Question - Dungeon Crawl using KA w/ ISBoxer

[shatter]

Hi there. I'm a brand new KA and macro quest user and have a couple of questions I just can't find the answer to.

Messing around last night I managed to get KA going on a group with a toon auto-pulling and it was brilliant. Nicely done.

Setting things up in a static location and letting it roll seems doable for now. I'm playing with only very basic settings.

But what about dungeon crawls where I use a Bard, Monk or perhaps a tank puller and have to move the team around?

Is there a way to turn off KA with a simple keypress so I can toggle ISBoxer's auto-follow to move the group forward to a new camp location quickly
and then another keypress to have the other group members (besides the puller) auto-target the main tank and restart KA?

Any best practices for dungeon crawls?

Thanks!

 

[LorDeth]

If you are moving around alot and enabling/disabling KA alot, I would suggest setting up a 'pause Macro' key...

one line, /bcga //mqp

this also acts as a toggle.. so only one button needed.

Prerequisite though, you have to be running /plugin mq2eqbc on all your toons, and running the external exe found in the release folder called MQ2EQBCS.exe. I suggest reading through the MQ2EQBC forum entry in the Plugins section.

the /bcga is the EQBC command - tells everyone in your grp (including the toon its sent from) to execute the command //mqp - pause macro...

Hope this helps!

 

[nyghteyes]

KA has a chase option.

I would not end the macro and restart, you have a couple option imo.

use /chaseon & /chaseoff for the entire group.

skip chase and make sure camphere is off (is a toggle no secondary switch) and use

/bcg //moveto loc ${Me.Y} ${Me.X}

and turn /camphere back on if you have trouble keep your toons together.

 

[toots]

Nyghteyes beat me to it. That hotkey is really your best bet for moving around dungeons. It is really accurate and your toons won't overshoot or run in erratic directions very often.

 

[shatter]

That's awesome. Thank you.

I guess the next logical question is how do I use EQBC to actually bind a key to my nostromo controller and/or keyboard? I've been digging around the EQBC wiki and haven't found anything yet.

 

[deathbiscuit]

I have a nostromo n-52 speedpad. There is a nostromo loadout manager to assign single keys/macros/modeswitch to each key. I have 1-0,-,=,m, Numlock on the main buttons. if you want to creat specific instructions, you can create a macro and bind to a button through the loadout manager, i.e. /bca //ass ${Me}

 

[etherealmist]

It would be sweet if DoWeMove cancelled current buffs so movement would happen instead of waiting for said buff to cast. I think this is the only slowdown kiss has when trying to move around with chase.

 

[playbetter]

It would be sweet if DoWeMove cancelled current buffs so movement would happen instead of waiting for said buff to cast. I think this is the only slowdown kiss has when trying to move around with chase.

and looting...
Playbetter

 

[LurkMcGurk]

Is there a way to turn off KA with a simple keypress so I can toggle ISBoxer's auto-follow to move the group forward to a new camp location quickly
and then another keypress to have the other group members (besides the puller) auto-target the main tank and restart KA?

Any best practices for dungeon crawls?

Thanks!

Turn on broadcasting ingame and type

/hotbutton MacPause /mqp

This will make a hotbutton ingame called Macpause and the first line will be /mqp - if you turn broadcasting on before you do it, it will do it on all of your characters saving you a ton of time.

Then you'll want to make a hotbutton that does...

/pause 5, /target <Your Follow Char>
/fol

This will allow you to follow him and move forward easily, you can do /afol too if you want a more advanced follow, but I am keeping it basic for now.

This will give you the mobility you want.


Other useful macros to make are...

(Start Macro)
/pause 5, /target <Tank>
<Leave a line or two blank>
/mac kissassist

(Stop Macro)
/plugin mq2melee unload
/nav stop
/end

None of it would require EQBC if you're using isboxer and if you remember to turn on broadcasting you'll only have to make the macros 1 time with /hotbutton

 

[Dolphin]

KA has a chase option.

I would not end the macro and restart, you have a couple option imo.

use /chaseon & /chaseoff for the entire group.

skip chase and make sure camphere is off (is a toggle no secondary switch) and use

/bcg //moveto loc ${Me.Y} ${Me.X}

and turn /camphere back on if you have trouble keep your toons together.

Will /moveto work with a z-axis?

 

[etherealmist]

and looting...
Playbetter

I use the advanced loot window to loot.

 

[playbetter]

I use the advanced loot window to loot.

I really should. I just rebelled early and never got caught up on it. So are you saying there is no delay when using the advanced loot system? If so I must eat my crow, find that thread about it, study, implement, correct, then apply to all my toons.......... Damn I hate the taste of crow!

As always,
Playbetter

 

[aspire2008]

I really should. I just rebelled early and never got caught up on it. So are you saying there is no delay when using the advanced loot system? If so I must eat my crow, find that thread about it, study, implement, correct, then apply to all my toons.......... Damn I hate the taste of crow!

As always,
Playbetter

This is my issue lol. I have been using devestator bots for too long and have accustomed to the old style looting it has. Need to figure out how to get ninjadvloot to work for the bots.

 

[dreamflux]

For you guys interested in looting check out the MQ2AutoLoot plugin. It has no delays as it's a plugin so it works with all macros. In fact I remove all the looting checks in KA at this point. It's really something.

 

[shatter]

Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone. I've managed to get set up with some basic hot-keys and can now move through dungeons and slaughter mobs with relative ease.

 

[LorDeth]

Will /moveto work with a z-axis?

Yes it does..

/moveto loc ${Me.Y} ${Me.X} ${Me.Z}

i use this regularly when running around hilly zones, and my guys all with their lev on auto follow are miles above me.. but if i stop em, move ahead a short distance and then hit the moveto with z coord added, they will run DOWN to me, and be either at ground lvl or just above...

 

[LurkMcGurk]

You don't need any plugins or programs to loot for you anymore, the built in advanced loot system will automatically hand out loot now. You can set it to hand out look in a minute after the mob dies (by clicking the cog wheel) or I think the delay is like 5 - 10min. I've always left the delay on since as a boxer you sit in one spot for a long period of time, then when you're ready to leave (you're at the keyboard anyway) you just assign the loot and you're done.

 

[eqmule]

/bcga //nav id ${Target.ID}

in a hotkey I named move to MY target

That's my new favorite way to crawl dungeons or whatever zone, just did diplomatic papers anni task using this in combination with another couple hotkeys for /bcga //mqp on and /bcga //mqp off

Was very smooth.