Castsequence macros getting stuck

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Hello macro wizards. I’ve been having issues with various castsequence macros getting stuck - will cast the first one in the order and then show that first one on CD instead of making the next spell in the order available. This has happened with multiple macros across different classes, but I’ll use one of my Mistweaver ones as an example.

#showtooltip
/castsequence [talent:6/2] reset=6/combat Refreshing Jade Wind,Essence Font; [@player,talent:6/1] reset=10/combat Essence Font,Summon Jade Serpent Statue; Essence Font

If I have the talent Refreshing Jade Wind it should cast Refreshing Jade Wind and then allow me to cast Essence Font and reset after 6 seconds or combat ends. This is the part of the macro I’m having issues with. It will cast Refreshing Jade Wind, and then immediately show Refreshing Jade Wind on CD instead of showing and allowing essence font to be cast.

I’ve had many “great” castsequence macros like this set up that allow me to condense keys a little, but this getting stuck is obviously a big issue and very frustrating, and it’s happened in many castsequence macros, such as some of my WW ones.

Anyone have any ideas on this? Is castsequence just not supported well, and have to use something like gse? I really don’t want to use gse, because it seems overly complicated for the macros I create.

Edit: I should add this is an intermittent issue - sometimes it works as intended, other times it gets stuck.

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I have the same issue on my Shaman. The spells actually do cast but the icon just doesn’t change. Intermittet issue. Full UI reset (not just a reload) did not fix it. You are not alone!

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I’m not actually a macro wizard, merely a pinball wizard. I’m sure there is a twist, but luckily for you I have supple wrists.

It may be one of two things:

  • You are double-tapping the macro resulting in casting RJW and immediately casting Essence Font. Then your own movement or actions immediately cancel essence font, this progresses the sequence back to RJW, which is on CD. RJW is off the Global Cooldown, so the “normal” 1.5 second GCD that prevents casting back-to-back spells isn’t “protecting” you from happy fingers accidentally and instantly activating this macro twice.
  • Or the RJW isn’t properly generating a “spell cast success” which castsequence is looking for and that keeps castsequence from moving to the next spell. This does happen from time-to-time and there is nothing you can do but not use castsequence.

You may want to put Essence Font by itself, off to the side on some random place on your action bars so you can see when it goes on CD. If you see that “glitch” occur where it doesn’t look like the castsequence progressed to Essence font, check the “lonely” Essence Font button and if its on CD too, you know that the macro actually got activated twice. Other than being more careful and checking to make sure some system-issue isn’t sending 2 mouse clicks or 2 key button presses at random times, I don’t see you being able to stop this while using a castsequence.