Spammable Party Buff macro

[Dwarven]

So I was playing around with macros recently, and came up with this:

macro 1:
/castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil
/click BT4Button64

macro 2 (on button 64):
/castsequence [target=party3]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party4]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild

I looked through the forums and the wiki, and didn't see any macros with a similar purpose, so I thought I'd share. It's not so important for MotW (due to GotW), but I like it for my blessings, as half my team is wanting Kings and the other half Might.

macro 1:
/castsequence [target=guerria]reset=20 blessing of kings,nil
/castsequence [target=guerrissa]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,nil
/castsequence [target=minou]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,nil
/click BT4Button65

macro 2:
/castsequence [target=benira]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,blessing of might,nil
/castsequence [target=oragreva]reset=20 blessing of kings,blessing of kings,blessing of might,blessing of might, blessing of might

The first of the blessing macros is exactly 255 characters, btw.

This is spammable, too, so if you hit the macro again before your GCD is up, it won't cause the sequences to go out of synch.

[moosejaw]

Why not use Smart Buff? Saves a ton of time and you can have different buffs configured when you are in a group/raid/solo etc.

[Dwarven]

I'm already tight on addon/resource space, as I'm only running the one machine atm, and I like to use macros instead of addons where I can.

[Maxion]

That is a horribly large amount of work to try to avoid getting SmartBuff.
If your computer is that short on resources, your multiboxing would probably benefit greatly from some more RAM anyway.
Don't think SmartBuff uses that much resources in the first place, but thats up to you if you think so. *shrug*

[Fursphere]

Get Smartbuffs of Zomgbuffs.

[Ualaa]

I can see not wanting to use an addon, when a macro will suffice.

However, a macro that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...
It is probably the better choice.
If you change your party composition, do a new team, or just trade a toon each, between two teams.

The addon still just needs to be clicked.
The macros take much longer to edit.

[thinus]

Smartbuff gets my vote but some comments on the macros.

macro 1:
/castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,mark of the wild,mark of the wild,nil
/click BT4Button64

I haven't tried it but wouldn't the following work:

macro 1:
/castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/click BT4Button64

Or do all the castsequences advance even if a spell is triggered on the first castsequence? If the castsequence is advanced every time, wouldn't the following work then:

macro 1:
/castsequence [target=player]reset=20 mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party1]reset=20 ,mark of the wild,nil
/castsequence [target=party2]reset=20 ,,mark of the wild,nil
/click BT4Button64

I understand that you wan't to spam the button or at least avoid advancing castsequences when the GCD is up but I thought WoW did that automatically.

Don't you end up buffing the same character more than once with those macros? You *must* be able to set it up in such a way that you don't need to repeat the spell multiple times in the castsequence. It just looks wrong.

[Fursphere]

I can see not wanting to use an addon, when a macro will suffice.

However, a macro that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...
It is probably the better choice.
If you change your party composition, do a new team, or just trade a toon each, between two teams.

The addon still just needs to be clicked.
The macros take much longer to edit.

I have ZOMGBuffs tuned to a single button (backspace) on all my characters. So one button press, and everyone does the needed buffs. And its intelligent - it recognizes dual specs and situational buffs.

A macro could never do this.

[Ualaa]

Typo there.. should have read:

However, an addon that is designed to do specifically what you want, on a single button...

[Mokoi]

beware, zomgbuffs caused us significant grief in a raid resulting in many people disconnecting for whatever reason.

My vote, for blessings.. pally power..