02-10-2007, 02:04 PM
Have been looking up ways to improve dps in instances, and come across a very, very interesting macro.
This is the /stopcasting macro.
At first glance, I thought there can't be a dumber macro than this. Why wld I want a button to stop casting? When my spell is cast, it will stop casting by itself, no?
Having looked into it a little further, I'm convinced this will help anyone with more than 400ms latency.
To begin with, you may notice that your 2-second spell sometimes take longer than 2s to cast. Or if you start casting another spell before you have finished casting this spell, it actually registers. Or you move before you finish casting a spell, and the spell still goes off. All these are signs that your latency is affecting your spell casting time.
A latency of 400ms essentially means that you may lose 0.4s per spell cast due to lag. A latency of 500-600ms (what I usually get) means you lose 0.5s standing there casting a spell you've already cast (according to game mechanics).
Others have explained the concept of the /stopcasting macro better than I can, so I'll just link the relevant sites where they have these discussions. In short, download Quartz and set up a /stopcasting macro. Get used to making use of it.
http://elitistjerks.com/f32/t12079-how_u...imize_dps/
This is the /stopcasting macro.
At first glance, I thought there can't be a dumber macro than this. Why wld I want a button to stop casting? When my spell is cast, it will stop casting by itself, no?
Having looked into it a little further, I'm convinced this will help anyone with more than 400ms latency.
To begin with, you may notice that your 2-second spell sometimes take longer than 2s to cast. Or if you start casting another spell before you have finished casting this spell, it actually registers. Or you move before you finish casting a spell, and the spell still goes off. All these are signs that your latency is affecting your spell casting time.
A latency of 400ms essentially means that you may lose 0.4s per spell cast due to lag. A latency of 500-600ms (what I usually get) means you lose 0.5s standing there casting a spell you've already cast (according to game mechanics).
Others have explained the concept of the /stopcasting macro better than I can, so I'll just link the relevant sites where they have these discussions. In short, download Quartz and set up a /stopcasting macro. Get used to making use of it.
http://elitistjerks.com/f32/t12079-how_u...imize_dps/