05-06-2005, 08:28 PM
My mage is only in the mid 30s, but I always announce my saps with my 60 rogue. I find this to be extremely helpful in pickup groups, because usually the sap signifies the beginning of the battle. I watch the parties health and mana, and if I think they are ready, I hit the sap. That signals to the puller that he should fire away.
This is a great pace setter in a slow group. I can't believe how many times I've done this:
/p << Sapping so and so >>
... wait 5 seconds
/p what are you guys waiting on?
Even in guild only runs, where we all know each other pretty well, no one complains about these messages. I don't think we have any problems filling up /p. Maybe its just me -- I put /p, /s, and /g in one window and put all the other crap in another window that I ignore most of the time.
Also, if you are interested in using macros, use Healix instead of rolling your own:
http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=489
It gives you a bunch of options, and its smart enough not to send out the message if you are oom, or don't have something valid targetted. Its smart enough to know whether it should use /p or /emote, or /s, or /ra, or whatever you configure it to do.
This is a great pace setter in a slow group. I can't believe how many times I've done this:
/p << Sapping so and so >>
... wait 5 seconds
/p what are you guys waiting on?
Even in guild only runs, where we all know each other pretty well, no one complains about these messages. I don't think we have any problems filling up /p. Maybe its just me -- I put /p, /s, and /g in one window and put all the other crap in another window that I ignore most of the time.
Also, if you are interested in using macros, use Healix instead of rolling your own:
http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=489
It gives you a bunch of options, and its smart enough not to send out the message if you are oom, or don't have something valid targetted. Its smart enough to know whether it should use /p or /emote, or /s, or /ra, or whatever you configure it to do.