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Thanks for your question Rykken as it is a good one:
“I was just wondering why we wouldn’t be needing a macro anymore?”

I was referring to the up and coming patch, 3.02 which will have a lot of game changes. This patch is for the up and coming Wrath expansion. There are far too changes many to list here but you can check them all out at WOW Insider.

In this patch we will being seeing a number of huge changes for Hunters. Why will we not need a cast macro anymore? Well its simple, at the moment we can not auto shoot at the same time as we are casting steady shot. This is set to change as of patch 3.02. After the patch steady shot will NOT clip auto shot. What this means is that while we are casting steady shot, auto shot will continue to fire.

There are a few other changes in this area as well. Auto shot is NOT, linked to the global cool down. What this means is “Haste” and lots of it. You no longer have to search for that 2.8 speed bow as a BM hunter for the perfect 3.2 macro. This is going to open a can of worms and I’m looking forward to it.

But what about the haste affecting steady shot? Well in short at the moment in the PTR for 3.02 it does NOT. It is locked at a 2.0 cast time.

So lots of haste and a steady shot every 2.0 seconds. Shot rotations are going to need a lot of thought put into them.

Over the next few days i hope to get more time on the PTR and ill be able to write a bit more about this.

For know though i hope this answers your question. Please if you have any more send us an email or leave a comment.

Over the last week or so, the Quantum Butterflies have had a few transfers from other guilds, and I have had a few questions about shot rotations. I did attempt to explain it, but it’s a little bit hard while in game – so here it is.

I will cover two of the most common shot rotations hunters use today and also explain how to set up these macros in game. I take no credit for writing these macros at all. For each macro I have provided a link to where I got it from and also you might find some extra info on each.

So lets dive in:

The 1:1 Macro:

This was one of the first shot rotations that came out for the BM hunter, and as such, is well tested by many players. It’s a pretty simple concept really. Every time you shoot a Auto Shot, you also shoot one Steady Shot. You are trying to fill in the time between Auto Shots, as to put out more DPS.
This Macro also weaves Kill Command into the rotation, and casts it whenever it is up. No more having to try and hit Kill Command with so many other things going on.

Macro: 1:1

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/castsequence reset=3 !Auto Shot, Steady Shot
/castrandom [target=pettarget, exists] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear();

The 3:2 macro:

This is the next generation macro that a lot of people are using now days. The idea behind this, is for every 3 Auto Shots, you fire off two Steady Shots. Just like the last one this weaves kill command into the rotation so no need to try and cast that. This Macro works with a gun/bow between 2.8-3.0 speed. with a 2.8 speed being ideal as with a bit of haste raiting and the 15% speed incruse from your ammo pouch/quiver you will be siting at a nice 2.0 speed. Now if you are faster than this, or get Blood Lust from a Shaman then you will need to switch back to the 1:1. I myself have both macros ready to use so I can switch between them.
This can be a little tricky to set up as it has two parts to it. This is to try and combat the locking bug that sometimes happens with Kill Command. Thanks go out to Manito for this one. I will try to explain to as best i can.

First off you need to create a new macro with:

Macro 1:
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast !Auto Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/click [target=pettarget,exists] MultiBarBottomLeftButton12
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

You can put macro one any where you like on your tool bar. Now lets move onto the hard part – Macro 2. Now Macro 1 casts this Macro, so when it is set up there is no need to cast it.

Next you want to create another new macro and put in:

Macro 2:
/castsequence reset=4 Kill Command, !Auto Shot, !Auto Shot, !Auto Shot

If you are using the standard UI then all you need to do is put this macro onto the last button (right hand side) of action bar 6.
If you are using a action bar mod you can either; turn it off, put the Macro in the right place, then turn it back on; or do the following:

Make a macro with the following code:

/run local f = GetMouseFocus(); if f then DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(f:GetName()) end

Then all you do is place it where you would like Macro 2 to sit, and hit it. It should display in the chat frame which button you are on. Then edit Macro 1 code and place the button name on the end of line 4, replacing “MultiBarBottomLeftButton12″

The next thing you need to do is go test it out. Dr Boom is the place to go, so hop on your flying mount and beat him down. If you don’t know about Dr Boom, then check out this video by BRK

Right that’s it for today, get out there and get Hunting. If you have any questions, or if I have left anything out please leave a comment, and I’ll be happy to help.

You may also want to check out this post on Less QQ