Quick Tips

[SallyG]

Is that a macro? Mind sharing it with me please? I have been trying to figure out a drop flag command??

/camp









I kid! I kid!

/cancelaura Horde Flag

Alternatively, Alliance Flag.

 

[LennywBT]

Some more Quick Tips:

- Hunters, I'm tired of healing your dang pets. Make this macro.

/cast [@pet,dead] Revive Pet; Mend Pet; [nocombat] Feed Pet
/use Moist Cornbread

It will rez your pet if it's dead, use Mend Pet if it's alive, and use Mend Pet AND Feed Pet if it's alive and you're out of combat, all in one button. (Feed Pet heals 50% of your pet's HP in case any of you have never read the tooltip).

Not all pets eat Moist Cornbread though. Figure out which ones your pet eats and keep like 60 of them on you at all times.

- If you're trying to get Arena Grand Master - Item - World of Warcraft and there are high levels at gurubashi, don't just sit on the sides of the arena. Before Short John puts down the chest, run straight into the arena and attack somebody, or just make yourself available to get killed. It's best to start off as a ghost and try to rez and grab the chest while 90s are fighting.

- If you're laggy at Darkmoon Faire or have terrible aim, an easy way to complete the shooting game is to stand at the far left of the booth and aim somewhere between the far right and the middle targets and just spam the gun button. At a certain spot you can hit both targets without having to change your angle.

- Another really useful addon that I don't think has been mentioned yet is InterruptBar. It helps you with "fakecasting" (that's when you start to cast a heal or spell, and cancel half way through to get people to waste their spell counter abilities like Kick or Wind Shear) by showing when spell counters have been used by nearby enemies.

- Go to your Keybinds page in your Esc menu, and find "Toggle Autorun". Bind it to something and use it so you can move and type at the same time in BGs. I bind it to my weird little ~ button that's next to the 1.key

- To those of you (like myself) who can't help but give your team orders in BGs sometimes, the reality is: They probably aren't going to listen to you. Most people want whatever they do to be their own decision, not someone else's.

So instead of barking out orders, try some of these: If you need backup at lumber mill say "there's a bunch of mages heading toward lumber mill LOL" - your big DPSers will be there in a jiffy. If your team is just a rolling zerg and they're all at one base and you need people to defend, say "oh man going to be a big fight at blacksmith in a minute" - when they get there then you can say "nevermind they went to (X base that you want them to go take)".

If you need them to go kill the efc and they're just farming mid or gy, you say "Ah most of them got away, they went inside their base but they're all low HP" - B) convince them there's more kills to be had around the efc

I have no proof that any of this works, but it's more fun than giving direct orders (and less frustrating).

Laughed a bit on the last one , Hahahahahahahahahahaa ! THERE's a bunch of MAGEEEEEEESSSS loooool !

 

[Poparms]

arms warrior macro that helps me survive a ton of situations

/use battle stance
/use defensive stance

switches your stance, and works wonders vs times where you cannot connect with the target or are about to get double shatterd by an arcane mage

 

[LennywBT]

Lol - YouTube
Let the video speak... !
LOL !

 

[Daltert Moropi]

Lol - YouTube
Let the video speak... !
LOL !

/facepalm
and that's why I have a mini map at all times (shift + m).

edit: for those of you wondering what this does. it shows where your team mates are, the fc, and efc are on that little map.

 

[LennywBT]

arms warrior macro that helps me survive a ton of situations

/use battle stance
/use defensive stance

switches your stance, and works wonders vs times where you cannot connect with the target or are about to get double shatterd by an arcane mage

Macro #1 :
/cast Battle Stance
/Equip [2H Weapon]
MAcro #2 :
/use Defensive Stance
/Equip [Weapon]
/Equip [Shield]

EDIT :
That might not work , so Ceate sets and Instead of Equip Weapon... use Equip {Name of set} !

 

[Riptides]

Lol - YouTube
Let the video speak... !
LOL !

haaaaaaaaaaahahahahha thats the funniest shit i've seen in a while bro, nice job

 

[clarification]

This isn't technically correct. The GCD activates upon casting a spell.

This means that for instant cast spells, you will experience the full duration of the GCD (1.5 seconds, I believe it has been normalized for all classes as of MoP).

So starting with 1.5 second cast-time spells, the GCD will be running while you are casting your spell. The end result is that you "experience" no GCD; the cooldown was exhausted while your spell was casting.

I hope this clarification helps!

There is no GCD after a 2 second cast.

 

[Snowjobs]

stack spirit

 

[Bop]

There is no GCD after a 2 second cast.

Going back to the person who is the subject of your quote, I realize you are speaking specifically about Arcane Blast.

Sorry for the confusion, your original post seemed like you were making a blanket statement regarding all 2 second casts.

Which, of course, would be correct. But the beginning point at which that statement is true is at 1.5 second cast time spells.

 

[LennywBT]

A litle tip. For the Elder in Wintergrasp..without P2P Help How to go to Wintergrasp Low Level - YouTube !

 

[Kibbies]

Do you play a mage? Do you wish you could be like an ele shaman with the spiffy run while lighning bolting? Well heres some good news for you! The talent icey floes can only let you cast 3 moving spells right? WRONG!!!

You can get 6-7 moving casts out of the 3 charges given! The trick is to activate icy floes just at the end of your cast (since it isnt on the gcd) for some reason when you do this the previous charge stacks with the one you just activated and doesnt get removed

Hopefully that made atleast a little sense cuz i typed as i thought so yea, now all you mages can be like the ele sham ^^

(Who am i kidding no one plays mage xD)

 

[Hashbrowns]

Do you play a mage? Do you wish you could be like an ele shaman with the spiffy run while lighning bolting? Well heres some good news for you! The talent icey floes can only let you cast 3 moving spells right? WRONG!!!

You can get 6-7 moving casts out of the 3 charges given! The trick is to activate icy floes just at the end of your cast (since it isnt on the gcd) for some reason when you do this the previous charge stacks with the one you just activated and doesnt get removed

Hopefully that made atleast a little sense cuz i typed as i thought so yea, now all you mages can be like the ele sham ^^

(Who am i kidding no one plays mage xD)

Ah there it is, Kibbie's the one that found that [MENTION=18826]Bop[/MENTION] was asking me about this.

 

[VCheetah]

/camp









I kid! I kid!

/cancelaura Horde Flag

Alternatively, Alliance Flag.

Thank UUUUUUUUUUUUU! :]

 

[Hunnybuns]

Is that a macro? Mind sharing it with me please? I have been trying to figure out a drop flag command??

If your a mage, just blink through other peoples casts, I love playing against Tacticz. HE ALWAYS PULLS IT OFF on me and the worst part is I know hes gonna do it!!!!!!!!! >_<

Oh yeah, if your a mage can you use Polymorph please? That kinda helps... a lot...

If your playing Frost and position correctly you can freeze enemies behind stuff. In AB Freeze them on building corners. Or in WSG by resto/zerker hut when that hunter chases you, then use blazing speed/frost nova meet him at the corner and hes stuck there for 8 seconds

Hey Cheetah just got around to your message, and no problem i had to find this macro myself when i made my warrior it has been extremely helpful

/cancelaura Horde Flag

very simple but something you might not have originally thought to use as a command (flag considered aura)

 

[VCheetah]

Hey Cheetah just got around to your message, and no problem i had to find this macro myself when i made my warrior it has been extremely helpful

/cancelaura Horde Flag

very simple but something you might not have originally thought to use as a command (flag considered aura)

I would make macros and grab flag and stand there trying to figure one out The huntards fighting in mid would get quite upset at me for not running ;P lol

 

[Izac]

Good topic, let's see some more tips:

A priest dropped Psyfiend? Stop hitting the priest and Kill it ASAP!

Yes good one. And if you're a priest (mainly for discs) make this macro and mash it right after using Psyfiend:

/target Psyfiend
/cast Holy Word: Shield
/targetlasttarget

^ also works for Void Tendrils but it will only bubble the nearest Void Tendril.

There are 6 ways for a f2p get ontop of goldshire inn, 3 of which require mount

Challenge accepted.

Even if it's not bis-race, play physically smaller ones. People tend to overlook them in crowded situations.

Very true! I use http://www.wowhead.com/item=105898 when I don't want to get noticed in a crowd. Definitely can tell that it helps. Being smaller and looking like a hunter pet will do that I guess.

Rogue specific:
If you walking in a bow around people, they're less likely to detect you while stealthing. Sneaking up completely from behind and they have no chance of seeing you, even with detecting mechanics. But you got to be careful as it is a wide spread frontal cone. As soon as they turn around a little, you're back in it again.

Good stuff! DIdn't know that about the frontal cone. That will be helpful when I'm lookin for rogues.

If you don't want your corpse to be looted and allowing your enemy get any darkmoon fair quests from your death - release your spirit when someone start loot your corpse. enemy will end up with nothing.

Oh man yeah I hate that! I sit there and wait till they release when I'm going for artifacts. Lost so many insignias this way.

/use battle stance
/use defensive stance

You just freed up a keybind for my warrior. Thanks man

stack spirit

Absolutely.

 

[Izac]

Horde can use Slumber Sand - Item - World of Warcraft for those super clutch games.

Or keep them forever, thinking there will be a more important time to use it in the future, like I do.

Oh shoot... that's a good one. You should use them on streamers. Then their reaction to getting slept will be on video forever

 

[Tyramissoux]

Good stuff! DIdn't know that about the frontal cone. That will be helpful when I'm lookin for rogues.

Just watch World of Roguecraft. It's old, but they didn't change the mechanic. Only ones who might stand out there - huntards because they have it on their minimap. Not exactly sure.

Skip to 2:28
World of Roguecraft Episode 2 [part 3] - YouTube

 

[Arberian021]

There's a lot of freaking stuff to learn about WoW. I started playing about 8 years ago and I'm still finding new things. You learn a little at a time.

This thread is for posting Quick Tips for anything useful to F2Ps. Don't you start thinking that I'm trying to be helpful. I'm just bored and I know if people start posting things I'll probably learn something that helps me. You wouldn't believe how slow of a learner I am. That's why my avatar is Forrest Gump. Took me probably 2 years to figure out what people meant when they said "keybinds" and 2 more to figure out "macros".

Feel free to post anything you've learned recently, or things you've known about for a while that you see other people not doing. Even if it seems like common knowledge to you, it isn't to somebody else...


Here's a few of my Quick Tips:

- You have some control over which way your enemies run when you use Psychic Scream on a priest. If they're behind you and you're running away from them, they'll usually run the opposite direction. If they're standing still and you're running towards them, they'll usually run away from you when you Scream.

- When you're guarding a flag in AB, stay about 20 yards from the flag so that rogues can't sap you and immediately cap the flag. They'll be able to cap the flag and restealth before sap breaks... or else you have to waste trinket.

- Get your lazy butt to Bloodmyst Isle and farm some Small Venom Sac - Item - World of Warcraft to make Anti-Venom - Item - World of Warcraft. You get 3 Anti-Venom per venom sac. It's worth it.

- ^ While you farm your venom sacs you'll also get Irradiated Crystal Shard - Item - World of Warcraft which you can turn in to Vindicator Boros - NPC - World of Warcraft (if you're Alliance) and receive either Crystal of Vitality - Item - World of Warcraft, Crystal of Insight - Item - World of Warcraft or Crystal of Ferocity - Item - World of Warcraft which counts as a special extra buff and doesn't take up your Battle/Guardian Elixir slots.

- I just found out recently that at the top right of your Map you can minimize it so that it doesn't take up your whole screen. Yeah, really, I just found out about that.

That's Richard Sherman, the best corner in the game. Go hawks.

I like spoilers cause you never know what's inside them. Kind of like a box of chocolates..

Good job!!