Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Focusing and the Assist Macro

When working in a party, it's very important for everyone to focus on a single mob. Reducing the number of mobs you are fighting at once greatly increases the party's survivability. As such, getting all the members of the party to focus on a single mob rather than spreading yourselves thin is of the utmost import. Particularly in instances with a large party and lots of mobs, figuring out which mob to focus on can be difficult. This macro solves that problem.

  1. Open a chat box and type "/macro". Click "New".
  2. Name the macro "Assist" and select the icon you like. I use the bulging eye in the top row. Click "Okay".
  3. In the command window at the bottom, type "/assist Zeeboo". Click "Complete".
  4. Drag the icon for your new macro to a convenient toolbar, just like you would a spell or ability. Close the macro window.
  5. Clicking the macro selects the mob that Zeeboo has targeted.
Naturally, you'll need to change the name in your macro to whoever is the tank in your party.

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