Post by Ysera
Well, a couple things came to mind.
A: "#show" only show's the image, the icon, of the spell. "#showtooltip" shows both the image and the tooltip. I would recommend never using just "#show".
B: Say you're an arms warrior, the last line allows you to hit shift and then equip your 2 hander. It allows the macro to do 2 separate things. You can't have a macro (that i know of) Equip 2 items, cast a spell and then reequip your old item, without another input from the player.
C: You can use the item id's themselves. Rather than the whole long name, you can put in the 5 digit code that the game uses to reference items. That should help you stay under 255 characters.
D: This macro is broken currently, If I were to use it, I would use:
#showtooltip Spell Reflection
/equip Soulbreaker
/equip Wrathful Gladiator's Shield Wall
/cast Battle stance
/cast Spell reflection
/equip Citadel Enforcer's Claymore
I would recommend checking out the UI and Macro's Forum here at Wowhead. It's very useful. They have a very nice
list of macro making tools.
Post by Zakkhar
just wanted to know what is the differance between #show, and #showtooltip
#show will change the icon for the spell/skill icon and show the name of it in tooltip). Not sure if it tracks cooldowns..
#showtooltip does all this but also shows the exact describtion of the spell/skill in the tooltip: Rage cost, cooldown, what it does etc. 100% sure it tracks cooldowns.
I remember i used to use #show but my macros were kinda stiff and when i saw someone using showtooltip i tried and i liked it so i kept using showtooltip.
also i dont understand the last line and what it does?
Changes back to your 2hander after you no longer need shield.
another problem i have is that i dont have enough space to write down the names of my weapons since they are all very long names(wrathful gladiator's . . .)
You can drop all spaces after - they are there so the macro is more clear. They have no other function.
You can also shorten modifier to mod.
Also you can use item IDs as someone already pointed out.
item:
item_ID eg.item:51388
You can check item ids at wowhead, above example is
a pvp axeother than that if u could show me ur reflect macros that would be awesome because im realy having a hard time finding a QUICK reflect macro...
Its as quick as it gets. You cant get any quicker due to gcds with weapon swapping.
talking about macros...
anyone knows where i can find guides with all the macro commands? or any other pvp usefull macros?
Regards,
Solid
the ID thing doesnt seem to work... :
#showtooltip Spell Reflection
/equip 51515
/equip 51513
/cast Battle stance/cast Spell reflection
/equip 51388
what is wrong with it?
#showtooltip Spell Reflection
/equip item:51515
/equip item:51513
/cast Battle stance
/cast Spell reflection
/equip item:51388
Basically you didint add
item: and spared one enter between lines. Every /cast needs to be from a new line. Alternatively you can utilise /use as they do exact the same regardless of what you plan to activate and /use is one letter shorter.
PS: nice to hear someone uses search and he found me.
Another shortening technique i recently learned. Not sure if it works with 2 lines like that, shortest it can get.
#showtooltip Spell Reflection
/equip item:51388;item:51515
/equip item:51513
/use Battle stance
/use Spell reflection
You can use conditionals with same command if they dont overlap.