03-24-2005, 06:01 PM
I have a few quick thoughts on the polymorph macro discussion.
First, I don't think it's spamming, since it should only happen once or twice per fight. However if you do worry about the messages being lost in party chat, you could make the macro do "/me is polymorphing %t." This way the text will be orange and will stand out. Also, people looking for party chat (blue) may be less distracted by it.
Second, in response to the thought that these messages are less useful because it is easy to see that something is being sheeped and to tell if you are popping sheep.I disagree with this. It's very easy for Warriors and casters to accidentally pop sheep. Warriors use AOE attacks like Whirlwind, Cleave, and Thunderclap to improve DPS and also constantly switch targets to keep aggro. As for casters, we have lots of DOTs we'd like to put on the mobs that aren't being sheeped. In these cases, I think a macro that says "Sheeping add" or "Sheeping the caster on the right" would be useful so others can modify which attacks/spells they use.
First, I don't think it's spamming, since it should only happen once or twice per fight. However if you do worry about the messages being lost in party chat, you could make the macro do "/me is polymorphing %t." This way the text will be orange and will stand out. Also, people looking for party chat (blue) may be less distracted by it.
Second, in response to the thought that these messages are less useful because it is easy to see that something is being sheeped and to tell if you are popping sheep.I disagree with this. It's very easy for Warriors and casters to accidentally pop sheep. Warriors use AOE attacks like Whirlwind, Cleave, and Thunderclap to improve DPS and also constantly switch targets to keep aggro. As for casters, we have lots of DOTs we'd like to put on the mobs that aren't being sheeped. In these cases, I think a macro that says "Sheeping add" or "Sheeping the caster on the right" would be useful so others can modify which attacks/spells they use.