Key-bind switching macro

Post by Nydrell

Hi everyone!

Here's the problem:
I use W key for switching targets. For PvE, I bind it to "target nearest enemy". For PvP however, I change it to "target nearest enemy player". What I'm trying to do is make a macro, that would do this key-bind changing for me, to avoid going to options, scrolling through the list and re-binding everytime i need it.

So, it would need to a macro that, when clicked, alternates binds for my W key between these two settings. Or maybe two separate macros, one that binds W to "target enemy", and the other one that binds it to "target enemy player". Or any other solution that makes this task easier.

I've tried relating it to chosen spec, or using action bar modifier for whether I'm in shadowform or not, but it's not the solution I have in mind. Also, it can't be with alt/shift/ctrl modifiers.

So any ideas? :)

Thanks in advance.

Post by HighFive

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Post by Phaleux

In pvp you will only encounter players (unless its world, but you can't usually prepare for world pvp)
in pve you will only encounter mobs (unless you get jumped while questing, but still)
Why would you need it differently than just target nearest hostile?My guess is he doesn't want to waste time tab-targeting past pets.

Post by Nydrell

Take a look at these.

Thanks, this looks promising! But I tried:

/SetBinding("W", "TARGETENEMY")

and it does nothing. Maybe I'm using it wrong?

In pvp you will only encounter players (unless its world, but you can't usually prepare for world pvp)
in pve you will only encounter mobs (unless you get jumped while questing, but still)
Why would you need it differently than just target nearest hostile?

Here's why, on example of 2v2 arena worst-case scenario:

Enemy team is enh. shaman & mage. At one point, there can be 2 players, 4 totems, ~~1 earth/fire elemental~~, 2 spirit wolves, 4 mirror images, 1 water elemental. A total of 13 hostile targets, of which only 2 are actual players that I want to target.

Just take a single mage for example, with 'target enemy player' instead of 'target anything', you can immediately target the actual mage, instead of his mirror images.

Edit: shaman elementals are not usable in arenas actually.

Post by Nydrell

However what I've suggested to some others, and they've fell in love with, is the mouse wheel for tab targetting.

Mouse Wheel Up: Next Hostile Target
Mouse Wheel Down: Previous Hostile Target
Shift Mouse Wheel Up: Zoom In
Shift Mouse Wheel Down: Zoom Out
Control Mouse Wheel Up: Next Friendly Target
Control Mouse Wheel Down: Previous Friendly Target

Using the mousewheel as if it were a scope of sorts made logical sense to those who've used it.

Excellent idea, actually! I was against scroll wheel, because I'm to much used to adjusting camera distance all the time (literally). But here's how it will work for me:

Wheel up / down: camera distance
Ctrl + wheel up: next enemy player
Ctrl + wheel down: next enemy (any hostile)

Brilliant! Thanks!

Key-bind switching macro

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