Peeweesilky Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey all, just wondering if there is going to be macros cause really miss them since WoW so just wondering hit me up if you know if there is or not goingt to be macros:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaara Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Download autohotkey or use a razer naga/g15 keyboard. The developers are being arrogant and refuse to add them so just add them yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanik Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) well i would like someone to explain to me what its the advantage of macros? I never played with macros so i dont know. BUt i know what macros are and what suposed to do i just dont know how they affect my ganmeplay or teh gameplay in general. If its to make the toon to do a specific abiltie sequence automaticaly when its you the player that should be doing it.. then no i hope they wont put macros. But if there is any enlighnted soul to please explain to me of its advantages, please do so. The developers are being arrogant and refuse to add them so just add them yourself. well its their game they have the right to do so imo. If in their belief macros dont stand by its work ideials its their perrogative and its a legit one. same way a newspaper has the right to chose its pieces acordingly to its ideials or work Philosophies, and not chose the ones that the majority of readers like to read. imo Edited January 16, 2012 by Spartanik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaara Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 well its their game they have the right to do so imo. If in their belief macros dont stand by its work ideials its their perrogative and its a legit one. same way a newspaper has the right to chose its pieces acordingly to its ideials or work Philosophies, and not chose the ones that the majority of readers like to read. imo I'll give you that. Seems pointless to me since we can just macro through hardware anyway. It still doesn't take the truth fullness away from my statement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baromega Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 well i would like someone to explain to me what its the advantage of macros? I never played with macros so i dont know. BUt i know what macros are and what suposed to do i just dont know how they affect my ganmeplay or teh gameplay in general. If its to make the toon to do a specific abiltie sequence automaticaly when its you the player that should be doing it.. then no i hope they wont put macros. But if there is any enlighnted soul to please explain to me of its advantages, please do so. Well, as a healer there are these things called mouseover macros. Basically, these allow you to skip the step of clicking the portrait of the player your trying to heal and instead you merely hover over it and cast the spell you want. This may seem like another way of the game doing the players work, but it just adds so much efficiency to healing and feel a lot more natural. Specifically in this games healers can actually pump out OK damage, and with mouseover macros they can keep the boss targeted at all times and throw out a damaging ability without messing up their flow. Theres also the horrible way action bars work on this UI. I mean really, only 2 bars on the bottom, 1 on each side and one of these is taken by your companion? With macros and the use of modifier keys (CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) you can bind similar abilities and make your action bars look a lot less clunky. A good example of these is all the different "stances" a Jedi Knight or Sith Warrior has. If you find yourself in situations where you switching between two or maybe even three, a macro would be a great way to avoid using three different slots on your action bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanik Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Yes but i just dont know what macros do to your gameplay its is better? its more fun? i realy would like to know this. It makes you more eficient, or just gives you more time to chat while fighting? its that sort of things that i would like to know though. Sry envermind that the post above me was too fast ty Well, as a healer there are these things called mouseover macros. Basically, these allow you to skip the step of clicking the portrait of the player your trying to heal and instead you merely hover over it and cast the spell you want. This may seem like another way of the game doing the players work, but it just adds so much efficiency to healing and feel a lot more natural. Specifically in this games healers can actually pump out OK damage, and with mouseover macros they can keep the boss targeted at all times and throw out a damaging ability without messing up their flow. Theres also the horrible way action bars work on this UI. I mean really, only 2 bars on the bottom, 1 on each side and one of these is taken by your companion? With macros and the use of modifier keys (CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) you can bind similar abilities and make your action bars look a lot less clunky. A good example of these is all the different "stances" a Jedi Knight or Sith Warrior has. If you find yourself in situations where you switching between two or maybe even three, a macro would be a great way to avoid using three different slots on your action bar. Hum ok i understand what you saying and i have a healer myself and all that is true and i agree with it, but that seems to me a UI problem wich everyone agrees it is a problem and Bioware is looking into it already. My point is That doesnt seem related to the abilitie of doing sequence with your powers. Or am missing something? Edited January 16, 2012 by Spartanik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Download autohotkey or use a razer naga/g15 keyboard. The developers are being arrogant and refuse to add them so just add them yourself. i dont think he is talking about those kind of macros more like the / target assist /cast lightning bolt type macro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaara Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i dont think he is talking about those kind of macros more like the / target assist /cast lightning bolt type macro. What kind of macros are those then. My naga can do that macro too. You people generalize way too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerinKor Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Download autohotkey or use a razer naga/g15 keyboard. The developers are being arrogant and refuse to add them so just add them yourself. Sad people need "play for you" macros and don't have the skill to do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yes but i just dont know what macros do to your gameplay its is better? its more fun? i realy would like to know this. It makes you more eficient, or just gives you more time to chat while fighting? its that sort of things that i would like to know though. macros help enhance the player using their abilities like for example there are macros out there called mouse overs which is commonly used by healers so they can heal people just by mousing over the player frame and press their heal button no need to click and target the person end result is fast more response to healing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaara Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Sad people need "play for you" macros and don't have the skill to do it themselves. Sad people like to be bad and not improve their efficiency. You must be a clicker. Also no one said anything about automating the game. You made that assumption yourself. Edited January 16, 2012 by Skaara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashloop Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 well i would like someone to explain to me what its the advantage of macros? I never played with macros so i dont know. BUt i know what macros are and what suposed to do i just dont know how they affect my ganmeplay or teh gameplay in general. If its to make the toon to do a specific abiltie sequence automaticaly when its you the player that should be doing it.. then no i hope they wont put macros. But if there is any enlighnted soul to please explain to me of its advantages, please do so. The text marked in red is more or less exactly what macros can and will help the players doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Sad people need "play for you" macros and don't have the skill to do it themselves. since when does macros play for you? you still have to press buttons to activate your move you guys like act macros is botting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jswizzle Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yeah old school gamers pretty much frown about using macros. PvPers probably really hate the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The text marked in red is more or less exactly what macros can and will help the players doing. so mouse over macros plays for them? since when? last i check it just eliminate a click when healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viith Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am SOOO mad there are no macros. I NEED them. How else am I supposed to have /burp and /fart queued up and ready to use !!! But, on a serious? note, that is really all I ever used macros for in other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalawaJoko Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey all, just wondering if there is going to be macros cause really miss them since WoW so just wondering hit me up if you know if there is or not goingt to be macros:DI'm quite sure they will add them sooner or later as so many wants them. It's not something that will come any soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) What kind of macros are those then. My naga can do that macro too. You people generalize way too much. your naga can do mouse overs aswell? Edited January 16, 2012 by genmyke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jswizzle Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 so mouse over macros plays for them? since when? last i check it just eliminate a click when healing. One click might seem small but it matters. Plus if you think the one click is trivial, whats so grand about mouse over macros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanik Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) macros help enhance the player using their abilities like for example there are macros out there called mouse overs which is commonly used by healers so they can heal people just by mousing over the player frame and press their heal button no need to click and target the person end result is fast more response to healing people. well Mouse Hover macros seems to me a usefull ideia, and it will help alot, but i think the name might be decieving as its not the macros i know though. By definition. That abilitie sounds more like a UI feature then a macro. The text marked in red is more or less exactly what macros can and will help the players doing. wel if thats the case i realy against it. BUt Mouse hover macros would be nice ideia though. as i understand they are not the same thing, as a healer myself im used to click on portraits as its very fast to me and works just fine, but i can see the apealing of mouse hover macros if you like to do some damage adn healing at same time. Allthough some bosses fights you wont do much unless healing so. Edited January 16, 2012 by Spartanik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 One click might seem small but it matters. Plus if you think the one click is trivial, whats so grand about mouse over macros? do i have really bring up how many times i hear healers and this is from almost 60 different healers i hear say this that they "i was healing the wrong person" all because they had to rely on click on a frame and sometime i even experienced it myself it wont target the person you click which it can cause problems and possible wipes. in very intense fights every second counts when healing and the faster you can respond the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 If a healer doesnt even have to target someone in order to heal them, does his job become, sit in chair, press 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaara Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) your naga can do mouse overs aswell? Not exactly, but I can set a keybind to group member # 1, then cast the heal. Don't even have to target the person receiving heals but it requires several keybinds as you will have to set separate ones for each group member. Best way I can think of though. I don't heal but if I did I would set my main heals to each row of naga buttons like its a group member. Keys 1,2,3 would be dedicated for group member #1 and would always cast on that group member. ...etc... Edited January 16, 2012 by Skaara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genmyke Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 If a healer doesnt even have to target someone in order to heal them, does his job become, sit in chair, press 2? you still have to put your mouse cursor over the target frame you just dont need click it to target the person. hence the words mouse over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanik Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) do i have really bring up how many times i hear healers and this is from almost 60 different healers i hear say this that they "i was healing the wrong person" all because they had to rely on click on a frame and sometime i even experienced it myself it wont target the person you click which it can cause problems and possible wipes. in very intense fights every second counts when healing and the faster you can respond the better. Well maybe they arent very good healers then ?! for me its easier to click on portrait because some friendly players are just not in my line of sight. So hover with the mouse on some player is just not an option in some cases. But as you can hover the mouse in portrait that issue wil not be fixed, they will end up healing the wrong person again... its just they are bad healers though Im joking but i hope you understand my point. If they click on the wrong person they can easly hover the mouse on the wrong persoon as well just as easly. The only advantage i see in this is that is easier to do more damage to the targeted enemy, you just dont need to target the enemy again while healing. It doenst improve healing i think, improves the abilitie of the healer to do damage on the targeted enemy. Edited January 16, 2012 by Spartanik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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