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Quick question -

Does anyone have a good site for up-to-date (4.0 ONLY) macros? I have been searching and everything from WoWWiki to ArenaJunkies is full of pre-4.0 macros that don't work any more. There are a number of things I am trying to macro for my Rogue and my Druid and running into some serious frustration.

Thanks!

Whatcha need, Jord? Got a few macros on my Druid. You need a Feral Charge + Ravage macro? Perhaps a Faerie Fire macro? How about a macro that'll cast Savage Roar in Cat Form, Survival Instinct and then Frenzied Regeneration in Bear Form and Rebirth/Revive in caster form, depending on whether or not you're in combat?

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For most of the "do ability 1 then ability 2" you can use /castsequence.

I use it in my Charge + Ravage macro:

#showtooltip
/castsequence [stance:3] reset=10 Feral Charge(Cat Form), Ravage!

The reset is there because Stampede, the buff activated by Feral Charge when talented, enabling Ravage (which turns into Ravage!) to be cast while out of stealth and regardless of position, lasts 10 seconds.

Castsequence works really well here since Stampede only has one charge, so once you've used Ravage! it'll reset back to Feral Charge(Cat Form).

Theoretically, you should be able to modify that macro to also work as Feral Charge(Bear Form):

#showtooltip
/castsequence [stance:3] reset=10 Feral Charge(Cat Form), Ravage!
/cast [stance:1] Feral Charge(Bear Form)

But I'm not sure.

As for Predatory Strikes (insta-cast talent), your best bet here is to keybind the spells you might find yourself using often. I've got my heals as Shift-12345 and such. Gives me easy access to healing and Roots and all that jazz.

As for Shadowstep -> Sap, you should be able to use the same macro as above:

#showtooltip
/cast [nostealth,combat] Vanish; [nostealth,nocombat] Stealth
/castsequence [stealth] reset=20 Shadowstep, Sap

No idea if this will work, or is the most efficient way to write it out, but in theory, it'll cause you to Shadowstep on the first hit and Sap on the second. If you're not stealthed, it will instead try to put you in stealth, either by using Vanish if in combat, or by simply activating Stealth.

Basically, if it works, you should be able to spam it and it'll put you in Stealth, Shadowstep and Sap your target.

As for your panic button Sap macro, have you tried:

#showtooltip
/targetenemy
/cast Sap

?

I'll have to dust off my old Rogue if these don't work. The Druid one works, or at least the first one I linked does. Personally, I've got Feral Charge for Bear and Cat on separate actionbars that switch when changing forms, so I don't really use the stance modifier.

But in theory, I'm awesome and the king of macros.

Edit: Forgot to include my multipurpose Druid macro:

#showtooltip
/castsequence [stance:1] reset=180 Survival Instincts, Frenzied Regeneration
/cast [stance:0/2/4/6,nocombat] Revive; [stance:0/2/4/5/6] Rebirth; [stance:3] Savage Roar

Will cast Survival Instincts on first hit, Frenzied Regeneration on the second, if in Bear Form. Will cast Savage Roar if in Cat Form (you can change this to whatever Cat Form ability you prefer on that hotkey). Will cast Revive if in any form besides Cat/Bear and out of combat. Will cast Rebirth if in any form besides Cat/Bear and in combat.

Edited, Jan 24th 2011 7:20pm by Mazra

Indeed, which is why you use a reset=10 on a 10-second duration ability. You'll see that I mentioned the buff lasted 10 seconds, not the macro.

You hit it once, the reset and the duration start ticking. 10 seconds later, the duration reaches zero and the macro is reset. Basically, it's there in case you Charge, but never get to use the Ravage. The reset prevents your macro from getting stuck. In case you do use Ravage, it will reach the end of the macro anyway and reset regardless of the reset=10.

In some cast sequences, you might want to set the reset number to a value lower than whatever cooldown or duration you're going for. Especially if the cast sequence contains more than two abilities in it.

For something like Shadowstep followed by Sap, or Feral Charge followed by Ravage, you can easily set the reset timer to the duration of Shadowstep's cooldown or Stampede's duration. Stampede is easy because it lasts 10 seconds and only gives you one charge on your Ravage, so hitting Ravage once will prevent further Ravages. The Sap macro is also relatively easy because often you'll only want to Shadowstep and Sap whenever Shadowstep is available.

I recommend keybinding the regular Sap for whenever you need to Sap someone without blowing Shadowstep.

Edited, Jan 24th 2011 9:57pm by Mazra