New to multi boxing in WoW - Macro auto?

[MiRai]

It's not really automated since i would be pressing a button to start the macro....

Right, so the first key press results in the first set of actions being sent to the game clients, and after the GCD has passed, are you pressing the key again to execute the second set of actions for your characters to do something? If not, then how are you moving through this sequence of actions? If the answer is something along the lines of "software is doing it for me," then that's automation.

You specifically said you wanted to press the key "one time," but I'll say it again: repeated input to the game client requires repeated input from the human being at the computer.

I'm looking for a way to have a macro that casts the next spell in the sequence within the same macro...

As already mentioned, that can be done with a /castsequence macro, but you have to keep pressing a key to move through it.

I've found the only way I can get it do do anything is to cast 1 spell and then cast shoot which is automated.... Is that classed as automation to you?

By definition, your character is automaticaily doing something, but that isn't the automation that we're discussing because that's a function of the game.

Having a melee character repeatedly swing their weapon, or a ranged character repeatedly use their wand or bow/gun, is a function that is built into the game. You only have to press the key once, and the game does the rest for you.

In addition, a game like Diablo 3 has auto-fire built into it, so you can hold down a key and it will repeatedly fire off. World of Warcraft does not have this functionality, and using third-party software to duplicate that behavior is against the rules of the game.

I've seen people using ISBoxer that have multiple accounts up of the same class and they have the ability to basically Copy everything 1 account is doing, on all 5 accounts and they are identical with the way they are moving/casting as if he is playing all 5 from 1 mouse and keyboard, that's more automated.

Replicating (broadcasting) keystrokes and mouse clicks is the current-day definition of multiboxing, but replication is not automation.

However, if you can remove your hands from your input device(s) and your characters continue to perform actions, in game, then that's automation.

I've also seen a video of them being able to auto select the main characters target and basically do what i'm looking for, but i was wondering if there is any way to do so with the in-game macro within WoW, a line i'm not typing out properly or something?

I feel like, at the moment, the basics of multiboxing are what is confusing you, but almost every video you see of someone multiboxing, today, is going to be of them replicating the keys that they're pressing, to each of their game clients. Sometimes those keys include an /assist, sometimes they don't, and the /assist is then kept separate.

So, if you're looking to further discuss the multiboxing playstyle and software (or hardware) used, then you're in the right place, but, again, if you're looking for software that is going to automate your gameplay and play your character(s) for you, then this isn't the forum you want.