Warrior Tank Macros - What Do You Use?

[PerfectH]

So I hit level 80 almost a week ago and I'm already tanking Heroics on my Human Warrior, who is building up his tanking set because I want him to be a tank... for main spec.

I found some really cool macros on www.wowwiki.com and used that as a reference to make some of my own. I have macros such as a modifier to switch between Charge or Intervene, Mouse-Over Devestate, Mouse-Over Concussion Blow, and that's about all I can remember off the top of my head.

My goal is to stop using keybindings that exceed past number 7 on my action bar, another words; I want my frequently used skills placed on actions 1 - 7. I have a Logitech G15 keyboard which I must say helps a lot, but still, I want to keep all my important skills close together.

Warriors, when you're in Protection spec, what macro's do you use that you find helps you tank better?

[OldHarry]

I don't use macros when I tank. I use a Belkin game pad with my skills bound to the keys on that. For me tanking is dynamic and not having the ability to be able to instantly select and choose my attack skill, especially in the beginning of the pull would be a fail.

[shyce]

http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f120/...or-macros.html

[PerfectH]

Originally Posted by shyce http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f120/...or-macros.html

I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but I was more or less asking for opinions, not hyperlinks.

I said above that I already know of most tanking macros thanks to WoWWiki.com, so linking that was some what redundant.

Again, I don't want to come accross as being an ass or anything, but I think I remember reading in some one else's thread that they don't like it when some one just reply's with a simple link without saying anything, I don't like it either.

Anyways, "E" for Effort!

[Soulofsin_007]

I do not play a warrior but one of the main macros I use for my pally tank is

/run SetCVar('CameraDistanceMaxFactor','4');
CameraZoomOut('255')

so that I can see my raid and everything, comes in handy trying to pick up adds on Ignis and XT-002.

I also use /script dr=function(x)return 1/(1/16+0.9560/x)end;DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Need 102.4 combat table coverage. Currently at: "..string.format("%.2f", GetDodgeChance()+GetBlockChance()+GetParryChance()+5+dr(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)/122.962))) to see how I am doing on the combat table coverage

[shyce]

Originally Posted by PerfectH I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but I was more or less asking for opinions, not hyperlinks. I said above that I already know of most tanking macros thanks to WoWWiki.com, so linking that was some what redundant. Again, I don't want to come accross as being an ass or anything, but I think I remember reading in some one else's thread that they don't like it when some one just reply's with a simple link without saying anything, I don't like it either. Anyways, "E" for Effort!

If you notice, it's a forum and not simply a wiki.. which means there are already 18 pages of people with tanking opinions who are on a tanking forum regarding macros. The only thing that I can really add, which I use is:

#showtooltip Shield Slam
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/cast Shield Block
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/script UIErrorsFrame:Show()
/cast Shield Slam
/startattack

[Satrina]

Tanking macros are never really a good idea to begin with because of the strangeness of rage flow. With that, unless you didn`t take Sword and Board for some reason they really will make your performance suboptimal as they can never react to the presence or absence of the proc buff. Lots of people like to macro heroic strike to revenge because of the glyph. That can and will lead to you not having enough rage to do an ability that you should be prioritising over heroic strike at various times, again reducing your performance.

Macros for announcing your shield wall, doing cosmetic things like clearing error frames, whatver - sure. Macros to try and work your threat generation will always mark you as a subpar tank.