DRK Macros

[liljramos88]

Ok so I never tanked before and so I picked up DRK I will like to know wat Macros are being used. Pls help!!!

[ZhycranaDranix]

INB4 Using macros for anything aside from swift cast + raise is pretty much a no go , unless you're tying in your pet abilities i.e Eos

Other than that as a Tank I dont think there is anything you can ''macro'' as certain defensive cool downs might be used situational and majority of fights you have to spread the use of your CDs.

I dunno I haven't played DRK but putting macros on attack skills and CDs are just bad

[ZanderJS]

If you have not tanked before, I really don't think it's a good idea for you to start off with Dark Knight.
It would be better to start with Gladiator/Paladin.

Anyways, here are the macros I use (brought over from Paladin):
1. Provoke with Power Slash then Unmend (depending on the distance between you and your target, you will use the relevant skill accordingly).
2. Hard Slash with Bloodlust and Mercy Stroke (this helps with slight mitigation and damage and also allows you to use the slots for Bloodlust and Mercy Stroke for other skills.)

[Lorielle]

There's really only two things to Macro.

1. Provoke(Just so people know you provoked)
2. Living Dead(Just in case you do hit Walking Dead, Healers can get you up)

Anything more is just letting people know you're popping CDs

[Kiteless]

Short of macroing messages to important skills (already mentioned above), there's really not much by way of good reasons to use macros on DRK. While there is a massive and cumbersome skill bloat to work through, most of them tend to be so situational that you won't be activating most of them in the same way and order all the time. You're just better off learning to use each skill individually, really.

[Skypirate]

Sure there are macro's you will want as a tank. Macros saying you just used a certain CD. Macro's numbering mobs and Macro's after you just use provoke saying someone should watch their aggro or something like that comes to mind as necessary.

[DaemonSensei]

Do any of you macro all your defensive cool-downs like the WAR guide showed?

It seems like a decent idea, and I would rather not have every button on every bar filled.

[TouchandFeel]

I am mostly against heavy macro use as I feel fine control is more beneficial than the ease of automation from macros.

IMO as a tank you should mainly only have macros that are for callouts and information.
The ones that I use are:
- Provoke (macros together a party chat callout "Provoke used", the Provoke ability followed up by a ranged agro ability such as shield lob or unmend, all tank jobs should have a macro like this)
- Living Dead (macros together a party chat callout saying " Living Dead used", plays a sou lnd effect to drawn attention to the chat callout and activates the ability).
- Walking Dead state (does a party chat callout "Walking Dead state active" and plays a sound effect to draw attention to the callout)
- Tank Swap (does a party callout for "Tank Swap" and plays a sound.)

[Rampage]

I play with a controller so I feel some stuff needs to be macroed or else it becomes unmanageable: I Macro In /ac "Blood Weapon" <me> /ac "Bloodbath" <me> /wait /ac "Blood Weapon" <me> /ac "Bloodbath" <me> . This is a great one because it saves you a button since you cannot use blood weapon in grit. Sometimes you blow a bloodbath when OTing but I dont mind that too much, and if you time your abilities right you can interrupt the bloodbath from going off.

I am thinking of doing: /macroicon "Low blow" /ac "reprisal" /ac "low blow" to save another button since those skills get woven in similarly. I have a 60% size icon for reprisal floating around on my screen to know when its up.

The main problem with macros is that the skills dont get queued in so when you press the button if you are not able to execute the action right then it can mess up

[Sephiren]

I also play with a controller. I use some macros situationally.

Power Combo Reprisal(I put Reprisal on every part of the combo, so I'll list just one and you can assume it's the same for the rest of it, just switch with the other skills)

/ft
/ac "Reprisal" <t>
/ac "Hard Slash" <t>

I find it very useful since I would like to use Reprisal once it`s available, also freeing 1 slot on my hotbar.
OBS: Pay attention to positioning since using Reprisal gets you stuck on place when using it. Keep that in mind when you are facing a boss that needs you to constantly move around.

Darkness

/ac "Shadowskin" <me>
/ac "Shadow Wall" <me>

Just so you can free more slot and use all mitigation you have. 1 press for Shadowskin and the second press for Shadow Wall when you get that momment "Oh crap"

Also I`m considering to making one using DA with SE for when I turn DS on, since SE rotation keeps my MP good and I would do some more DMG while replenishing HP.