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The AFK Bard Macro

I tried that macro today in vxed. So far I've died once from what appears (I was hanging out in the other room with the GF... so I can't confirm this) to be a respawn stunning me and then the pack (including the named) catching up with me and spanking me. The circle I'm using is 69, with the same starting midpoint as the other two folks posted earlier in here.

I searched in the forums about it, but for some reason wasn't able to find anything specific concerning my next (when does it end?) question... I'm using the /docrack nostun2 on function, however I'm not entirely sure what purpose it serves as I seem to still get totally whooped if I get stunned and don't start my circle fast enough again. I don't really see a difference between not having the /docrack active and having it active. Did I need to do something extra to set up those functions besides just running the precompile of MQ2?
 
Rich (BB code): 
[NewNoStun]
Description="Move around while stunned"
Version="2006.07.18"
Address0=42526C
Normal0="01"
Crack0="00"

try this one.....
 
I save that as an .ini file? And if so, where do I stick it once I save it?

( I know even less about this stuff than I do the macros :P )

There's another issue with the vxed mac that was copied on page 32 of the thread... I'll have to look at it to see if I can figure it out, but it doesn't camp you out once you die. I've come back twice using that to find myself just standing at the soulbinder. I'll see if I can figure it out :P sounds like its just a matter of looking at a macro I KNOW camps ya out (my hoh one comes to mind) and seeing how they did it.
 
s3basti0n said:
I save that as an .ini file? And if so, where do I stick it once I save it?

( I know even less about this stuff than I do the macros :P )

There's another issue with the vxed mac that was copied on page 32 of the thread... I'll have to look at it to see if I can figure it out, but it doesn't camp you out once you die. I've come back twice using that to find myself just standing at the soulbinder. I'll see if I can figure it out :P sounds like its just a matter of looking at a macro I KNOW camps ya out (my hoh one comes to mind) and seeing how they did it.
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*edit* (edit to fix a brain fart based error made while half asleep. told you to put the offset into the wrong .ini, sorry)
you save it into mq2docrack.ini where all of your other mq2docrack offsets go.

as far as the macro camping you out, it may not be doing so because it is set up to do an event check to see if you entered a specific zone and you are not bound in that zone, so the event never takes place and the sub event never fires, or it's set to do a zone id check and you are bound in a zone that it's not set to check the id of. either way check the macro see what zone it recognizes and bind yourself there.
That's all you can really do untill you tinker with the macro and figure out how to set up a zone check for your prefered binding spot.
 
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I fixed the issue with camping out at my bind by simply changing the necessary event from a particular zone (because I wanted to camp out both if the 6 hours finished on vxed or I died and popped up in the guild lobby), so I simply used the "ZONING, PLEASE WAIT..." to be my trigger phrase. It worked last night twice (died... boo), so consider that one fixed.

As far as the /docrack and nostun, I looked in the .ini file and see exactly what you told me to put in there, except mine is called [nostun2] rather than [newnostun], would that throw it off?
 
Vxed kiting works well with this macro except the macro will occasionally target the named and dot it...just one dot but that's all it takes to start summoning. I'm wondering if there is a different line I could use for targeting npc's for example /target npc that's not a named in 220 radius. Any help on changing that line would be appreciated.
 
I've been running the macro in vxed the last few days and have yet to target and dot the named, even though I've seen it pop (and been spanked by it when it caught up to me due to an untimely stun) a few times. At one point I even think I might have had two different named up and running behind my kite.

The biggest difficulty I have is getting stunned by respawns as they agro and then having the rest of the kite catch up to whoop me.
 
Basically what the macro does is targets the named starts to cast the dot and then ducts it if the npc is over lvl 67. The dot is usually half-way done before the macro /twist stop. What I'm thinking is happening is that it doesn't /twist stop fast enough or I'm lagging or something but I do have lots of log that shows that I dotted the named one way or another.
 
Maybe...

... anyone know how minmizing EQ while a macro is running would affect lag or the amount of memory devoted to the game? Or perhaps if a screensaver popping up would cause EQ to blip long enough for the mobs to catch up and spank me?

Another thing I noticed is that if a stun does occur it somehow resets my extended buff timer (or the twist... not sure how that works). Basically what ends up happening is selos doesn't get cast when it should, so I end up circling for an entire buff cycle just with run5 rather than with selos up. The mobs catch up a little bit, but not really enough to catch me. I plan on saving up for run6 here soon anyway (and with the aa's rolling in like they are, it shouldn't be too long), so maybe that won't be as much of an issue.
 
s3basti0n said:
As far as the /docrack and nostun, I looked in the .ini file and see exactly what you told me to put in there, except mine is called [nostun2] rather than [newnostun], would that throw it off?
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No it will not, you can have it named whatever you want in the brackets above the offset, you just type /docrack newnostun. or whatever name you changed it to. I rename a lot of offsets because some people make the names too long. my "newnostun" is named nostun.

Dirty likes red cents too.
 
s3basti0n said:
Maybe...

... anyone know how minmizing EQ while a macro is running would affect lag or the amount of memory devoted to the game? Or perhaps if a screensaver popping up would cause EQ to blip long enough for the mobs to catch up and spank me?

Another thing I noticed is that if a stun does occur it somehow resets my extended buff timer (or the twist... not sure how that works). Basically what ends up happening is selos doesn't get cast when it should, so I end up circling for an entire buff cycle just with run5 rather than with selos up. The mobs catch up a little bit, but not really enough to catch me. I plan on saving up for run6 here soon anyway (and with the aa's rolling in like they are, it shouldn't be too long), so maybe that won't be as much of an issue.
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Depending on your cpu, yes it can bog EQ down when you minimize, screen saver pops up, virus scanner that has been schedueled. and so on

getting stunned never messed with my twist long song timer. you must be unfortunate enough to be getting stunned just before selo's is supposed to retwist. next time you notice that you have been stunned check the time left on the selo's buff icon and if it's at or under 10 seconds, see if the next twist of selo's gets skipped.

if it turns out that you are just being stunned before selo's is supposed to retwist, then the fix for that would be to add another twist of selo's to your current twist. example, I have selo's as gem 2 and dots as 3, 4, 5, and 6
I set my twists up like so
/twist 2 3 4 2 5 6

Dirty likes red cents too.
 
ive been using this macro in dulaks so far and works perfectly. I use /speed 2 so that helps alot instead of just adding selo's to your twist. Also , nostun and nosummon helps alot seb, with these plugins you should be able to run these macro's fairly well without dying. I minimized my EQ while kiting 2 times now and ended up being dead like a minute later, so try not to minimize EQ it screws everything up with choppiness. Screensavers dont screw it up for me ~
 
Bakidood said:
ive been using this macro in dulaks so far and works perfectly. I use /speed 2 so that helps alot instead of just adding selo's to your twist. Also , nostun and nosummonundefined helps alot seb, with these plugins you should be able to run these macro's fairly well without dying. I minimized my EQ while kiting 2 times now and ended up being dead like a minute later, so try not to minimize EQ it screws everything up with choppiness. Screensavers dont screw it up for me ~
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Is there a nosummon that is working?
 
Ha, I was going to ask the same thing. Come on now, OUT with it!
 
I tend to die when i used this... i only tried it like 3 times, twice in magus seru and once in like swamp of no hope...i was like 20ish and i died all three times, i was curios if there is a certain level this becomes very effective...?
 
I'm trying to get the Vxed macro to work, and im using http://www.redguides.com/community/showpost.php?p=36138&postcount=316 this one, the directions make a hotkey and when i try and warp to the loc given it says cannot find loc or something like that..either way it doesnt warp any ideas? and for some reason when i type /circle on 69 it comes up with "that is not a valid command please use /help" is the /circle command a macro also? i have turks compile
 
Circle = MQ2MoveUtils

What command are you typing in to try to warp?
 
i clicked the link from redbots post on the first page to MQ's website for the mq2moveutils and it came up as post is non existant.. im just typing /warp 125 -300 445 no commas or anything i did a search for mq2moveutils but didnt see it on this forum is there an up to date version floating around?
 
Even that macro will get you killed periodically. What happens is say you're halfway or 2/3 of the way through casting a dot when your mob dies... it automatically cycles to the next target, which happens to be the named.

Well the cast won't stop in time to not dot the named. Once that happens its a summoning-fest and you're kind of screwed. If you happen to be watching the keyboard when it happens you might have enough time to /succor or something, but if you're afk you're not going to know.

I have a friend who's trying to work a delay in there somehow... like to have it stop twisting in between each mob, and delay the picking up of another target for 3 seconds. Not sure how thats going to work out, or when its going to be ready... but I think a fix like that would keep the above situation from happening.
 
Sum1 said:
Even that macro will get you killed periodically. What happens is say you're halfway or 2/3 of the way through casting a dot when your mob dies... it automatically cycles to the next target, which happens to be the named.

Well the cast won't stop in time to not dot the named. Once that happens its a summoning-fest and you're kind of screwed. If you happen to be watching the keyboard when it happens you might have enough time to /succor or something, but if you're afk you're not going to know.

I have a friend who's trying to work a delay in there somehow... like to have it stop twisting in between each mob, and delay the picking up of another target for 3 seconds. Not sure how thats going to work out, or when its going to be ready... but I think a fix like that would keep the above situation from happening.
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unless you're also using aa's or procs, this shouldn't happen at all. the id of the target is sent when you start to sing the song, if the mobs dead it doesn't matter, still hits the same ID. the next song though, you'll have problems with.
 
Yea, thats the way I understandd it too, but for some reason I'm still periodically getting killed. We'll see what happens now that I rid myself of some folks who were trying to steal my bandwidth. The only thing I can think of is the lag issues I was having was making some odd things happen between the casting of the song and the target change/acquisition.

I fixed the lag stuff as late as Friday night/Saturday morning... and since then it's run through fine once or twice. We'll see if it keeps up.
 
Hey i finally got up and kiting in Vxed, if your looking at the map its the second northmost room, it has Beludu's in it...the sexy taelosian chick lookin people in them..wondering if this is a safe place to kite ive seen nothing but warriors spawn here so far been here for about an hour..wondering if any named spawn in this room+++also wondering...is there a time limit on the Vxed expedition? will i get kicked after a certain ammount of time? or can i kite 24/7? (i wont be kiting 24/7 usually leave it on over night while i sleep) anyone think this is a stupid idea? i read that Vxed isnt really on the GM's hit list anymore feedback ftw
 
Used to be all over the GM radar but as you can see I left a beep part for tells. So if you get a tell from a GM and your computer beep will wake you up should be very safe. I use the center room the is north section of map. It has nothing but beluda in the room and you can circle 75 and run forever. There is a 6 hour timer on the expedition I might make a second macro to run with this for my druid to get the expedition and then warp us both up to the room.
 
everdead said:
There is a 6 hour timer on the expedition .
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so after 6 hours you get booted? ugh damn, and i couldnt get yours to work so i just made a hotkey that warps to loc in the room, starts circle, target and twists but doesnt beep once i get a tell so im runnin blind when i leave the room it wouldnt be called MQ if ya didnt have to take risks lol
 
Mine is not designed to warp you to the loc. I run there using fade memories and never died so not worth it to use warp. Once there I just kazumi and run in circle /circle on 75 when i am right near the statue. Then turn on my macro. It is pretty well explained in all the notes for the macro how to start it. All you do is type:

/mac supertarget 4 3 2 1 5 9

that will twist songs 1 2 3 4 which are your dot songs and 5 is run song and 9 is regen song. You can pick whatever song numbers you want to start the macro I just use that example cause it is how I have my songs set.
 
Ok, this is day two of me in Vxed..i left it going over night for about 7 hours..came back and i was dead..corpse too old to be resurrected but i had gotten 3 aa...put it on before i went to work and came home just now, and dead..corpse too old to be resurrected got 75% aa exp im not sure whats killing me..either lag or what anyone having this problem?
 
...I take it tihs is used for higher levels? Because i leveled from 26-27 and it kinda sucked...i was only in Nkarana but seems the Forgotten halls macr beats this till at least 30... I'm sure tihs is mainly for higher levels though...
 
this is starting to irritate me immensly...went afk to watch a movie and came back and i was dead...i started a bard on another server to play with a few friends and he's lvl 12 im kiting in FoB..i thought maybe when my monitor went into power save it lagged enough for mobs to catch up with me and kill me, but i turned it off before i went AFK then came back and i was dead but the monitor was still on. whats the deal? i must be doing something wrong for this to happen 3 times in a row...theres a kink in my system of kiting somewhere...anyone having this same problem? i havent sucessfully kited for more than 2 hours at a time..any feedback, or advice would be awesome
Alch
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PS. Anyone know a good place to kite at lvl 12ish? doing FoB but i just noticed theres some casters that path around? the AFk 1-70 guide said kurns..but the only open enough area to kite is the main entrance and it seems to be kinda busy if anyone came in..people = ban
 
first off, i would do the FH macro till 30...
Secondly, i have been having similar problems, kiting a once 30 bard in karana // OT ... i would come back succored ( i made the macro succor me at 25%) one time i came back dead...its wierd, and i have traced a couple of My problems :
1. when i put it on, i have to put on my map or my inventory or it gets glitchy and bouncy and eventually just runs straight.
2. If its not my top window does the same thing.
I realize this is probably a /circle problem...but any ideas would be great!
 
Are you guys using the No Stun docrack? Also yes make sure you don't have a screen saver pop up, that can lag you in game.
 
Not familiar with that one, only know of the newnostun working version. Either way as long as you can rule out stuns getting you killed.
 
Any casters around? thats what usually killed my bard and the sole reason i decided to go to halls of honor.
 
somoene told me its best to get all your aa's that you want at 65 because 66 you take a dive on exp..is this true? also with 66+ DoTs would it make up the difference in killing mobs faster to make it better exp? for aa's im talking about
 
the songs somewhat make up for it, but here's what I got to doing, I started the taskmaster macro, but made my bard macro for HoH a .inc so while waiting for the next task, I'd have 15 minutes of running around killing things. Since kills were every3-4 min max it was fairly good xp that way.
 
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