How to use Targetable AoE's multiboxing with in game macro's (no addons or programs needed)!

[Ellay]

While since I rolled Death Knights for fun, I simply had to figure out a way to utilize AoE's that you have to click to target

Basically you may have to switch your format up a bit, since mine is kind of funky and someone can hopefully make this cleaner.

First things first.

decide which key on your keyboard you want to act as a left mouse click. I choose something I usually don't type in which is " ; "

/script SetBinding(";", "CAMERAORSELECTORMOVE")

Now copy/paste that into WoW while in the game
Do the same for this line as well

/script SaveBindings(1)

There now you've bound your left click mouse to the " ; " key. (The Left Click on your mouse button still does the same thing don't worry!!)
If you ever want to remove this functionality - > /wow/WTF/<accname>/bindings-cache.wtf and remove the entry.

Next step make a macro such as this

/script SetView(4);SetView(4)
/cast Death and Decay

To explain the view pieces, they run from 1 through 5 and you can actually save to a viewing you like, it just positions your camera in that location so you don't need to worry about how your facing. The second entry of setview moves your camera to that position instantly instead of moving to that angle.
Bind that to a key and simply push the button then press ;
I have mine setup so my cursor stays on top of my characters so when I press it, it throws it down right on top of me.
The cleaner part of this is that I use F9 for the hotkey on my action bar macro, and my n52 has the ; key bound as well, so I push then 1 after the other, or together and poof you've got a targetable AoE without moving to that screen and clicking.

Hope this helps.

[Ellay]

Additionally, you can set up any type of camera view you want in game and "save" that camera view. So if you want to throw a spell far away from you, save a camera view for really far away. If you want to throw it right on top of yourself, make a camera view that is set to be right on top of your head really close to the ground.

[elsegundo]

i remember this from another thread. is this different?

[Jafula]

Very nice; but I have a question.

I have mine setup so my cursor stays on top of my characters

How do you do this? Are you a hardware boxer? As a software boxer, I have 4 toons on one screen and the cursor can be anywhere.

[Ellay]

i remember this from another thread. is this different?

It was removed previously because we wanted to make sure it wouldn't get nerfed like the mini map ping in the past for targetable aoe's. I believe others have posted on this as well, just making it more known.

How do you do this? Are you a hardware boxer? As a software boxer, I have 4 toons on one screen and the cursor can be anywhere.

This is why you set up camera views that are favorable to the type of AoE you want to do, either it but right on top of you or very far away in front of you

[elsegundo]

thanks! i was looking for it the other day.

this is great to use in certain situations, where the targeted aoe's need to be up close, especially (for example DnD ).

[Evilseed]

I can see this being OK for a DK in a limited sense if they are ok with getting off a D&D w/o complete situational awareness. For people like mages/warlocks/druids/hunters/DKs and others who have ranged AOE spells that require targetting, they are going to need help by a 3rd party program to do the mouse movements and clicking.

[elsegundo]

I can see this being OK for a DK in a limited sense if they are ok with getting off a D&D w/o complete situational awareness. For people like mages/warlocks/druids/hunters/DKs and others who have ranged AOE spells that require targetting, they are going to need help by a 3rd party program to do the mouse movements and clicking.

yea i kinda figured that too. since DK's are melee characters, i would imagine the best use of DnD to be up close, and the second use would be to pull aggro on a pull. other use would be for treents. otherwise, unless the tank has good hold of aggro, and especially when most targetted AoEs are channeled, having a mage or warlock cast their blizzard and rain of fire, respectively, while in melee range may cause interruption.

[Jafula]

The clicking can be done by

decide which key on your keyboard you want to act as a left mouse click. I choose something I usually don't type in which is " ; "

/script SetBinding(";", "CAMERAORSELECTORMOVE")

but the cursor positioning is still random for me depending on where I last clicked on that wow window.

The solution for me here in this case is to save my view so that I am zoomed in all the way and my character is looking directly at the floor. This way I'm pretty much guaranteed to click close enough to my toon. Only works if I stand in the middle of the mobs for the likes of the Blizzard spell on my mage.

[Freddie]

Years ago I had a simple program that would move the cursor to center screen with a hotkey or after "x" amount of seconds. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the program, or where I got it.

HotkeyNet can do it the first way but not the second (there is no way to do timed stuff automatically in the program).