Combat Macro Problems
Information to know about how particular macros will perform.
Macro : Shroud + Misfortune Kiss
Issue : "What do you do if you suddenly get kicked out of range just as you hit your Misfortune's Kiss macro? It stealths you and then by the time it hits the CA you're out of range, but if you try to hit it again it cancels stealth."
Solution: Tap a direct cast of Misfrotune's Kiss, not the macro, when this occurs.
Failed Solution: Added another M.Kiss to the front of the macro so the macro reads M.Kiss>Shroud>M.Kiss. Activated a training dummy. Then, I imitated as if I was out of range, essentially cast the macro where M.Kiss would not land. I approach the dummy, single tapped the macro and then wierdness occurs. The cast progress bar indicates M.Kiss is casting, but, at the end of the cast, none of the M.Kiss affects are applied, not shown in Maintained Window, and the M.Kiss cast does not start to recast. This weird since the cast progress bar indicated M.Kiss was casting.
Macro : Bump + Scream of Death
Issue : I bet what happened is whatever lag I had was just enough for me to get damaged, taking me out of stealth, to then autoattack and pissing me off since I couldn't cast SoD since I was not stealth. Heh, does seem to happen. grr. Or you are getting hit by a reactive proc. Also, some mobs can cast a detriment, like Kultak's elemental, disabling the player from casting benefical effects on them self such as the shroud that Bump activates.
Solution: Any mob with lots of reactive procs or detriments that disable benefical casts on self diminishes bump's effectiveness. Use the spell Shroud to go stealth.
Macro Timing
Issue : "When using your HO Macro do you find that others interfere with it? Also, do the HO Macros work? I haven't set one up for quite a while. I seem to remember it having timing issues."
Explanation: When activating the macro, anything macro'd can be thrown off with bad timing since the first step is not queued in the macro. In otherwords, if you are casting Chimes and then hit your HO macro while Chimes is being cast, then the HO starter ability, or all macro-ed abilities, is skipped until it goes directly to the macro's last step.
Solution: Only activate your macros at the exact moment after an ability has finished its cast. The only disadvantage to this is if severe server side lag is present that makes it tough to know exactly when an ability has finished its cast or exactly after an autoattack has swung.
