Blizzard introduces WoW Macro Guide
by Robin Torres 
Oct 9th 2007 at 11:40AM
Blizzard has introduced the first part of their new Macro Guide. This guide includes a basic description of what Macros are as well as how to create them.They have also included some really good Macro references, such as the numbers that correspond to bag slots as well as the numeric values of inventory slots.
Though it is mostly a wall of text, they do list some helpful examples to illustrate the basic concepts. Here is their example for chaining together instant spells:
/use Abacus of Violent Odds
/stopcasting
/use Bloodlust Brooch
/stopcasting
/cast Bestial Wrath
/stopcasting
/cast Intimidation
/petattack
Do all of those "/stopcasting lines" seem a bit redundant considering they separate spells and items that are cast instantly? Well, Blizzard thinks so too and they will be unnecessary as of Patch 2.3. Not that /stopcasting will be defunct at that point -- it is still good to put at the beginning of a macro, so that you can cast a spell without getting an error if you are already casting another one.
While this guide won't replace more in-depth guides until they publish Part 2 with details on higher-level macro functions, it is still nice to have an official macro guide to turn to for basic macro creation.
Do you find Blizzard's new guide helpful? Or are your favorite macro guides still much better?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Perrins Oct 9th 2007 8:14PM
good guide but alot of basic knowledge. hopefully they expand on it instead of having the players trial and error it.
a printer friendly version would be awsome tho
Damon Oct 11th 2007 11:01AM
/cast lightning shield
/cast stoneskin totem
/cast searing totem
/cast grace of air totem
/cast mana tide totem
If only... Damn global cooldowns! Do they have any idea how much closer my poor fingers come to carpal tunnel every time i have to cast every single one of those individually in a battleground!? /sigh
Wish there was, simply, the option to put in /wait blah seconds so i could press the button then take a swig of my drink or something while my shammy puts up my totem barrier. Then again, if i could do that i would string together purge and frostshock. That would piss a lot of flag-capturers off.