Mouseover Macros

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Can someone explain to me the benefit using this mouseover macro, or the macro itself for healing? Until now I never use any macro except notification I resurrect someone or prevent double virus.

I can't really think of one. That macro seems incredibly clunky and pointless <_>

1) Unnecessary harder to target when two or more players are stacked up
2) It cannot target through enemies
3) You cannot run a timed macro with gimmicks like these

While it is possible to bypass the whole targeting issue by targeting through the party list, I can't understand why you wouldn't just click/F-key that player instead and get a 100% visible confirmation you're actually targeting the right person.

[Katlyna]

People who use mouse over healing almost always use the party list. In WoW raiding people were generally observed to be faster and more responsive at healing via mouse over macros in comparison to your average person trying to manually target people (via whatever method). Simply put manual targeting means that you are making an additional key press (while mouse over macro means you are shifting your mouse slightly). None the less mouse over healing is personal preference. Most people folks in this game are less inclined to use mouse over healing, partially because of how damage is dealt in this game and due the fact that there are only 8 party members (even for raiding).

Probably the biggest selling point on macro healing is many players are bad at F-keying targets (remembers someones position in the list finding that key and then healing them is not exactly a fast process). Likewise mousing over the party list and selecting a character requires one more click.

Also mouse over healing means you can keep a target in selection at all times (like the boss) making DPS more responsive.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

You restrict the freedom of your cursor with this kind of gimmick, though. You can't use the mouse over macro AND look/rotate around as you'll need the cursor on a target before the spell is being cast till it's actually being cast. I don't think the whole "one extra click" reason make it worthwhile to use a clunky macro. You can change your target while on cast/GCD and queue up your next spell/ability without restricting your mouse on top/next to the party list.

[Katlyna]

You can change your target while on cast/GCD and queue up your next spell/ability without restricting your mouse on top/next to the party list

You can do that if you use F-key targeting, yes. None the less F-key targeting is pretty darn clunky. That is an incredible amount of keyboard movement to get the job done IMO. Personally speaking I find myself able to mouse over someone and stay there, doing all my normal raid movement with forward, and strafing. Once I need to reface I slip my mouse an inch to the right off the party faceplates and then right click and do any shifting. Ultimately I find mouse over healing is less movement by either physical hand in comparison to F-key targeting, which for me means faster healing.

But again, ones choice of targeting is personal preference.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

You can do that if you use F-key targeting, yes. None the less F-key targeting is pretty darn clunky. That is an incredible amount of keyboard movement to get the job done IMO. Personally speaking I find myself able to mouse over someone and stay there, doing all my normal raid movement with forward, and strafing. Once I need to reface I slip my mouse an inch to the right off the party faceplates and then right click and do any shifting. Ultimately I find mouse over healing is less movement by either physical hand in comparison to F-key targeting, which for me means faster healing.

But again, ones choice of targeting is personal preference.

You COULD change the keybinds if some F-keys are hard to reach for you