Is it possible to macro cover into covering your closest party member?

Uhm, yeah. Like would it be possible to create a macro, and have it instantly use cover on your closest ally?

Also off-topic, but what would be the input to make provoke activate followed by shield lob? I'm new to macro-managing and I haven't been able to get this one to work properly :S.

/ac "Provoke" <t>
/wait .5
/ac "Shield Lob" <t>

Not sure why you would want to use Cover on a random party member near you.
Why not use <tt> (target's target) and stay on the mob. If the mob starts attacking someone else you just press the macro and Cover the person that takes damage.

EDIT: This only works if the person taking damage got the brain to run to you instead of kiting the mob around ofc.

and as far as I know decimals get rounded, so 0.5 is actually 1.
I don't macro them, so I didn't try, but it should also work without /wait if you press the button twice. The macro would just use the 1st ability and if you press again, the 2nd.
But for tank swaps I'd keep a seperate provoke so you can follow it with a SB or RoH combo for a nice spike in hate.

Hm that is the current macro I have now. Covers targets target. But what if the atttack is an aoe? What if a handful of mobs rushes to the healer and I would like to cover them followed be a flash? These are situations where I think this macro would prove beneficial.

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Originally Posted by Skyler_Hawkins

/ac "Provoke" <t>
/wait .5
/ac "Shield Lob" <t>

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Remove the /wait .5 and leave as is. Tap the button twice and you're golden (although I discourage this macro because pulling with Voke is a silly idea unless you need to pull something 25y away)

As for Cover, try using /ac "Cover" <mo>. Just mouse over the person you're trying to target

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Originally Posted by NintenPyjak64

Remove the /wait .5 and leave as is. Tap the button twice and you're golden (although I discourage this macro because pulling with Voke is a silly idea unless you need to pull something 25y away)

As for Cover, try using /ac "Cover" <mo>. Just mouse over the person you're trying to target

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or, maybe, they aren't pulling with it, and want a 1 button solution to quickly recover a loose mob.. unless he does intend to pull with it, which I'm with you on that one ;P

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Originally Posted by TurboSol

or, maybe, they aren't pulling with it, and want a 1 button solution to quickly recover a loose mob.. unless he does intend to pull with it, which I'm with you on that one ;P

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Yeah, it was situations exactly like that where a loose mob would target a dps, or worse a healer.

Anyway I figured it out.

/micon "cover"
/targetpc
/ac "cover" <t>

Works like a charm.

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Originally Posted by Skyler_Hawkins

/ac "Provoke" <t>
/wait .5
/ac "Shield Lob" <t>

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You don't need that wait command. Since Provoke has a cd, it will automatically use shield lob after provoke by tapping it twice.

I tried the /ac "Cover" <tt> for a while but found that sometimes it didn't work too well, for me anyways.
/ac "Cover" <t> works just fine for me as I can just select the player that needs it due to the way my HUD is set up and they get covered right away. Also include a little blurb with your cover, to let em know. Mine has a message stating who I am using it on and how long it lasts, then a secondary to let them know when it has worn.

Shield lob is correct in that
/ac "Provoke" <t>
/wait 1
/ac "Shield Lob" <t>

works just fine.

Also on blurbs with your macros, DON'T add text to all of them, just the important ones you use that need communication to your party, i.e. Cover, HG, Bash(this one is fight dependent, for stun locks), maybe for voke. Mostly I use it for cover and HG, oh and that ever so rare occasion I get to LB ^.^

Syn

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Originally Posted by Thaliss

As you can't make a macro cover for the nearest

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not true :O

i seem to remember something like /targetpc targetted the closest person to you, that was years ago though

Let's see. I dug these out of my bookmarks. See if they might help a bit.

Clicky

Clicky again!

Yet another CLICKY!!!

That last one has what you are looking for. Under Targeting Commands. As SheepySheepy stated, /targetpc is the syntax.

I bet we all knew that just didn't realize it ^.^

Syn

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Originally Posted by ks3v3n

not true :O

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hi, thx for correcting me but could you please indicate how? :)

EDIT : Indeed it is in the glossary lodestone text commands

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/targetpc, /tpc
USAGE: /targetpc
Targets the closest PC within a certain radius.

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Thanks sheepysheepy and Synestr :)

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Originally Posted by Coatl

Yeah, it was situations exactly like that where a loose mob would target a dps, or worse a healer.

Anyway I figured it out.

/micon "cover"
/targetpc
/ac "cover" <t>

Works like a charm.

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I also posted it in the 1st page. ;x

I use cover on mouse over. Gives me lots of quick options.

I'm working but its something along the lines of;

/micon cover
/AC cover <mo>
/AC cover <t>
/p cover <mo>

This allows me to use party list, focus target frame or in the game space to apply cover. If I don't have a valid mo then it'll cast on <t> if valid.

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Originally Posted by Coatl

I also posted it in the 1st page. ;x

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my bad missed it :P

I just started using cover, works great as
/ac cover <tt>
/ac cover <t>
/p cover, run to tank

Used it once so far, just changed macros,again, ran horrible, 2 drg fighting to steal my aggro and I'm used to war for dungeons but I got all 3 commendations. Healer missed the blue circle in halitalli, covered perfect and the tag lets them know

Hey, here's my cover macro

/micon Cover
/ac Cover <mo>
/ac Cover <t>
/ac Cover <f>
/ac Cover <tt>

The order of targets here is particularly useful if you have a HUD that centers your party list a bit, such as here: http://i.imgur.com/TMpTPVe.png

<mo> targets mouseover target, so you just have to hover over the person or person's name you want to Cover
<t> lets you fall back to a targeted player if you're in a position where you need that.
<f> targets your /focustarget. Just click your most likely to need cover party member (healer) and type /focustarget. This will keep their name on screen, and you can target them with macros. I like this as a healer, too, for my tanks. This is the general fallback target if the other two conditions aren't met.
<tt> is last because it's really the least precise targeting method. If the above conditions don't apply, you can fall back on this, and assume it'll get it done.

I like the idea of using a /p message, as Killabye did. Might have to use that!