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April 25, 2008, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cicely Character Info Cicely 70 Gnome Warlock Hellscream US PvE Guild: Reclamation	Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro I played an affliction lock from lvl1 all the way to 70 so in general eating and drinking was not a high priority. As my gear started getting better and I started raiding, I switched to destruction and found that when I am farming or soloing quests that I need to eat and drink quite often as compared to affliction. This macro is no lifesaver, but certainly a space saver and now that 2.4 allows the macro button to show how much food and drink you have left I am using this on a VERY regular basis. Its quite simple really, here is how mine goes: /use Mag'har Mild Cheese /use Purified Draenic Water The macro will show how many food+drink you have left, so if you have 10 food and 11 drink the macro will show the number 10. What this does is let you eat and drink at the same time with the push of one button, just like you were using a manna biscuit. While I realize this macro will not save lives, I was dumbfounded by the amount of people on my server who thought it was a GREAT idea and now everyone I know uses it, especially Locks. I will generally grind away until my HP and mana are at 10% or less, trying to keep them as even as possible, so this works GREAT for me. One thing I suggest if you use this, is that you only buy certain types of food. The way I do it is I only buy food from the Scryer Innkeeper where my hearth is set, so that I never have to change the macro. I use a key binding for my food and drink, so generally I will put my biscuit button next to this one, and swap them when I am carrying manna biscuits so that I dont waste my food. I hope there was nothing like this already in the forums, as Im sure Im not the first person to think of it, I just didnt see it on here anywhere and thought I would share.

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April 25, 2008, 09:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Roast Character Info Unomas 70 Human Warlock Kilrogg Euro PvE Guild: Tre Kronor Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro to be honest - i feel i drink less when farming as destro. good macro though, makes sense. binds you to having one type of food only; but most people do. unless you are a crazy person is a crazy person

April 25, 2008, 10:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
Menzo Character Info Menzo 70 Blood Elf Warlock Aman'Thul Oceania PvE Guild: Nocturnal Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro Yeah when I was destro, I usually farmed with my Felhunter sacrificed. Mana wasn't really an issue but health was. Still, neat trick with the macro

April 26, 2008, 01:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
leakin Character Info Leakin Undead Warlock Smolderthorne US PvP Guild: Neglect Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34780 I haven't looked back since! __________________ -= Leakin Somestuff =-

April 26, 2008, 05:46 AM

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Cicely

Character Info
Cicely
70 Gnome Warlock
Hellscream US PvE
Guild: Reclamation

Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro

Quote:

Originally Posted by leakin

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34780

I haven't looked back since!

ZOMG I was unaware of that!! All this time I thought I did shattered sun dalies for nothin haha! Thanks for the advice that will be very nice, I feel this macro isa bit busted now

May 03, 2008, 03:08 AM

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Catslyer

Character Info
Freetoe
70 Blood Elf Warlock
Khaz Modan US PvE

Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro

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Originally Posted by Cicely

/use Mag'har Mild Cheese
/use Purified Draenic Water

Well here is a slight change to the macro to make it less item dependent. Though what it will require is that the food item be stored in the same bag slot. What it means though is that if you wnat to change what food it will use you only have to move said item to the correct slot.

For Reference bags numbered as follows...
4 3 2 1 0

And bag slots are numbered as follows...
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
ect...

I like to use the bag furthest to the left just before my shard bag. And for simplest reference I use the first two slots. So the location would be 3 1 and 3 2 for the second bag from the left and the first two slots in that bag.

#showtooltip [mod]3 2;3 1
/use 3 1
/use 3 2

If both items are the same it will only use one as both items share the same cooldown. Though if say they are water and food it will use one of each. The Icon will show what will be used first. When you hold down the shift, alt, or ctrl key it will show you what will be used second.

June 11, 2008, 03:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Grockh Character Info Grockh 70 Orc Warlock Defias Brotherhood Euro RP PvP Guild: Orcs of the Red Blade	Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro Try Buffet addon, it automatically swaps assigned slot item for best food/drink you have

June 11, 2008, 07:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Corpboy Character Info Kaymorolis 80 Undead Warlock Exodar US PvE Guild: Mediocrity Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Very Simple, Yet Useful Food/Drink Macro My all-in-one food and drink macro is just me clicking my Naaru Rations button.