How to setup CC-ing

[Leovindica]

I was wondering how to setup CC-ing with multiple cc-ers. Do you set a macro on each cc-er and target each mob individualy (focus) to CC? I have no exprience with this at all.

[Pallarfo]

I have my CC spells bound to numpad 7 and 8 (hex on 7, bind elemental on 8 for the shammies)
I do select the target for the CC manually on each char, and walk them into range.
With the tank I select the mob who's going down at first.
Then I press numpad7 to hex those 4 mobs at the same time.
Spam assist button, make sure the dpsers are all targetting the same non-CCed mob, and kill it asap.
Works pretty good so far, annoying big groups in fe VP HC go down in one go.

[EaTCarbS]

use focus to designate your CC targets

/cast [@focus] polymorph

[Protlover]

I've done it 2 diffent ways
Set focus manually by alt tabbing, then use

/stopcasting
/clearfocus [modifier:shift][target=focus,dead][target=focus,noexists]
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
/party Sheeping %f

Or

Tank
Numpad7:Nothing
Numpad8:Nothing

Mage1
Numpad7:
/assist TankName
/stopcasting
/clearfocus [modifier:shift][target=focus,dead][target=focus,noexists]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/script SetRaidTarget("focus", 1)
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
/p Sheeping %f
Numpad8: Nothing

Shaman
Numpad7: Nothing

Numpad8:

/assist TankName
/stopcasting
/clearfocus [modifier:shift][target=focus,dead][target=focus,noexists]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/script SetRaidTarget("focus", 5)
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
/party Hexing %f

How to use

Be 40+ yards away from mobs
on tank select first sheep target,
Hit Numpad7 on Mage
On tank, select second sheep target,
Hit Numpad8 on Shaman
Manually set focus on tank to the target to be hexed(my resto shaman isnt hit capped so chance of breaking)
Move to 30 yards on tank
Tap forward on close so all toons are on top of eachother
Hit Numpad7
Hit Numpad8
Move forward a bit on Tank

Now just keep an eye on your focus target, Hex should last 60 secs, sheep 50 secs so hard to decide which target to have on focus but my resto shaman isnt hit capped so I focus that one.

[Ualaa]

It is probably easiest to have your slaves assist the master.
And have a key for each of them, to set that target as their Focus and to raid mark the target in the same macro.

Then another key, which goes to all toons to do their CC on their Focus.
Something like:

#show
/stopcasting
/cast [@Focus,Exists,Harm] Whatever

That should interrupt any casting, prioritizing the Focus over DPS.
Not sure if you can include conditions into Stopcasting, such that it only stops if you have a Focus.
The second line will cast the CC at your Focus, but only if you have a Focus and it is hostile.
Pretty much aside from the stop casting, without a Focus your Sheep/Banish/Shackle etc won't fire off.

[Littleburst]

Char1:

Alt 1
/cast focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 1)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char2:

alt 2
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 2)


Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char3:
alt 3:
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 3)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char4:

alt 4:
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 4)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

So while on mainchar, i cycle through 4 mobs, pressing alt 1- 4. Each character marks his/her focus target. Which is AWESOME. Since it's very easy to see who's CCing what, if they might be out of range due to a NPC standing a bit to the back. When you cycle to fast and the slaves didn't pick up the new target, you'll notice that 2 chars have the same focus, since a marked mob will get a new mark.

[Leovindica]

Great stuff Thanks for the instructions, will implement this and see how it goes

[Multibocks]

I use focus for my setup so most methods aren't smooth for my team. I basically have one key that makes one dps assist my tank and once I have all the mobs targeted I press a CC key. Now if something breaks early I'm screwed because my dps have all assisted the tank for dpsing the first mob down. I guess I could try some previous target macros for a resist. Honestly though there are only a few packs in heroics that require CC. Those healing mobs in VP come to mind, but if you have good interrupts you should be able to power through it.

[Dorffo]

Char1:

Alt 1
/cast focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 1)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char2:

alt 2
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 2)


Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char3:
alt 3:
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 3)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

Char4:

alt 4:
/assist mainchar
/focus
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 4)

Shift X
/cast [@focus] Hex

So while on mainchar, i cycle through 4 mobs, pressing alt 1- 4. Each character marks his/her focus target. Which is AWESOME. Since it's very easy to see who's CCing what, if they might be out of range due to a NPC standing a bit to the back. When you cycle to fast and the slaves didn't pick up the new target, you'll notice that 2 chars have the same focus, since a marked mob will get a new mark.

^^ this is almost exactly how I run my CC as well

[JackBurton]

One of the things I just realized is that its best to add a /stopattack in there. I use hungering cold a lot. One of the problem scenarios i was facing was i kept breaking CC to get to a more dangerous target. /stopattack placed in the mix stopped that.