Macros when not partying

[fwc566]

I cant seem to set a focus not in my party. Am I doing something wrong?

Im dual boxing a shaman and warrior but I dont want them grouped yet as my shaman is a higher level and I want my warrior to catch up to the shaman before I put them into the same group. Do i just have to use /assist commands or what?

[Wilbur]

What Macros are you using?

[zanthor]

You should be able to focus any targetable unit, pc, npc, creep, etc...

However I don't know that "focustarget" will be propagated outside of a party so you macro's may not work if you are using them for targeting.

The more I think about it the more I think this should work without problems... to test try this.

With warrior target an NPC.
With shaman target the warrior.
Type: /focus
Type: /target focustarget

You should have just assisted the warrior. If you end up on the same target as the warrior you are functional but your macro's are broken.

[fwc566]

i might have just been typing it wrong im sick and tired atm

[fwc566]

You should be able to focus any targetable unit, pc, npc, creep, etc...

However I don't know that "focustarget" will be propagated outside of a party so you macro's may not work if you are using them for targeting.

The more I think about it the more I think this should work without problems... to test try this.

With warrior target an NPC.
With shaman target the warrior.
Type: /focus
Type: /target focustarget

You should have just assisted the warrior. If you end up on the same target as the warrior you are functional but your macro's are broken.

Alright so, say I want to have my healing spells target my focus, but (since im dual boxing) I want to be able to cycle my focus.

Example, hit key once Warrior is my focus, hit it again Shaman is my focus. Is this possible? For some reason my heal macros seem to work better when they heal the focus probably because its difficult to switch to the party on the warrior as it stops attacking and slows things down.

[shocktrot]

When trying to focus a friendly target through a macro (/focus "Name") the target must be in your party. You could still make a non party member focus using the mouse but /focus doesn't seem to work anymore.

I had the same issues until I read somewhere (can't remember where exactly) that it became a semi protected function on prior patch to prevent botting.

Few Possible Solutions:
(brainstorming as I type)

Solution 1:
/target "Name"
/focus [target=target]

Then your heals:
/cast [target=focus] Healing Wave
etc.

You will need two different focus macros though, making it a toggle isn't possible as far as I know. Not that great since you will need to use two keystrokes one to set focus, the other to heal.

Solution 2 (easiest and most reliable):
Since your dualboxing, it might be easier to setup two different macros for each of your main healing spells (ouch upto 6 macro slots but it saves headaches).

Macro1:
/cast [target="WarriorNameHere"] Healing Wave

Macro2:
/cast [target="ShamanNameHere"] Healing Wave

Simplistic but it saves you from having to keep switching focus. And when crucial heals are involved, you don't want to rely on a toggle. This also allows you to keep your current target and focus so you can use dps macros if needed such as:

/cast [target=focus] Lightning Bolt

Solution 3 (works with the right skill but still messy):
You could heal targetoftarget. Basically when your shaman or warrior needs a heal you would select (with your warrior) the mob that is targeting him and then cast the following macro. Though I'm not sure how lag would play into this.

/cast [target=targettarget, exsists, help] Healing Wave

[Lost Ninja]

I was using:

/focus party1
/follow focus

Last night in team, then switched that to:

/focus Hugnin
/follow focus

When out of team. All my actual combat spells worked fine at that point, mostly being:

#showtooltip
/assist focus
/cast [nodead,exists,hostile] <spell>

Though I plan on updating the casting macro at some point too.