Low Shaman DPS.

[Ualaa]

With IS Boxer, we have mapped keys.

One mapped key is your DPS spam.
This one has two steps, which means one thing happens on the first press and a different thing on the second press.
Because there is no third step, after step two it resets back to step one.

The mapped key, will likely have the hotkey of wherever your spam key is.
In my case, that is usually "1".

In step 1, it will:
- Do Mapped Key Action - FTL Assist Me, Target: Current Window
(This is the mapped key for the slaves to assist the active character)
- Sends "1" to all windows.

In step 2, it will:
- Send "2" to all windows.
(Or wherever you put your proc/second macro).



Not much difference in the end result.
Pressing 1 then 2, then 1, then 2...
Or having your software output 1 then 2, then 1, then 2.



The idea here, isn't to push both at once.
It is to push one and then the other, alternating.

[Tyval]

Hmm,

Guess I wasn't clear on my question confusion. I get the whole mapped key in ISBoxer vs alternating two keys.

My question/comments were specifically making sure lava burst would cast when up.

Method 1 (No ISBOXER): I have 2 keys, key 1 is dps macro, key 2 is proc macro.

I alternate hitting these keys, lets say on the beat like a metronome is going hitting a key every .5 secs

So I get 1,2,1,2,1,2 etc hitting 1 on 0sec 1 sec 2 sec, and 2 on .5 sec 1.5 secs 2.5secs.

assume lightning bolt has cast of 1.8 (mine does without buffs)

Now show up in the middle of combat..
Lava burst not available

time 0: key 2 pressed nothing happens
time .5: key 1 pressed lightning bolt starts cast
time 1.0 key 2 pressed: nothing happens in cast
time 1.5 key 1 pressed nothing happens in cast
time 2.0 key 2 pressed nothing happens in cast
time 2.3 Lightning bolt fires, resets lava burst.
time 2.5 key 1 pressed lightning bolt starts cast
time 3.0 key 2 pressed nothing happens.

So we missed a lava burst. The point I was making or asking about, if one is alternating keys there are times when lightning bolt will cast even though lava burst is up because we are alternating keys and if I'm not casting anything and I hit 1 , lightning bolt goes off regardless of whether lava burst is available or not.

My thought/question in this case is if instead of evenly hitting keys I alternated quickly with key 2 first.

time 0 key 2 pressed nothing happens lava burst not off cooldown
time .1 key 1 pressed lighting bolt starts
time .5 key 2 pressed nothing
time .6 key 1 pressed nothing.
time 1.0 key 2 pressed nothing
time 1.1 key 1 pressed nothing
time 1.5 key 2 pressed nothing
time 1.6 key 1 pressed nothing
time 1.8 lighting bolt casts procs lava burst
time 2.0 key 2 pressed lava burst casts
time 2.1 key 1 pressed nothing happens.

The method below is more likely to cast lava burst when it is up, the only time it won't is if lava burst refreshes between pressing key 2 and key 1.

now of course you wouldn't want to have .5 sec between key strokes as that could be .5 sec with nothing getting cast, but illustrates the point.

If I alternate keys, I won't cast lava burst if refreshes between me hitting key 2 and 1.

So now I take that case to using ISBoxer.

it is doing the same thing really as you pointed out, Key down simulates/sends one key, key up simulates/sends another key.

now when I mash my key I tend to hit if quickly down and up with a bigger duration between key downs. So I would want the proc key (2) to be hit on the key down, and key 1 on key up.

This would yield the greatest odds of lava burst getting cast when it is available.

That was the only point I was making sure I understood, these methods are much easier /better than what I was doing but one is not guaranteed always casting lavaburst when it is available, one can make it though so one is much more likely to cast lavaburst when it is up.

Does this make sense?
T

[Tyval]

Tried an instance using the macros and the toggle 2 step settings.

DPS as expected went way up.

Was hitting over 4k on bosses and trash was over all up about 500-700, depending on the fight, and how fast they went down.

Ended up setting fastest kill times on all the bosses.

Next up my arcane mage.

Thanks everyone so much for your help!

T

[Ualaa]

You can take your mapped key, and set it so it cannot advance to the next step for "x.xx" seconds.
That will ensure whatever is on that step is executed correctly, prior to the next step.

Not sure you need it, but it is an option.