Need a macro that will switch target if it exist?

[Demindar]

Basically trying to do this:

> Bursting down a boss w/ Frostbolt spam
> Add spawns
> Once i hit my frostbolt macro, instead of targeting the boss it automatically switches to add
> Once add dies, targets the boss again


Is this possible?

[tordenflesk]

/tar boss-name
/tar add-name
/cast frostbolt

[ComputerNerd]

If the names are fixed and known in advance that could work.
Otherwise I don't think you can.

I would also consider a mouseover macro, or setting boss as focus as you can switch back to that with /tar focus (I think).

[shanthi]

/tar add-name
/tar boss-name
/cast frostbolt

You'd want to reverse the targeting order of that. With fall-through logic, the highest priority target should be the last in the last.

[shade3891]

You'd want to reverse the targeting order of that. With fall-through logic, the highest priority target should be the last in the last.

If you reverse it, you'll be targeting the boss over the add?! Adds must die 1st!! 90% of the time! Don't reverse it!

[Quibble]

If you reverse it, you'll be targeting the boss over the add?! Adds must die 1st!! 90% of the time! Don't reverse it!

Look at the quote, not at the post he quoted. The post got edited.

The add should be the second /tar or you will just retarget the boss right after targeting the add. Which defeats the whole purpos of the macro.

[Kokolums]

If you trust someone else in the group to switch to adds correctly, you can actually target THEM and use

/use [harm][@targettarget]Firewall

You will hit whatever they are targetting as long as you can damage it. Ive always wanted to experiment with this in raids where i have one "trusted" DPS who always targets the correct mob. Everyone else must use that macro unless the trusted dps dies. In theory forcing everyone to use that macro makes the entire raid INSTANTLY switch to the add. If i were looking for a dps to trust, id start by looking at logs and seeing who did the most dps vs adds.

I suppose you can add a second line to the macro:

/use [@focus] Firewall

I think with the second line, if the first condition fails, it falls thru and attacks your focus target. You would then set the focus to be the boss.

Basically this creates a NEW role in the raid. A dps that must always be targetting correctly. I dunno what id call it. "Trusted dps" or "bus driver" or something.

[Quibble]

Ive always wanted to experiment with this in raids where i have one "trusted" DPS who always targets the correct mob.

There is no bosses in the current tier, as far as I am aware. But there have been many times where you need to split dps between different adds. So this isn't a very good idea, atleast not to hardcode it into every spell as I understand you want.

[Pitseleh]

Can this be done with the exploding adds in mythic+?

[Temp name]

Can this be done with the exploding adds in mythic+?

Only if you have a consistent name you can swap back to afterwards
Or maybe something like:

/tar whatever-the-exploding-things-are-called
/cast SPELLNAME
/Targetlasttarget

But it'll swap you around all the time