A while back I posted about using ‘/target arena1′ and ‘/focus arena1′ macros for easily swapping between arena1/arena2/arena3 targets. I still use this system – pressing shift+F2 to change my focus to the other team’s second player is so much easier than any other targeting method I’ve tried. The only problem is that this method takes up six actionbar buttons in total (or ten if you use this system for 5v5). That’s not too horrible if you’re using Bartender or other bar addons, but it can be a bit restrictive if you’re using a standard UI!
After a bit of playing around, I’ve combined both the targeting and focusing into a single macro for each arena target. I’m sure I had a smoother way of doing this before, but this seems to work just fine. If anyone has a less messy way of writing the macro, let me know please and I’ll update it.
/focus [mod:shift,@arena1][] %f
/target [nomod,@arena1][] %t
The above macro will target arena1 by default – holding shift will change your focus to arena1. The modifier can be changed from shift to ctrl (or even alt if you’ve got wierd thumbs).
To reduce number of action bars and make life simpler i made these 3 macros:-
Bound to F1: F1 = Target Arena1, Focus Arena 2; Alt+F1 = Target Arena 1, focus arena 3
/target arena1
/focus [nomodifier, target=arena2]
/focus [modifier:alt, target=arena3]
Bound to F2 – F2 = Target Arena 2, Focus Arena1, Alt+F2 = Target Arena2, Focus Arena3:-
/target arena2
/focus [nomodifier, target=arena1]
/focus [modifier:alt, target=arena3]
And Bound to F3: F3 = Target Arena3, Focus Arena 1; Alt+F3= Target Arena 3, focus arena 2
/target arena3
/focus [nomodifier, target=arena1]
/focus [modifier:alt, target=arena2]
They can be used in 2s also by simply pressing F1 or F2 to switch target and focus.
Forget 5s and function keys, Alt + F4 is totatally unappreciated by your team mates
SamD
Nice macros, cheers for sharing them! Looks like a very smooth way of doing it too.
lol yeah alt+f4 probably isn’t the best keybinding to use
For reasons that escape me, I have “ctrl alt +” bound to’ toggle enemy nameplates’ – I’ve managed to hit “ctrl alt -” at least twice by mistake when trying to turn them on mid-fight. Not the safest combo, I really should change it 