Castrandom Change

[Dorffo]

Anyone could kindly link a thread or wiki tutorial on how to use "/click" ? and the examples offive is referring to ?

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...light=%2Fclick

[Moorea]

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...light=%2Fclick

Thanks a lot ! but i see on that post

"Disclaimer: This assumes you press the button 5 times per second. If you press the button faster or slower, you will need to adjust the number of commas to Keystrokes/second times seconds between casts."

That's seems useless to me I don't want to be a robot hitting keys at same pace - maybe I'll stick to a castsequence

[Dorffo]

Thanks a lot ! but i see on that post

"Disclaimer: This assumes you press the button 5 times per second. If you press the button faster or slower, you will need to adjust the number of commas to Keystrokes/second times seconds between casts."

That's seems useless to me I don't want to be a robot hitting keys at same pace - maybe I'll stick to a castsequence

I dont find that I need to metronome myself at all, its just a matter of figuring out roughly how much you spam (or don't) and putting in the proper padding in the form of commas.

[blast3r]

somebody try this:

/castrandom [target=focustarget] reset=1 spell1,spell2,etc

See if that fixes it. it seems that the reset is whats broken.

Old version: It was randomly choose a spell every time you push the button
New version: it randomly chooses a spell BEFORE you hit the button, and only randomly selects another after a successfull spell cast.

So the problem seems to be in the reset functionality. Normally you wouldn't use a reset in a castrandom.. but maybe this will fix it.

If this works I'll build a Fursphere shrine at home and worship it every day.

[Greythan]

Fur, problem with the reset=1 is real for you and me: we're self stated button mashers.

In a fight I've NEVER gone more than a 10th of a second without smashing my dps button.

For those looking at sequence vs /click, make sure you consider if you are a button masher. Click, as I've experience, requires a predictable, consistent button press-rate. Mine goes up in big fight and lags in trash pulls. So, I've never adopted /click.

[Owltoid]

My co-worker and I were joking (he's a five boxer too) about getting a metronome to train ourselves to not spam so hard - because in reality you don't need to spam it like crazy, because almost everything has a 1+ second cast timer. lol

I guess it depends on how many toons are receiving that key broadcast. Once one gets a little out of synch it needs the button mashing, otherwise it's sitting idle.

For solo playing button mashing is probably overkill. For multiboxing, it's required.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I guess it depends on how many toons are receiving that key broadcast. Once one gets a little out of synch it needs the button mashing, otherwise it's sitting idle.

For solo playing button mashing is probably overkill. For multiboxing, it's required.

This. And the longer the castsequence or the more toons with random procs that affect cast times (like druids, paladins, shammies, etc.), the more chaotic your fight becomes. With short cooldowns on abilities and normal mobs, it isn't an issue. It's instance fights/bosses that are the problem.

[blast3r]

Fur, problem with the reset=1 is real for you and me: we're self stated button mashers.

In a fight I've NEVER gone more than a 10th of a second without smashing my dps button.

For those looking at sequence vs /click, make sure you consider if you are a button masher. Click, as I've experience, requires a predictable, consistent button press-rate. Mine goes up in big fight and lags in trash pulls. So, I've never adopted /click.

If it works I'll be happy. I can still mash the button 10 times a second but at least it will work once a second instead of...say once.

[Greythan]

castrandom x,y,z

can be replaced by...

/castrandom x,,
/castrandom y,
/castrandom z

if your macros have the space for it.

Unless the logic "stores" the execution of options 2 and 3 (i.e., the two commas in your first line) and simply keeps trying to execute option 1 (the cast of spell x) until it comes off cooldown.

[Dorffo]

I'm actually trying to think of a way to manage the rotation manually, as there is a 4-boxer in my guild (4x Shammies) that has less gear than my Shaman, but out DPS's me by a crap ton. Its actually a little embarrassing. lol

I started doing this as well once I started raiding. The difference is stunning (I believe niley pointed this out a while ago, but wow!)

Ease yourself into it.

I started by separating out my LB spam button from everything else. So for a week or so I had a 2 button approach for shock/burst/bolt (already had CL on another key):

button 1: /cs reset=8 fs,LvB
button 2: spam button= /cast lb

This didn't change my rhythm too much, I just had to be sure to remember to hit the FS/LvB combo key every 8-10 secs. After a bit of playing around with that for a bit I broke the Fs/LvB macro into separate macros and stuck the lavaburst on a modified keypress:

button 1: flameshock
alt+button1 : Lavaburst
button 2: lightning bolt
alt button2: chain lightning

I think it took me a good 2-3 weeks before I felt like things were fluid after spending so much time 1-button mashing =p