/follow focus macro causing random 'lets run into mobs!' effect

[elsegundo]

this happens to me when i mouseover the smaller window while pressing a command meant for the main toon.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

This is a known bug. HUGE thread over here. I'd recommend keeping discussion there so as not to clutter things up.

[Vyndree]

FYI, the "runaways" problem happens for hardware boxers as well.

Suvega and I have been able to repro it as such:
(100% repro) While moving forward, stun the "main" -- watch the /follow'ers continue running in their forward vector.
While mashing various keys in a panic situation, press the /follow macro. Watch as the character continues running in a forward vector.

Some people had hypothesized that it was a problem with a particular piece of software, but at least in the two instances above I've experienced "runaways" as a full hardware 'boxer.

[puppychow]

I dunno, I had this problem daily 1-3x an hour before, I was running Keyclone with PIP/Maximizer and 5 wow windows spread out over 3 monitors so I could see them all.

Last week I switched to Octopus, and collapsed all my WoW windows so they are right on top of each other. I keep one alt on my 2nd monitor, since hes usually the herbalist so I can see them on the map and grab em.

Since I switched, I haven't seen the problem once. ever. I don't know if its because I have all my WoW windows on top of each other or because of Octopus or because God loves me, but just for what its worth.

My FPS also jumped up significantly since I no longer show all WoW windows on screen, and now I just bind F1-F5 to hotswap between my wow windows (and also F1-F5 is set to /focus <person> and /promote <person>), its simplified my MBing a great deal. Really ask yourself whether you need to see all your toons on screen at once.