Quick Tips

Even if it's not bis-race, play physically smaller ones. People tend to overlook them in crowded situations.
Always learn your enemies' spells and to be more precise - which ones belong to which school of magic. Sometimes kicking/rupting a damage spell can be just as useful as doing that while your enemy casts a heal.

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.
If you sapped a class that might have a knockback or aoe to get you out of stealth, just sap them and move a bit away, because they might trinket out of sap and get your ass while you're waiting to regenerate your energy to full before attacking.
 
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 corps. enemy will end up with nothing.
 
Mmm i have a good tip!

Do you play a class that cant escape rogue crippling poison? instead of getting annoyed use this tip to escape any rogue! First start out strafing one way, then quickly switch directions one or two times, depending on how well the rogue turns to stay on you, then on one direction switch quickly do a jump the pop your insignia safely being just out of melee range! Works likea charm if no one peels for you as a healer :)

Edit- another tip i just thought of: as a mage you can get two shatter crits from one nova as long as you stay about 15 yards from your frozen target. Ex: nova->arcane blast followed by arcane barrage-> both count as shatter since barrage doesnt share gcd!
 
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If none of your key binds are working and you are freaking out you left your fishing toolbar up. Also fishing poles are not bis.


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SallyG said:
As I occasionally forget to change my talents on my bar/binds after re-specing (especially in arena :rolleyes:) I use a few scripts to ensure mashing my bind uses the correct talent ^_^.

These scripts automatically detect the talent, display the right CD and tooltip.

Druid

#showtooltip
/use Feline Swiftness
/use Displacer Beast
/use Wild Charge
/script m_c=GetSpellInfo(131768); m_ds=GetSpellInfo(102280); m_h=GetSpellInfo(102401)
/run SetMacroSpell("15t", GetSpellInfo(m_c) or GetSpellInfo(m_ds) or GetSpellInfo(m_h))

Mage

#showtooltip
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Blazing Speed
/cast Ice Floes
/script m_c=GetSpellInfo(12043); m_ds=GetSpellInfo(108843); m_h=GetSpellInfo(108839)
/run SetMacroSpell("15t", GetSpellInfo(m_c) or GetSpellInfo(m_ds) or GetSpellInfo(m_h))

Priest

#showtooltip
/cast Void Tendrils
/cast Psyfiend
/cast Dominate Mind
/script m_c=GetSpellInfo(108920); m_ds=GetSpellInfo(108921); m_h=GetSpellInfo(605)
/run SetMacroSpell("15t", GetSpellInfo(m_c) or GetSpellInfo(m_ds) or GetSpellInfo(m_h))

Shaman

#showtooltip
/cast Nature's Guardian
/cast Stone Bulwark Totem
/cast Astral Shift
/script m_c=GetSpellInfo(30884); m_ds=GetSpellInfo(108270); m_h=GetSpellInfo(108271)
/run SetMacroSpell("15t", GetSpellInfo(m_c) or GetSpellInfo(m_ds) or GetSpellInfo(m_h))



Classes with mostly/all passives on the tier aren't listed here. If you want to have modifiers you'll likely need a different macro. If you use these, name the macro 15t, use ? as the icon. For best results ^_^

These weren't made by myself, all credit goes to another site.
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Heres another tip:

Using /script's in your macros is bannable.
 
Thanks everyone! The things I've read here can really make playing so much easier and more efficient.

A couple basic yet very useful macros for sticking to the same target as a teammate. I find these invaluable for so many situations. Set your focus on a strong dps player who is alongside you with the first macro. When you get into combat with them, periodically hit the second macro to make sure you are sharing their target. Oftentimes the success of a group is determined by how well they focus attacks on one target. It's one of the many reasons premades are so successful. These macros also work very well as a healer so you can assist your dps in interrupting/purging/throwing in some dps.

Add a friendly (or enemy) target as your focus:

/focus

Target your focus's target:

/assist focus

Another thing I personally find very useful is keeping raid frames up and in a very visible spot, even as a dps class. I'm not sure if the native raid frames do something like this, but with Vuhdo, anyone who is being targeted will get a little red border around their frame. As a healer, this will greatly help you anticipate who will be taking damage so you can stay ahead of the incoming damage. As a dps, it's also nice to be able to quickly see who on your team is in range of you by taking a glance at your raid frames. (and to make sure you don't run out of range of your healer :p)

Thanks all!
 
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clarification said:
There is no GCD after a 2 second cast..
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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!
 
Revlo said:
A couple basic yet very useful macros for sticking to the same target as a teammate. I find these invaluable for so many situations. Set your focus on a strong dps player who is alongside you with the first macro. When you get into combat with them, periodically hit the second macro to make sure you are sharing their target. Oftentimes the success of a group is determined by how well they focus attacks on one target. It's one of the many reasons premades are so successful. These macros also work very well as a healer so you can assist your dps in interrupting/purging/throwing in some dps.

Add a friendly (or enemy) target as your focus:

/focus

Target your focus's target:

/assist focus
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A related tip that goes way back to my raiding days is the following. When there's a pack of mobs (or enemies) and you want to make sure you're targeting the right one, target any of them and hit F (assist, by default) twice. This is essentially targeting target's target. If the enemy is targeting the tank, you'll get the same target as the tank. If it is targeting a healer, and the healer is targeting the tank, you hit one more time to get the tank's target. Cycling through assists is much more reliable than tabbing through targets to get the one you should be on, both PVE and PVP.

Another thing I personally find very useful is keeping raid frames up and in a very visible spot, even as a dps class. I'm not sure if the native raid frames do something like this, but with Vuhdo, anyone who is being targeted will get a little red border around their frame. As a healer, this will greatly help you anticipate who will be taking damage so you can stay ahead of the incoming damage
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The default raid frames also do this, as well as yellow frames for those high on aggro. Now that I play a healer I pay lots of attention to these indicators as well.
 
Chantale said:
Heres another tip:

Using /script's in your macros is bannable.
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Well you are right in a way.

Stated in the TOS, anything against the "essence" of WOW is bannable. Saying this allows Blizzard to do anything they see fit. So, yes... anything could be bannable. Including macros. Thanks for the tip! ^_^

Now looking at scripts, the methodology itself is not bannable. What they do in turn determines the consequence. The ones I posted are harmless.
 
Hunnybuns19 said:
So i caught this one on tape today and thought it would be relevant for people to see what i was talking about in action... enjoy!

Shadowmeld Clip
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Is that a macro? Mind sharing it with me please? :p 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!!!!!!!!! >_< :p

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 :p
 
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