Pre-pull Buffing

[Snowmane]

Is there an easy way to do "pre-pull" buffing. Previously I have self-targeted the tank, then triggered melee auto attack. This is kind of close to what I want (though my defiler now refuses to cast any wards on the tank , no idea why)

What I really want is to setup a macro on each toon called "PreBuff" and have a singl e button on the MCP that triggers that (or is there a way of a single MCP button calling multiple actions).

Any help appreciated

 

[Mara]

Add a ward as a combat ability not a heal at the bottom of your cast stack target self activate auto attack, reason you add it at the bottom is you dont your defiler spamming wards constantly (or maybe you do idk). Works for me. If its not working try taking turn attack off. Hope it will work for you too.

 

[Kannkor]

Add a ward as a combat ability not a heal at the bottom of your cast stack target self activate auto attack, reason you add it at the bottom is you dont your defiler spamming wards constantly (or maybe you do idk). Works for me. If its not working try taking turn attack off. Hope it will work for you too.

This.
I personally use put 2.
STWard - Combat | @Tank
GroupWard - Combat | @Tank

GroupWard - Combat | @PCTarget

That way if your tank turns on attack (like you suggested) OR if whoever you are assisting turns on attack, buffs start rolling.

If you really wanted a MCP button, you could make one with a bunch of -casts in it.
Click here to see how to Stack Commands.

 

[Snowmane]

awesome thanks guys. I will try this out.

 

[Snowmane]

No joy with the defiler casting (the technique you listed Kankor was what was on the cast stack for the defiler anyway. The stacked commands works a treat however, and I have lots of uses for that (the forum post you linked was amazing - its answered a lot of questions. I didn't find that kind of post in the main documentation, it might be worth promoting it (it also quickly examples using "SetUpFor", something not mentioned clearly on the start of the Heroics page.

I have one other (noob) question for now. Can I confirm that "Cast Stack" is "Casting Priority" (cast the first available item from this list), rather than "Casting Order" (go all the way down this list to the end, then repeat). Some earlier documentation hints this is true, but it seems a few screens may have been merged since then and I just want to be sure.

Many thanks - this thing is awesome

 

[Midnyte_ride]

Yes it's a priority list. Cast the first available spell in the list.

 

[Kannkor]

No joy with the defiler casting (the technique you listed Kankor was what was on the cast stack for the defiler anyway.

This is exactly how I do it. If you want to list exactly what you have in the caststack.
This is what I have.
On the defiler:
Carrion Warding VIII | ID | Target =@Tank | Type = Combat

On the tank, make sure you do NOT have [x] Turn Off Attack.
Target yourself, and press your melee button to turn on your attack.

(13:45:43)[OgreBot]: Casting -> Ability: Ritual -- With :Use -- Inside of: AbilityPreCasts
(13:45:43)[OgreBot]: Casting -> Ability: Carrion Warding VIII ID: 1941361122 -- With :Use -- called from: Cast Stack: Combat-> Self/Group

(Ritual is just a pre-cast for the group ward).