DRK Macros

[Syfer22]

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I actually do have modifiers (regular hotbar, CTRL hotbar, ALT hotbar) and I have one of those MMO mice (worth it). The only issue is I tend to use buttons 1-8 because those are the only ones I can reliably reach with my thumb with any form of comfort/accuracy.

I also have a hotbar with clickable stuff that isn't bound to any keys. Honestly, if I cared more, I would train my thumb to use the other keys, but it gets uncomfortable. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

And your numbers on Foresight are interesting. I'll be the first to admit that part of the reason I macro'd it to Shadowskin is because it felt like something to pop just to pop it. You're going to make me actually take it more seriously!

[Ralvenom]

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

Seems to me that the only macros you really need are macros that announce things to...less aware...healers (dungeon runs & such) or to mark things:
Example:
/ac "Holmgang"
/s I just used Holmgang! Make sure I don't die when the 6 seconds are up!

[Giantbane]

I will test this when I get in game. But in all honesty, I do not think that Reprisal falls into this category because it is not on the GCD so the macro forcing the action to wait for the GCD to completely end is wrong, and I have seen it work in my favor every time because I can literally mash the ability (or just simply press the button again during the GCD) and Reprisal is cast immediately, no delay at all.

As Gardes said, the issue isn't that Reprisal is going to get delayed (it will slightly due to animation lock and what not, but that's not that big a deal). The problem is that all your combo skills (Hard Slash, Power Slash, etc, etc, etc) will be slightly delayed. Those are the skills that will have to wait till the end of the GCD to activate.

Another note:
Foresight is getting to the point where it's not bad to use for physical fights, it is better than Dark Dance for any physical tank buster. I did tests before alexander on normal mobs and then went into alexander and looked at the numbers there too. For me foresight provides a 16% damage reduction on physical attacks. So foresight is not an ability you just pop because you were bored anymore, it's actually not bad.

O.o ... srs?

[Falgern]

O.o ... srs?

You're free to try it out yourself, check numbers with and without foresight and you'll see it's actually not bad with this high ilvl

[ShaolinMike]

Aside from the customary universal tank macros (provoking so-and-so enemy for tank swap, "I just used walking dead"), I've been able to get away with just macroing Shadowskin/Bloodbath, since they're on the same cooldown timer. I am also in favor of Foresight; it's the same damage mitigation of Shadowskin. It sits on a longer timer but can be rotated in along with the other defensive cooldowns just fine.