Vanguard: We broke test. Probably with these macros
We’ve been unable to log into the Vanguard test server all weekend. Reading the boards, I see many people are pissed about it, “they aren’t treating us right.” I’m kind of ho-hum about the whole thing. I’ve had a hard time finding something to take its place though. Playing on the production server, or the other games available, doesn’t interest me at all. I signed up for and downloaded the open beta client for Lord of the Rings Online. It doesn’t start until the 6th unless you pre-order. I went to the pre-order page, but didn’t fire.
I’d like to explain the few macros I’m using in Vanguard. I wish I was a macro genius – I’m not - I borrowed these macros from geniuses.
The loot macro is way cool. One button and move on. I use it even in group. I usually change the group loot to round robin, but I loot macro everything. If the corpse has only cash, after I use the macro, we are done. It can also be used to clean up a group of dead mobs as it auto targets the next corpse.
Loot macro:
/endloot
/lootall
/loot
/targetnextcorpse
As a warrior I need to change weapons and stance depending on the situation. Where it says “name of weapon” you enter your weapon name, of course, and include the quotation marks.
Weapons/Stance macro:
/wear “name of weapon” primaryhand
/wear “name of weapon” secondaryhand
/combatformset “Offensive”
With my bard, I use the same macro except sometimes “name of weapon” is an item, such as Lute. Also, I use /playsong “song name” to start songs.
I’ve also found a selection of crafting macros. They deserve a discussion of their own.