I haven’t played my demon hunter since level 110, but I used to have the following macro which would spam Demon Spikes any time I use Fracture (which is more often than demon spikes since fracture has very short CD). Now the macro won’t actually cast demon spikes, it only does the fracture attack - did Blizzard change something or am I doing something wrong?
#showtooltip Fracture
/cast Demon Spikes
/cast Fracture
To my knowledge, that should work, since Demon Spikes is off the GCD. That said, such a macro is a very bad thing to use. You should not be using Demon Spikes mindlessly as soon as it is up, and it is often beneficial to have a charge pocketed in case of upcoming or sudden burst.
Any idea why it doesn’t work? I can’t get it to ever cast Demon Spikes
I don’t care whether the macro is a bad idea for tanking mythic raids or whatever, this is just an alt that I rarely play - spamming it mindlessly and smoothing out damage randomly is way better than forgetting to use it
It should work, but is legitimately a horrible idea to macro to fracture.
To clarify, Spikes will not be available when you need it.
So remember to use it, rather than finding a way for the computer to use it for you in the worst possible way.
As Rockford said, it should work, from what I understand of the macro system. However, I have little desire to try to debug it for such a purpose.
Anyone know how to answer the actual question about how to fix the macro?
I’m sure the tanking advice is great and all, but I really don’t care about being an awesome tank on my DPS alt that I only switch to tank spec for random elite uldum/vale mobs that hit too hard in dps spec. I’m only here to figure out why the macro won’t work even though it sure looks like it should
So, encountered something on my warlock that might be relevant. Apparently even with off-the-GCD abilities, if any ability fails to cast, it won’t cast any following ones. Try reversing the last two lines:
#showtooltip Fracture
/cast Fracture
/cast Demon Spikes
This is the worst idea ever. If you dont know how to tank, dont.
YAY! +1 for people who are actually helpful on the forums instead of being elitist and judgmental! Problem solved
Don’t worry everyone if I actually tank anything on my alt that involves having other people in my group I’ll actually first learn how to play a tank. But since the odds of that are absolutely zero, just let me face-roll against world quest mobs and be quiet, thanks
Can absolutely appreciate this.
I think in general, when a player asks this sort of question, is in regards to tanking group content, where anyone who is unlucky to group up with the individual, suffers the results.
Apologies, as I had assumed as such, and happy to hear you’d consider the correct way of tanking in such content.
I will say, it’s never too early to try. Even against elite, wq targets, it can be great practice before diving into a group setting.