Oooh new assist without focus macro!!

[Eteocles]

Every macro? I only have 1 and that's it =x alt + 3 = /tar names /assist /follow /stopcasting, everything else = plain old boring matching hotkeys...all you need really

[Zzyzxx71]

We need to hop in a vent and compare notes dude.

[Irondar]

Hi Guys,

I have now odopted the targettarget rather than focus, I find this much better as it means I can use focus for CC or Banish etc.. on my locks

Currently boxing 1 mage 2x warlocks, my wife plays the priest

I am going to document all my macros addons etc.., as when i found when i was starting out there is no complete setup list.

The cast [harm] [target=targettarget] nuke, works great as well beacuse i can still do individual targetting on either of my alts and then I just switch them back to my main target by hitting the follow hotkey.

I also have a set focus hot key per lock, which sets my mains target to focus on the alts. This is then can then be used for banish (when i get it) on my alts and sheep on my main.

This means i can plan a multimob fight in an instance and have all alts targetting etc.. then just spam my nukes etc.. As an example against 3 mobs!! (I take two Voidwalkers in instances) I can make alt1's target one mob my mains focus another, and my mains primary target the other mob. Alt2 still targetting through main. I then send in pets and sheep one mob - Then press follow all alts, now they all target through main, start nuking, sheep (focus), nuke, etc... Then swap to the mob with the voidwalker, press 6 to send in alt 2's VW and start nuking, sheep (focus). Then once dead finish of Sheep'd toon

I also adapted the skinning macro, hence just skin my mains target with auto loot on the alt.

God I love macros now, started making loads for my other characters, especially the druid for mouseover heals etc.. plus keybindings much quicker than mouse clicks - Don't know how i managed to level without it

Hope this makes some sense Also guys if you have any suggestions or critisms fire away I am very new to this and would appreciate the input!!

Scott

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[Hypermoo]

Thank you for this thread. It is great.

I am now using this on all my guys (azq, ozq, ezq, izq, uzq):

/cleartarget
/target [target=Azq, nomodifier]; [target=Ozq, mod:shift]; [target=Ezq, mod:ctrl];[target=izq, mod:alt];
/follow

Basically, there are times you want to use a different character as your main, even if your normal main is still alive. This lets you switch mains with 1 button, which is especially useful for quests that involve looting, or if your brain is CCed. Also, slight modifications can be made to do things like splitting dps, or pulling with your brain, while others continue to dps. I haven't tested this extensively yet, but it works well so far.

One problem is that I don't know how to use other modifiers (shift+ctrl). With 5 guys 'nomod, shift, ctrl, and alt' are not enough.

[Maz]

One problem is that I don't know how to use other modifiers (shift+ctrl). With 5 guys 'nomod, shift, ctrl, and alt' are not enough.

I haven't tested this but try:

/cleartarget
/target [target=Azq, nomodifier]; [target=Ozq, mod:shift,nomod:ctrl]; [target=Ezq, mod:ctrl,nomod:shift];[target=izq, mod:alt];[target=uzq, mod:ctrl,mod:shift];
/follow

[Hypermoo]

One problem is that I don't know how to use other modifiers (shift+ctrl). With 5 guys 'nomod, shift, ctrl, and alt' are not enough.

I haven't tested this but try:

/cleartarget 
/target [target=Azq, nomodifier]; [target=Ozq, mod:shift,nomod:ctrl]; [target=Ezq, mod:ctrl,nomod:shift];[target=izq, mod:alt];[target=uzq, mod:ctrl,mod:shift]; 
/follow

That works. Thank you. I'm new to this macro stuff, so I don't know all the tricks.

I'm not sure if targeting self is the best idea (i.e. azq targeting azq), but it seems ok so far.

[Zzyzxx71]

Ok there was some question as to how this operated in BG's if you're not in the same group.

PERFECTION. It's completely ignorant of group assignment, hell it's so good I've ran around shatt doing odds and ends after logging in for 20 minutes failing to realize they aren't even grouped yet.

[Icetech]

is there a way to start melee with target=targettarget?

[shockbeta]

is there a way to start melee with target=targettarget?

There's a setting in the interface options menu under combat named "Auto Attack on Assist. Tooltip states: Automatically attack a target when you aquire it by using "/assist" so I assume if you could get /assist in the macro then you could.

[Simulacra]

If you don't use focus, and you are constantly targeting your main, what are you using to keep track of your CC'd target?

Also, what are you using to keep DPSing the same target when your main switches targets to grab aggro? Someone else mentioned a macro for this in another thread that I've been using, but it wouldn't work if you are constantly targeting your main.

What CCd target? I run 4 shamans right now. I never claimed this was the end all be all solution for all group makeups. If you need focus, use it. The nice part of the nofocus credo is that focus is STILL THERE. It's usable, available, free to do with as you please. As far as aggro, with 4 shamans aggro tends to bounce around a lot. I ran mana tombs the other night and setup macros (and yes, used focus) for the first time. If it hadn't been available to me, I wouldn't have been able to use it.

I think something should be made clear that hasn't been touched on. This thread and the upcoming manifesto has absolutely nothing to do with some kind of malformed hatred towards focus - quite the opposite actually. It's the potential POWER and flexibility of focus that made me initially hesitant to use it. I wanted to save is as my ICBM in my pocket. Eventually there will be this situation where "how the fuck is that multiboxer guy gonna do THAT??" comes up and I'll be able to say - FOCUS!!! Why? Because it'll still be an unused, untapped tool.

I have 3 mages, 1 priest and a pally (brain) if I use the targettarget approach does this mean that I can select a target on my main and invoke a macro on a mage to set my brains current target to the mages focus for cc? then again on the next mob for the next mage and so on, then lastly target my brains mob for mage dps? If so that would be amazing

edit: after some playing around yes.
my follow macro is now (I only put the brain in as it was a quick test):
/target [target=Aztrid];
/follow

my focus macro on the mage window bound to numpad 1:
/focus [target=targettarget,exists] target

my sheep macro on the mage window bound to numpad 2:
/#showtooltip Polymorph
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph

so I select a target with my pally and hit numpad 1, the mob is now focussed for the mage
I select another mob for dps
I hit 2 and the mage sheeps the focussed mob and is still able to use targettarget for dps and everything else

and I never left the pallys' window
so for the other 2 mages I can have 2 separate keybinds to their focus and sheep macros or a round robin on numpad 1 maybe - round robin maybe be messy so I'll go for sep keybinds >.< that'll take up G1 to G6 on my G15 keyboard - oh well it's worth it

thanks for the targettarget - the OP is awesome

edit: adding some search words so ppl can find it as it looks like this thread is dead and I looked for a solution for months with ppl saying it wasn' t possible
sheep polymorph seduce cc mage focus