Must-have macro for any mage.

[Itseotle]

You can just have Face Target itself as a keybind, and not have to waste it on a macro space or pairing it with a GCD. Default is F I believe.

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.

good god no, legacy is terrible. especially as a tank or melee. all those missed auto attacks

If your missing auto attacks as a legacy control user, then you don;t know how to properly move your character.

[aisustrong]

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.



If your missing auto attacks as a legacy control user, then you don;t know how to properly move your character.

I turned legacy off back when I was on KB
main reason being I often pull groups and aim them at a wall, so I want to see them all at an angle that is basically facing my characters feet

[AkashiXI]

good god no, legacy is terrible. especially as a tank or melee. all those missed auto attacks

Nope, lock onto the target. If you don't like it, use non legacy. Saying something is terrible because it's not your preference is like saying controllers are inferior to a kb/mouse (in 14) because you play better with one over the other.

[aisustrong]

Nope, lock onto the target. If you don't like it, use non legacy. Saying something is terrible because it's not your preference is like saying controllers are inferior to a kb/mouse (in 14) because you play better with one over the other.

lock on is bad for tanking anything that has any aoe other than a frontal cone
running backwards is slower and derpy, especially if you need to navigate around some thing you can't walk over, like a tree or some big pile of rubble
good for monk though

[SeraviEdalborez]

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.

It has a use on most classes. The only ones it doesn't have a supremely obvious use for are BRD and tanks.

Casters/DPSing Healers: Obvious.
Melee DPS: Use during LB cast time.

It's a useful key to have bound in virtually all situations. Why waste the macro space when you can have a universal button for it? Do you bind Sprint separately on each class? Mount? LB? Jump?

[AkashiXI]

lock on is bad for tanking anything that has any aoe other than a frontal cone
running backwards is slower and derpy, especially if you need to navigate around some thing you can't walk over, like a tree or some big pile of rubble
good for monk though

You then proceed to take off lock-on. Regardless of the situation, you won't be able to run backwards efficiently while DPSing something in front of you.

[Itseotle]

It has a use on most classes. The only ones it doesn't have a supremely obvious use for are BRD and tanks.

Casters/DPSing Healers: Obvious.
Melee DPS: Use during LB cast time.

It's a useful key to have bound in virtually all situations. Why waste the macro space when you can have a universal button for it? Do you bind Sprint separately on each class? Mount? LB? Jump?

I don't bind LB, just click it, but personally I only use a face target button/macro on casting classes (WHM/BLM/SMN/SCH) and just use smart movement and the "Automatically face target when performing actions" option checked in my character settings. I do not like lock-on, as I find it slightly annoying when I have to move, because I basically only ever move either by strafing or running forward, so I don't miss my AA's. But thats just me and how it works for me. Your milage may vary.