Help: target your target's focus macro

[orianthi]

i can't seem to find one, a macro that would target my target's focus (mainly for healing).

this what i got but it doesn't wok, it stays on my main...

/target Main
/target [target=targetfocus,help,nodead,exists] [target=Main]
/click MultiBarBottomLeftButton1
/click MultiBarBottomLeftButton2
/click MultiBarBottomLeftButton3

it does not complain on "targetfocus" so i'm assuming it is valid (focustarget works but it targets you focus target not target's focus). i also tried putting my target modifier [] after castsequence macros but no luck.

i just want my priest to heal whoever my tank's (main) focus is set to so i just need to do a mouse over and setfocus instead of selecting it and deselecting my current target.

thanks!

[Lindline]

Maybe I'm going dumb with macros but what is that second Target=Main for?

[orianthi]

well the main can't set his focus to himself so if he doesn't have a focus then the macro will use the main as the target.

[Ualaa]

Actually you can set yourself as your own focus.
Which is a strength of the focus based system.

Each toon has a macro, to set every other toon (themselves included) to their focus.
And then everyone has macros which are adjusted for target=Focus.

/follow [target=focus]
/cast [target=focustarget]

[orianthi]

hi Ulaa,

first i’d like to say thanks from the reply you made on my first post on this site and your guides all over the internet - i use lots of them.

the above macro on your reply was the first macro i used for my targeting method, but it requires me (the master) to target one of my teams so they can target who i’m targetting. thus forces me to “untarget” my current target (enemy) so they can target my new one. i was trying to figure out a way for my healer to target someone without the master changing it’s target (maybe a mouseover). but let me know if i’m doing something wrong and the macro above should work the way i want.

i can accomplish this through a nostromo or x-keys but i wonder if there is a soft-macro method, i just got back to wow and learning all these macro stuffs again when time permits.

thanks!

[Iru]

If you're fiddling with focus solely for healing purposes you're probably better off just creating unique macros for each target. Then use pwnboxer's dockable clickmap, or an ISBoxer repeater region to invoke the appropriate macro if you're short on key sequences. It will take you longer to move the mouse around to the point you can see the target needing healing, click the set focus button and the click the healing button.

If you're wanting your healer to DPS where possible, why wouldn't you want it using your current target?

If you're changing focuses for CC purposes, e.g. you want your healer to shackle, hibernate or cyclone something, youre not reaslly going to be able to get around changing your driver's target to set that up - short of doing it in the salve's window - but that should usually be done pre-fight, unless this is for PvP of course.

[orianthi]

that’s my setup right now, using dockable buttons on pwnboxer. i thought i’ll save a few buttons but i’m using click castsequences now so it won’t matter anymore i guess. i can reserve some keystrokes for healing purposes only as well if i don’t want to use dockable buttons although i’m working on a different idea but i still have to try it after work. thanks!

[Howster]

/cast [target=focustargettarget,help]

This macro will help you to cast a spell to your focus's targets target.. Ie. If your main has aggro on a mob and you use that macro it will cast the spell on your main.. If your main looses the aggro and attacks your.. lets say healer.. then this macro will cast the spell on your healer if you are targeting the mob with your main..
Sounds like this is what your looking for to me.

/castsequence [target=focustargettarget,help] Rejuvenation, Regrowth, nourish, nourish etc.

Just a quick example.

[Ualaa]

You actually have no way of knowing what someone else's focus is.

Well, as a player, you might know that your warlock has the hunter as their focus, and is planning on chain fearing the focus. But if you're driving the Paladin, there is no way for the Paladin to know what the Warlock has set as their focus.

The only way to target what someone else has as their focus target, is to have that toon target their own focus. You can then assist the toon, to now have that toon's focus targeted. So you could accomplish this with a two-step type of macro, or two macros, but there is no way to do it with a single macro.

[Howster]

Ye, but the macro i showed in the above post is more for an slave healer.. when your doing instances atleast it would be nice to have that macro to quickly heal the dps slave who overaggro without checking who it is and pushing the corresponding key to heal that dps.. I used this macro for healing on my team all the way to lvl 80 on my healer. When my whole group takes damage i used aoe heals. Thats just two buttons i used to heal from 1-80.