins for a bit.
12-04-2009, 06:48 AM
Maxion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khatovar

Also make sure you have mainhand/offhand checked if applicable. I seem to recall it getting pissy with me when I went from a staff to dagger and shield.

I also get problems if Solo and Group aren't set up the same, usually if Smartbuff tries to start buffing before my group invites finish. Made things really messy with my paladins for a bit.

I started setting mine up the same for group and solo, but then realized i only use the solo profile anyway, so I only use the settings for that one.
12-04-2009, 03:50 PM
Tofino

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coltimar

I have this problem too. Sometimes it says nothing to do. I open the interface, go to Party, uncheck and recheck the buffs and then they work. I have to do this on each toon. Sometimes it just works.

I'll try unchecking and rechecking stuff at random :). Thanks all.