Badlander Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) It was pretty much said that there will be no macros anytime soon if ever at the guild summit. It seems part of the Dev team hates macros and does not want them in game. But, they did say there will be some things in game that will help healers and such. What that means who knows they did not explain it very well. Which i think this is a good thing. Edited March 6, 2012 by Badlander
iceperson Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 It was pretty much said that there will be no macros anytime soon if ever at the guild summit. It seems part of the Dev team hates macros and does not want them in game. But, they did say there will be some things in game that will help healers and such. What that means who knows they did not explain it very well. they said no combat macros, not "no macros". i imagine we'll eventually see macros for emotes, readycheck, /say, etc... eventually
darkrazzy Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 all i want is to be able to make a "INC LEFT" "INC RIGHT" or "INC MID" macro so i dont have to type mid combat on alderaan. is that so much to ask???? >.<
Badlander Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 they said no combat macros, not "no macros". i imagine we'll eventually see macros for emotes, readycheck, /say, etc... eventually Well no combat macros is pretty much what i was talking about. Sorry should have made it more clear
Iite Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 For the love of god what what do they have against macros.
Evray Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 For the love of god what what do they have against macros. Bioware doesn't like to work.
Andryah Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 For the love of god what what do they have against macros. Combat macros is the worst thing to come to MMOs ever. It's crack for lazy players IMO.
KahnyaGnorc Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 For the love of god what what do they have against macros. -Combat macros makes combat easier -When one group has easier combat and another doesn't (macro-users vs. non-macro-users), balancing content to work with both groups becomes impossible.
bcbully Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 macros work in this game right now. all you need is the right keyboard or mouse.
kaboro Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I think no macros is one of the few good things they did about SWTOR. Macros are destructive, in many games there is a huge difference between what you can do with and without macros. Run around owning everything by pushing a button to generate an automatic sequence of actions, that should not exist in games.
BlackZoback Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 They said no combat macros, good thing IMO. Also they don't consider things like mouseovers healing functions to be macros and will implement them soon.
Caelrie Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Since they didn't define what "combat macros" are, that statement was pretty meaningless. The caveat that they want to help healers means things like mouse-over targeting macros are likely.
Badlander Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 macros work in this game right now. All you need is the right keyboard or mouse. qft
Alilynn Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) They did specifically address mouseover macros, and they are safe Macros that include multiple combat ones are what I assume is not safe... I'm cool with that. I basically only want mouseovers, random pet/mount ones, and emote related ones... Edited March 6, 2012 by Alilynn
Innocences Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I'm glad they made a stance against them. Combat macros take away the skill in the game. Good decision BW! :cool:
Akella Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 You will even be able to make macros on the Razer SWTOR keyboard. It's not out yet but it looks pretty hot. Other gaming keyboards and mice have the same capabilities. So macros aren't lost.
JustTed Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 all i want is to be able to make a "INC LEFT" "INC RIGHT" or "INC MID" macro so i dont have to type mid combat on alderaan. is that so much to ask???? >.< Get a mic.
Rasstavad Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) qft No doubt - I have macros right now. I guess those of us with the "right" hardware will continue to enjoy an advantage. Doesn't seem fair... I'm really starting to doubt that the BW team has any real "gamers" on it. Designing games and playing them are two entirely different things. In WoW the devs also play different classes - I wonder what James plays? I'm betting on Sorc... lol Edited March 6, 2012 by Rasstavad
aarka Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Good to see on the combat side. Like others mentioned some chat related macros would be great though.
Bigbozo Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Yea, win for the octopi hands, loss for us with human hands and thick thumbs.
kaboro Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 macros work in this game right now. all you need is the right keyboard or mouse. Hopefully a future patch will fix this.
Rasstavad Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Hopefully a future patch will fix this. Impossible - there is nothing they can do about gaming mice and keyboards....
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