DRK Macros

[Rampage]

How does the shadowskin / shadow wall work for you? I only use this type of macro when I dont think the order of skills is important since sometimes it picks one or the other. But in this case you wouldn't want it to waste a wall when skin is up. Ill give it a try though. Another one I use is /ac convalescence /ac awareness /wait /ac convalescence /ac awareness. There are very few times I would remember to use awareness otherwise, and it gives a bit of mitigation to convalescence which only buffs incoming heals but does not reduce damage.

[BlueThunder]

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Macroing Shadowskin and Shadow Wall together in one button is the worst idea you can ever have...

I supose its fair if you want to free yourself 1 button for the Reprisal part, but you'll be mashing the button constantly if you want it to work properly O.o.

Also... Reprisal doesn't lock you in the ground. I can move freely around when I use it myself. And I don't have it macroed, I have every single skill on a button.

[Hurz]

I also have my physical mitigation CDs macro'd to one slot. And no, you dont mash the button.
The game tries to cast the skills in the succession they're listed and skips the ones on Cooldown. And if there's no wait between the casts it will only cast one Spell, the first one available in the list.
I've arranged my CDs from shortest to longest - that way you can use you "inexpensive" CDs regularly and if the fight gets harder you can pop your stronger Cooldowns on top of or after that.

It's pretty much the only macro I use on DRK but I find it incredibly useful.

[Casualty]

I keep Blood Weapon and Blood Price on the same macro, with Blood Weapon as the first action. In Grit, it just ignores the first action and I cast Blood Price. Outside of Grit, it casts Blood Weapon as the first action. I don't typically tie cooldowns together, but its unlikely for me to need Weapon if I'm tanking or Price if I'm not.

[Velstriker]

Ive got 2 macros that I use to help with skill bloat because I use a controller. /ac Shadowskin /wait .5 /ac Bloodbath These 2 skills share the same cooldown and I dont think Bloodbath is that good that it would ever be used on its own. The other macro is /ac Sole Survivor /ac Mercy Stroke, not having a wait command between these 2 moves means the first press puts Sole Survivor on, then I play the "see if I can time Mercy Stroke for the final hit " game. They are very non intrusive macros and free up just enough space on my crossbar for everything else. Hope this helps, I tried not using macros because I feel they can be a bit wonky at times, but combining a few cross class abilities like these with similar moves I do use, seemed to work out.

[Sephiren]

Macroing Shadowskin and Shadow Wall together in one button is the worst idea you can ever have...

I supose its fair if you want to free yourself 1 button for the Reprisal part, but you'll be mashing the button constantly if you want it to work properly O.o.

Also... Reprisal doesn't lock you in the ground. I can move freely around when I use it myself. And I don't have it macroed, I have every single skill on a button.

Why is it the worst idea? 1 press for Shadowskin and if its out and you need Wall, just press again and it will skip SS since its on CD and you will get SW. Don`t see why its the worst idea...

About reprisal, yeah, it does not lock me anymore, I guess it was some kind of bug or anything, works fine now.

I also have my physical mitigation CDs macro'd to one slot. And no, you dont mash the button.
The game tries to cast the skills in the succession they're listed and skips the ones on Cooldown. And if there's no wait between the casts it will only cast one Spell, the first one available in the list.
I've arranged my CDs from shortest to longest - that way you can use you "inexpensive" CDs regularly and if the fight gets harder you can pop your stronger Cooldowns on top of or after that.

It's pretty much the only macro I use on DRK but I find it incredibly useful.

That`s the point. Totally agree.

[DaemonSensei]

Why is it the worst idea? 1 press for Shadowskin and if its out and you need Wall, just press again and it will skip SS since its on CD and you will get SW. Don`t see why its the worst idea...

About reprisal, yeah, it does not lock me anymore, I guess it was some kind of bug or anything, works fine now.



That`s the point. Totally agree.

This is exactly why I asked. I personally think it's a great idea and makes life THAT much easier.

Read through the old WAR guide post I mention and tell me his explanation doesn't make complete sense.

[Rampage]

Ive been using /reprisal /low blow /wait /reprisal /lowblow its actually working great when they are both up its quick enough to get both skills in without affecting GCD

[ScytheSniper]

Gotta love these people saying "Hurr durr, macro's make you bad bro!"

No... no they dont...

For instance, I have Reprisal attached to every combo skill on my bar (Hard Slash, Spinning Slash, Power Slash, Syphon Strike, Souleater) This allows me to use reprisal immediately every time its up without wasting a slot on my bar for it. Since its off GCD and doesn't break combo's there is literally no reason for every DRK to not do this.

I also have Dark Arts attached to both Dark Mind and Dark Dance, since neither of these skills should really ever be used without the Dark Arts augment.

[LurcherReno]

Maybe im playing wrong but sometimes If i have a big pull ill put reprisal on another target seeing as theres no point putting it on a target thats dieing fairly quick...... That could be a reason not to..