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RedwoodElf
Well as the title suggests I was wondering if it was possible to have a macro check to see if you have a buff before casting an ability. What I'm looking to do is something like this.
Macro checks for Killing Machine, if I do not have the buff, it casts Deathchill
then /cast Howling Blast
I always found it a little silly that DKs have a one point talent on a 2min cooldown to manually do what Killing Machine does 5+ times a minute anyways. A macro like this would, in my view, make Deathchill much more useful since I would not have to worry about activating it. Like many I am lazy sometimes, or just try to save my buttons for emergencies. If I was casting it every 2 minutes whenever Killing Machine wasn't up, I think it would help my DPS a lot more.
Keep in mind that Killing machine has a CHANCE of doing so, while Deathchill ENSURES doing so.
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Georgieanna
Yeah the best you can do for buff watching is get an addon that just helps announce you gaining the buff so you know to hit the button. But as said, macros can't check for buffs..As for making all this into one button I'd do uhh letsee
#showtooltop Howling Blast
/cast Deathchill
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/cast Howling Blast
any modifier key and pressing tries to cast deathchill first removing errors if it's not up and casting howling blast, but you still have to watch for killing machine by yourself.
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Georgieanna
the error message clear would be to that depending which tooltip you want you won't always be sure when the cooldown is up so trying to get it to cast deathchill while on cooldown would get error messages on the screen which are just annoying to look at. I used the #showtooltip of Howling Blast but it may be more prudent to have it be for Deathchill since it has a longer cooldown, I've been pretty lazy with my DK so I'm not sure which is most worthwhile to keep close tabs on.
As mentioned it isn't on the GCD which is why it works as two cast lines in the macro but yeah, the concern was the deathchill cooldown spam if it's not up. So just what works for you, if you want to remove it it'll help you keep track if it wasn't up and didn't cast.
wow I feel like I have alot of free time today..
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