Small macro feature request: allow multiple placeholder targets for one command

[Ayat]

It would be very nice if a single command, such as /action, could have multiple placeholders in preferential order.

For example, let's assume the following macro:

/action "Physick" <mo>
/action "Physick" <t>
/action "Physick" <me>

This will, in practice, attempt to cast Physick on your mouseover target, then on your regular target, and then on yourself.

What I'm asking is being able to simplify the macro to something like this:

/action "Physick" <mo>;<t>;<me>

This would have huge gameplay value to me, because currently I'm using the first macro, and it has an issue related to macro delay. It's possible to use the macro right before your skill comes off of cooldown, which causes the first line of the macro to fail because the ability is on cooldown, but by the time the second line executes the ability is off of cooldown and the ability is cast on an undesired target.

Thanks for your time!

[ValkyrieL]

There are VERY limited useful macros for combat, trying to macro action is bad, u will never be a good player if macro on combat

[Dante_V]

There are VERY limited useful macros for combat, trying to macro action is bad, u will never be a good player if macro on combat

Heals =/= Combat. Healing doesn't necessitate a continuous spam of a gcd therefore a gcd delay overtime won't be a loss as it would with dps.

[Ayat]

There are VERY limited useful macros for combat, trying to macro action is bad, u will never be a good player if macro on combat

For most cases this is true, because macros do not use the ability queue system, and will thus slightly decrease the amount of skill uses per minute.

However, with healing you will practically never be in a situation where it's absolutely critical to have no delay at all between heals, so this isn't as big of an issue with healing abilities.

Healers (especially Scholars) also have to do a lot of target swapping: they need to DPS the enemies, heal the tank, and spot heal any group damage that happens. Mouseover macros let you deal with this multitasking very rapidly, and make it much easier to eg. cast Physick on the tank while simultaneously telling your fairy to heal DPSers who have taken damage.

[Nadirah]

WoW's macro system works like this, and you can set conditionals to it.

/cast [@mouseover][help, nodead] [] spell name

Will cast on mouse over, friendly target that is alive, and yourself if those conditions are not met.

I also had macros that would cast heals if my mouse over or hard target was friendly, but attacks and offensive spells if hostile on my Mistweavers monk.

Macros like that would save a *lot* of space on hoybars for my Scholar...

[Nadirah]

There are VERY limited useful macros for combat, trying to macro action is bad, u will never be a good player if macro on combat

DPS, sure.

Healers use macros a *lot*.