[WoW] Using Click Castsequences

[Howster]

Shaman 2
#show Lava Burst
/castsequence reset=combat Lava Burst,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Shaman 3
#show Chain Lightning
/castsequence reset=combat Chain Lightning,,,,,,

My shamans use this too on my click macros too.. I use 2 Master macros.. One containing chain lightning (Mainly when i want to aoe with them including totems) and one without chain lightning for single target dps..

But I always want the lava burst to be used when its ready and off cooldown and I just realised that there arent any reason to have the commas behind the line:

Shaman 2
#show Lava Burst
/castsequence reset=combat Lava Burst,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

This also goes for my chain lightning click macro... If the commas arent there it doesnt really matter since the macro cant cast the lava burst anyways if its on cooldown, but it will when its ready to use.
So

#show lava burst
/cast Lava Burst

would and should work just fine, and no tweaking will be nessasary if the haste on your toon changes...

Spells like Flameshock is different tho.. There the comma's gets really handy to make sure you benefit the most of the dots from it.. (the dots last longer than the spell's cooldown)

[Ualaa]

Depends.

If you want Lava Burst to be your fall through spell, then it doesn't need commas for timing. However if you want to use a spell without a recast delay, such as Lightning Bolt, then you would want the commas.


Example A
Flame Shock,,,,, recast as it expires.
Lava Burst,,,, every cooldown.
Chain Lightning,,, every cooldown.
Lightning Bolt - when everything else is on a comma.

Example B
Flame Shock,,,,, recast as it expires.
Lava Burst - No commas, so this is the fall-through
Chain Lightning,,, every cooldown.
Lightning Bolt - when everything else is on a comma.

Even if we rearrange Example B, so Chain Lightning has higher priority then Lava Burst, when Lava Burst is on cooldown nothing else can cast.

[Howster]

Originally Posted by Ualaa

Even if we rearrange Example B, so Chain Lightning has higher priority then Lava Burst, when Lava Burst is on cooldown nothing else can cast.

But wont this only affect the macro with the actual /cast lava burst macro and not the other macros?.. Sounds to me from that explanation that if lava burst is on cooldown that the other macros "lock up" aswell.. Or are you thinking of the castsequence macro?

/castsequence lava burst, chain lightning, lightning bolt

This castsequence will without a doubt stop when its finished and wants to cast lava burst again if its on CD.. But I use 5 macros for the dps.. 1 to trigger them all and 2-5 with a single spell in it, so i still dont see any reason why they all would "pause" the the other 3 macros though so it should still cast lightning bolt even if lavaburst is on cooldown.

Need to try this later tonight to confirm it..

[TheMuffinMan]

Originally Posted by Howster

But wont this only affect the macro with the actual /cast lava burst macro and not the other macros?.. Sounds to me from that explanation that if lava burst is on cooldown that the other macros "lock up" aswell.. Or are you thinking of the castsequence macro?

/castsequence lava burst, chain lightning, lightning bolt

This castsequence will without a doubt stop when its finished and wants to cast lava burst again if its on CD.. But I use 5 macros for the dps.. 1 to trigger them all and 2-5 with a single spell in it, so i still dont see any reason why they all would "pause" the the other 3 macros though so it should still cast lightning bolt even if lavaburst is on cooldown.

Need to try this later tonight to confirm it..

It will only do this if Lavaburst is a macro with commas.... if it is just the spell it will lockup until Lavaburst is on cooldown (example B).

[Howster]

That single macro or the Main macro that excecute the other macros?

[TheMuffinMan]

Originally Posted by Howster

That single macro or the Main macro that excecute the other macros?

That single macro.

The Main /Click macro that clicks the others doesn't have commas at all.

[TheMuffinMan]

If your main /Click macro reaches your Lava Burst spell, and it is on cooldown it will lockup. The commas give you main /Click macro an "empty" spot to sort of "fake click" and so your whole list of /Clicks do not lockup.

[TheMuffinMan]

The last spell in your list of /Clicks is the only one that should ever NOT have commas as a general rule.

[Howster]

Ah.. Ok, i see.. I thought it would just keep on "clicking" that other macros no matter what. Thnx.

[Ualaa]

They execute top-down, the same as other warcraft macros.

If you reach a macro on a comma, that click does nothing for the macro.
Which is what allows later (lower priority) macros to do something on the same click.

You can also use a "null" effect in a macro.
Give a castsequence a spell that does not exist.
/castsequence reset=target Hunter's Mark,Null
"xx" would work as well as "null" in this case.
The castsequence cannot advance beyond the null.
But because it is not attempting to cast a spell on cooldown, the later spells (in other sequences) can still fire off.