What are folks using for macros these days ?

[MadMilitia]

I use GnomeSequencer for everything and for a very simple reason. It takes the editor out of WoW and into Notepad++ which is FAR better to look at.

Besides that I shoot for as many passives as I can afford without gimping damage too considerably.

My usual CC / interrupt focus macro:

#showtooltip
/cast [@focus, harm, exists][] CCSpellNameHere

My usual CC /interrupt target macro

/cast CCSpellNameHere

My usual DPS GS macro:

/castsequence reset=combat/2 generator, generator, spender,
/cast cooldown1,
/cast cooldown2

Obviously they can be more nuanced than that but that's the general idea. I find with GS the more nuanced they get the worse they are.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Obviously they can be more nuanced than that but that's the general idea. I find with GS the more nuanced they get the worse they are.

Especially when the only thread that's been updated in recent memory for a particular spec's GSE macro says "* requires this particular ring, this particular cloak, these enchants, 4-piece tier 97 raid set bonus, 2-piece special-rare-world-boss-set-piece bonus, these three food/potion/flask buffs, and a minimum of X stat." It's almost surprising that someone hasn't come up with a tool that would configure GSE macros based on your gear, stats, talents, etc. so playing wow was basically, 1) download GSE and macro base, 2) download GSE macro planner, 3) select gear and export custom LUA to GSE, 4) Press X until all the things are dead.

[MadMilitia]

Especially when the only thread that's been updated in recent memory for a particular spec's GSE macro says "* requires this particular ring, this particular cloak, these enchants, 4-piece tier 97 raid set bonus, 2-piece special-rare-world-boss-set-piece bonus, these three food/potion/flask buffs, and a minimum of X stat." It's almost surprising that someone hasn't come up with a tool that would configure GSE macros based on your gear, stats, talents, etc. so playing wow was basically, 1) download GSE and macro base, 2) download GSE macro planner, 3) select gear and export custom LUA to GSE, 4) Press X until all the things are dead.

That might not be a bad idea. At least a GSE that accounts for talents. It can be done of course right inside of GSE but few have done it so far that I know.

My own I do lines that are conditional on talents chosen but we're talking really complicated macros that go on for a few lines. Including gear on top of that would probably require a plugin to GSE or a new addon entirely.

As noted however these enormously complicated macros are difficult to understand for most people and they don't work nearly as well in practice. Abilities aren't used when they're supposed to be used and it suddenly becomes very inefficient. That's why if you go to LazyMacro you find people making GSEs with tons of modifiers. It's no longer 1 button DPS at that point but it works.