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A SMARTER ASSIST Macro For Hunters

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I am a returning player and haven't played my BM Hunter since 2011. What I liked to do when running dungeons with my guild was to make the Tank my focus, then use the following macro posted below. I know a lot has changed since 2011, but I am wondering if the macro language has evolved to the point of being able to improve the macro to only attack if the focus is actively attacking something. Could this be done, and is there any other way we can improve this macro? Thanks in Advance for any help anyone can provide!!!

Grewe

/cleartarget
/assist focus
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/petattack
/startattack

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/cleartarget [dead]
/assist [@focus,exists][@pet,exists]
/targetenemy [noharm][noexists]
/stopmacro [noharm][dead]
/petassist

Edited by Critocalypse
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If you want your macro to literally be as simple as simple gets, use the following Kill Command macro. As your pet uses Kill Command on their current target, and it's your main source of damage, you want your pet to be able to attack your current target instead of theirs.

#showtooltip Kill Command
/petattack
/cast Kill Command

That's literally as simple as it needs to be and gets the job done perfectly. This doubles as just a plain pet attack macro if KC is on CD and you want to change targets too. No need to complicate it more than that, just have your tank focused and enable the frame for target of focus and always make sure you're attacking that.

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On 5/6/2017 at 10:15 AM, ZuzgwangGroo said:

[...] I am wondering if the macro language has evolved to the point of being able to improve the macro to only attack if the focus is actively attacking something. Could this be done, and is there any other way we can improve this macro? Thanks in Advance for any help anyone can provide!!!
 

Macros purposely don't allow you to do any " if "  statements. It would be way too easy to program your entire rotation into a single click with an if statement, and then you don't need a player. You'd be more like a human bot.

I think it would even make the game boring.

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