So what you are telling me is…this will NOT be a classic experience because they are implementing 8.0 into classic…gotcha
Someone please do this for ROGUES!
Did you try it in beta or on the stress test? I don’t even remember the interaction between weapon swapping and the GCD. Either way, if there is a GCD from swapping weapons it’s highly unlikely there’s some trick to get the game to let you switch weapons and start a cast at once.
Even so, I would say, so long as the macro will move past the /equip command once the item is equipped, this is still preferrable to manually switching the weapon yourself even if it means you have to spam the macro. I think it would become second nature to me that when I was changing roles in combat I needed multiple presses because of multiple GCDs to let the macro do everything it needed to do.
For those that may be listening that would like examples of what we’re talking about, imagine the following additions to some of the macros above:
#showtooltip
/stand
/dismount
/cancelform [noform:5]
/equip Staff of Dominance
/cast Wrath
#showtooltip Maul
/stand
/dismount
/cancelform [noform:1]
/cast [noform:1] Dire Bear Form
/cast [noform:1] Bear Form
/startattack
/equip Warden Staff
/cast Maul
#showtooltip
/stand
/dismount
/cancelform
/equip Glowing Brightwood Staff
/cast [@mouseover,help][] Healing Touch
The idea is that when you cast a spell that clearly signified that you were switching from one role to the other, the macro would help you out by making sure that you first switched to the weapon you have that is appropriate to the role.
No, what I’m telling you is that it will not be a 1.12 experience because they are implementing Classic into 8.0 (not the other way around). Internally, Classic is treated as a particularly “overhauly” expansion on top of the modern game. That was the only way to make it feasible to develop and release. And believe me, with all the bug fixes and enhancements to the World of Warcraft engine over the past thirteen years, you’re quite glad they are doing so – even if it can be more fun at times to pretend that one would rather Blizzard just damned the technical consequences and stood up some ancient 1.12 servers and re-released the 1.12 client.
Such gamer-elite virtue signaling does, at first glance, appear to project a sort of lofty integrity and an appreciation for Vanilla that is somehow truer and therefore more important than that of others. I get it. I’ve done it. But, Blizzard’s better than succumbing to that kind of superficial posturing, even though it’s going to give you the experience you actually want to play (instead of talk about in a public forum) and you’ll never thank them for it. Now that is integrity worth admiration.
Hiya, sport! What exactly are looking to be done for rogues? Druids got my attention because of how tricky shapeshifting can be for them. Most of what rogues need are macros that include /startattack since Classic (unlike Retail) won’t make you start attacking if you don’t have enough energy for that Sinister Strike you’re mashing, and just a little bit of juggling different actions involving Stealth if they want to re-use macros on different bars. But, I’m here to help and I’ll do what I can!
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Thank you for these amazing macros!
You’ve provided us all with so many tools all in one place that would otherwise be scattered throughout various forums and hiding in YouTube videos.
I do have one question, and it’s going to show my ignorance, sorry.
What is the significance of the “!” that is sometimes put in front of certain abilities, such as prowl or dire bear form?
Bless you OP
You’re quite welcome!
I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
– Cicero
I’ll simply cite the answer to your specific question within a much greater resource that contains the answers to a ton more questions. You strike me as the type that likes to learn. 
https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Making_a_macro#Toggleable_abilities
Thanks a ton for the link and the quote, but now I’m reading through the Wikipedia page for Cicero while trying to make macros, I hope I don’t start writing them in Latin.
I hope you have heaps of fun in classic, I know I’m going to!
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Thanks for this!
Fantastic.
Posting here for later reference.
My Tauren thanks you. xoxo
Great thread, is it possible to have a macro with the following condition?
If not in animal form, cast @mouseover/@target/yourself Healing touch
If in bear form, cast @mouseover/@target Growl
If in Cat form, cast Rip
lol I am now going to have to make a kitten 
For rookie droods like me this post is literally like mana from heaven. TY, OP.
Thank you OP. Saved me a lot of time writing these up or finding them again.
Yay! Great post, thanks! <3
I’ve decided to go druid. This is great info.
Thank you very much for making these! I’m going to send my druid friends here.
Absolutely. I’m on mobile so no full macro, but some of the macros in this thread show the concept; you can use ‘what form am i in’ as a conditional.
Cool, would something like this work?
#showtooltip
/stand
/dismount
/cast [form:1,@mouseover,harm,nodead] [form:1] Growl; [form:3] Rip; [@mouseover,help,nodead] [] Regrowth