[HotKeyNet] using macros out of game?

[daviddoran]

I had an idea, use hotkeynet for my macros. Create hotkeys that do complicated stuff, and not waste space in my actionbars for stuff I only use occasionally (like my "accept stuff" macro)

Is this a bad idea? All I plan on doing is sending text sequences via a hotkey like

<hotkey CTRL 1> 
<sendwin Wow1> 
<key /cast [target=party1target] lightning bolt>

I'm not sure if I got the syntax for HKN right, but you get the idea. Then I could have one place to edit my macros from, rather than dealing with the wow WTF folder. Or am I better off just using the regular in game macro system, and keybind stuff there?

[Freddie]

I'm not an expert on Blizzard's rules but people have told me that sending chat line commands is (or might be) a violation. I'm glad you're asking and I'm looking forward to hearing what people say. It would be interesting to see some blue quotes about this from the WoW forums.

[Tasty]

Blizzard say you aren't allowed to do stuff you can't do in game, and this can be achieved by a macro so I would suggest asking on the WoW CS forums if nothing has been posted about it on these forums yet.

[Draku]

I personally think that if you avoid the things Blizzard don't want ....(ie waits between commands, decisions, sequences) then this is fine. ie if you send a command '/use hearthstone' or /startattack' as a single action, I don't see why this would be a problem.