Brute Inspiration combine/use mini-guide for soloists/farmers (works well with any AT though)

I posted recently about how I use advanced binds that allow me to combine inspirations into reds and use reds automatically while I move around. I got a few PMs asking how I do that so figured a lot of you might be interested in knowing how to do this. I used this thread for a starting point. Microcosm deserves credit for providing a very handy resource for these advanced commands! The combining commands in the thread centered around macros mostly, so I took some macros and coverted them into binds that work with my movement keys, as well as added use commands to movement keys

Note: The less players you group with, the more the binds will come in handy. Also, when you have bosses on, you will clear slower, so will have less inspiration drops to depend on. This is why I generally turn off bosses when farming. I prefer multiple decent chances for a good recipe drop vs one slightly better chance for a good recipe drop. To each his own, if you prefer bosses, by all means

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Want to constantly combine and pop reds while soloing/farming, but get sick of all the tedious clicking required to do it?

/bind w "+forward$$inspcombine insight enrage$$inspcombine luck enrage$$inspcombine respite enrage$$inspcombine sturdy enrage$$inspcombine break_free enrage$$inspcombine awaken enrage"

/bind d "+right$$inspcombine keen_insight focused_rage$$inspcombine good_luck focused_rage$$inspcombine dramatic_improvement focused_rage$$inspcombine rugged focused_rage$$inspcombine emerge focused_rage"

/bind a "+left$$inspexecname enrage$$inspexecname focused_rage$$inspexecname righteous_rage"

Essentially, every time I move forward or right, I automatically combine any inspirations that I have 3x of, into reds. Every time I move left, I automatically use any reds I have on hand. I didn't include the giant-sized inspirs for length reasons, but you can play with adding those as you please. Refer to the above link for those commands.

I also didn't include blues in those binds on purpose. Occasionally Rage and Hasten both crash at the same time, or I need a emergency blue for whatever reason, so I like to make sure I have 1-2 on me if needed. But when I see myself sitting on a bunch of blues, I press E to get rid of them and make more reds:

/bind e "inspcombine catch_a_breath enrage$$inspcombine take_a_breather focused_rage"

You can play around with these and tailor to your needs, like if you prefer to keep an extra green or break free on hand, etc.

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Want to be defense-capped to all positions all the time while soloing or farming, but you aren't IO'd for it?

/bind w "+forward$$inspcombine insight luck$$inspcombine enrage luck$$inspcombine respite luck$$inspcombine sturdy luck$$inspcombine break_free luck$$inspcombine awaken luck"

/bind d "+right$$inspcombine focused_rage good_luck$$inspcombine keen_insight good_luck$$inspcombine dramatic_improvement good_luck$$inspcombine rugged good_luck"

/bind a "+left$$inspexecname luck$$inspexecname good_luck"

The above 3 binds made levels 40-50 a breeze! I found a council warehouse mission and ran at +2/3 my level and x8 and went to town! I hardly got hit despite having 0 defense from IOs, and I had Healing Flames available when needed. Also works great for farming at 50 where defense is handy and allows you to not worry about slotting IOs for defense at all, instead letting you focus on the yummy bonuses like recharge and recovery

Note: If you don't get the inspirations to drop enough, your shields will drop and you will be vulnerable! Naturally this means if you are soloing you need a character than can clear quickly! Also, if you find you are getting *too many* purple shields, you can play with the binds to make sure you only combine less desired inspirs into purples, and keep the others. Play with it to suit your playstyle!

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This isn't inspiration-related but is useful nonetheless. Wish you could have multiple powers on auto-fire but the system won't allow it? Here's a handy workaround:

/bind a "+left$$powexec_auto Rage"

/bind w "+forward$$powexec_auto Hasten"

/bind d "+right$$powexec_auto Fiery Embrace"

I don't use these on my farming spec because I don't like to double stack Rage and I don't use Fiery Embrace in my farming spec (wish I could but I wanted all the +recharge bonuses I could get!) So I simply put Hasten on normal auto and use my red inspir binds

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You can also combine autocast binds with inspiration binds!

Example: You want to use all reds AND check for/cast Fiery Embrace if it is up:

/bind a "+left$$powexec_auto fiery embrace$$inspexecname enrage$$inspexecname focused_rage$$inspexecname righteous_rage"

Moving left will automatically cast Fiery Embrace if it is up, and also use available red inspirations

You have a ton of combinations of useful commands at your disposal to make farming or other activities in the game a lot more seamless, efficient, and fun!

If there is already a thread just like this that I missed, apologies. Also feel free to point out any bind errors or any suggestions/improvements to add to them (some say you can omit the _underscores_ so try that if you wish.) If you have useful solo/farming binds to share feel free to post them as well!

Those look good. I might as well post mine as well.

Edit: I copied these straight out of a .txt file that I use /bindloadfile to get onto the characters I use these with. If you want to manually type them in, just add /bind in front of each line.

I changed Insert, Home and PageUp to combine everything except Purples, Break Frees and Awakens to their corresponding sized Red inspirations and then use a Red inspiration.

Delete, End and PageDown do the same thing (except it skips combining Reds) with Purples.

Insert "insp_combine Sturdy Enrage$$insp_combine Insight Enrage$$insp_combine Respite Enrage$$insp_combine Catch_a_Breath Enrage$$inspexec_name Enrage"

Home "insp_combine Rugged Focused_Rage$$insp_combine Keen_Insight Focused_Rage$$insp_combine Dramatic_Improvement Focused_Rage$$insp_combine Take_a_Breather Focused_Rage$$inspexec_name Focused_Rage"

PageUp "insp_combine Robust Righteous_Rage$$insp_combine Uncanny_Insight Righteous_Rage$$insp_combine Resurgence Righteous_Rage$$insp_combine Second_Wind Righteous_Rage$$inspexec_name Righteous_Rage"

Delete "insp_combine Sturdy Luck$$insp_combine Insight Luck$$insp_combine Respite Luck$$insp_combine Catch_a_Breath Luck$$inspexec_name Luck"

End "insp_combine Rugged Good_Luck$$insp_combine Keen_Insight Good_Luck$$insp_combine Dramatic_Improvement Good_Luck$$insp_combine Take_a_Breather Good_Luck$$inspexec_name Good_Luck"

PageDown "insp_combine Robust Phenomenal_Luck$$insp_combine Uncanny_Insight Phenomenal_Luck$$insp_combine Resurgence Phenomenal_Luck$$insp_combine Second_Wind Phenomenal_Luck$$inspexec_name Phenomenal_Luck"

I'd also heard of people using these before but I couldn't find any information on them at the time. Kudos to you to think to make a thread of this.

Fantastic!

I can make binds to turn these binds on and off when needed right? Like when I am just cruising around so don't annoy myself to death with rage and hasten popping.

perhaps set up the binds on the Home, PgUp, PgDn, End,...etc. so that they Bind the commands to W, A, S, D,...etc. and then another set of keys to unbind them when wanted.

am I thinking this thru clearly?

Very helpful mini-guide Stratos. Thanks for the post!

~Alpha

Brilliant idea, Stratos. It did not occur to me, even though I had seen people use +forward with powexecname hasten before. I added an altered version of this for all insp types to my guide, with appropriate acknowledgment of course. Again, great idea.

Awesome idea. I tried this out today and it works like a charm. Well done.

Loving this!