Warrior threat generating macro

[Drommon]

On the Omen subject....

In heroics, I usually kill the mob before it registers on the thread meter (TPS is a ? for the first few seconds prior to calculating your actual TPS).

On bosses I really only use it when I'm grouped with a Warlock, since they've got threat issues.

Yeah, you know I just read the omen forum and from the sounds of it omen takes 3 secs to update. This mean it would work well for bosses. Omen also doesn't do AoE threat either.

And yes, when the boss fights go on too long the warlock on my team suddenly gets popular

Drommon

[Drommon]

You could intercept back to your group after the first sequence. Should get you enough time for a heal to land.

I never thought of that. I am going to give that a try.

Drommon

[Drommon]

Hmmm, what about this macro as a battle opener ->

/castsequence reset=combat/15 bloodrage,battle shout,heroic throw,heroic strike

These are all instants. Heroic throw generates high threat and does damage based on AP. Herioc strike will be ready for the next attack. Then I will start a rotation sequence that would include more AoE type threat generators like thunderclap and shockwave. I will have to manage GCD's and manage a well placed HS in a click sequence. It isn't optimal and won't be because of rage generation but i will get something down.

Drommon

[Conanette]

What i do when i pull, both when multiboxing and during "normal" play, is to use Heroic thorw or ranged attack to pull, then run back a few steps behind the rest of my team, and charge back in to the mob(s). Reason i use charge is because it gives me the starter rage i need to get my rotation going.

After the charge i just start using my normal threat rotations. I dont use a castsequence macro for it tough, has played warrior so long that it just comes naturaly without thinking about what im doing. But for you i sugest using shockwave, then the main threat macro you decide to go for.

Considering the long cooldown on shockwave, and since its some aiming involved when using it, i would press this manualy everytime its off coldown, instead of having it in a macro.

I would sugest a click macro that uses TC every cooldown, Shield slam every 6 seconds and devestate as a filler.
You cant always rely on Revenge beign redy to be used when you want to, but if you can fit it in then it belongs between shield slam and devestate in priority. (revenge has 50% chanse to stun with talents, wich is nice if you want to heal as little as possible).

There is 2 reason to not use HS in your macro, if you use it twice before you atack, you just cancle it. The more important reason is that you only want to use HS if you have enough rage.

Also, considerign that you have all magic DPS, i would sugest using commanding shout instead of battle shout. (Both can be minor glyphed to last longer)

[Naji]

Make sure to use Glyph of Devastate & Glyph of Sunder Armor. I usually never have low rage in heroics atm so I usually Charge, Thunder Clap, Shockwave, toss two Devastates on the first kill target and one or two Devastates on the other mobs.

I can usually just spam Heroic Strike while throwing around devastates on the mobs and use Shield Slam when its up. Usually I dont shield slam until I've established aggro on everything with a few sunders unless Sword & Board procs.

[Drommon]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I did a lot of tinkering with my warrior macros and right now it looks like my original clicker is the best after a solid battle prep.

I changed the way do combat. I experimented with everything posted here and I came with this ->

before battle I do bloodrage, commanding shout, charge. This gives me a lot of rage. I start my charge in the middle of a formation (another poster suggested this). At the end of the charge I reposition and then shockwave for the stun.

During battle I just spam my clicker using my original rotation.

/castsequence reset=combat Shield Slam,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence reset=combat Thunder Clap,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence reset=combat Shockwave,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
/cast Devastate

Thunderclap needs to be timed to allow devastate to go off. This schedule works very well. So far no mobs went after my healer or dps toons.

I tried timing with heroic strike and I tried prepping with heroic strike. The problem with heroic strike is that when I use it during the prep stage it aggros the mobs when I use it, thus negating in some cases my charge. Heroic strike is also very difficult to time in a clicker. I did get it to time right but it was going off every 6s but by then the mob is dead. I guess I could make it for a boss. But then again bosses call for different strategies and require more management of the team. For trash mobs everything should be on a clicker that you can mindlessly spam. For some bosses, you are going to need all that extra button space

Now there is room for improvement so If I come up with anything I will post it.

Drommon

[Multibocks]

Sweet I will give this a try, I love having Shockwave in the clicker.