Mouse-Over and Myself

Thirtycuts-area-52 · August 2, 2022, 1:11pm

Going to take a stab at healing, so I made a bunch of mouse-over macros that work great! But, I can’t mouse over myself. How do healer heal themselves? This sounds and actually might be a ignorant question, sorry!

Dislodge-blood-furnace · August 2, 2022, 1:15pm

I’d look at an addon called “Healium” to get started with for Healing.

Doing this with mouseovers and macros in a busy fight is going to be very frustrating.

As to self-healing, if you simply code your macros like this…

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help][]Healy Spell

…they should cast on you by default.

Thirtycuts-area-52 · August 2, 2022, 1:16pm

Ok, will give it a try. ty!

Elvenbane-veknilash · August 2, 2022, 1:52pm

You can’t mouse over your 3D body (because then you’d also be able to click it and wouldn’t be able to target things in melee range with you/on the floor) but you can mouse over your unit frame.

Useful Macro Templates

Base Healing Macro

Alt: Self Cast
Mouseover Friend: Cast on Mouseover
Target Friend: Cast on Target
Target Enemy Targeting Friend: Cast on Enemy’s Target
Default casting behavior. This condition also serves to generate the correct tooltip.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@mouseover,help,nodead] [help] [@targettarget,help,nodead] [] SPELL

Thirtycuts-area-52 · August 2, 2022, 1:58pm

Ty! Dislodges macro works perfect.

Udiza-earthen-ring · August 2, 2022, 3:58pm

I prefer to use the following macro:

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, help, nodead][@player] Healing Spell

There are two reasons I like this version better. First, it works even if I have self cast turned off. Second, I don’t have to worry if I’ve got a friendly target when I want to heal myself. (I just need to be aware of what my mouse is over.) Obviously, it comes down to personal preference. (For example, if you do want to be able to heal a friendly target and not just mouseovers, Dislodge and Elvenbane’s macros are the ones you need.)