Comments on: Spammy Hunter Macros in WotLK

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:16:08 +0000

Auto shot is unlinked from the rest of your shots, meaning that you can fire it while casting steady shot. I don’t know what your guild is talking about, but either way, you should respec until Blizzard [re]buffs the BM tree.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:46:33 +0000

While I prefer hand crafting rotations, my guild stopped letting me raid until i made a macro to work around auto-shot. I’m already a BM, which means crap dps, and auto-shot was destroying my dps further. I’m against macros because it feels like there’s only one way to get good dps. But my other option is to suck.

By: SonofBovril

SonofBovril — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:18:23 +0000

I know every1 seems to be completely against it, but there are times when I prefer to macro some of my shots together even if it does mean a slight loss in dps.

Especially when learning new encounters, it helps to be able to watch whats going on around me, instead of watching countdowns, so i can avoid bad things and provide utility if required as the fight shifts

that said, I do really admire the talented people that have the ability to do that and hand weave every shot perfectly…

the game is meant to be fun though so do whatever makes u happy IMO

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By: Pike

Pike — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:02:39 +0000

Never in BC. Never now. Never in the future. >.> Pike’s last blog post..Blizzard Loves You

By: Negathle

Negathle — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:52 +0000

A long time ago, when I was rebelling against the hunter standards in BC and raiding as MM (the horror!), I did do with a whooping 5 FPS tops. It was painful, the lag was terrible, and I conceded to creating a /castsequence macro in order to keep my DPS up.

I didn’t particularly like it, but considered it a necessary evil. Once I got my new machine, I converted back willingly to hand weaving.

I don’t like button spamming, but I will be the first to admit that it is still ingrained in my DPS button-mashing habits. When my middle finger on my left hand isn’t busy hitting Aimed Shot, it’s up at F5/F6, spamming away at Kill Shot/Kill Command/Serenity Dust. I made sense back when Kill Command *had* to be spammed, but now it’s just a retained habit. I put in spells to the macro (like Kill Shot) that I need to go off whenever they are up

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By: Brigwyn

Brigwyn — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:58:08 +0000

Your right, that its “possible” to create a chained macro that allows you to “spam” your rotation.

If that’s for you? Then go for it, but I still think many people will find that it doesn’t perform quiet as well as a solid manual priority. (though I guess, you could create a basic applet to do this)

Great post though. Always, a great topic to discuss.

By: Asara

Asara — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:20:39 +0000

I prefer to watch my cooldowns. There are days when I miss my one-button steady macro, I can’t deny that. However, I feel much more like I’m “in” the fight when I have to keep an eye on my shots, my stings, and all of that. More a part of things, than just sitting back in my chair and whaling away on one key, and popping a MD in there every now and again. Plus I’m not a giant fan of macros. I have three that I use with any regularity. One to take care of my pet, one with all of my aspects, and one with all of my traps. That’s all I need to keep me happy!

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By: Brajana

Brajana — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:11:47 +0000

@Korixys: I’m not sure I miss the shot weaving. You’re right, people who didn’t understand shot weaving were certainly easy to spot and point out as ‘huntards’… but the mechanic didn’t make sense to me. No other physical classes had to worry about their auto-attacks getting shifted around by their abilities, and I am not try to say that we should all be the same, but auto-shot should be just that… automatic, left on it’s own to take care of itself.

@blackbeardfreelance: I found the same. With lag it was especially hard to keep a good manual shot weave working.

@Wang: When I was raiding in BC, I didn’t mind the 1-button mashing that much… but once I got a taste of the real thing in WotLK, I could never go back!

By: Korixys

Korixys — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:31:52 +0000

I am not a big fan of these all in one buttons either. My biggest macro i have is having kill command and my raptors savage rend on the same button as my Chimera Shot, so I will automatically proc them every CD. I am very bad about remembering those, so thats why i use that macro. Other than that I press all shots individually.

I actually miss the days of shot weaving. It really separated the good hunters from the bad.