As many players know, Macros can be a very powerful may to get things done with a simple key press. I do not remember what got me started on looking into macros, but I am glad I did and will continue to use as long as I can.
Druids seem to be designed to require macros, at least for those of use that cannot type or even remember where all the keys on the key on the keyboard are at.
I use a Belkin Nostromo N-52, the link will take you to Belkin support as they have a new one out called the N52te which I plan to get soon. I have all my main abilities in WOW mapped to this badboy. I mainly use the D-Pad for Shifting and main abilities, which is what I have made the follow macros for.
For a true start to understanding macros, I suggest you read over this page as a place to start, this is what got me started.
ok, here we go (All of the follow Macros should be copy/paste friendly):
#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:ctrl]Dire Bear Form(Shapeshift);[stance:1]Lacerate;[stance:3,stealth]Ravage;[stance:3,nostealth]Mangle (Cat)();[button:2, target=player]Lifebloom;[harm]Wrath(Rank 10);Lifebloom
Let me break down the above:
1: #showtooltip
2: /cast [modifier:ctrl]Dire Bear Form(Shapeshift);
3: [stance:1]Lacerate;
4: [stance:3,stealth]Ravage;
5: [stance:3,nostealth]Mangle (Cat)();
6: [button:2, target=player]Lifebloom;
7: [harm]Wrath(Rank 10);
8: Lifebloom
1: When used with the "?" icon, this will show what ability will be used when pressed.
2: I use the CTRL button as my main modifier as I am weird. When you press CTRL and the Macro, you shift into Bear.
3: Stance is a way of checking what form you are in for Druids. Stance 1 is Bear form, so here it will cast Lacerate when in Bear form.
4: Stance 3 is Cat, and we can also check for stealth or no stealth. Here is Stealthed we use Ravage.
5: Cat form still but not stealthed we Mangle
6: I got used to right clicking my heals to heal myself, but for some reason they do not work in macros, so you need to use the Button:2 and target=player condition. This causes me to heal myself when I click the macro with the right mouse button without changing targets. This on is set for Lifebloom.
7: [harm] is another conditional. If your target is one you can harm, cast this. Here it is Wrath.
8: the final default is lifebloom which will cast on my target if I can heal them, or myself if I have no target.
The key thing to remember when chaining macros is that they work off of the first true statement. This is why Shift is first, so that nothing will interfere with that. I could always add a bunch of other conditional check to ensure that it always 100% did what it is supposed to, but there is an ingame limit of 255 characters for macros, and they would be unneeded.
I have been using the above macro since around when the 2.4 patch came out.
Ok, 3 more to go.
Following the above explanation the rest should be easy to understand.
This one shifts into Cat Form:
#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:ctrl] Cat Form(Shapeshift); [stance:1]Growl;[stance:3,stealth]Pounce;[stance:3,nostealth]Ferocious Bite;[button:2,target=player]Rejuvenation;[harm,nostance]Starfire;Rejuvenation
This one shifts into Flight Form (Remove Swift if you do not have it yet):
#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:ctrl] Swift Flight Form ;[stance:1]Mangle (Bear)();[stance:3,stealth]Mangle (Cat)();[stance:3,nostealth]Rake;[button:2,target=player]Healing Touch;[harm,nostance]Moonfire;Healing Touch
This one shifts into Tree Form:
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl]Tree of Life;[stance:1]Maul;[stance:3,stealth]Dash;[stance:3,nostealth]Shred;[button:2,target=player]Regrowth;[harm,nostance]Cyclone;Regrowth
If you are a Moonkin, you could change the Tree of Life above to "Moonkin" and that would shift you into Moonkin form. Also you would need to remove the nostance from [harm,nostance] statements as they are there to prevent accidents. Meaning they are only true if you are targeting a mod you can attack and are in caster form so as to not accidently take you out of Bear or cat in the middle of combat somehow.
The above 4 Macros will cover all the main abilities you use during combat, to start combat, to heal, and while stealthed. As you might notice there are a few abilities that are on the stealthed parts that do not require stealth. Those are there for the sad times when you get caught, but are still considered in stealth yet the game wont let you use your stealth only abilities.
One final macro for today.
The often posted travel type macro:
/cast [mod:ctrl]Reins of the Black War Tiger;[swimming] Aquatic Form; [flyable,nocombat,noswimming] Swift Flight Form; [noswimming, outdoors,combat] Travel Form;[noswimming,outdoors,nocombat,noflyable] Reins of the Black War Tiger
This macro is kinda long. It is one of the first macros I started with. Slowly but surely I have been adding to it and shorting it.
1: /cast [mod:ctrl]Reins of the Black War Tiger;
2: [swimming] Aquatic Form;
3: [flyable,nocombat,noswimming] Swift Flight Form;
4: [noswimming, outdoors,combat] Travel Form;
5: [noswimming,outdoors,nocombat,noflyable] Reins of the Black War Tiger
1: Sometimes you just want your ground mount no matter where you are. Press CTRL for it
2: Your swimming go go Aquatic Form
3: You can fly, your not getting killed, your not swimming, go go Birdie
4: Your not swimming, your outside, your getting killed, go go Travel form
5: your not swimming, your outside, your not getting killed, you cant fly, Ground mount time.
Again like I said, I have been taking a few conditionals out and replacing the extra characters with useful combat stuff as I have this macro hotkeyed. Once I have it tested to my satisfaction, I will post the super new and improved version.
That is all for today.
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