Recoking ret - auto attack not triggering

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sup boys
i have /startattack set up on all my skills yet my AA still stop triggering
do you have any tip to fix this?

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Wont /startattack toggle attack off if you press a different skill? Try /!startattack, that should prevent it from toggling off when you hit another button.

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I don’t use /startattack myself, I just right-click like a chump. I was playing reck spec this weekend and never had any issues.

I didn’t think that using it again would toggle but I wasn’t sure, so I logged in and checked. It definitely does not turn it off by the simple test that I did…

  1. Target mob.
  2. Type /startattack. Observed attack ready animation play.
  3. With mob still targetted, type /startattack again. Observed attack ready stance remain.

I also tried throwing it in there between swings to see if I could mess anything up and I couldn’t.

I’d imagine that’s as far as I can go without making some auto-attack macros :smiley:

@OP - Could you please try it again and distil it down to the simplest test you can, then post some steps and macros? I can give it another go if you just want a second set of eyes for sanity. On Era, at least :slight_smile:

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Interesting. I know that without the ! Both guns and Wands toggle off if you press it again, so I assumed /startattack worked the same. When I log on later I’ll have to test.

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:100:

I’m not intending to make any definitive statements about everything as a whole, just reporting what I’ve observed thus far. I’m honestly not sure why guns/wands would need to be different but they are. I think they’re a different macro though, aren’t they?

Anyway, to the OP, wherever this journey takes us, definitely do try to get more info on this. If there’s a bug there, it should be reported. Also, please say what version you’re playing on :slight_smile:

If we can confirm the behavour is a bug, you can post over in the appropriate forum.

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Anniversary classic, tubbly
and thank you guys, i might just right click and see how it goes since theres not much to press anyway

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Haha isn’t that the truth.

Seal Twisting will change your life though! It’s pretty mana intensive but it does add a Righteousness proc to all of your melee swings, which is like an additional 25% per swing. The /startattack macro is actually a part of the optimal Seal Twisting path so you can get one at the start of combat, but I could never be bothered.

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Well i just tested two basic macros (on era)

#showtooltip
/cast Seal of Righteousness
/startattack

And the same with seal of light.

Both worked fine, starting attack and never interrupting it during combat. I tried switching /startattack to before the seal cast with no change in outcome.

If I get a chance later I’ll hop onto my anniversary paladin and see if anything is different there.

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the big point is when i swap from command to righteousness or vice versa
when i wanna twist, the AA stops triggering even tho both my seals has startattacks
even when i judge it is happening

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could multiple /startattack inputs reset the swing timer with those macros by any chance?
I have noticed some behavior like that with my /startattack macro even though I don’t seal twist as holy reck

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I just took a peek at my kill macro - thought its been months since i pvp’d on xfour i could be wrong - I think it is this one and it assumes you have seal of righteousness already on (for the twist).

#showtooltip Seal of Command(Rank 5)
/cast Seal of Command(Rank 5)
/cast Slayer’s Crest
/startattack

If you are playing reck careful with /startattack in abilities because if you start attack and cancel it, or change targets, it will wipe all your stacks.

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With /startattack for some reason I experience this also, I use it likely for the same reasons you do.

Something kinda wonky has been broken with Auto attack for a while, I notice it on all melee, its not just a paladin problem.