So I'm trying to use a few different macros for DISC pvp, but none of them seem to work.
1. Archangel & Dark Archangel
I thought I wouldn't use both of these at the same time and tried to see if I can have one macro that works for whichever is active. I can only seem to get it to work for whichever spell I put first on the line.
2. Dark Archangel + Shadowfiend/Mindbender
I tried a cast sequence macro for this. And it only works if I spec into Mindbender for the 1 min cd and have that before DA. If i spec shadowfiend i think it looks at the 3min cd and doesn't move on to DA.
Thanks in advance!
1) don't use those but you can use some modifiers: either use shift/control/alt or some combination or see if there is some other way to specify the situation for it.
2) cast sequence here may not work as you think as many spells are on the GCD and don't activate all at once and the next may not activate until the GCD is done.
If sure others here can give you a better idea and/or actual macro's to help.
2) cast sequence here may not work as you think as many spells are on the GCD and don't activate all at once and the next may not activate until the GCD is done.
If sure others here can give you a better idea and/or actual macro's to help.
Almost all spells are on the Global Cooldown (GCD) now which basically prevents you from casting spells at the same time. For Macros this means that wow will only cast the first GCD-spell it sees in a macro and ignore the rest.
In this
/cast Spell A
/cast Spell B
If both abilities are on the the GCD, wow will only cast Spell A because it's the first in the macro. If B was off the gcd, it would cast both.
Note: most on use trinkets are off the gcd so you can stack 1 spell and trinket together and have them both go off at once.
Castsequence isn't a "smart" sequence. It only moves the sequence along if it successfully casted the ability and if a spell is on cd, it will prevent the sequence from moving forward.
So in this, if neither spell had a CD,
/castsequence Spell A, Spell B
with repeated activations you get
A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B etc...
If A has a Cooldown, you end up with
A,B stop
The sequence stops and waits until you can cast A again.
"Reset=seconds" can be added but depend your self control to avoid activating the macro when you shouldn't, because if you do activate the macro, and the sequence can't progress, you end up making your situation worse because you just reset the sequence timer even though it failed to go forward.
I think (I've heard) that the Gnome Sequencer add-on makes its version of Sequencer smarter by skipping a spell that can't be cast.
In practice, you want to avoid castsequence. It's glitchy and trades effectiveness for convenience even when it works.
In this
/cast Spell A
/cast Spell B
If both abilities are on the the GCD, wow will only cast Spell A because it's the first in the macro. If B was off the gcd, it would cast both.
Note: most on use trinkets are off the gcd so you can stack 1 spell and trinket together and have them both go off at once.
Castsequence isn't a "smart" sequence. It only moves the sequence along if it successfully casted the ability and if a spell is on cd, it will prevent the sequence from moving forward.
So in this, if neither spell had a CD,
/castsequence Spell A, Spell B
with repeated activations you get
A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B etc...
If A has a Cooldown, you end up with
A,B stop
The sequence stops and waits until you can cast A again.
"Reset=seconds" can be added but depend your self control to avoid activating the macro when you shouldn't, because if you do activate the macro, and the sequence can't progress, you end up making your situation worse because you just reset the sequence timer even though it failed to go forward.
I think (I've heard) that the Gnome Sequencer add-on makes its version of Sequencer smarter by skipping a spell that can't be cast.
In practice, you want to avoid castsequence. It's glitchy and trades effectiveness for convenience even when it works.
Thanks for the feedback from you both.
Unfortunately all my shift, alt, ctrl keybinds are being used for pvp purposes, which is why i was trying to have DA & Shadowfiend in one.
It might not be ideal but I paired up Desperate Prayer & Archangel in one. This seems to work so I'm guessing DP is not on the gcd.
Unfortunately all my shift, alt, ctrl keybinds are being used for pvp purposes, which is why i was trying to have DA & Shadowfiend in one.
It might not be ideal but I paired up Desperate Prayer & Archangel in one. This seems to work so I'm guessing DP is not on the gcd.