Committing Heresy! - Page 3 - UI, Addons and Macros - Hunter Forums

Hi all,

(Niika, I DO NOT get the plaid reference… nobody I MEAN NOBODY in Australia wears plaid pants!)

I spent some time last night going through all my macros and updating them so they look pretty much like those presented in Garwulf's Macro guide, and some of the associated comments. I have kept a couple of castsequence macros for convenience as discussed in previous post (3.

I have created another macro just for pet special abilities. I have simply put various special (and some not-so-special) abilities into one macro and if all else fails, Mend Pet is cast. I don't have access to my macros at the moment so I'll post it later on. As I get more pets with special abilities I'll just add them to the macro. In last night's testing (Twin Peaks, Predatoor, Jubei'Thos), my Chimera (I use Chimera for flag battlegrounds) was using Froststorm Breath every time I told him to (unless it was on cooldown) and was very effective. I also topped the Horde for killing blows, and came in around 3rd for damage done so it was a good test for my revamped macros and setup.

Another thank you to Niika who urged me not simply to abandon this thread, even though a lot of my ideas prooved unworkable. It is a record of testing and reviewing that I hope helps others as much as it has helped me.

Cheers,

D

I just couldn't help myself! (Oh no! He's at it again!)

Despite the relative success of using separate keybinds for all skills and abilities out in the world, in the hustle bustle, topsy turvy, dog eat dog, kill or be killed realm of PvP… it felt unwieldy.

Sooooooooo…..

I now open with

#showtooltip Hunter's Mark

/cast !Auto Shot

/castsequence reset=target/combat/12 Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, Kill Command

/cast Intimidation

/petattack

and follow up with one of the following three (3) macros depending on focus

hiFocus (>90%)

#showtooltip Arcane Shot

/castsequence [@target,exists] Multi-Shot, Arcane Shot; targetenemyplayer [exists]; Mend Pet

/cast [@pet,exists] Kill Command; Mend Pet

/cast !Auto Shot

/petattack

The boost the Multi-Shot received recently has certainly made it viable in a PvP setting where I concentrate my WoWtime. As long as a target exists, a Multi-Shot, Arcane Shot, Focus ring-a-rosie will continue while Focus is available. If the target dies, it selects a new player target. Do not be tempted to swap this for targetenemy if you are thinking of using it in PvE. In PvP it won't matter much, but it can (and does) select the next target and if you're spamming, you'll be firing shots at the new target whether you meant to or not! Bestial Wrath makes MS nearly half price, so with BW this hits hard. If the target dies and a new player target can't be selected, my pet gets some love. After the initial sequence, and then when off cooldown, Kill Command will be cast if my pet is within melee range, else, love time for the pet.

loFocus (<40%)

#showtooltip Steady Shot

/castsequence [@target,exists] Steady Shot; targetenemyplayer [exists]; Mend Pet

/cast [@pet,exists] Concussive Shot; Mend Pet

/cast !Auto Shot /petattack

/cast Rapid Fire

This macro only uses focus regenerating or focus neutral shots and will restore lost focus fast if on Rapid Fire. I find concussive shot is very helpful among slower, cast shots; but you probably won't need it in a PvE environment. Many prefer to have a boost button with Rapid Fire in it, but I find I forget about it, so I factor all my boosts into my regular shots and use Bestial Wrath as my prime time!

midFocus (>40%<90%)

#showtooltip

/castsequence Steady Shot,Arcane Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Serpent Sting, Steady Shot

/cast [@target,exists] Kill Shot; targetenemyplayer [exists]; Mend Pet

/cast [@pet,exists] Kill Command

/cast !Auto Shot

/petattack

This sequence allows for 3 shots between Kill Commands (adjust depending on your haste) and if Kill Shot becomes available, should send that off. There will be Focus drain, especially when Kill Command is followed by, or follows an Arcane Shot which may happen, despite the design of the sequence to minimise that. Serpent Sting is also reapplied. At higher levels, using Cobra Shot instead of Steady Shot will allow either another Arcane, or something else you may wish to throw in such as a Tranq Shot. If Kill Command is available, this should fire it off. If not, if Kill Command is off cooldown, that should go off. 

Kill Shot has it's own keybind as do other usefull shots like Widow Venom and Tranq Shot, and traps of course.

As always this is a work in progress, but this set up gave me my very first top of the scorecard apearance in a 60-64 Alterac Valley at level 60! A confidence boost indeed. I'd topped Horde before, but this was el supremo!

Cheers,

D

Correction…

midFocus wasn't working as I thought it should so I've removed the Kill Shot cast and thus it is now:

midFocus (>40%<90%)

#showtooltip

/castsequence Steady Shot,Arcane Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Serpent Sting, Steady Shot

/cast [@pet,exists] Kill Command; Mend Pet

/cast !Auto Shot

/petattack

Cheers,

D

I bet you were wondering where I've been!…

Well, I've been refining… again…. more….

For Darrwyn (lvl 65)

Opening macro:

#showtooltip Hunter's Mark

/petattack

/castsequence reset=target/combat Hunter's Mark, Kill Command

Followed by:

#showtooltip

/castsequence reset=target/combat Serpent Sting, Concussive Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Arcane Shot, Concussive Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot

/cast [@pet,exists] Kill Command; Mend Pet,

/cast !Auto Shot

/cast Blood Fury

/petattack

Focus >85%

#showtooltip

/castsequence Multi-Shot, Arcane Shot, Arcane Shot

/cast [@target,exists] Kill Command; Mend Pet

/cast !Auto Shot

/petattack

Focus <40%

#showtooltip Steady Shot

/cast !Auto Shot

/cast Steady Shot

/petattack

/cast Rapid Fire

Cheers,

D

Okay folks, some good news.

I will not be continuing this thread. It's now into its 3rd page and I've gone in a different direction… sortof.

Look for another heresy thread on the PvP forum, or even an article if the sensor…. oops, co-ordinators want to go that way.

If anyone is actully USING any of the macros I've put up here, send me a private message and I'll update you with what I am currently using.

Cheers,

Darrwyn

I've already made some slight changes to my MM setup, and that is mainly due to to Concussive Bombardment talent being maxed out. (100% chance for Multi-Shot to daze those hit for 4 seconds).

My Damage macro is now:

#showtoolip

/petdefensive

/petattack

/cast !Auto Shot

/use [@target,exists] 14

/castsequence reset=target Multi-Shot, Arcane Shot, Serpent Sting

/cast [@pet,exists] Kill Command; Mend Pet

I've dropped the Hunter's mark from Aimed Shot:

#showtooltip Aimed Shot

/petdefense

/petattack

/cast [@target,exists] Aimed Shot; mend pet

And added it to Regeneration macro

#showtooltip Steady Shot

/petdefensive

/petattack

/cast !Auto Shot

/cast [nocombat] Hunter's Mark

/cast Steady Shot

/cast Roar of Recovery

/cast Rapid Fire

I need to test whether the macro will fail if I put Rapid Fire before Steady Shot and it's on cooldown…

I've also added a Hunter's mark key to my keyboard setup for if I change targets during combat.

I've also made slight adjustments to Flush and Jumped:

Flush

/targetenemyplayer

/petdefensive

/petattack

/cast Dash

/cast Dive

/cast Charge

/use [@target,exists] 14

/castsequence reset=3 Multi-Shot, Hunter's Mark

Jumped

/cleartarget

/targetenemyplayer

/petfollow

/petattack

/cast Dash

/cast Dive

/cast Charge

/cast Snatch                        

/cast Sonic Blast                  

/cast Clench                           

/use [@target,exists] 13

/castsequence reset=3 Hunter's Mark, Multi-Shot

Cheers,

D