Macro Help

**GoldDust** · 09-23-2009 09:09 AM

I'm having trouble with figuring out the macros.
I created a simple macro that started with an non-chain skill, but there are times when the macro won't start the first skill, thus, not starting the macro altogether.

Example: My first skill is /Skill Dash Attack I. (or whatever it's called; I'm out of the game at the moment)

When I click on my saved macro, my char starts running toward the target, and just keeps running up to it. No dashing. I wonder why?

Also, I'm trying hard to find out how to use chain skills in a macro. Do I have to put a Delay command after the initial Attack Skill in order for the chain to work? If I manually click on the chain skill following the initial attack, will that halt the macro altogether?

Thank you for your help.

**Vulcan** · 09-23-2009 09:25 AM

Definately have to use a delay. I'd say about 2 seconds give or take. If the mob runs away it might screw it up too.

I'm not sure about the dash attack not working though.

**tangowrangler** · 09-23-2009 10:42 AM

Alright I have not tested these but feel free to modify them (they are cleric macros):
Buff numerous groups:

/Variable 1 Blessing of Health "Rank"/Select [%Group1]/Skill [%Variable1]/Delay 2/Select [%Group2]/Skill [%Variable1]/Delay 2/Select [%Group3]/Skill [%Variable1]

To heal a group member then retarget your previous target:

/Select [%Group"Number"]/Skill "Name"/Delay 2/Select [%PreviousTarget]

Summon Servant and Cast heal over time:

/Skill Summon: Holy Servant "Rank"/Delay 2/Select Divine Energy/Skill Light of Rejuvenation "Rank"/Delay 2/Select [%PreviousTarget]

If you look at the delay portion it might answer your question. I am very new to this, so dont yell at me if they wrong.

**Avs** · 09-24-2009 09:36 PM

I suggest a 0.25 delay depending on lag. More lag? 0.5. Hella lag? 1-2 seconds.

**GoldDust** · 09-25-2009 09:41 AM

I'm slowly getting an understanding of the proper order for my attack macros..
Though it seems that if I use a targeting macro of any kind, it shows up in chat for some reason.. which is highly annoying to me.

**GoldDust** · 09-29-2009 03:27 PM

I'm finding that neither 0.25 nor 0.5 work in my macros. They only seem to respond to 1 and up. Not sure how to make lesser times work.

**Vulcan** · 09-29-2009 04:55 PM

I think that's a limitation on the macro for a reason. Macro's greater than human skill not a good idea IMO.

**Avs** · 09-29-2009 11:17 PM

There is a macro limitation so you CANNOT spam a macro. However, you can put in shorter delays. I have a sleep macro that says <Target being slept> to my group when I cast sleep at something. That's the only macro I use because macros havent made my life easier even though I've set them up before.

Tutorial for Macros! (one of many, but this one has a picture)

http://sgaion.blogspot.com/2009/06/macro-tutorial.html

**Arielle** · 10-14-2009 06:24 PM

You can use Quickbar settings to enhance your Macro.

IE if you have Sleep on your 2nd quickbar in slot 5 you can put into your macro

/Quickbar 2 1 5

The way it is is /quickbar [BarNumber] [PageNumber] [SlotNumber]

Though... when in your edit macro pane just grab the spell you want off your quickbar and drop it into the macro editor and it puts in the quickbar numbers for you.

The macro I've made so far is a better "sleep" macro.

Code:

/SelectBrand 7
/Group Sleeping [%Target]! Please do not break!
/Quickbar 2 1 5
/Delay 2
/Select [%Group1]
/Skill Assist Target
/Delay 15
/Tell [%Self] Sleep is breaking!

What this macro does is
1. Selects the sleep brand (which happens to be brand number 7... each brand has a number associated with it, you can find this info online)
2. Tells the group I am sleeping the [Target's Name].
3. Casts Sleep (which happens to be on my 2nd bar in slot 5. I've reset my keybindings so it's not actually ALT+5 for me but something much faster to hit

)
4. Delays the 2 seconds required to cast sleep
5. Targets the 1st person in the group, basically the group leader.
6. Assists to his target (this is under the assumption it's the kill target, sometimes I still have to tab to find the correct one but meh)
7. Delay the 15 second duration that is Sleep's CD. Please note the Sleep effect lasts 20 seconds...I just don't like waiting that long with a 1.5 cast time.
8. Whisper myself that sleep is breaking so I know to either hit this macro again to resleep the Sleep target, or go manually target the sleep to do it.

Limitations: It does not take into account if sleep breaks early IE due to aoe or what have you. It still requires that I be observant and diligent in order to use other forms of CC (IE Curse of Roots)

Aion's macros are a LOT more versitile than the last game I played... for better or worse...
Do I need a macro to sufficiently CC? No.
Why do I have a CC macro then? Was tired of folks breaking my CC and crying they didn't know it was CC'd (ZZzz's aren't obvious enough...) and a way to easily go from the sleep target to the attack target because the tab-targeting in the game is not always the best. Wasted time tabbing around is just silly. (I -know- I could just click the mob but half the time you melee are in the way)

**Avs** · 10-16-2009 01:44 PM

I created a sleep macro a while back but never used it because I found it to be impractical in combat situations. Mainly the fact that spamming sleep was more effective as a way to cast the spell than hitting the macro once and hoping it actually casted sleep instead of:

1. doing nothing
2. looking like it casted but doing nothing
3. needing multiple clicks which then gives you the "macro cannot be used so soon yet" message
4. people break cc regardless of whether you tell the group X target is being CC'd
5. there are ZZZ marks that are much more visible for the target to be CC'd
6. I'll be marking the targets and setting the pace
7. Good practice for pvp

**loktight** · 10-21-2009 12:35 PM

Is there a corollary to the mouseover macro command in WOW? Sorry for the warcraft references but you could do alot in that game to make your life easier (especially as a healer) just with very simple focustarget and mouseover macros. Obviously, this is a different game, but replicating some of that functionality, if possible, could certainly make some actions alot easier to manage.

It would be awesome just to be able to hover your mouse on a cc target, hit your macro, and it would cast the cc on it.

**Arielle** · 10-25-2009 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by Avs

1. doing nothing
2. looking like it casted but doing nothing
3. needing multiple clicks which then gives you the "macro cannot be used so soon yet" message
4. people break cc regardless of whether you tell the group X target is being CC'd
5. there are ZZZ marks that are much more visible for the target to be CC'd
6. I'll be marking the targets and setting the pace
7. Good practice for pvp

Macros have their place. No macro is ever going to compensate for a players inability to be situationally aware or their ability to use their skills when neccessary. When is my macro great?
CC'ing and re'ccing in close-quarters when there are a lot of extra mobs about. Problem with click-targetting and tab-targetting is that you may have people and/or mobs between you and your target.

You also need to pay attention to resists for the CC'd target. Other forms of CC may be neccessary. Just becuase you used a macro to CC a target doesn't mean it'll stay CC'd for the entire duration if it breaks prematurely. It's always good to keep one eye on the mark.

1-2: May be issues with the macro or you received a resist. If the spell resists, switch to Plan B.
3: Don't spam-click macros. There's no reason to. I have one for sleep, one for root, but I also have sleep/root physically on my bar so I don't even need the macro I can always just use the short-cut key for that.
4. Goes back to being situationally aware and observant. If possible just voice your needs... either pull with CC to keep the CC'd mob away from where you fight or if possible ask for the mobs to be pulled off the CC mark. If you're in a group that doesn't know how to -not- AOE, simply inform them that the sleeped mob will need to be picked up and tanked if they break it too often.
5. If you're with a group that uses different marks, change the brand in the macro. Or sleep manually.
6. I'm not sure how setting the pace/marking has anything to do with the use of macros. I keep brands hot-keyed, but I don't lead a group often so I don't get to mark.
7. Again, macros have their time and place and shouldn't be used all the time. I think that's why I've refrained from a "spell rotation" macro because quite honestly I like micromanaging my rotation.

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