Macro help -- Power Word: Shield - need to check for 'weakened soul'

[Jamien]

By resetting the castsequence on target it kind of negates the whole "renew if weakened soul".
Plus you haven't set a modifier ...

and that many renews is overkill.

AND!

This should work, i think.
Depending on how you have your macros set up, you might need one for each target character.

/castsequence [target=whatever you use] reset=15 Powerword: Shield, Renew, Renew, Renew

Maxion already posted it

[elsegundo]

By resetting the castsequence on target it kind of negates the whole "renew if weakened soul".
Plus you haven't set a modifier ...

and that many renews is overkill.

AND!

This should work, i think.
Depending on how you have your macros set up, you might need one for each target character.

/castsequence [target=whatever you use] reset=15 Powerword: Shield, Renew, Renew, Renew

Maxion already posted it

ahh.. but hasty replies are bad, in general.
you cannot renew if weakened soul. there is no "check" for weakened soul.
modifiers have been set already. check the description. again, hasty replies are bad.
and yes, i know, that many renews is overkill, but again, hasty replies are bad.
good day.

[mojofizznut]

I was trying to stay brief, but I sense there is interest in this

I am switching targets in between. So here is fight sequence:

1) Priest (main) sends in lock pets - (1 void, 4 succ) (ok ok, sometimes I lead with immolate but lets just move on)

2) First macro key 1: Priest throws down "pain" on target, targetless slaves throw 'curse of agony'

3) Second macro key 2: Priest throws "Shadow Word: Shield" on void, slaves throw 'corruption'

4) switch target (if mobs), send void over to get aggro, succ's follow

5) rinse and repeat from step 2 -- only this time at step 3, 'weakened soul' is still active on void. Using simple /castsequence works if I just hit the macro twice, renew lands on voidwalker

I love elegance and purity in coding, but this kludge works for me. If anyone can think how to save that 2nd bump on step 5 when switching between targets (and other macros run in between), well, that would be great but I'm good with this. Doesn't sound like a good way to work around this.

Thanks all for the help as always. Cheers.

[elsegundo]

i already fixed step 5 for you in my macro.

pressing alt, ctrl, or shift with that macro will skip Shield and will go straight to a Renew.

Additionally, your warlocks will not cast Corruption when you cast the alt-renew. this is good since you might not want to refresh your Corruptions to save mana. but then again, you are working with several characters, and four corruptions on one mob will probably kill it before you have a chance to refresh the Corruption.

If your priest is shadow, you'll most likely start using vampirice embrace to recover health for all. this is the beauty of having a shadow priest. and, if you spec your locks affliction, having Siphon Life and Drain Life only adds to the ridiculous non-stop grinding/questing, never needing to drink or eat.

if i had your setup, i wouldnt even use a cast sequence, as i believe it is too limiting to my play. i only use modifiers and conditionals in my macros. i'll write out the macro for you if you want, even though the previously stated castsequence macro will work fine.