Trying to dual-box hunters

[Xist]

I have been doing this for a while--my hunters are seventy-five and I created my second account before Recruit-a-Friend, but it seems that my macros have stopped working very well, causing numerous problems.

They are Xist and Xistt, with pets Cat and Catt, and I used to basically play Xist and Xistt copied, but now he will only target whatever is right in front of him, whether or not that is Xist's target. I try to take that into account, so I always position Xist between Xistt and the mob, but he usually attacks some other mob. Once he actually turned almost completely around and started firing at some mob that I did not even have on my screen. Often he does not even attack at all and when I switch over he is staring at the sky or the ground.

On semi-rare occasions he will simply run away.

What?! It is like I hit the Num Lock key, but Xist stays put. I have tried /assist and [target=Xist-target], as well as everything else that has come to mind. I keep looking through forums, I have asked my guild, and in Trade Chat, but I am completely at a loss as to what in the world is going on here.

I basically hit three keys:

2 on Xist:
/petattack
/cast hunter's mark

2 on Xist:
/fol Xist
/[combat] assist Xist
/[combat] petattack

I have read that lag could cause secondary characters to attack before they know who the primary is engaging, but I have this problem even when Xistt joins a fight that Xist already started. Not only that, but if I spam the macro Xistt does not change targets.

1 on Xist:
/assist Cat
/cast hunter's mark

1 on Xist:
/fol Xist
/[combat] assist Xist
/[combat] petattack

and then:

3 on Xist:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [target=pettarget,exists] Kill Command
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

3 on Xistt:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [target=Xist-target,exists] Kill Command
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

I would greatly appreciate any help!

[Ughmahedhurtz]

For the problem where it just attacks whatever is around/in front of him: this is a problem (feature?) ot petattack and autoattacks. Any time you use /petattack or /attack or /cast !auto shot, your character will automatically target the nearest enemy and begin attacking. It's always been like this as far as I know.

Add the following line right before your petattack/autoshot line:

/stopmacro [noharm][dead]

That will prevent the automatic targeting, forcing you to /assist your main or actually have a valid target before it will attack. Hugely useful in instances especially.

So, your macros would be (see edited lines in RED):

2 on Xist:
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/petattack
/cast hunter's mark

2 on Xist:
/fol Xist
/[combat] assist Xist
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/[combat] petattack

1 on Xist:
/assist Cat
/cast hunter's mark

1 on Xist:
/fol Xist
/[combat] assist Xist
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/[combat] petattack

and then:

3 on Xist:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [target=pettarget,exists] Kill Command
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

3 on Xistt:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [target=Xist-target,exists] Kill Command
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Hope that helps.
Ugh

[VonHenry]

Tagging for great justice!

[Xist]

Add the following line right before your petattack/autoshot line:

/stopmacro [noharm][dead]

I think that you are my hero. The game reset as soon as I changed my macros, so I will let you know if you actually are my hero or not!

[Xist]

Okay, I added that line to my macros and everything improved, but I still had some difficulty, although, at least, Xistt has not gone running during a fight. I decided to try adding [target=Xist-target] and Xistt stopped assisting at all. I tried removing the part and nothing changed. I went back and copied and pasted your versions of the macros and nothing, although he shoots just fine if I manually target him.

Do you have any idea what is going on this time?

Thank you very much for your help so far!

[Allestaria]

I would check out this page
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/inde..._without_focus

That might help you. To me it looks like something is missing. But I am not keen on macros when it comes to non focus based macros.