armysoldier
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Hotkeying in Everquest: Doing More with Less!
/cough "Borrowed" this from RPGexpert
So you now have your toon (ie. Character) and are grouping left and right, having a blast. But in your groups you see cool little sayings that others are doing. Some examples are when the pullers say, “Bringing back a gnoll for some damaging” or “A gnoll wouldn’t play fair, help me teach it a lesson” or even “INC >>> a gnoll <<<”. You want to be able to do stuff like that as well. Maybe you want to dual box to PL a toon or make it easier to play two characters at the same time, without having to concentrate on both toons. Well my friend, you have come to the right spot. I will show you how you too can do these amazing things! You will be up and running in no time, wowing your group with your awesome new sayings!
Basic Hotkeying:
To do the basics, such as adding a saying to a cast or something you are doing look at the following Hotkey setup:
Breakdown:
In Line 1, you assist on Zulnick, which targets the mob Zulnick has targeted. The “pause 2” command, places a brief pause before the next line executes. In Line 2, you then tell your group what action you are about to perform, along with the brief pause. Notice the “%T”? That represents the mob that Zulnick has targeted. It is a “variable”. When you use this in group, the %T will be replaced with the name of the mob that Zulnick has targeted. In Line 3, you are casting whatever spell is placed in spell gem slot 4 (in this instance it is tepid deeds). Notice that the pause here is longer. This is to allow the spell effect to be cast before the next line is executed. In Line 4, you say a snappy saying about your spell taking effect.
Let’s say you want to be able to stand, cast a spell, then sit again. This is very handy for casters, and shamans doing Cannibalize ie “Cann Dancing”. The following layout would work:
This allows you to stand (Line 1), target the mob Zulnick is fighting(Line 2), tell your group what action you are doing (Line 3) , cast your nuke that is in spell gem slot 3 (line 4), and then sit down (Line 5).
More EQ Variables:
Below are more EQ variables that can be used in your hotkeying, if you so choose:
/cough "Borrowed" this from RPGexpert
So you now have your toon (ie. Character) and are grouping left and right, having a blast. But in your groups you see cool little sayings that others are doing. Some examples are when the pullers say, “Bringing back a gnoll for some damaging” or “A gnoll wouldn’t play fair, help me teach it a lesson” or even “INC >>> a gnoll <<<”. You want to be able to do stuff like that as well. Maybe you want to dual box to PL a toon or make it easier to play two characters at the same time, without having to concentrate on both toons. Well my friend, you have come to the right spot. I will show you how you too can do these amazing things! You will be up and running in no time, wowing your group with your awesome new sayings!
Basic Hotkeying:
To do the basics, such as adding a saying to a cast or something you are doing look at the following Hotkey setup:
Rich (BB code):
Line 1: /pause 2,/assist Zulnick
Line 2: /pause 2,/g “Slowing %T”
Line 3: /pause 40,/cast 4
Line 4: /g Molasses poured on %TBreakdown:
In Line 1, you assist on Zulnick, which targets the mob Zulnick has targeted. The “pause 2” command, places a brief pause before the next line executes. In Line 2, you then tell your group what action you are about to perform, along with the brief pause. Notice the “%T”? That represents the mob that Zulnick has targeted. It is a “variable”. When you use this in group, the %T will be replaced with the name of the mob that Zulnick has targeted. In Line 3, you are casting whatever spell is placed in spell gem slot 4 (in this instance it is tepid deeds). Notice that the pause here is longer. This is to allow the spell effect to be cast before the next line is executed. In Line 4, you say a snappy saying about your spell taking effect.
Let’s say you want to be able to stand, cast a spell, then sit again. This is very handy for casters, and shamans doing Cannibalize ie “Cann Dancing”. The following layout would work:
Rich (BB code):
Line 1: /pause 2,/stand
Line 2: /pause 2,/assist Zulnick
Line 3: /pause 2,/g BBQing %T. Want crispy or extra crispy?!
Line 4: /pause 40,/cast 3
Line 5: /sitThis allows you to stand (Line 1), target the mob Zulnick is fighting(Line 2), tell your group what action you are doing (Line 3) , cast your nuke that is in spell gem slot 3 (line 4), and then sit down (Line 5).
More EQ Variables:
Below are more EQ variables that can be used in your hotkeying, if you so choose:
Rich (BB code):
Variable Relationship Example
%T Current Target Attack %T: Attack a gnoll
%S Subjective gender Pronoun %S is afraid: He is afraid
%O Objective gender Pronoun Attack %O: Attack him
%P Posessive gender Pronoun It is %P: It is his
%R Race of target Kill all %R: Kill all gnolls
%C Class of target %C rules: Shaman rules
%M Returns the character's pet's name (when they have a pet).
