Help with macro for raiding - Page 2

Jomomma · 02-06-2008, 02:15 AM

Dont forget the HO macro!
Starter>that one wis/def debuff>that one dps debuff

Linrilasal · 02-06-2008, 02:29 AM

I have never really considered using a mass CA macro's since it seems counterproductive, the best way to improve your damage is to time your CA's to have a delay between each few so your autoattack swings, with a macro system that does not allow for delays it seems you are going back to mindless button mashing and hoping for the best.
If anything this seems to be a good way to end up on the bottom of the parse

Arkarius · 02-06-2008, 03:54 AM

lololol you want to macro all your ca's? Fucking noobs will never learn. =/

Linrilasal · 02-06-2008, 04:37 AM

I do ?
misread that, possibly require more coffee, ignore me

Padrich · 02-12-2008, 09:32 PM

Can actually do 3 CA macro's at a time but not worth shit unless you're doing it for testing something and don't want to have to remember you CA rotation every kill or can't or just wanna be lazy.

Heroic opp Macro only useful macro to have on hotbar and spamming it whenever it comes up. Gives a nice hit more often then not, but if ya get bravo's dance you'll see a bit of an increase in DPS.

Kellindril · 02-14-2008, 02:05 AM

If you put your CAs to go off casting your certain debuffs... then in decreasing damage output after that, yes you could just hit the macro over and over. You could actually delay hitting it to get your delay in for CA timing and yes, you may see an increase in DPS because the macros seem to magically get by lag. When I am lagging I know that clicks will get missed by my HO macro ALWAYS goes off in order. And, the way to the best DPS is to cast your highest damage attacks so they refresh sooner hoping casting them early means they will be ready once more during a fight or something.

I don't macro my CAs 'cause I'd be bored as hell hitting one button over and over, but I'm sure that it will make you do just as much dps as you could possibly do clicking. Game mechanics and interface lag dictate that there is nothing magical about clicking the buttons yourself. :P

Padrich · 02-18-2008, 05:26 PM

let me say this again... You'll never be able to hit one button and have ALL of your CA's be activated...

You can ONLY put UP TO 3 CA's per macro... If you put 5 CA's in one macro it will only do the first (or last... Can't remember) 3 CA's and everything else will be ignored.

ALSO!!! When you make a 3 CA macro half the time they don't all go off. Whether it be lag, or revoery time, more often then not the middle one is ignored or missed. So to macro all of your CA's you'd have to do them in like 10 macros of 2 CA's each macro...

But to clarify... Only macro really worth having is Heroic Opp Starter >> Wis debuff >> Bedazzling Steel. And possible Boot Dager >> Stealthy Charge if you're specced right.

And before anyone asks cause I can see it coming. No NO NO... There are no commands in Everquest 2 that allows you to macro to another macro... OR have any form of pause within ANY macro. If you're looking for something to that extent go play FFXI or hack the game and get banned.

Lucutious · 02-20-2008, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Padrich

let me say this again... You'll never be able to hit one button and have ALL of your CA's be activated...

You can ONLY put UP TO 3 CA's per macro... If you put 5 CA's in one macro it will only do the first (or last... Can't remember) 3 CA's and everything else will be ignored.

ALSO!!! When you make a 3 CA macro half the time they don't all go off. Whether it be lag, or revoery time, more often then not the middle one is ignored or missed. So to macro all of your CA's you'd have to do them in like 10 macros of 2 CA's each macro...

You, sir, are quite wrong. Re-read the OP and you'll find your failure.

You most certainly can put every damn one of your CA's on 1 hotkey, in a prioritized order, and then fire them off ignore all lag and other human errors. This doesn'twork for all fights or all situations, but if you're in a burn situation and just waiting on timers, it ensures that CA's are cast precisely when they are available, not .5 late due to mouse/screen lag.

I don't know the swashy class whatsoever, so I couldn't begin to tell you which CA's you would include and which you wouldn't. I also couldn't begin to explain when it would be a good time to use said button, and when it would be a good idea to manually control your DPS, but... When it comes to straight up unadulterated DPS, hitting your CA's as soon as they are up is a valid method, and the best way to do that, is with a macro. Timing your swings is another method, but not one that can be really covered with a macro, unless the last command in the chain is the command to clear all queue'd abilities.

Jharek · 02-20-2008, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucutious

You, sir, are quite wrong. Re-read the OP and you'll find your failure.

You most certainly can put every damn one of your CA's on 1 hotkey, in a prioritized order, and then fire them off ignore all lag and other human errors. This doesn'twork for all fights or all situations, but if you're in a burn situation and just waiting on timers, it ensures that CA's are cast precisely when they are available, not .5 late due to mouse/screen lag.

I don't know the swashy class whatsoever, so I couldn't begin to tell you which CA's you would include and which you wouldn't. I also couldn't begin to explain when it would be a good time to use said button, and when it would be a good idea to manually control your DPS, but... When it comes to straight up unadulterated DPS, hitting your CA's as soon as they are up is a valid method, and the best way to do that, is with a macro. Timing your swings is another method, but not one that can be really covered with a macro, unless the last command in the chain is the command to clear all queue'd abilities.

wtf are you talking about?

Even if this magic button were available, the OP was looking to increase his DPS and certainly wouldn't do that by chaining CAs.

There are a million and one threads here and on the SoE site about timing auto-attacks between CAs, weapon delay, CA order etc etc...

Absolutely forget about macros if you want to increase your DPS, except for the standard HO macro.

And please, go back to the Guardian forum and never come back here

Padrich · 02-20-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucutious

You, sir, are quite wrong. Re-read the OP and you'll find your failure.

You most certainly can put every damn one of your CA's on 1 hotkey, in a prioritized order, and then fire them off ignore all lag and other human errors. This doesn'twork for all fights or all situations, but if you're in a burn situation and just waiting on timers, it ensures that CA's are cast precisely when they are available, not .5 late due to mouse/screen lag.

I don't know the swashy class whatsoever, so I couldn't begin to tell you which CA's you would include and which you wouldn't. I also couldn't begin to explain when it would be a good time to use said button, and when it would be a good idea to manually control your DPS, but... When it comes to straight up unadulterated DPS, hitting your CA's as soon as they are up is a valid method, and the best way to do that, is with a macro. Timing your swings is another method, but not one that can be really covered with a macro, unless the last command in the chain is the command to clear all queue'd abilities.

You sir... Are the biggest fucking idiot I have ever encountered.

I figured I'd give you benefit of the doubt and test this... Here are the results. and everything wrong with your post.

1. You can ONLY place 10... ONLY 10 CA's into 1 macro.
2. There is NO POSSIBLE way to "prioritize" what order they go in... there is only a primary check box and only 1 of the 10 allowed in a macro can be checked.
3. AGAIN I WILL SAY!!! Out of all 10 CA's I placed in this macro ONLY the FIRST and LAST of the macro'ed CA's went off. Everything in between the first and last were compeltely ignored.
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I don't know the swashy class whatsoever

THEN WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ON OUR FORUMS LET ALONE THIS THREAD TRYING TO GIVE ADVICE!?!?!?

So who's wrong? You are... Get a fucking brain, don't speak on issues you know clearly nothing about, or trying being halfway intelligent and test something out to see if there is any validity in your theories.

K thanks, Bye!