Macro Help, Pretty Please?

[rogersj9878]

Hey dudes, I wanted to make a few macros, but I don't know the proper wait times, nor where to even begin with a Google search, so I figured to ask you...

I want to make a few macros, but first and foremost, I want one for Rampart and Convalesence (sp?) to both go off together (or rather, one, then the other). Seems to me if I need one, the other probably isn't far behind, and I'd like to clear up a spot on my toolbars, which I'm sure you can all understand. Problem is, what is the wait I need between them? Experimenting is really not that viable, since they have quite long cool-downs. Something to make the healer's job easier, and keep me alive, in one nice shot.

Also, and this one gets tricky, because I have no idea the wait times or if this is even possible, BUT...

I want to get an, "Oh shit" button, utilizing cover, but I don't want to ACTUALLY click the person targeted because... well, that's stupid, and other things need done immediately after anyway, and with the targeting system being rather slow and spotty, I'd like like to minimize that, if possible. I want to be able to click a target (targeting a friendly), and then target OF target cover (i.e. I click monster, it targets monster's target and initiates cover), then back to monster for provoke, followed with shield lob. I think you guys get what I'm going for here, yes?

[Brannigan]

/macroicon "Cover"
/action "Cover" <t>
/action "Cover" <tt>
/wait 1
/p Activating Cover <se.9> on <t> or <tt>
/tell <t> YOU ARE COVERED
/tell <tt> YOU ARE COVERED


and then I remembered that tells don't work in dungeons.

Covers target if it is a friendly player, covers target of target if you have a monster targeted.

[evilneko]

Hi, I'm using something similar to what you have requested but have edited to suit your preference.

This is for the "Oh-Shi*" button you have requested;

/macroicon "Provoke"
/mk off <t> *replace <t> with <mo> for mouse over target"
/target <t> *replace <t> with <mo> for mouse over target"
/ac "Cover" <t>
/ac "Cover" <tt>
/wait 1
/ac "Provoke" <t>
/enemysign cross <t>
/targetenemy
/target <attack1>
/wait 1
/ac "Shield Lob" <cross>
/mk off <cross>

Let me briefly explain what it does, firstly there are <t> and <tt> of the same actions so that it works no matter if you select friendly player or the monster (shield-lob won't work if you select Friendly instead of monster).
As I play using the controller, and I use sub-target selection instead of changing targets manually so I have added in semi-automatic target reselect so you don't lose focus of your main target that you currently tanking.

What it does after you select the monster that is loose/running around with either sub-target or mouse-over;
1) "Cover" on the friendly that monster is targeting
2) "Provoke" on the monster
3) Marks the monster with a Cross sign
4) Retarget automatically back to monster marked 1 or nearest monster if none marked
5) Toss a "Shield-Lob" automatically to Cross marked monster without changing your target so you can continue on main target
6) Remove Cross mark from monster

Macro for the Rampart and Convalescence;

/macroicon "Rampart"
/ac "Rampart" <me>
/ac "Convalescence" <me>

To use this, you need to rapidly press hotkey 2 times to use 2 of them, I prefer this way so you can toggle 1 only if you only need 1 defensive buff. But if you prefer to use both of them in a keypress, add /wait 2 in-between as Instant cast still need about a 1-2 sec pause to trigger.

*Lastly due to the amount of lines macro have, it will be advisable to disable error messages from your chat filter else it will be flooded with error messages* Under character configuration > Log window settings > Log Filters > Announcements > Error Messages