Allow macros to manage gear changes

promytheas
promytheas Posts: 0 Arc User
edited December 2012 in Suggestion Box
Greetings

Creating Macros is a very useful/convenient option. It allows you to execute/design nice combat combos (a series of skills) with the press of a single button. However, when the macro tool was developed none considered the BM class. Let me explain what I mean.
BMs have 4 different weapon paths, and any BM worth his hide has mastered at least two of these weapon paths. Obviously any skill of a single weapon path cannot be executed unless you wield that weapon. Meaning that if you want to create a macro that utilizes skills from more than one weapon path (and I can think MANY reasons why) then ... well
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  • DustyAngIe - Archosaur
    DustyAngIe - Archosaur Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Not a bad idea. I always wished we could add genie skills onto macros.
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  • promytheas
    promytheas Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    promytheas wrote: »
    Greetings

    Creating Macros is a very useful/convenient option. It allows you to execute/design nice combat combos (a series of skills) with the press of a single button. However, when the macro tool was developed none considered the BM class. Let me explain what I mean.
    BMs have 4 different weapon paths, and any BM worth his hide has mastered at least two of these weapon paths. Obviously any skill of a single weapon path cannot be executed unless you wield that weapon. Meaning that if you want to create a macro that utilizes skills from more than one weapon path (and I can think MANY reasons why) then ... well

    for some reason it won't let me display the whole message, so I'll continue here:

    Also that would make the life easier to quite a few people that switch between different armor gears depending on the situations. E.g Sins, BMs, Barbs etc switching from aps gear to more tanky gear, or EPs switching from arcane to light gear etc the list goes on.
    Updating the code to allow macros to manage gear changes, should be pretty straight forward, and besides amending an injustice to BMs will also benefit every other class wishing to switch between armor sets with a single press of a button.

    Please consider the request.
  • Demien - Dreamweaver
    Demien - Dreamweaver Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I would agree with you. I actually want this also. This is why i think they wont allow it. If you are about to die and you dont wanna pay for a repair bill then all you would have to do it make the macro switch all your armor to crappy armor so you will have no or a little repair bill. I would love to see genie kills tho be allowed to place and/or mana and/or health pots.
  • Geckofreak - Sanctuary
    Geckofreak - Sanctuary Posts: 2,280 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I would've loved a gear switch macro when i still used aps gear for situations. I died many times unaware to the fact that i forgot to switch off aps gear after a boss and therefore had 2k less hp and less defense. Also being an archer, it would be nice to have a macro to switch ornaments from mag to phys or phys to mag faster depending on who you run into in pvp
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  • Zsw - Dreamweaver
    Zsw - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,087 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I would agree with you. I actually want this also. This is why i think they wont allow it. If you are about to die and you dont wanna pay for a repair bill then all you would have to do it make the macro switch all your armor to crappy armor so you will have no or a little repair bill. I would love to see genie kills tho be allowed to place and/or mana and/or health pots.


    Why would that cause you to have little to no repair bill?
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  • Runemine - Dreamweaver
    Runemine - Dreamweaver Posts: 572 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Speaking as a BM weapon switching idc for its easy enough unless your a utter newbie who got no clue what their doing.

    However gear swapping would be great because personally i have my APS gear and G16 Pvp gear so swapping with a click would be very useful indeed.
    101 Blademaster(Pro/Fail 4.0 BM with 11k base HP+G16(+10))
    100 Seeker(The Vortex Beast)
    86 Assassin(Solo king)
    76 Archer(Squishy Nuker)
    72 Cleric(Horrible healer)
    67 Barb(Buff baby)
    61 Wizard(King Aoe)
    37 Mystic(Fun project)
  • promytheas
    promytheas Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I would hardly call myself a newbie BM, but this is for others to decide.

    Anyway you are missing the point. The problem is not just switching between weapons, I regularly switch between fist/axe/pole/sword/bow with no problem. The problem is being able to do that in a macro!

    Also armor switch between aps/3rd cast is useful
  • Demien - Dreamweaver
    Demien - Dreamweaver Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    When you die doesnt your armor lose more durability? Or am i thinking of another game?