What makes RDM an easy DPS?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

What I'd like to see happen is for Verfire and Verstone replace Jolt when their respective procs trigger. It would eliminate two buttons from the action bar and reduce the required finger gymnastics. It's how I currently play RDM via macros. Yea yea, I hear all the "macros shouldn't be used for dps" comments already, but I'm old, my hands don't work so well, and it makes RDM comfortable for me to play. I also manage to perform adequately with it.

Right now I basically have my primary action bar set up with Veraero in #1, a macro that combines Jolt, Verstone, & Verfire in #2, and Verthunder in #3. This basically let's me cast Jolt/Verstone/Verfire with one button and bounce between that and Veraero/Verthunder with only 3 buttons. My macro also has the off cooldowns so I use them as soon as they are available

/macroicon "Jolt"
/merror off
/ft
/ac "Fleche" <t>
/ac "Contre Sixte" <t>
/ac "Verstone" <t>
/ac "Verfire" <t>
/ac "Jolt" <t>

It may not be "optimal" but it sure feels a lot better to play with the macro than without due to my age and hand issues. I don't have to be a 20-something concert pianist to perform well enough that I'm not a burden to my party.


Here's my action bar setup:


You'll notice I have a non-macroed Jolt, Verfire and Verstone on my bar as well. The non-macroed Jolt is there for Scorch since putting /ac "Scorch" <t> at the top of the macro doesn't work. I have Verfire/Verstone on the bar so I can see the procs, and if necessary, use the manual buttons, but 90% of the time the macro works well enough for me. I keep the OCD abilities on my bar for occasions where I need to hit them manually as well. I'd also love to see the melee combo sans Displacement (so I can choose between Displacement or Engagement as needed) combined into a single button like pvp.