Suggestion/Request: Allow an “On-Target” Casting Option For Reticle Abilities

I just want to make a request/give feedback on a targeting macro/accessibility option for targeting abilities that involve placing a reticle on the ground such as Death & Decay and Final Reckoning.

Normally these skills require activating the spell, and then using your mouse to choose a spot to place it on the ground. In low-pressure PvE scenarios, this is fairly easy, but in more fast-paced engagements, this can be difficult and often results in a misplacement/failure of the cast. Allowing an @target macro option for these types of skills would be very helpful for players that struggle with fast-paced placements of these skills (such as players that have disabilities or struggle with hand pain), and would allow the skills to essentially be used like Howling Blast. Even better, if we could make it an accessibility option in the options menu, it would make it easier to access for players that aren’t familiar with macros.

Essentially, a quick cast/instant cast setup like Heroes of the Storm, DOTA2 and other MOBAs have?

I mean, yeah. That would be really nice. I would absolutely use that. For as long as you hold down the button, it displays the targeting emplacement, then when you release it casts automatically. Or just instantly casts it over the current placement of your reticle.

Well I don’t know the specific details that would help you, but there are a couple ways you can currently do something like this. The first solve that will work for most things (imo) is “@player” macros. In most cases this is the only way to remove the mouse reticle entirely.

For that:
/cast [@player] SPELL

This puts the spell down on you. Good for things like Death and Decay when you want to dot up the mobs around you.

Some spells however you don’t want to put on yourself, in those situations you can use “@cursor” macros to avoid clicking the ground. it skips the green circle/click step. But requires you to place the mouse, and you don’t have the confirmation of where it’s going. This can be weird when 3d objects get in the way. Never the less,

you can use:
/cast [@cursor] SPELL

There are TONS of things you can do with macros so I would encourage you to look more into the subject.

if I wanted something like this I could write this:

/cast [mod:alt, @cursor] Death and Decay
/cast [nomod, @player] Death and Decay

This would cast Death and Decay at myself on any normal key press, and at my cursor if I hold Alt while I press the key.

You could replace the spell with any spell that needs a targeting reticle. And replace the Modifier with any normal modifier (shift,ctrl,alt).

Hope this helps. Have a Great Day!

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Unless im incorrect. I think we used to be able to do @target and they removed that.

It was a bug resulting from some self cast key changes which they subsequently patched.

Blizz has expressed numerous times that they don’t want people to be able to cast reticle spells at targets’ locations.

The “Grounded” addon may help a bit – I used it on Hunter in WotLK when trap launcher was temp-added specifically for explosive trap to see an actual reticle instead of the little 3d model.

Lets you press-down-hold and then fires @ cursor upon release. Very similar to MOBA-style quick-casting or having to plan it out a bit more before commiting.

I also just made a post addressing this. I’ve been playing my mage and it’s quite a let down that I can’t really perform as I’d like to in M+ content because it’s hard for me to do the AoE rotation. “Aiming” the blizzard is difficult and often times I lose the instant cast proc because I’m spending too much time trying to line up the reticle correctly.