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294633
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Post by
RedwoodElf
Well, it all depends on how the macro knows who the tank is...I recommend this:
#showtooltip
/focus
/use Tricks of the TradeIf you're targetting an ally, it will set them as the focus. Then, it uses tricks of the trade on any living focus you have, or on yourself if your focus is hostile, dead, or you don't have one. (Just for the damage boost)
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4466
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Post by
Wanderingfox
I'd avoid focusing them... Focus likes to clear itself on wipes... or at least it does for me. I tend to just hardcode both names.
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4466
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Post by
Xdreadfather
i just use
#showtooltip
/cast Tricks of the Trade
and have the tank focused, ive never had any problems with it
Post by
18009
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Post by
Wildhorn
Squirldude, this is such a bad programmed macro...
#showtooltip
/cast Tricks of the Trade
Would do just the samething...
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18009
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Post by
HighFive
It is common courtesy that you l2macro before you start posting in bold and/or caps.
Wildhorn was correct.
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4466
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Post by
Wanderingfox
Wrong.
Your macro would cast Tricks on the target of target if you right click and that's it.
Mine, on the other hand, will cast Tricks normally (i.e. on target if friendly/in range or make the cursor glow) if you right click, and if you activate the macro in a any other way, it will cast it on the target of target. The stop macro line is in there to avoid error spam.
GTFO TROLL AND L2CODE
Yours is
STILL
wrong, but so is Wildhorn's. What you're looking for is:
#showtooltip
/cast Tricks of the Trade
Target targetoftarget if left mouse button is used, otherwise default to the normal function of the spell (that's the ).
edit:
If you're specifically looking to have the second bit only fire on btn:2 then replace the btn:1 with nobtn:2. I just used btn:1 because it's shorter.
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409946
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Post by
RedwoodElf
Wildhorn, however, was correct in his assertion that the macro he typed would do exactly what Squirreldude had originally typed.
/cast <spell 1>
/stopmacro
/cast <spell 1>
is absolutely identical in function to
/cast <spell 1>;<spell1>
which can be written as
/cast <spell 1>
Post by
Wanderingfox
Wildhorn, however, was correct in his assertion that the macro he typed would do exactly what Squirreldude had originally typed.
/cast <spell 1>
/stopmacro
/cast <spell 1>
is absolutely identical in function to
/cast <spell 1>;<spell1>
which can be written as
/cast <spell 1>
except when that condition is nothing. Wildhorn's macro does NOT function the same as Squirldude's.
would imply target=target, but since it's in line with another cast, it will not give the cursor when it fails. Instead, it will fallthrough to the next cast, which has a supplied target, and thus it will just fail completely since it can't fire the second one, but it's been given an actual target.
WoW's macro system is a little weird in that there are only two ways to get a macro to give you the cursor selection. Those two ways are: To have a macro fail due to the lack of a target with no other supplied conditionals, and to specifically ask for no target . When you chain multiple casts together, the 'fail' condition that would normally supply the target cursor does not happen. Instead, the macro falls down to the next cast, which again will try to cast, and if it can't will supply the targeting cursor. The exception here is that if you've explicitly supplied a target, at which point you need to either force a or force the spell to behave as if it were being cast normally .
Post by
RedwoodElf
what I don't get is, why is he even bothering with checking buttons? why not just use
/cast Tricks of the Trade;Sinister Strike (or some other offensive power)
I fail to see why he's bothering to check for a right-click at all, if he's not going to check to see if his target is valid in that case.
Post by
Wanderingfox
what I don't get is, why is he even bothering with checking buttons? why not just use
/cast Tricks of the Trade;Sinister Strike (or some other offensive power)
I fail to see why he's bothering to check for a right-click at all, if he's not going to check to see if his target is valid in that case.
because he wants a 'force' option. In your situation I could be targeting a hostile mob who has a tank targeted, but I want to toss my tricks on a rogue who is not my focus. Your macro makes this impossible, or at least impossible without manually targeting the rogue (ie. it won't work if you want to cast it onto a person's raid frame).
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18009
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Post by
RedwoodElf
because he wants a 'force' option. In your situation I could be targeting a hostile mob who has a tank targeted, but I want to toss my tricks on a rogue who is not my focus. Your macro makes this impossible, or at least impossible without manually targeting the rogue (ie. it won't work if you want to cast it onto a person's raid frame).
I'm pretty sure putting before allows you to cast it on someone who isn't your focus, by targetting them, or targetting a mob that is targetting them...so how does that make it impossible?
Post by
Wanderingfox
because he wants a 'force' option. In your situation I could be targeting a hostile mob who has a tank targeted, but I want to toss my tricks on a rogue who is not my focus. Your macro makes this impossible, or at least impossible without manually targeting the rogue (ie. it won't work if you want to cast it onto a person's raid frame).
I'm pretty sure putting before allows you to cast it on someone who isn't your focus, by targetting them, or targetting a mob that is targetting them...so how does that make it impossible?
I'll paint you a picture :P
Player = Rogue 1
Target = Boss
TargetTarget = Tank
Focus = Rogue 2
Tank has a sizable threat lead, thus the optimal usage of tricks is on Rogue 2. This is all well and fine for your macro, but midway through the fight Rogue 2 dies. Rogue 3 is still alive, but was not initially your TotT target. With your macro, the ONLY way to tricks him now is to physically target him, thus you lose your target are on the boss.
If you have a failsafe (ie. a conditional that casts on mouseover or forces the target cursor), you can use that to target Rogue 3 from your raid frame while never dropping your target.
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