Oooh new assist without focus macro!!

[Zzyzxx71]

OK you guys might have noticed for some damn reason I have don't like focus for some damn reason - maybe I'm trying to hold it in reserve for some other purpose... anyways..

ON WITH THE FUN STUFF!!

I was workin ZF with my shammy team of 4 and was dyin on the event (was havin fun tryin it anyways) - regardless was dyin a few times...

Those of you who've seen my prior thread on the "non-focus failover" macro have seen this...

/target [target=Shaboôm, nodead]; [target=Shabôom, nodead]; [target=Shabôôm, nodead]; [target=Shàboom, nodead];
/follow

OK but what happens when you're ALL dead and you wanna run back? Your guys don't follow you! YOU'RE ALL DEAD!!

Sooo... 1 easy addition...

/target [target=Shaboôm, nodead]; [target=Shabôom, nodead]; [target=Shabôôm, nodead]; [target=Shàboom, nodead]; [target=Shaboôm]
/follow

Translated?

/target [target=Main guy if he's alive]; [target=#2 if he's alive]; [target=#3 if he's alive]; [target=#4 if he's alive]; [target=Main guy - YOUR ALL DEAD]
/follow

Have fun!

[Eteocles]

You sir are a fucking genius. I can't believe we never thought of this before...and no sarcasm lol, that's simple enough that even I'd use that macro

[Dinkydau]

I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds good. Using focus has worked out well for me so far, but I'm not a big fan either. Focus seems to require an actual group for my setup to work properly. Your setup would work well perhaps in a setting like AV where you can't always be in the same group.

I just hate rewriting new commands and macros all over again. /barf

Thanks for putting it up though.

Johnny

[Zzyzxx71]

Test it out with one of your guys if you're interested in the "non-focus" mojo - I use these for my attack macros...

/cast [harm] [target=targettarget, harm] [] Chain Lightning

The only catch is you have to remember - your slaves (the non leaders) have to have the BRAIN targetted at all times. Hasn't been an issue, just something I've had to keep in mind when lookin at my groups targets.

that macro will cast X spell if you don't have a friendly targetted, but will cast the same spell on your friendlies target if you happen to have a friendly targetted.

setup the rest of your slaves offensive spells (or healing for that matter) using that format and you're set!

[Djarid]

why the empty condition at the end?

if you can;t harm your target with [harm] then the default action [] will also not harm it

please enlighten me if I have this wrong

[Moredots]

I also don't like focus targets and i use /assist main for my attack macros. My question is could we do a combination of your first macro set and the attack ones? Can you do one like this for example;

/target [target=Shaboôm, nodead]; [target=Shabôom, nodead]; [target=Shabôôm, nodead]; [target=Shàboom, nodead]; /cast [harm] [target=targettarget, harm] [] Chain Lightning

Wouldn't that solve our problem? Also I tend to get some shitty lag with just /assist main /cast FROSTSHOCK!!! It tends to not assist if I just targeted the mob / player on my main just before I try and cast.

Either way I'm going to try this macro for my follow and my attack / heal macros unless someone already knows it wont work.

[Dorffo]

i added that condition to my follow conditions the other day whilst making the GY run back to try Murmur again for the Xth attempt and was tired of typing /follow dorffo at the GY.

Awesome post!

[Zzyzxx71]

I also don't like focus targets and i use /assist main for my attack macros. My question is could we do a combination of your first macro set and the attack ones? Can you do one like this for example;

/target [target=Shaboôm, nodead]; [target=Shabôom, nodead]; [target=Shabôôm, nodead]; [target=Shàboom, nodead]; /cast [harm] [target=targettarget, harm] [] Chain Lightning

Wouldn't that solve our problem? Also I tend to get some shitty lag with just /assist main /cast FROSTSHOCK!!! It tends to not assist if I just targeted the mob / player on my main just before I try and cast.

Either way I'm going to try this macro for my follow and my attack / heal macros unless someone already knows it wont work.

I believe if you /assist main /cast frost shock, it'll change your target from your main to the mains target. Whereas

/cast [harm] [target=targettarget, harm] [] Frost Shock

will not change your target off your main, which is kind of the central philosophy with doing it this way.

As far as the empty qualifier, I don't know - I tested it briefly without it, and it didn't work, so I tossed it back in there. I haven't seen any downsides to it being there, and I got plenty of space left - nowhere near 255 characters yet.

[Moredots]

Ok thanks for the reply, I am going to try this out. I was really struggling with the lag or delay on my alts /assisting my main to cast spells. thanks

[Zzyzxx71]

I tested this out for 4 hours last night, and completed a clear of ZG with my 3 slaves never losing target off of my Brain. I'm still adding small touchups to the macros..

I'm slowly putting together a "Non Focus Manifesto" for those of you interested in multiboxing without using focus.