Help with a macro

[propagandalf]

Hi, I'm trying to create a macro where my slave characters will target my target and cast hex on my target.

This is what I have right now, and I've tried a few other variations, but with no success.

/clearfocus
/focus {FTL}
/focus [@focustarget]
/target [target=focustarget, harm, nodead]
/cast Hex

This is setup in ISBoxer, as a named WoW macro (under Game Helpers >> World of Warcraft >> Quick Setup 38) and then I have a key map that will send this to all windows Roud Robin style. MY team is 1 pally (main) and 4 ele shmans as slaves (each can cast hex).

Any help is appreciated!!

[JohnGabriel]

Your second /focus statement sets the mob to your focus, then you try to target your focus target, which is you, and you are trying to hex yourself.

[dancook]

I used two keys, a round robin /focus and a single all hex button.

Define key 1 as

Assist (isboxer defined assist)
and macro /focus (and set raid target)

The the next key is sent to all shaman
/cast [target=focus] hex

[luxlunae]

I have F1-F5 (for slots 1-5) assist the hot character and then set focus, and then I use keybind "\" (its a nice big key above the enter key on my keyboard, I chose it for the size) to cc all. my isboxer CC macro is:

/stopcasting
/6 CC1
!if (character in "Shaman") /cast [@focus][] hex
!if (character in "Mages") /cast [@focus][] polymorph
!if (character in "Paladin") /cast [@focus][] turn evil
!if (character in "Warlock Destro") /cast [@focus][] Enslave Demon

and my CC2 key is Alt + \


/stopcasting
/6 CC2
!if (character in "Shaman") /cast [@focus][] bind elemental
!if (character in "Mages") /cast [@focus][] polymorph
!if (character in "Paladin") /cast [@focus][] turn evil
!if (character in "Warlock Destro") /cast [@focus][] Banish

[propagandalf]

Thanks for the help all!

I'm still not able to get it working. I'm having problems with the slaves targeting whatever the target is for the current screen. I understand the concept, but can't find the right syntax. Can someone give me the actual macro code for the /assist and then focus part? Please!

Also LuxLunae, what's the "/6 CC1" and "/6 CC2" lines in your macro?

thanks again!

[Khatovar]

You really can't do it all in one macro. You need one macro that has the appropriate slave assist your main and focus that target. Then you need another macro to do the actual CC. What you have in the macro you posted is a mess of focusing. This is why I stopped focusing my master for DPS - focus needed to be reserved for CC on mobs and it's just as easy to use "party1" as it is to use "focus" in all my normal macros.

So, the first thing you will need is a set of macros that gets your slaves all to target a mob to CC. You can do this without using focus, but then you'll run into issues if you need to redo CC. LuxLunae does it by assigning one key to each toon {f1-5}, which is how most people do it, I'd guess. Each F key is assigned to a toon and that toon has a macro that is something like this -

/assist party1
/focus

The main then chooses a target and hits F2 {I'm guessing F1 is party1, so the macro wouldn't have an assist}. The toon designated by F2 {I'm guessing slave1} triggers the above macro, assisting the main and then setting that mob as their focus. Then the main choses another mob, hits F3 and which would be slave2, and slave2 triggers their macro, assisting the main and focusing that mob. Right on down the line. Only one slave at a time is assisting and setting a focus.

Next is the actual CC macro, which would read simply

/cast [@focus][] CC Spell

This will be the same key for everyone. Remember, everyone now has their own focus set to a different mob. The /6 CC1 and CC2 in the macro looks to be a chat trigger so that the slaves announce which CC they are using in channel 6. So after everyone has set their focus with the first set of macros {F1-5}, luxlunae hits the CC key {\ or Alt+\ depending on which type of CC is needed} and the slaves all cast their CC at the same time on the individual mob they were assigned and announces which CC they are using.

In order for this to work, you need to stop using focus for your other macros. If all your DPS macros are reading /cast [@focustarget] because you always set your focus to your main, then nothing is going to work, because your slaves focus is now a mob, and that mob's target should be your main. So like I said above, you need to make sure your macros are using @party1 or something other than focus.

Another thing you can do is add raid markers to your first macro so you can see that the focus was successful and keep track of what mobs have already been focused.

/assist party1
/script SetRaidTarget("target", 2);
/focus

The Raid Icons are located here. Use a different one for each toon.

[propagandalf]

Thanks for the info! I was trying to put it all in one macro.

[Ñightsham]

Thanks guys, I learned a lot from this Post. I was running the same group as propagandalf, and this made it so much better. And now if running a mixed group, luxlanae's post makes setting up these toons so much easier

[Cptan]

Try this

#showtooltip Polymorph
/assist party1
/clearfocus [modifier:shift]
/focus [@focus,noexists]
/clearfocus [@focus,help][@focus,noharm]
/stopcasting
/stopmacro [@target,noharm]
/cast [@focus,exists,harm][@target] Polymorph

Once you cc target A, your tank and dps can pew pew target B, and continue to cc A. Use shift + cc key to polymorph/hex new target selected by tank.

Macro obtained from icy-veins

[luxlunae]

/6 is my multiboxing chat channel, my toons are just saying "CC1" "CC2" in that chat channel.

its most useful for seeing who is trying to CC but I tend to insert it in plenty of my macros during the testing phase