Question - best way for one group to assist another

[scotsbiker]

As title say what is the best way for say a pure melee group to assist another group, for takin down named?

use a hot button to assist the ma in main group or assist ma in melee group who assists ma in main group?
or is there a better option?

 

[Warl0ck45]

Kinda depends on what macros you are using, and what is going on, along with how much control you may need.

As in... I have done 2 groups in raid format and had the macros using raidMA for assist...

I have set up a different EQBC server and have one group on each, so I could direct independent controls at times (each assisting group MA)

I have set up one group behind another, with healers watching group 1's tank and healer... and group 2 DPS wating for 80% to assist group 1 MA and engage...

I have had group 2 sit until group 1's tank has burned through all his damage mitigation stuff and needed to back out of the fight while group 2's tank entered the fray, with group 2's support healers giving a rest, and all DPS (on a separate channel or server) continued to do their thing.

But then I use a modified version of RaidDruid from the mothership's boards.

I occasionally run KA, but not a full group using. Meaning, I have little insight into how KA (or ModBot or the AutoClass series) would handle the various situations.

RD has some features I have gotten very used to. Like being able to stop and restart during fight (and not switch targets) or swap to raidMA/groupMA/groupMT in the fly. I need to spend the time to update the healing... but it is so interlocked with other stuff I get bogged down and then disgusted for a while... till I try it again later on, heh.

 

[Akatora]

I just use kissassist on my 2nd group to target the main tank of the 2nd group, then have the MT of that group target the MT of the 1st group and do kissassist to him

dont have a main assist on the 2nd group either, otherwise it gets wonky from what ive seen

 

[scotsbiker]

thanks for the replies. don't what to run in raid format, at least not yet. So want to keep it as two separate groups.

 

[surfdog21]

I found having two /assist scotsbiker /assist scotsbiker keeps you from having to mash a hotkey..... when you make your hotkey. why i do not know. but when I only had one /assist scotsbiker they wouldnt move, though the mob would be targeted, but if i put a second line of /assist scotsbiker-then when i hit the /assist hotkey that was set up to assist scot they would move into action.

 

[surfdog21]

/assist scotsbiker
/assist scotsbiker

set up on an assist key

 

[surfdog21]

I hope my babble makes sense lol

 

[scotsbiker]

Thanks Surfdog and yes makes sense