Archer DPS; the Macro.

[Arkann]

Hey everyone, sorry for hijacking an old thread, but I wanted to share a macro I just tested to see if it worked (it does), and ask you what you think about it.

/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t> <wait.1>
/echo Bloodletter macro ended ! <se.7>

Basically, it's a macro that prevents you from missing any River of Blood proc without having to look at your hotbar. You click the macro once, and every second (for 14 seconds) it will check if Bloodletter is available and use it if it is. Meanwhile you just play as usual and reuse the macro when you hear the sound effect.

This is suboptimal though, because it may used BL over your GCD abilities.

It doesn't, it occasionally cancels a GCD ability's animation, but the ability is still used.

That macro with the chain of bloodletters wont do anything useful because you can't have one macro running in the background while you do other things. As soon as you hit any other skill it would cancel that macro... so the only way it would actually work would be if you pressed it and then stood there for 14 seconds waiting for it to go off in case it proc'd.

Wrong, I tested it extensively before I posted this, and it did work (and still does). The macro is only aborted if you disengage a target (the sound will play and inform you to reuse it).

[pandabearcat]

This is suboptimal though, because it may used BL over your GCD abilities.

Better to just make a macro of every ability and mash it.

You will never miss a BL if you simply wait for it between GCDs.

[Draegon]

The only macro i use for BRD is a bloodletter on each normal rotation ability. Even then I always put the ability before bloodletter in the rotation. At the worst you double press the macro to make sure both cast. I.E.
/macroicon "Windbite"
/ac "Windbite" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
This ensures while i'm following normal rotation/priority that i pop out my bloodletter procs ASAP and i have noticed damage going through the roof for me as I am a little older player with reflexes that are not the best anymore lol.
This would be the simplest/easiest macro to use if you are having problems keeping track of bloodletter procs since they can happen extremely frequently sometimes.

[Seku]

if you're the type of player who has trouble keeping track of your rotation go train on a training dummy as thats what their designed for.

FTFY

Ps: Don't use macro's ever. Learn to play the game.

[AskaRay]

Honestly am I the only one who doesn't find it hard to watch the Bloodletter icon to see if it procs?
....like, just watch it? It's right there.

[SunnyHirose]

My eyes strain before my fingers do. I just have it bound to the most mashable button and hit it a few times between GCDs whenever nothing else has priority. I never end up watching it.

[Drachnyen]

This is why you don't use macros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=254&v=czzLF4IfFaM

[Buff_Archer]

That macro with the chain of bloodletters wont do anything useful because you can't have one macro running in the background while you do other things. As soon as you hit any other skill it would cancel that macro... so the only way it would actually work would be if you pressed it and then stood there for 14 seconds waiting for it to go off in case it proc'd.

[m3eansean]

Dont macro GCD abilities as a DPS. You will perform noticeably worse than a player that can press all the buttons manually due to the built in wait time with macro commands.

If you want to be taken seriously, don't use them for DPS.