Polymorph Macro

[Mrbrico]

Hey just wondering if anyone with a good knowledge of macros could help me out

reason i didnt search is because i have to describe this in so many words i wouldnt know what to search :S

Basically I'll be running 1 pala 2 mage 1 priest and was wondering i there was a possible macro to set for mage A to sheep the raid icon say square and mage B to sheep the raid icon say star

so i dont have to fiddle with switching targets alot at the start of a fight on my tank when aggro needs to be had!

Well all help apreciated

[Creazil]

No, sadly it's impossible to target "marks".

About sheeping, you might want to look at macro sheep wiki page - http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Macro:sheep.

[Ololo]

Hey Brico.

I did kind of a multi layer approach. The Jist of it is, from my main I have a key I hit which will set a raid icon over my current target. Then, on that SAME Key for Mage 1, I have a macro that assists me and sets that target as its focus target. I have this same thing setup for Mage 2, so I target a mob with my main (that I want to sheep with Mage 1) and hit the 'get focus Mage 1' button, which sets up the raid icon over it, and sets it as focus. Then, I target another mob, hit the second key, setting icon and focus for Mage 2. Then, I have a sheep button that has both mages poly their focus targets.

So, on my main system I have 2 macros :

(Set Focus for Mage 1)
/script SetRaidTarget('target', 1);

(Set Focus for Mage 2)
/script SetRaidTarget('target', 2);

Then, on Mages 1 and 2, on the same key that is set focus for that Mage, I have a macro :

/assist Ololo
/focus
/say Gonna Sheep {sqaure}

And then for the Poly Macro I have :

/cast [target=focus] Polymorph;


That way, no matter what Im doing in battle, to resheep I just hit that poly key, and they resheep their focus targets.

hope this helps!

[Ololo]

Yeah, I didnt know about that page :-) Tho, it's nice to know I came up with an acceptable method on my own :-)

/RTFM Ololo...

[Mrbrico]

Wow thanks alot

that macro looks great and the fact you explained it to a retard like me :love:

can i just ask one thing, as this in general, what does focus do? is it like setting a target but not targetting it?

like you say i can assist my tank but the focus is on the sheep so i can resheep?

[Frosty]

An easy way to think of it is, you have 2 targets: Target and Focus.

But this can get trickey depending on the method you use for following your main.

The Wiki is a really good place to get info on it, and make up your mind which method is for you.

I've heard that the method I use isn't great if you PvP.

example of how I follow:

/target party1
/follow

This frees up the use of focus for other items (such as sheeping).
I'll have to let someone who PvP's explain why it's not the best for that type of play.

[Otlecs]

I use the raid target icon + focus method that Ololo describes (but without the confirmation dialogue) and am very happy with it. I also set a skull on the "assist" target.