EM NS CL...or LB?

[Hypermoo]

I want to setup an EM NS, then cast chain lightning if it is available, and if it is not available, then cast lightning bolt instead.

I can't use a cast sequence with a reset timer, because this is not my primary macro for casting CL. I can't use castrandom, because I want CL to have priority over LB. I tried just putting LB on the line below CL, but then I just get an error saying spell not ready yet.

Any ideas? ty.

[Sarduci]

Use a modifier key. When you push shift/alt/etc it can switch it to LB for you.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I thought you could do double /castrandom lines, like so:

/cast elemental mastery
/cast nature's swiftness
/castrandom chain lightning
/castrandom lightning bolt

[Hypermoo]

The time required to realize CL timer is not up, and push an extra key, would make using modifier not a viable option. This is the nuke button for arena, so any wasted time is bad.

[Tizer]

Drag a normal CL button to an action bar, if its not macro'd and you have a mod, you will see the count down timer for it, then you will know when its ready.

I do this for CL / EM / NS so i always know then the boom button is ready.

[Hypermoo]

I tried the multiple castrandom lines. I still get the spell is not ready yet error.

The whole point is to have a worry free nuke button. There is already enough going on in arenas, so i'd rather not waste time checking cooldowns. Looks like there isn't much choice though.

[aNiMaL]

adding "#show Chain Lightning" above the rest of the macro shows the tooltip&icon from the spell, so your screen won't get cluttered with buttons.
This is only an option if you don't care for the icon showing the normal spell tho.

[Gaffy]

I thought you could do double /castrandom lines, like so:

/cast elemental mastery
/cast nature's swiftness
/castrandom chain lightning
/castrandom lightning bolt

That would work only if you put a "," after the chain lightning. For castrandom to ignore a spell on cooldown it needs another option. The problem with doing it this way is you then have a 50% chance that it would choose the blank option and move on to the next line when cl is ready. You could put multiple cl's in the castrandom up to the 255 char limit to minimize the chance of it happening but there is always that chance that it will.

[Sarduci]

I thought you could do double /castrandom lines, like so:

/cast elemental mastery
/cast nature's swiftness
/castrandom chain lightning
/castrandom lightning bolt

That would work only if you put a "," after the chain lightning. For castrandom to ignore a spell on cooldown it needs another option. The problem with doing it this way is you then have a 50% chance that it would choose the blank option and move on to the next line when cl is ready. You could put multiple cl's in the castrandom up to the 255 char limit to minimize the chance of it happening but there is always that chance that it will.

I was under the impression that /castrandom can't fall through to the next line. Is this documented anywhere?

[Toned]

#showtooltip Elemental Mastery
/use trinket name
/stopcasting
/use racial
/stopcasting
/cast nature's swiftness
/stopcasting
/cast elemental mastery
/stopcasting
/cast [target=focustarget] chain lightning
/cast [target=focustarget] lightning bolt

This will pop your spell dmg trinket / racial / ns/ em all in 1 press and then CL your focus' target, if CL isn't up then it will LB the focus' target.