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Message ID: 1417
Date: Thu Jun 3 06:00:20 BST 1999
Author: Douglas Bierbower
Subject: Re: Macro setup for bards


I found no way around having two or three banks of hotkeys per character. For
my Bard I have a similar bank of hotkeys that allows me to access my melee slots
and three inventory slots (one of those is occupied by a backpack to allow
access to all instruments) the sixth slot has a "Run Away!" text key. That is
the bank of keys I use most of the time now, but my other bank of keys has sense
heading, forage, /assist, /loc, /corpse, and a "Run Away!" key. It is easy to
switch between them (shift and numbers one through six), but I rarely find it
necessary to switch in critical situations.

Narcissus of Povar

> The recent discussion on the use of the /assist command has got me wondering
> how other bards setup their macros. For myself, up to this point I have
> only used one bank (6 hot-keys) of macros. I have not setup the other five
> banks. If I have confused anyone, I use the term bank to refer to the six
> buttons you can hotkey in the lower left hand portion of your screen. You
> can hit Shift-# to switch banks or you can use your mouse to cycle through
> them.
>
> For my first bank, I have two inventory slots and two melee slots macroed so
> I quickly switch from weapon/shield to an instrument if the situation calls
> for it. I have hot-keyed Sense Heading and Foraging to take up the other
> two slots. I hotkeyed Sense Heading so when I am fleeing I dont have to
> worry about switching macro banks. I have Foraging hotkeyed so I can
> continually click on it in between combats.
>
> I haven't worried about macroing songs because I can click on them with my
> mouse just as easy as hitting the hotkey.
>
> I'm beginning to think that I should place /assist on my main macro bank but
> don't like the idea of moving Sense Heading or Forage to another bank.
>
> How does everyone else have their hotkeys setup?
>
> Galtin
> E'ci
>
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