Hi all,
Haven't posted in a while, but wanted to comment on charm macros. Matt's
macro is good. I will make a copy of it tonight. Here it is again:
"Pet Assist"
/pet back off
/assist <main assist name>
/pause 3
/pet attack
In addition to the macro Matt has, I have one that also adds in /pet target
after /pet attack. What /pet target does is retarget your pet so that if
you are charm kiting and you target another mob to get your charmed pet to
attack it, your original pet will be retargetted for recharms. Those of us
that have recharmed the wrong mob by accident know that you end up with the
aggro of the original pet - not a good thing.
Anyway, good luck in your travels,
Piemur Draggonsinger
Wood Elf Bard of 40 Songs
Robiinton Masterrhealer
Dwarf Cleric of 25 Heals
The Nameless
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:50:46 -0400
From: "Matt DeBarger" <
mattdeba@...>
Subject: Re: Hello, new bard (level 3) and well met to all!
Charming in a group is the best thing to do on a 2 pull even if there is a
chanter. Once you get good, the mob will be doing 90% of its damage on the
party's main target, 10% on you. Thats a great tradeoff to 0-10% damage
done to chanter/healer and mana spent mezzing.
Here is my "pet assist" hotkey, it works great. Rule 1, let the group know
what you're doing, and make sure its ok with the enchanter. Most are happy
for the mana you save them. Type A enchanters will not be happy, so then
just let them mez the mob...
Ok 2 Pull comes, assist the puller and find out what mob he is killing.
Target the non targeted mob and hit charm, once it sticks (very low resists
if you have a good CHA) hit the "pet assist" hotkey.
Once you get this down its easy to weave 2 other songs while doing this...
"Pet Assist"
/pet back off
/assist <main assist name>
/pause 3
/pet attack
The pet back off is not necesaary, but seems to help. Sometimes charms mobs
will still attack other party members or pets, the pet back off will prevent
this. It also lets the party know what you have charmed, since your pet
will say something. THe down side is the second or so of melee you lose
from your pet while he is waiting for the attack command.
As a side note, /pet back off, is probably the best mem blur spell in the
game.
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