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by jacensolo » Thu May 03, 2007 1:10 pm
Nobody here (except DKAA of course), was born with the skill to write any of the crazy macros you see on the forums. If you had asked me a month ago to write any kind of macro, I would have had no idea how to do it. But I spent some time with EQ, the Macro Reference page (a gift from god for noobs) and a notepad window open, writing and rewriting as I ran into errors, and ended up with a macro that does all my tradeskill work for me. Honestly, between all the macros to look at on the forums, and the Wiki, anyone can write macros. I would suggest popping onto EQ, and killing a few of the mobs you want to hunt, using the strategy you want the macro to use. Pay attention to the steps, then set down and write a macro that does those things. IE: Runs to mobs, starts song, runs in kiting loop, etc etc. Then, run it while you watch, and as things mess up (they always do), or as you notice new circumstances, finish that kill, alt tab out, and add that stuff to the macro. Hint: If you want to run around and know the locs, my Tradeskill macro in the macro depot has a Sub (I think it's called Go, but I'm not sure) that would run to a spot, so you could run around, if you knew the locs. There are plenty of macros with examples of autotwisting bard songs, and more still on looting. Besides, if you learn to macro once, you can write macros for just about anything, rather than posting a request everytime your macro needs a fix or you need something new.