probs with healingmacro for shamans

[jinx08]

if you target via macro, you will not lose your current target (if you're targeting your main). if you use /target, you'll lose your current target, but since its in the macro like [target=playername] it shouldnt change your target.


you can do this:

F1: /cast [target=slave1, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F2: /cast [target=slave2, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F3: /cast [target=slave3, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F4: /cast [target=slave4, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave

put these macros in for all four of your shamans and bam. it should work.
the logic for this macro (say F2) is basically... cast lesser healing wave on slave2 if he's not dead and is friendly. but this macro doesnt tell the character to actually "target" the slave, just that the spell goes to the slave.

I use this same setup. It works great when grouped up as just four. The problem I found though was in BG's when another player is in my party, it messes up the order of the slaves. So if, for example I press f2 to heal the second toon in the party, it will end up healing a completly different toon! I am using my toons names in the macro, but as you can see its pretty hard to differentiate between toons! (the little 'i' is a pain at the best of times)!
Hope I haven't confused you all too much! Advice would be appreciated.

[Kaynin]

/cast [target=targettarget, help][target=targettargettarget, help] [] lesser healing wave

This allows you to heal the 'tank' (the one the mob is aggroing) without changing targets, and when someone else needs a quick heal, I just tend to start a cast, click the one that needs a heal at the start of the cast, spam button, next cast is a heal, target back, do what you were doing. Etc.

Next to that do a

/cast [target=player] Chain Heal

This is for when shit hits the fan basicly and your alts need healing.



This method (but in FTL style) of healing is what I've been using (most effectively) for over a year now.

[jinx08]

Thanks for the quick response kay.
I'll give it a go tonight!
I've got chain Heal macro'd to target themselves at the moment, but with the crazy burst and the long cast time of Chain Heal, I usually have a toon dead by the time I get the heal off! Frustrating!:cursing:

[elsegundo]

if you target via macro, you will not lose your current target (if you're targeting your main). if you use /target, you'll lose your current target, but since its in the macro like [target=playername] it shouldnt change your target.


you can do this:

F1: /cast [target=slave1, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F2: /cast [target=slave2, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F3: /cast [target=slave3, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave
F4: /cast [target=slave4, nodead, help] Lesser Healing Wave

put these macros in for all four of your shamans and bam. it should work.
the logic for this macro (say F2) is basically... cast lesser healing wave on slave2 if he's not dead and is friendly. but this macro doesnt tell the character to actually "target" the slave, just that the spell goes to the slave.

I use this same setup. It works great when grouped up as just four. The problem I found though was in BG's when another player is in my party, it messes up the order of the slaves. So if, for example I press f2 to heal the second toon in the party, it will end up healing a completly different toon! I am using my toons names in the macro, but as you can see its pretty hard to differentiate between toons! (the little 'i' is a pain at the best of times)!
Hope I haven't confused you all too much! Advice would be appreciated.

you will probably have to change it to exact names then, on all toons. and have an F5 button to heal via targeting, or if you're in a raid, be able to switch around the order of raid members, raid1, raid2 raid3, etc.

[Owltoid]

If you're willing to change things up a bit, then mouseoever healing works very well in a raid or party, as long as you have it set up

[HotKeyNet] Mouseover healing - using the tank as the main while sending signals to the healer

[Zzyzxx71]

Glad to see someone else using no focus.

I got around this issue by doing

/cast [target=player] InsertHealingSpellHere

Eventually on all my (squishyesque) guys. Ideally I'll do a 1 heals 2, 2 heals 3, 3 heals 4, 4 heals 1 setup, but that causes it's own issues (what if 1 dies - noones healing 2) but that's for another thread.

[Ualaa]

Ultimately, you have two very general options.

In option A, your slaves assist your main and cast a heal at the target of the main.
In option B, all of your toons cast a heal according to the macro you have created.

In option A:
You have one heal macro which is good for all of your toons or any friendly target.
The main targets something, and the slaves assist the main and then cast the heal as the main does too.

In option B:
You have one heal macro per potential recipient of a heal.
Clicking the Heal Toon 1 macro has all toons healing Toon 1 at once.
You don't need to get the leader's target and assist him/her, but you do need a macro per heal target.

I personally like option A, with macro's like this:
#show Lightning Bolt
/cast [help] Lesser Healing Wave; [harm] Lightning Bolt

[Zzyzxx71]

What I've been doing lately is using

/use 13
/use 14
/cast Elemental Mastery
/castrandom [target=targettarget, harm] [] Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt,
/cast Lesser Healing Wave

on one of my guys, he pops lesser healing wave 33% of the time - to increase the # of LB's, just add an additional LB into the /castrandom - to increase the # of heals, add additional commas to the /castrandom line.

I think eventually I'll set it up I have 2 shammies casting LHW's 25% of the time, as right now healing is a little short (I do have a way for all to heal the tank of course, but I'd like to reduce it's requirement for heroics and reduce healing aggro).

[davedontmind]

I always have focus set on my main (or occasionally another player, if I'm grouping with a friend and want to assist them).

I have 3 basic healing macros.

1. Heal main or main target. All 4 shamans have this macro bound to the same key:
/cast [target=focustarget,help][target=focus,help][] Lesser Healing Wave
A quick press of that key and 4 LHWs get cast - usually on my main, but if he's targetting a friendly, they will get the heal.
4 x LHW is quite effective, and quick.

2. The same, but with chain heal

3. Also, each shaman has a macro to heal herself.
/cast [target=player] Lesser Healing Wave
I find this useful when the whole group has taken damage and I need a quick heal.