Provoke macro

[Jay Dee]

Could anyone give me advice on a macro for provoke?

Also can you have it so that in a party you can set it to auto provoke say every 30 - 45 sec or is it better to have it only provoke on demand?

Thanks

[Cali]

/p [insert message, ie Provoke <t> or <lastst>]
/ja "Provoke" <t> or <st>
/wait 15
/p [insert mesage, ie Provoke in 15sec]
/wait 15
/p [insert message, ie Provoke ready!]

That's basically it... I usually include my TP in my provoke... I use <t>, because I will be real slow in provoking if I use <st>... (I healed too slow when I was using <st> cure as a WHM)

<st> and <t>: <st> for switch target, so it's good for backup tanker, like, if a random mob comes and hit the mage, and you need someone to take the mob off, <st> can do it quicker. <t> is the target you are targetting, so making the macro simpler

[neighbortaru]

no way to get macros to repeat that i know of.

here's what i use

/p Provoking <t>
/ja "Provoke" <t>
/wait 15
/p Wait 15s for Provoke
/wait 15
/p Provoke Refreshed

edit: darn cali beat me to it.

[Cali]

I missed the repeat part.... may be you can... I made a SA macro counter like this:

/ja "Sneak Attack" <me>
/wait 20
/wait 20
/wait 20
/echo Sneak back...

So, for repeat provoke, if you really need:

/p Provoke <t>
/ja "Provoke" <t>
/wait 20
/wait 10
/ja "Provoke" <t>

But sometimes my macro suddenly stopped in the middle >_>; like I wait for my provoke macro to tell me about when I can reprovoke... but the last line never popped.... so I would never rely on a wait macro to do an important skill for me, such as provoke

[neighbortaru]

try /wait 12 in your last wait. sometimes the game timer gets screwy.

but that macro will only let you provoke twice, not every 30s.

[Jay Dee]

Thanks for the advice.

I think I will make 2 macros

One to provoke the main mob and one just incase we have a second mob link

I think that should cover most battels.

Any other macros that would help when partying?

[Rico]

OR you can just do...

/ja "Provoke" <t>

instead of adding that 15 sec thing..... it spams up the place when u have 2 wars

[TokeN]

I use:

Provoking >> <t>
/ja "Provoke" <t>
/wait 15
/echo Provoke is ready for use.

[neighbortaru]

psst, token, it's 30 not 15.

and i tend to like the 15s message, even with 2 WAR. You can alternate provokes very nicely like that (btw, i turn on filters and have damage displayed on the screen so i'm probably getting less stuff in the log).

[Narru]

/ja "Provoke" <t>
/p >>> >> > |Provoke|ing <t> < << <<< : TP = <tp>
/wait 20
/p >> > |Provoke| Ready in 10 < <<
/wait 10
/p > > > |Provoke| Ready! < < <

Hehe JP translator used in my macros ;

Also, for those who don't know... if you use a macro, and it has a long sequence like the one above - if you use another macro, it'll prevent this macro from continuing. That's why if you use the above macro, and then wait 22 seconds and use a different macro, you'll see the "Provoke Ready in 10" message, but not the "Provoke Ready" message.

[TokeN]

Originally posted by neighbortaru
psst, token, it's 30 not 15.

and i tend to like the 15s message, even with 2 WAR. You can alternate provokes very nicely like that (btw, i turn on filters and have damage displayed on the screen so i'm probably getting less stuff in the log).

LOL, i was thinkin of my boost macro.

[Shann_Phoenix]

I use 2 provoke macros since i began my 30+ tanking, 1 classic provoke with

/party provoke <t>
/ja "Provoke" <bt>
/wait 15
/echo 15 sec to voke
/wait 15
/echo voke ok

and a provoke + boost macro

/ja "Provoke" <bt>
/wait 1
/ja "Boost" <me>
/wait 15
/ja "boost" <me>
/echo voke in 15

This help since it allows me to generate more hate using only 1 macro and since after lvl 30 it's better to have 1 tank always holding hate i don't have to put a /party in it.

[TokeN]

Great thanks. I think I will put that 1 in guide