XI. 宏
[译者注：本章节没有完整翻译。而仅仅是列出了一部分Nightshroud文中所提及的宏，并简要的解释了一下。有鉴于我仅仅摘选了部分宏，而且并没有严格按照原文进行翻译，特此保留原文，以供参考。下面的宏，大多经过了译者测试（但不是全部）。]
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/cast 复活术
/say %t，别偷懒，爬起来干活!
要向宏里添加法术，最简单的办法就是同时打开你的法术书和宏编辑器，然后“Shift+点击”你想要的法术。这样，法术名称和级别都会自动按照正确的格式被添加到你的宏中。注意：我在上面的宏中删除了“复活书”的等级。这样，宏将自动调用你所学会的最高等级的法术；或者如果该法术是一个单体增益的话，宏将自动调用适合该目标的最高等级的法术。%t表示你当前目标的名称。
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/castsequence reset=target 吸血鬼之触, 暗言术：痛, 吸血鬼的拥抱
你可以利用同一个宏施展多个会触发公共CD的法术，但是你每次点击只能施展一个法术，所施展的法术按照宏中的顺序依次循环。你无法避开CD。上面的例子就很适合暗影牧师使用。“reset=target”，在你切换目标后，该宏被复位，下次点击该宏，将会从头开始，即施展“吸血鬼之触”。而“reset=combat”在你脱离战斗时复位。“reset=10”表示10秒后复位。你也可以不添加reset选项，这样该宏将不会被复位，永远按照预定的顺序循环下去。
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/cast [nochanneling] 精神鞭笞
方括号里表示施法条件。这个宏的功能是，“如果不在引导中，施放精神鞭笞”。有了这个宏，你就再也不用担心会不小心在上一次“精神鞭笞”结束之前就重新开始引导新的一次了。
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/cast [harm] 惩击; 真言术：盾
这个宏的作用是：当你的目标可以被你攻击时（红色或黄色名字），施放惩击；否则，施放盾。注意，法术之间用的是分号。
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/cast [help] 真言术：盾; 惩击
这就表示，当你选定的是友方目标时，施放盾；否则，施放惩击。显然，这个宏不如前一个理想。因为，当你没有目标时，这个宏并不能为你自己加盾；而上一个宏可以。
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/cast [button:1] 真言术：韧; [button:2] 坚韧祷言
左键点击宏，施展单耐；右键点击宏，施展群耐。
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/cast [modifier:shift] 心灵震爆; 暗言术：灭
通常情况下，施展暗言术：灭；如果Shift键被按下，则施展心灵震爆。
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/use [target=player] 厚灵纹布绷带
对自己使用厚灵纹布绷带（不改变当前目标）。“player”指的是你自己。
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/cast [modifier:alt,target=player] 快速治疗; 快速治疗
如果Alt键被按下，向自己施展快速治疗；否则，正常施展快速治疗。
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/cast [modifier:alt,target=player] 真言术：盾; [harm] 惩击; 真言术：盾
更为复杂的组合。按下Alt键时，给自己加盾。没有按下Alt键时，如果目标可以被攻击，施展惩击；否则正常施展盾。
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/cast [harm,target=targettarget] 强效治疗术; 强效治疗术
如果目标是敌人，向目标的目标施展强效治疗。否则，正常施展强效治疗。
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/cast [target=focus] 束缚亡灵
向你的焦点而不是你的目标施展束缚亡灵。这个宏，很适合用于像KLZ这样的副本中。
XI. Macros
"Work it harder, make it better, do it faster, makes us
stronger." - Daft Punk
Under normal circumstances, clicking or keying an action
button will cast one particular spell or use one
particular item every time. And that's it. Macros
introduce a limited amount of spell and target
selection, action bundling, and input handling. A bit of
programmed intelligence for your buttons.
Action Bundling
Each time you click a macro, at most one global
cooldown-causing action can be performed along with any
number of things that don't trip the global cooldown.
Text messages work well:
/cast Resurrection
/say No napping allowed. Back to work, %t!
The easiest way to include spells in a macro is to open
your Spellbook and macro editor at the same time, then
Shift click on the desired spell. Spell name and rank
will be automatically filled in with proper formatting.
Notice that I removed the Resurrection rank above. This
makes the macro automatically use your highest trained
rank; or the highest rank for which your target is
eligible if it's a single target buff. The "%t"
signifies the name of your current target.
Undead Priests frequently combine Inner Focus and
Devouring Plague since the latter has a high mana cost
and both have three minute cooldowns. Inner Focus is one
of the few spells which does not trip the global
cooldown:
/cast Inner Focus
/stopcasting
/cast Devouring Plague
This is a little weird since both are instant spells and
both will take place during the same instant. The
"/stopcasting" line is a workaround for WoW not liking
two spells cast at the same time. You only need it
between any two "/cast" lines, not in other cases like
the Resurrection macro above. An advanced use of
/stopcasting is to use it in a two line macro with
something like Silence in the second line. This way, if
you're more than 1.5 seconds into a cast, the Silence
macro will cancel that cast and kick off its own
immediately.
There is a way to cast multiple global cooldown spells
with one macro, but the macro will have to be clicked
for each spell and you can't cheat the cooldown. For
instance, a Shadow Priest might like to click one button
several times to start a grinding sequence:
/castsequence reset=target Vampiric Touch, Shadow Word:
Pain, Vampiric Embrace
The "reset=target" option causes the sequence to start
over when you switch targets. "reset=combat" would make
it start over when you leave combat. "reset=10" would
make it start over after 10 seconds. You can leave out
the reset option entirely for reliable full cycling.
Spells can be repeated for a long damage rotation
sequence.
Spell Selection
Once upon a time, macros could do crazy things for spell
selection like choose a healing spell rank based on
target hitpoints. Those days are over but there still
are a very limited set of things which can be checked.
E.G. whether you are already channeling Mind Flay (or
maybe Starshards):
/cast [nochanneling] Mind Flay
Brackets are conditionals. Attaching a 'no' before any
allowed conditional reverses it. So this works out to,
"If not channeling, cast Mind Flay." No need to worry
about stepping on your last Mind Flay ever again with
this macro.
The last example either cast Mind Flay or did nothing.
You can list multiple spells with conditionals and a
macro will cast the first one with a true condition:
/cast [harm] Smite; Power Word: Shield
I use this and bind it to my 'E' key so that if I'm
targeting a harmful (red or yellow tooltip) unit I will
cast Smite, otherwise I'll cast Shield. Note that
semi-colons are used to separate such spells. I could
have written it:
/cast [help] Power Word: Shield; Smite
Which can be read, "If I'm targeting a friendly unit
cast Power Word: Shield, otherwise Smite!" But consider
what happens if I'm not targeting anything at all and
you'll see why the first version is better. There really
aren't many other conditionals available, but Shadowform
is considered a type of Stance which allows:
/cancelaura [stance:1] Shadowform
/cast [nostance] Flash Heal
Stances are numbered and Shadowform is '1' for Priests.
[nostance] is true whenever we're not in Shadowform.
This macro can be read, "If in Shadowform, cancel
Shadowform. If not in Shadowform, cast Flash Heal."
Clicking this macro twice when in Shadowform will first
drop it, then start you healing. The other useful
conditional for Priests checks if you are in combat:
/cast [combat] Fade; Shadowmeld
Input Handling
This is really just another type of conditional based on
mouse and keyboard state instead of in-game situation.
If you want to cut action bar slots that buffs take up
in half:
/cast [button:1] Power Word: Fortitude; [button:2]
Prayer of Fortitude
Which casts the single target version if you click the
macro icon with your left mouse button, or group version
with a right mouse click.
/cast [modifier:shift] Mind Blast; Shadow Word: Death
Usually casts SW
eath, unless shift is being held down
at the time. This style works well with keybound macros.
Target Selection
A special-case conditional called 'target' isn't really
a conditional at all, but a way to tell the macro what
to target. Specifying a target in a macro doesn't switch
your selected target.
/use [target=player] Heavy Netherweave Bandage
Read as, "Use a Heavy Netherweave Bandage on myself."
'player' is shorthand for the casting player, yourself.
As you can see, the /use command will use consumables
and activatable items by name. See links below for
information on how to use items by equipment or bag
slot.
Since I use macros heavily anyway, I prefer to handle
alt self-casting for my heals and buffs like this:
/cast [modifier:alt,target=player] Flash Heal; Flash
Heal
Which reads, "If Alt is held down, cast Flash Heal on
myself. Otherwise just cast Flash Heal." Now you're
ready to see the kind of macros I actually use:
/cast [modifier:alt,target=player] Power Word: Shield;
[harm] Smite; Power Word: Shield
These things can be as simple or as complex as you
require. Instead of casting a damage spell if you're
targeting a hostile, what about casting a healing spell
on the hostile's target?
/cast [harm,target=targettarget] Greater Heal; Greater
Heal
Which reads, "If my target is harmful, cast Greater Heal
on my target's target. Otherwise, just cast Greater
Heal."
Advanced Targeting
/cast [target=mouseover] Dispel Magic
Will cast Dispel Magic on any unit your mouse pointer is
'hovering' over even if it's not your target. Combined
with a keybinding, very useful for patching up allies
while continuing to target the tank.
'Focus' is a special target that you can set and refer
to later. I bind a key to "Focus Target" but "/focus" in
a macro by itself would also work. Once it's in place,
the most simple way to use it is:
/cast [target=focus] Shackle Undead
There are more elaborate versions in the links below.
Hope I've helped you see a few small ways to start
fiddling with'm.
