In Game Supported Macro System

Will we have a In Game Supported Macro System? The only other MMO I've played is Rift and that macro system was a life saver and big draw to the game for me. I'm not so good at my age to be pressing 8+ buttons all the time.

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unknownsystemerror

You will have access to simple macros like /sit or /lean. You will not be getting complex macros that automate play. Those are the slippery slope that lead to botting, afk play, and other bad behavior.

Libido

/useskill 4
/useskill 2
/useskill 1

A macro key so you can put skills together to use on cooldown in an order instead of needing to press 10 different buttons.
Like what Rift has.
We need that in this game.

Songcaller

You will not have such macros. It is irrelevant if Rift has it. In Ashes it is banned. No AFK Play, no Botting, no complex Macros.

phdmonster

The macro system being the reason you play a game speaks for itself. I think you will enjoy playing League of Angels

BlackBrony

You don't understand @phdmonster

Macros in Rift are not botting. Instead they allow you to put on the same button different skills.
Each time you press a button the first skill on the list will be activated. If that skill is on cooldown, then it will trigger the second one, and so on.
This way you could sorta of "chain" several skills in 1 button, knowing that the first stroke will trigger X skill, the second one Y, etc.

@Libido I'm not sure how many skills will IS have, but I know you have to select active skills.
According to wiki less than 30 on the action bar.

phdmonster

BlackBrony wrote: »

You don't understand @phdmonster

Macros in Rift are not botting. Instead they allow you to put on the same button different skills.
Each time you press a button the first skill on the list will be activated. If that skill is on cooldown, then it will trigger the second one, and so on.
This way you could sorta of "chain" several skills in 1 button, knowing that the first stroke will trigger X skill, the second one Y, etc.

@Libido I'm not sure how many skills will IS have, but I know you have to select active skills.
According to wiki less than 30 on the action bar.

Okay, they don't want that sort of thing in the game - chain casting etc. You'll have to do it manually.

Caeryl

BlackBrony wrote: »

You don't understand @/phdmonster

Macros in Rift are not botting. Instead they allow you to put on the same button different skills.
Each time you press a button the first skill on the list will be activated. If that skill is on cooldown, then it will trigger the second one, and so on.
This way you could sorta of "chain" several skills in 1 button, knowing that the first stroke will trigger X skill, the second one Y, etc.

@/Libido I'm not sure how many skills will IS have, but I know you have to select active skills.
According to wiki less than 30 on the action bar.

What you’re asking for is semi-automated skillcasting, which will not be allowed.

One button, one action.

Wandering Mist

The only time I feel the need to use macros in mmorpgs is when you have so many abilities that you need macros to combine them together into a reasonable number of keybinds. Since Ashes will only allow you to use 12 abilities at a time, this shouldn't be necessary.

BlackBrony

Wandering Mist wrote: »

The only time I feel the need to use macros in mmorpgs are when you have so many abilities that you need macros to combine them together into a reasonable number of keybinds. Since Ashes will only allow you to use 12 abilities at a time, this shouldn't be necessary.

Are they 12? I've read less than 30 from Wiki

Mork

Thanks for not supporting macros to automate gameplay

Wandering Mist

BlackBrony wrote: »

Wandering Mist wrote: »

The only time I feel the need to use macros in mmorpgs are when you have so many abilities that you need macros to combine them together into a reasonable number of keybinds. Since Ashes will only allow you to use 12 abilities at a time, this shouldn't be necessary.

Are they 12? I've read less than 30 from Wiki

30 abilities in total, but you can only use 12 at a time.

Rodya

Neurath wrote: »

You will not have such macros. It is irrelevant if Rift has it. In Ashes it is banned. No AFK Play, no Botting, no complex Macros.

If this is true then I have gone from being "kinda interested" in this game, to 100% pre-ordering it.

Lazyactor

Libido wrote: »

/useskill 4
/useskill 2
/useskill 1

A macro key so you can put skills together to use on cooldown in an order instead of needing to press 10 different buttons.
Like what Rift has.
We need that in this game.

Hey man I have the solution for you.

Check this out.

-press key 1
-press key 2
-press key 3

WOOO! we automated boys!

Undead Canuck

The only macro I want to use is the /say "Undead Canuck calls his minions to attack" on the 1 key. Then I will press the 2 key to use his 'Minion Attack' skill.

Libido

Thank you BlackBrony for being the only one who understood and wasn't being a douchebag.

Beekeeper

Apparently simple macros may be allowed, which would be a big boon for someone like me who likes to macro /s stuff into spells.

3am

You could use gkeys or any keyboard with macro keys. If it isn't automated and requires one keypunch for one action I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed to use it as it isn't automating ganeplay. Especially if we're allowing multiboxing in any form.

Vhaeyne

Libido wrote: »

Will we have a In Game Supported Macro System? The only other MMO I've played is Rift and that macro system was a life saver and big draw to the game for me. I'm not so good at my age to be pressing 8+ buttons all the time.

Without knowing anything about your current mmo play set up. I would have to recommend a few simple things that may help you. This is universal to nearly any MMO.

1: Use a "MMO mouse", This will give you up to twelve buttons on your thumb. They are not that expensive.

2: Rebind Q and E to A and D so that you get more skills on your left hand. Some game do this by default. Rotating your character with your keyboard is very outdated and a waste of keys.

3: Rebind Z,X C, V, R, T ,F ,G ,V ,B to your hotbar for skills that are not in your main rotation. These are all keys directly near WASD. Personally I spend the first five minutes in any game I play redoing all of the hotbars and keybindings.

I don't know if you were doing this in your current game, but input optimization can really help anyone who is not already doing it. There is plenty of time between now and launch to practice in other games.

daxiongmao87

Beekeeper wrote: »

Apparently simple macros may be allowed, which would be a big boon for someone like me who likes to macro /s stuff into spells.

I too like to flavor up my abilities with some /say!

Vhaeyne

daxiongmao87 wrote: »

Beekeeper wrote: »

Apparently simple macros may be allowed, which would be a big boon for someone like me who likes to macro /s stuff into spells.

I too like to flavor up my abilities with some /say!

I hate this type of behavior. At best it is used to maybe let a healer know when a tank is using a big CD, but that is not the most necessary thing in the world. At worst you get people thinking they are funny with stupid one liners in half their skills.

It is reprehensible, and I am very hopeful that I wont have to deal with it in AoC.

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