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Hunter Macro Guide
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Edited by Strlder on 1/4/12 11:58 PM (PST)
The purpose of this guide is to list hunter class related macros that I use and that have been found useful by others. This is a mix of both PvE and PvP macros and how you choose to utilise them is up to you.
Furthermore, I am hopeful that if a specific macro you require is not included, you will be able to deconstruct the macros in this thread to create something for your specific requirements. Most of the commands are easy to adapt and only require some logical thinking. ****DICSLAIMER**** THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE WERE NOT CREATED BY ME. IF I AM ABLE TO, I WILL PUT A BRIEF ATTRIBUTION NOTE NEXT TO THEM BUT NO PROMISES, SO DO NOT HATE, PARTICIPATE. Also, just keep in mind that this guide is aimed at people who are not overly familiar with macros or people who have never used macros at all. It does not contain any ground breaking information or some amazing macroing sKeElZ. What are these macros you are talking about, good sir??!! Essentially macros allow you to perform several actions at once, in other words macros are good for automating certain aspects of the game. However, you can not macro together abilities that are both on the Global Cooldown - the 1 sec window where your buttons get greyed out after casting an ability - nor can you have complex conditionals as in, if Hunter's Mark is still up cast Serpent Sting; otherwise cast Hunter's Mark. WoW macros are designed to assist your gameplay, not automate it To make a macro type in /macro or click on the macro button in the main menu. Copy paste the text I included in the guide into the boxes. Then drag the button from the macro menu onto your action bar. A basic macro that you can try to start out using macros is something like this will cast hunter's mark on the target and send your pet to attack it. Leave the icon as the red "?" and it will change into the ability icon based on what your write at the start of the macro. The contents: Trap Launcher Macros - [TRP1] Aspect “Dancing” Macros - [ASP2] Removing Aspect Sounds - [SND3] Making the Aimed Shot Fire! Proc Work in Macros - [AIM4] Brief explanation of some macro commands - [MAC5A] Misc hunter macros - [MAC5B] Pet Related Macros - [PET6] Simply search for the text in the square brackets to jump to the part of the guide you want to see. |
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Edited by Strlder on 4/19/11 4:19 PM (PDT)
[TRP1] Trap Launcher Macros
Source : http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/775232-Trap-Launcher-Macro?p=9755761#post9755761 Current implementation of the trap launcher ability requires a non conventional macro to achieve best results. The following macros require two presses of the button. The first press will activate the trap launcher ability, the second press will bring up the targeting reticule/cross hair. These macro can be spam pressed. #showtooltip Explosive Trap#showtooltip Immolation Trap(Fire)#showtooltip Freezing Trap(Frost)#showtooltip Ice Trap(Frost)#showtooltip Snake Trap(Nature)[ASP2] Aspect “Dancing” Macros Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2135904088#1 The current implementation of hunter Aspects lends itself to macroing due to quality of life issue if you were to do it manually. The macros are by no means necessary but are used by the vast majority of players. /castsequence reset=1 !Aspect of the Fox, null You will want to include the Aspect of the Hawk casting line in all of your instant shots and Aimed Shot macros and Aspect of the Fox casting line in your cobra/steady shot macros (Terms and Conditions apply). Examples of full shot macros will be provided below in M AC5B. |
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Edited by Strlder on 4/19/11 4:27 PM (PDT)
[SND3] Removing Aspect Sounds
Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2112512625?page=1#1 *** If you choose to utilise the macros above you may find yourself wanting to break your speakers due to the constant aspect changing noise. Thus, while not strictly speaking a macro, I thought this would be an appropriate place to include this. *** Firstly, you will need to download an “add on” called Humbuzz-B-Gone http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/humbuzz-b-gone.aspx The “add on” contains a specifically designed, blank .wav file, the “add on” was not designed with the hunter class in mind and was made to address a different annoying WoW sound. You must ensure that the .wav file is extracted into (Your WoW Directory )\Data\Sounds\Spells – create the folders as necessary or extract it into the WoW directory folder and it should create the necessary folders itself. Rename the sound file to “AspectofTheHawk”. Depending on how your Windows is set up, you may have to call it “AspectofTheHawk.wav”, if you have the show file extensions option enabled. Make a copy of the sound file and name it “Pathfinding”, same proviso applies as above in regards to the file extension being included in the name or not. This will disable the aspect switching sounds, but only for your client. People around you will still hear the sound spam but at least YOU won’t go insane. If you want the sounds back all you have to do is simply delete the .wav files. If you have any further questions I would suggest you consult the source thread above or the curse page for Humbuzz-B-Gone. [AIM4] Making the Aimed Shot Fire! Proc Work in Macros Source : http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2228425471#1 The current implementation of the instant cast Aimed Shot proc means that if you simply include /cast Aimed Shot in a macro you are required to pause for a split second to shoot the Fire! proc Aimed Shot or it will come up with the “cannot do that while moving error”. While not a big deal, it can be annoying. The following is a work-around to account for this strange implementation of the proc in WoW. It assumes that you like to have your UI reasonably pretty and hides the “wasted” Aimed Shot key. This particular way is only applicable to people who use the Bartender add on or the default UI action bars. If you are not using Bartender at the moment, I would check it out. It is highly customisable and easy to configure add on and it can be found on http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/bartender4.aspx.What you will do next is essentially a three step process. Firstly you will need drag the aimed shot from your spell book onto your bars, then find the button ID for the button where you dragged the Aimed Shot to and then create a macro command that will make WoW “click” that button. This overcomes the shortcoming of the current implementation of the proc and will allow you to cast the Fire! proc on the move. Step 1 – ensure that you have an empty button where you can put the Aimed Shot skill. Drag the Aimed Shot skill from your spell book onto the empty button. Step 2 – type in /framestack and hit enter. Mouse over the button where you put Aimed Shot. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/rushun/framestack.jpg (for some reason you cannot see the cursor, however I am mousing over the 2nd button from the right on the left bar, while my actual aimed shot macro is on the top bar at the bottom.) You will see something like <2> BT4 Button XX, if you use bartender and <X> ActionButtonXX, if you use the default action bars. Essentially you need the line which says “XXButtonXX” The bolded parts above are what you will need to include in the macro in the next step. Step 3 – In your aimed shot macro include the following line /click BT4ButtonXX or /click ActionButtonXXMy Aimed Shot macro is: Personally, I put the spell book version of Aimed Shot on a bar that I always have hidden so as to not make my UI untidy. But obviously this is a personal preference, there is nothing stopping you from having the spell book Aimed Shot on one of your main bars. |
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Edited by Strlder on 9/28/11 4:32 PM (PDT)
[MAC5] Main Shots and other Misc Things
[MAC5A] Intro I would like to provide a brief explanation of the commands used in various macros, if you are not interested, you can just skip to the code boxes with the macros themselves. *** /use 10 – is an Engineer only command that uses the glove tinker (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=82175/synapse-springs#comments) *** /stopcasting /stopcasting For some reason hunters require two of these commands in their macros. This command is mainly used for interrupting the cast of Steady/Cobra Shots while in Aspect of the Fox, so it is a good idea to include it in all of your instant spell macros, especially for PvP. *** /use 15 – is an Engineer only command that uses parachute cloak tinker (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=55002/flexweave-underlay#comments). For hunters it is usually paired with disengage. While you can no longer use this tinker in arena, there is no reason to not have it in a macro unless you truly do nothing on WoW but arena. *** /cancelaura – cancels any named auras aka buffs that you currently have on you. The macros below use it to break hand of protection and deterrence but it can be used to cancel any named buff, eg Bladestorm. *** #showtooltip – displays the ability tooltip and also the icon if you leave the macro picture as the red “?” symbol. *** If you are interested in using item slot IDs in macros you can find the IDs at http://www.wowwiki.com/InventorySlotId*** /use is the same as /cast and will use an ability or an item. *** As you will see some of my macros utilise modifier keys. Depending on how I have the ability keybound I use different modifiers. Modifier commands available are [mod:alt] [mod:ctrl][mod:shift]I trust the above are self-explanatory. [nomod] Conditional command used if you want something to be cast when no modifier key is pressed. [mod] Conditional command to use if you want something to be cast when any of the modifier keys above are pressed. [MAC5B] Macros This is a basic, “start of your burst” PvE Macro. Currently, patch 4.06, the engineering tinker has a shared cooldown with on use trinkets and generally the trinkets will be used before the tinker. You may also want to have Call of the Wild bound separately because at the moment you are able to stack Call of the Wilds from different pets prior to pulling. You could also include “/castsequence reset=1 !Aspect of the Hawk, null” in this macro if you want. *** It is usually beneficial to manually cast on-use trinkets and stack them with other buffs/procs. Due to this and due to the lack of on-use trinkets in the game at the moment, I will omit the trinket line from the rest of the macros. If you are using an on-use trinket and would still like to macro it, simply use: /use [Name-of-the-On-Use-Trinket] or /use 13 [trinket slot 1] or /use 14 [trinket slot 2] in any of the shot macros below prior to the /cast "spell name" line *** Basic PvE/PvP Chimera Shot Macro. Will cancel BoP and deterrence and use racials/tinkers/ prior to letting Chimera Shot go off, while ensuring that you are in Aspect of the Hawk. Same as above but for Arcane Shot. Personally, because I am bad, I do not include /stopcasting commands in my Aimed Shot macro due to me liking to mash my keys and screwing up my Aimed Shot cast :<, whether you do or not is entirely up to you. |
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Edited by Strlder on 9/28/11 4:38 PM (PDT)
You should not be using these macros in PvE because any time spent in Aspect of the Fox is detrimental to your DPS (exceptions apply), however, this is a must for PvP. BUT even for PvP you should have another macro which will allow you to cast steady/cobra shot while in Aspect of the Hawk, for the times when you are not being targeted. The way I deal with this is to have another macro that I have used since WOTLK, after they put Kill Shot on the global cooldown. These macros cast Steady/Cobra Shot by default, and Kill Shot once you press alt. I use these macros in conjunction with the Steady/Cobra Shot on the move macros above that automatically cast Aspect of the Fox and it seems to work pretty well for me. A Scare Beast macro for druids and hunter pets. Will cast on a mouse over if one is available or on your current target. For this particular macro I do not think a focus-cast option is necessary. #showtooltipThe “!” before flare will ensure that the reticule does not disappear if you spam the ability, far from necessary and whether you use it or not is a matter of preference. Also works for other targeted abilities such as Heroic Leap. Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1772574002?page=1#1 A nifty macro which will use parachute cloak for the engineers out there and then cast disengage and raptor strike if your current target is in melee. This is particularly helpful for those who have  Glyph of Raptor Strike but since Raptor Strike does not cost anything to use nowadays, there is no reason to not have this in your macro regardless of whether you use the glyph or not. This macro is not ideal for PvE and I would have a separate Raptor Strike keybind for PvE or for when you simply do not want to disengage but want the glyph to proc in PvP. I personally do not use this macro but I know some people do. It will target the nearest enemy, cast raptor strike and return to your previous target. It is designed to proc Glyph of Raptor Strike in PvP while targeting somebody at range while a pet/melee is beating down on you. Targeting becomes “buggy” if your current target is in melee range so whether you chose to use this or not is up to youPretty obvious what this does. First of all it will interrupt you midcast to use deterrence and secondly it will cancel BoP, which prevents Deterrence being cast. A better version of my MD macro (Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2416111670?page=2#40). This macro casts misdirection on your focus if a focus is set, if no focus exists, it will cast it on your pet or mouse over. Great for soloing or raiding. This macro, and the macros to follow, prioritise your focus target if you press the modifier key (I use shift as shown in the example below), if no focus is set/shift is not pressed the spell will be cast on the mouse over target if one exists and if there is no mouseover target, it will be cast on your current target. It is possible to make this type of a macro for any ability, for example widow venom or cyclone. |
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Edited by Strlder on 4/21/11 7:38 PM (PDT)
#showtooltipSource: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2416153088?page=1#4 Will cancel buffs preventing your attacks, then scatter shot your mouse over and finally initiate the traplauncher => trap sequence and finally cast growl to kill grounding totems. This is my mount macro. I guess a macro like this is nowhere near as useful as it used to be now that we can fly around Azeroth, but it still comes in handy. Replace the Icebound drake with your flying mount and Venomhide with your ground mount. This command roughly doubles your camera zoom out distance. [PET6] Pet Related Macros Source: http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/180279-hunter-macro-thread/ Will use Master’s Call on a friendly mouse over target, if one exists, or will use it on the player. If you include team mates’ names, it will prioritise those over the caster and mouse over target, providing you press the associated modifier key. Same as above but for Roar of Sacrifice. Same macro can also be used for Intervene if you have an appropriate pet. THE pet ability macro. Will cast on a mouse over target, if one exists, or upon pressing alt on the focus target. Above are the four main abilities you will be using in PvP but will work for any other pet ability you may want to add. Just keep in mind that the macro is already at its character limit. You can check out http://www.wow-petopia.com/ for more info on hunter pets, such as their locations, levels, etc /cast [@pettarget] Growl This is a line that can be included in your PvP macros. It will force your pet to cast Growl on an enemy player, behaviour which is disabled by default. Growl consumes Grounding Totem thus enabling you to trap players in PvP without worrying about killing the Grounding totem manually. Generally, it is a good idea to combine it with a trap launcher macro. However, this does rely on your pet having a target and I believe may fail at times so you should still keep an eye out for the totems. *** Well this is all I can think of for now. I am pretty sure I included all of the macros I use plus a few that I found useful from elsewhere. If you have any additional macros that you think should be added let me know. Hopefully, when people search for hunter macros this thread will come up and there will no longer be people asking question on how to macro trap launcher etc. |
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Edited by Strlder on 1/12/12 3:06 AM (PST)
#showtooltip [pet:spider], [pet:monkey]. [pet: Bird of Prey] Roar Of recovery; [Pet:crab] InterveneSingle button macro for Roar of Recovery and Intervene. Since they are mutually exclusive (I think <.>) #showtooltip Dismiss PetSingle button pre-arena pet buff macro + summon my monkey which is slot 5 (change as appropriate) . #showtooltip Spirit MendA PvP orientated Spirit Mend macro, essentially the same as the Master's Call and Roar of Sacrifice macros above. A more PvE oriented version of spirit mend from Wolvergreen's BM PvE Guide ( http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3082030851#19 ). Here is his own explanation of what it does
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Nobody cares about macros! Good lord I do! Great post, thankyou for popping all of these in one place, great for reference and general use! Requesting Sticky~ |
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Edited by Dagunjin on 4/25/11 12:29 AM (PDT)
First great post!! Second for me I modified the above to ensure I was in Aspect of the Hawk while standing still as follows: I may also switch the order of the mod:alt so I can also "see" when Kill Shot is available to use on my action bar. Thirdly, I couldn't get the Scatter Shot macro you have listed to work in either of the three case (pet as focus, mouseover, my target). EDIT ->Typos on my end.<- WORKS as intended now thanks!! |
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Edited by Strlder on 4/20/11 9:44 PM (PDT)
i may or may not have screwed scatter/silencing shot macros up and other ones using the same syntax. Cause i was playing around with them and somehow managed to destroy them completely and had to rewrite them. I couldnt remember whether that was before or after I added them to the guide. I'll check tonight, soz in advance if it's my screw up >< |
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Edited by Dagunjin on 4/25/11 12:30 AM (PDT)
So does spell check count against me as a "huntard" :D. It's all good, working as intended. Typos on my part. Thanks again for useful post.
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Bookmarked.
requested sticky. |
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/liked, Bookmarked, Refrenced in the PVE MM hunter guide and Sticky requested.
Fabulous job! |
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Stickah! To the top!
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Very nice post.
Requested for sticky. Is it possible to write a macro to use Roar of Sacrifice with healbot? I've noticed that Works fine for me but if I need to give it to my team mates Doesn't work with healbot correctly. It's very unresponsive even my pet is not LoS'ing my team mate. Any thoughts? |
