Why isn't this Macro working

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OK, this is driving me crazy. This macro works perfectly:

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

If I don’t click Alt, then it places Death and Decay on the cursor, and if I click Alt, then it places under my char’s feet.

But if I switch the macro like this (which is the one I’m actually trying to set up):

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

Then no matter what I do, it ALWAYS places Death and Decay under my char’s feet and I can’t understand what is wrong with it and it’s driving me crazy.

PS Nothing has worked so far and I’m getting more and more sure this is on Blizzard’s end so Im going to report it as a bug and see what comes out of it.

PS2: So, this was the problem… thanks to Life for fixing it :smiley: Why isn't this Macro working - #21 by Life-bleeding-hollow

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is the problem its confusing the skill remove @player

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

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Nope. didn’t work… with or without alt it casts it on my feet. :frowning: It’s frustrating.

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Then it won’t cast at player, which is what the person wants in that situation

They could fix this all by allowing @target

6

Simplify that macro:

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

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

Now, the macro will cast “Death and Decay” at your cursor when Alt is held down and at your feet otherwise.

Try chat GPT next time. will save you time

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Doesn’t work either… I’ve tried all the combinations I can think about and non works. I think something is broken on Blizzard’s side or they did it on purpose or something… because nothing works. I’ll just have to accept it and just do the @player one…

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Unless Blizzard changed something with @player commands, then it should work fine…

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No, don’t quit, we have a massive community with many turbo nerds that know what’s up with macros.

Give it some time, I’m sure someone will have something definitive for you.

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Ill wait to see if someone can figure it out because so far nothing has worked. What I find weird is that the first macro I posted works as supposed, but you switch the @player and @cursor and it stops working which doesn’t make any sense.

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That’s sad to hear. My macro is as streamlined as it gets. This is a problem on Blizzard’s end.

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Didn’t work either… It should be something super easy… but nothing works. Im getting more and more sure this is on Blizzards end.

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Use chatgtp, most my macros are done there. No one can helpo you faster. There is a free version.

go play with it. it will help you the best.

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try this set up

  • #showtooltip Death and Decay
  • /cleartarget
  • /cast [mod:ctrl, @cursor] Death and Decay; [@player] Death and Decay
  • /targetlasttarget

This will drop Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay at your feet without using the ground targeting reticle; while holding down CTRL, it will instead cast Death and Decay wherever your cursor is pointing (again, without using the ground targeting reticle). Since the vast majority of bosses have a large enough hitbox to be affected by a Death and Decay dropped at your feet; this speeds up casting and maximizes your ability to shift around and still remain standing in Death and Decay.

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I tested this myself and the macro logic is broken on Blizzard’s end.

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It has to be Blizzard, right? It’s not as if it were this complex macro that I have to come up with. It’s the easiest thing and it just wont work.

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Lol… IcyVeins… That was one of the first if not the first one I tried :frowning:

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better then wowhead atm with the freezing lol

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The macro logic is very simple and simply doesn’t work. @cursor works by itself, but if you add anything else, it fails for no good reason.