Question about Speed Boost used in a macro

Hello all

I apologize for posting in defender instead of help/macro but I thought since this was specific to a defender issue it would be better here. I have a Kin/Electric defender and i'm looking for some help with Speed Boost. I was wondering if there were any, ahem, shortcuts to buffing the team with it? I was thinking in terms of macros, key binds, etc? I don't even know if macros can be used in that way (not very proficient with them at all.) But any suggestions would be helpful. Just looking for way to stop having to halt everything evey two minutes and selecting/casting on everyone...course this is probably just something I'll have to suck up and get used to doing. Thanks in advance for any help!

I rolled a kin recently and found the following bind useful (I'm doing this off memory so you might need to check the exact syntax):

/bind (key) +select_teammate_1$$Executepower "speed boost"

or something similar. It's a fast casting power so can be bound to the select team mate power without affecting life too much and as a kin is the main reason for selecting teammates anyway. I have a seperate key per teammate slot (I use Y-]) and I use a similar bind for Increase density with shift+(key)

The + at the front of the bind (I'm not 100% sure it's written right and may need a $$ in there) will mean it works twice, once on key press and once on release. This is necessary as otherwise it just selects the teammate.

Thanks Diggis! That's exactly what I need. Do you happen to know where you found that so I can check the syntax on it? gonna log on right now and try it appreciate the help!

I wrote it mostly from scratch, but used the wiki as a reference.

http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/List_of_Slash_Commands
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Bind

/bind (key) "+team_select 1$$powexec_name speed boost"

I've corrected it to what I think it is. Let me know if it works or not. I can check my bind file later tonight if it doesn't.

Thanks Diggis

I've trying it in game right now. My exact syntax with it is

/bind (.) "+team_select 1$$powexec_name speed boost"

I even tried to use 1$$powerexec but so far nothing. closing in on it though

Thanks for the help!

Quick question, if I wanted to modify the keybind so that it would target nearest friend and cast on hitting the period key from the numberpad would this be the correct syntax? Was thinking that way it wouldn't be dependant on the person being grouped with me

/bind . "+ target_friend_near$$powexec_name speed boost"

Edit: Just tried it in game, had to switch from the period to the "z" button but it works fine! Thanks for the help all. This should make things much easier.