Detailed Description of Maxion's Setup, Addons, Keybindings and Macros

[Bettysue]

That's pretty interesting to see...

I know it doesn't matter because you are using macaroon, but you can remove the target=target section in your macros, this simply isn't needed as a spell will always try to fire on your hard target first unless told otherwise.

for example:
/cast [target=focustarget,dead,help][target=target,dead,help][] Revive
is the same as
/cast [target=focustarget,dead,help][dead,help][] Revive
because you have to have a target to check if it's dead or helpful.

Anyway good info thanks for taking the time to post it.

[Maxion]

Yeah, I spam 1 and 2 for tanking and dpsing, while micromanaging heals and dispels etc
Figured I'd be more effective this way making it as simple as possible, and it worked out nicely.

My targeting in the macros is so that all the characters can act as main through the use of my simple focus macros to change main. I like to be specific on the targeting so that I can change it if needed, and so it always works the way I want.

[Ualaa]

If two castsequences do the same thing, they both advance.

I like that, because you can have a IS/MF/Wrath sequence, and an IS/MF/Starfire sequence, switch between them as your Eclipse procs dictate, and have the IS and MF components always in sync.

[thinus]

Yeah, I spam 1 and 2 for tanking and dpsing, while micromanaging heals and dispels etc
Figured I'd be more effective this way making it as simple as possible, and it worked out nicely.

Simple as possible? I have my healing in the dps rotation and I just have 1 button for tanking, dps and healing. Too much to think about lol, positioning, watch for boss specials, watch tank health, watch group health. I am not at heroics yet though

[Maxion]

Well normally only the tank is tanking damage, so I'll be spamming 1 2 and 3, but since most fights I don't take as much damage as i did on Patchwerk, I rather conserve my priests mana by not overhealing too much. Especially by hitting 9 a few times in the middle of a fight to reapply prayer of mending, powerword shield and renew, or if I just want a quick bubble on the tank I'll hit Alt-3

[Maxion]

Updated one of the earlier posts with pictures of my actionbars.
Hope that makes it easier to see where everything goes.
Enjoy!

[gitcho]

nice - thx Maxion ... just got my druid to 80 yesterday. Finally have my pally,priest,shaman,mage,druid mixed class rdy to start. I jumped straight into reg ToC and had eadric down before I realized that my druid wasn't doing any dps ... turns out he was still speccd feral, so none of the macros were working and he was just standing there the whole time >.< ... will spend some time configuring my macros properly - this is a good guide - thx.

Wondering why you went with a hybrid frost spec on your mage tho ... is it only for the replenishment? and why PoM?

wouldn't mind getting a better quality video of your HToC encounter ... i can give you an ftp if u want (PM me). Would like to study it in a bit more detail (can't really see what's goin on) =)

[Maxion]

I'll repost my non HD videos as HD, was only waiting for someone to request it

My mage's spec was based on getting as high dps as I could with as simple rotation as possible, thus, pure frostbolt spam, plus the group utility of the replenishment and focus magic.

[gitcho]

I'll repost my non HD videos as HD, was only waiting for someone to request it

yeah - thx - that will help ...

when you were first starting out in ToC, did you AOE the adds in phase 2? I noticed your DPS target was the BK ... did starfall alone take the adds out? how did you avoid the explosions?

[Maxion]

yeah - thx - that will help ...

when you were first starting out in ToC, did you AOE the adds in phase 2? I noticed your DPS target was the BK ... did starfall alone take the adds out? how did you avoid the explosions?

I kite while spamming my aoe button, alts on follow. Zombies are either out of range or dead before they explode.
EDIT: kite as in run at full speed