Problem - For 105 War, Dichotomic Shield, and Pain Doesn't Hurt abils not working.

[TapoutDogMug]

Hello all, I was hoping someone would be able to assist me with the problems in the title, and maybe another bonus issue. Basically, I have a 105 War, and he works pretty darn well for the most part.... But when names come along, he doesn't shine as well as he could. Basically he won't survive a named mob of his level without 2 healers, or me watching because the bot can't properly activate his two huge shield abilities. (And sometimes not even his Last Stand Discipline.)

I would like Dichotomic Shield (rank 1) and Pain Doesn't Hurt to be activated properly essentially when his HP reaches less than 35%, or a named is pulled. I've tried some holy's, however they never seem to activate. I know these two skills/abilities are somewhat unique abilities and difficult to make work, but this has been beyond annoying.

Below is the holy code I tried to get them to work, but they never seem to. I'm also using Kissassist 9 at this moment:

downflag0=1
holyflag0=1
holyflag1=1
holyflag2=1
holyflag3=1
holyflag4=1
downshit0=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Breather Rk. II]} && ${Window[CombatAbilityWnd].Child[CAW_CombatEffectLabel].Text.Equal[Commanding Voice]} || ${Window[CombatAbilityWnd].Child[CAW_CombatEffectLabel].Text.Equal[Field Guardian]} && ${Me.PctEndurance}<20 && ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}==0) /multiline ; /stopdisc ; /doability "Breather Rk. II"
holyshit0=/if (${Me.Combat} && ${Me.PctHPs}<39 && ${Me.AltAbilityReady[Fundament: Third Spire of the Warlord]}) /alt act 1402
holyshit1=/if (${Me.Combat} && !${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Last Stand Discipline Rk. II]} && !${Me.Buff[Defensive Proficiency].ID}) /alt act 687
holyshit2=/if (${Me.Combat} && ${Me.PctHPs}<39 && ${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Pain Doesn't Hurt]}) /doability Pain Doesn't Hurt
holyshit3=/if (${Me.Combat} && ${Me.PctHPs}<30 && ${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Dichotomic Shield]}) /doability "${Spell[Dichotomic Shield].RankName}"
holyshit4=/if (${Me.Combat} && ${Me.PctHPs}<50 && ${Me.AltAbilityReady[Blade Guardian]}) /alt act 967

There is is, it would be nice to be able to get those working. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be more than happy to entertain them.

Additionally, the bonus would be, surefire holy code (or other ka9 magic) that allows Last Stand Discipline to be used if a named engages him, because as of right now, I have to still wait for all discs to fall off (or click them off) to be able to activate it. It would be nice for camping names non-interactively if he could simply do this on his own. (In conjunction with the other 2 abilities as well!)

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[TheFiddler]

Dichotomic Shield - You could change your line to this:

holyshit3=/if (${Me.Combat} && ${Me.PctHPs}<40 && ${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Dichotomic Shield]} && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=4)) /doability "Dichotomic Shield"

This is still a work in progress for me (still tweaking it), but here is the working set I have for most of the defensive stuff I'm running in my MQ2Melee ini:

Holyshit0=/if (!${Me.Buff[Defensive Proficiency].ID} && ${Macro.Name.NotEqual["NULL"]}) /multiline ; /alt act 684 ; /Bandolier Activate 1
Holyshit1=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Flash of Anger Rk. III]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<40) /doability "Flash of Anger Rk. III"

Holyshit5=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Stout Defense Rk. III]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=90 && ${Window[CombatAbilityWnd].Child[CAW_CombatEffectLabel].Text.Equal[No Effect]}) /doability "Stout Defense Rk. III"
Holyshit6=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Last Stand Discipline Rk. III]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=60 && !${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Fortitude Discipline]} && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=6)) /multiline ; /Bandolier Activate 1 ; /stopdisc ; /doability "Last Stand Discipline Rk. III"
Holyshit7=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Fortitude Discipline]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=60 && !${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Last Stand Discipline Rk. III]} && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=6)) /multiline ; /Bandolier Activate 1 ; /stopdisc ; /doability "Fortitude Discipline"
Holyshit8=/if (${Me.AltAbilityReady[Fundament: Third Spire of the Warlord]} && !${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Last Stand Discipline Rk. III]} && !${Me.Buff[Third Spire of Divinity IV].ID} && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=4)) /alt act 1402

Holyshit9=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Pain Doesn't Hurt Rk. III]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=65 && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=4)) /doability "Pain Doesn't Hurt Rk. III"
Holyshit10=/if (${Me.AltAbilityReady[Brace For Impact]} && !${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Pain Doesn't Hurt Rk. III]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=60 && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=4)) /alt act 1686
Holyshit11=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Armor of Darkened Runes Rk. III]} && !${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Pain Doesn't Hurt Rk. III]} && !${Me.AltAbilityReady[Brace For Impact]} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=55 && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=4)) /doability "Armor of Darkened Runes Rk. III"

Holyshit12=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Warrior's Bulwark Rk. III]} && !${Me.Buff[Warrior's Instinct].ID} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=60 && (${Target.Named} || ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=3)) /doability "Warrior's Bulwark Rk. III"
Holyshit13=/if (${Cast.Ready[Flowing Etheric Legionnaire Breastplate]} && !${Me.Buff[Warrior's Bulwark Effect III].ID} && ${Me.PctHPs}<=70 && (${Target.Named} -- ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}>=3)) /useitem "Flowing Etheric Legionnaire Breastplate"

Holyshit20=/if (${Me.AltAbilityReady[Blade Guardian]} && !${Me.Song[Divine Guardian Spirit VI].ID}) /alt act 967

A lot of this is specifically geared towards how I want them to react to my situation and my crew I run with... inc a kick-ass Enc for CC!

Let us know if any of this helps you in your situation. You may need to also tweek some of the info in these for your specific situation.

Regards,
~TheFiddler~

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P.S. I also run with the following Holy-IF line:

Holyshitif=${if !${Me.Invis} && ${Melee.Combat} && (${Target.Named} || ${Target.Type.Equal[NPC]}) && ${Melee.AggroMode} && (${Me.Standing} || ${Me.Mount.ID}) && !${Select[${Zone.ID},151,202,203,219,344,345,463,33480,33113]}}

And for Breather I now use a Down with Multiline for stopping the current running disc:

Downshit3=/if (${Me.CombatAbilityReady[Breather Rk. III]} && (${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Stout Defense Rk. III]} || ${Me.ActiveDisc.Name.Equal[Tempestuous Defense Discipline Rk. III]}) && ${Me.PctEndurance}<21 && ${SpawnCount[npc radius 50 zradius 10]}==0) /multiline ; /stopdisc ; /doability "Breather Rk. III"

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I'm not quite ready to post my full INI as I'm still testing specific parts and tweaking it for my purposes. Always a work in progress I know.

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You will note I'm not using any Dicho due to Cost. It's damn expensive. Beefy enough war not needing extra protection beyond the tools I have already. Were I going against a current raid target I would use it, sure, but not against grp named.