Macro Targeting 101

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Many Hunters feel that the need for macros have past. But last week we discussed the need for using a Misdirection (MD) macro. And this week, we’re going to show a couple of macros that will help you in your every day play as well as maybe even help your raid flow a little smoother.

I’m going to take for granted that you already know how to create a macro. If you don’t you can always to WoWWiki or even the Official Macro Forum. They have easy to follow guides as well as many of the generic macros that we use on a daily basis.

What we will help you with, is how to maybe think of using some of the commands that will add flexibility to your macros, and hopefully a bit of better understanding of what macros can do.

For Hunters one of the most important items is making sure that you select the correct target. As a matter of fact, many people ask for macros that automatically target the enemy or have their change from being Passive to being Defensive when farming. I can’t promise to answer all of these questions, but I do think I can help you with some.

So let’s tackle targeting..

it would seem pretty simple I mean all you have to do is click on the target and then fire off the macro right? But what if you could have the macro help determine the attack? Or how about if you use your mouse to target ala Missle Command and all you have to do is spam a button to attack?

No, not impossible it’s using the target=mouseover, harm command.

So let’s say that your out soloing and need to rapidly change your pet target.

Have a macro that could

/petattack [target=mouseover, harm]

or what if the opposite is true and you want your pet to Intervene and use Roar of Sacrifice to help a party member..

/castsequence [target=mouseover,help] Intervene, Roar of Sacrifice

the target=mouseover is probaly one of the most underused commands. Some feel it’s because we too manytimes attack the wrong target with Tab Targeting and just afraid that we’ll do the same with mouseover targeting.

This can always be stoped by adding that the Hunter must do something else to insure that the right action is being taken. Add a mod:shift for example to your targeting and then you’ll only cast the macro when the SHIFT key is pressed.

Finally, I’ll leave you with this tiny macro that helped me assign the skull when in a raid or leading a party.

Add “/run SetRaidTargetIcon(“target”,8)” to your casting macro so as you attack it’ll automatically add the skull to your targets. Many use Hunter’s Mark, but most people are trained to fight the Skull. By adding this line to your macros you’ll help your Party focus fire on the correct target each time.

So we talked about how to use -

• [target=mouseover,help] – too target party members using the mouse
• [target=mouseover,harm] – to target mobs using the mouse
• [mod:shift] – to help ensure that you only attack or target the mob if the SHIFT key is pressed
• /run SetRaidTargetIcon(“target”,8) – to assign the skull icon to the mob for focus fire.

I hope these tips help you in your next group or raid.