Is there a macro for Explosive orbs?
Some people seem to kill them instantly
You can’t target them in a macro.
Most people who kill them instantly have a mouseover macro like
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead] Shadow Word: Death
And use some nameplate management addon so they can actually mouseover the explosive’s nameplate and not have an 80% chance of hitting some other mob. Now it’s only like 20%.
Allow @explosive macro blizz gogogo
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I’m pretty sure the entire point of explosive is to not do that
And honestly I don’t think it should
Affixes should be additional mechanics that people have to pay attention to, one way or another, and allowing 'em to be macro’ed like that is just… a pretty bad idea
At that point you’d be better off arguing as for their complete removal from the game and whilst one can do that, eh, it would require a lot of other questions to be asked including “Why would removing it benefit M+ and the game as a whole” and… I don’t think there is a good answer to that?
You can’t /tar explosive in a macro? Or does /tar just not work?
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Way easier for melee. A big headache for Range especially on my MM Hunter. That’s why when someone invited me to a PuG group with triple Range DPS’ers on Explosives Week, I leave before the run starts. Tab targetting on Range is awful and prone to failure. I saw a fellow Hunter accidentally tab targetted unwanted trash mobs.
To be efficient on Explosives Week on my MM Hunter, the Tank and a melee DPS’er should be 80% to 100% on Orbs while my MM should let my Aimed Shots nukes to hit… not interrupted just to hit a stupid orb. I could hit Orbs that are distant to melees. Healer should help too if they want my Aimed Shots to hit the targets.
Explosives has been with us for awhile. Reached KSM with them from past Expansions. No macro needed.
They are coded to work like totems.
That means No /tar, no AOE cleaving them down passively **some exceptions apply
Typical response, “My damage matters more than yours, or my damage has a cast time so you do it.”
It’s everyone’s job. Team effort affix. Healers should try to prioritize. As a tank with only 2 targetable spells with a 4 sec CD and a 9 sec CD, I find it frustrating that classes with insta-casts don’t do more.
/cast [@mouseover, harm, nodead][] Arcane Shot
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So fighting Blizzard’s poor UI should be part of the equation?
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Wait, I though the current meta was that explosives were the Healers job?
(I do like the mouse over macros, though, I’ll have to try those.)
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My macro is:
/w Healer Do yer jerb!
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I’ve noticed (since this expansion at least) I’ve been able to face my character towards them and tab target them no problem. It is typically my next tab target if they spawn and I am in melee range even if there is other mobs around. It’s not nearly as much of a pain as it used to be. My issue is I lose track of my mouse too often, then again that’s more of a “me needing glasses” kinda thing. 
But I do hate this affix. (And I really don’t like tab target but it is good for this)
Explosive should be changed to just spawn 1 big orb that requires multiple people to swap to it, and you get a damage buff based on how much damage you dealt to it.
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Why do people doing dungeons always expect a buff for handling affixes that have existed for 6 years?
Like…your reward is them not exploding and wiping the group.
I did have a nokhud where the group loved that i had 188 orbs killed throughout the dungeon.
That was kind of them.
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You’re not wrong, I think kiss/curse affixes have their place as seasonal affixes, I just really dislike explosive. It isn’t difficult, it’s just annoying and disruptive. Which, I guess, is the point.
Edit: Oddly enough, I don’t hate explosive nearly as much on my prevoker as I do on my mage.
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I just play it by ear.
Recommend manually targeting.
Get explosive counter plugin.
If expert healer I only bother with the one’s obvious to me. If the healer is having a struggle just healing which can be the case if they’re new or the tank is not pulling correctly then I help because better alive than dead because death is a much larger DPS loss.
I’ve got a macro for mouse over that lets me hit orbs easily, but I’m also doing kicks and learning a new spec this week. So normally I don’t mind them, but this week they’re messing with my priority and making it harder to learn frost spec.
So this week I hate it and it’s bad design and whoever made explosive will be first up against the wall when my revolution comes.
Next time around they’re fine though, and mouse over handles it great.