Multi-Boxing Macro's 102

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Healing Macro's can be extremely varied depending on the Class Combinations you are using. Do you have Three DPS classes that can heal? Is there one dedicated healer? Obviously I can't answer these questions for you so I will deal less with the whole group and more with the Slave Healer. As per my last macro post I will use the focus method as I find it far more suitable when it comes to healing. I will also mention that although these Macro's can be used for PVP, they are far more suitable for PVE.

The Basics.

To start this of I am going to stick with a simple Macro for healing a specific Party Member.

Create a Macro called Regrowth 1. Give it the ? Icon.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=Master] regrowth

OK that’s all well and good but very limiting if you are going to group with other people as well.

Healing the Party.

Create a Macro called Regrowth 1. Give it the ? Icon.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=XXX] regrowth

OK here is the tricky part. If you have multiple healers, you will have to play with the order. Anyway, XXX will be equal to one of the following.
Player    This is you.
Party1    This is the Party Leader.
Party2    2nd member of Party.
etc up to Party4

I personally like making the MT the Party Leader so that I always know the most important person to heal;). Obviously to heal your entire party with this method requires 5 key bindings.

Single Button Healing.

This method of healing is very good for standard encounters that have little AOE. Ill start with the Macro and explain as I go.
Create a Macro called Regrowth. Give it the ? Icon.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focustarget,help] regrowth

Here is the first step. If the Target of the Master is a Friendly healer, you will heal them.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focustarget,help] regrowth;[target=focustargettarget,help] regrowth

In this example, The Focus is Master. His target is the Mob. So whoever the Mob is attacking will get healed.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focustarget,help] regrowth;[target=focustargettarget,help] regrowth

Off Healing?

OK, time to mix it up. My healing Druid is usually specced Dreamstate. I can heal and do DPS. I am going to use Modifier keys. I will assume I will attack more than heal, for this reason I will make it that the modifiers are for Healing Spells. I will also use the Shift Modifier just out of my preference. Feel free to use CTRL or ALT.

#showtooltip Wrath
/cast [target=focustarget,help,modifier:shift] regrowth;[target=focustargettarget,help,modifier:shift] regrowth;[target=focustarget,harm] Wrath

Lets Step through the final result. You will notice I put in a spell name after the #showtooltip command. This is so the icon doesn’t change based on the shift key being held down. Here are the three broken down parts of the Macro with their descriptions.

[target=focustarget,help,modifier:shift] regrowth
    If Shift key is held down, Heal the Target of the Master.
[target=focustargettarget,help,modifier:shift] regrowth
   If Shift key is held down, Heal the target of the creature that is targeted by the master.
[target=focustarget,harm] Wrath
   Cast Wrath at the Target of the Master.

I think these two guides should give everyone a good start into Multi-Boxing. Everyone tends to develop their own style of play and no doubt your Macro's Evolution will follow that style as you go.

Please feel free to ask any questions or comment on this post or just Macro's in General. My next post on this topic will be titled L2Play. How will that relate to Macro's?

Good Luck.

Razorbax