Quote Originally Posted by daanji View Post
Yeah, that is what I concluded as well, which is why I ended up using an Action Target Group.

What you described and linked is kinda what I have currently setup.

I have all my WoW macros in the IsBoxer Macro library and my main KeyMap simply calls out those macros.

For example, KeyMap 8 is my Main DPS Spam. For Death Knights, it will send a bunch of keys, for Retribution Paladins, it will send other Macros.

To disable my groups, I simply remove them from the Action Target group DKs or Paladins.

This works, but once my DPS Spam includes all classes it may get cumbersome to do all combination.
I don't have your config in front of me but what a lot of people will do is cram seventy Actions into their Main DPS Spam key, with seven of them going to each of ten ATGs. This way is indeed cumbersome to maintain. If that's where you're headed, I would advise against it

A slightly improved version is to split the per-ATG/class Actions into their own Key Maps or Mapped Keys, so that Death Knights have their own Main DPS Spam. With this method, what many people will do is put ten "Do Mapped Key Actions" into the main DPS Spam mapped key, each of which activates a class-specific DPS Spam Mapped Key for a specific ATG. (Which in turn sends some Keystroke to Window:Current.) This is one step closer to the Pro method, but still each time you add a new class you have to go back to your main DPS Spam and add a new Action to it to go to a specific ATG, and do this for each of your abilities.

The Pro guide's method improves on this by replacing the ten "Do Mapped Key Actions" you would have per ability with a single "Do Mapped Key Action" that simply works regardless of how many class combinations you want to add to your configuration (now or later). If an expansion comes out that adds a new class (say, Monk) then with this method you add your WoW Macros, add a Key Map for your Monk class (probably by spec, since they can be any role) to define DPS Spam, Panic, Interrupt, etc. Then for any Monk Character you assign that stuff to your Monk Character, add the Key Map virtualization to tell it to use the Monk key map for combat, plug in any ATGs he should be in (healers? tanks? dps?) and you're good to go. No need to dirty up any existing "DPS Spam" to set up a new class, and he fits right into any team you have.

Secondly, I don't see a way to make it more fine-grained. For example, if I wanted to disable a retribution paladin in slot 5 only, I don't see a way to do so at this time unless I make my Action Target group seven more fine.
There's some advanced mechanics you can use for your Target, in order to produce Targets like "the retribution paladin in slot 5"

http://isboxer.com/wiki/Target

So.. say you have a Retribution Paladins ATG (maybe in addition to your Paladins ATG), you might type in the Target box (instead of selecting from the drop-down) "Retribution Paladins&is5" with no quotes; you could of course use a Target Group Action to that Target to have him leave the Paladins ATG or combatant ATG, etc.