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Macros for using Piercing Rounds Effectively in Dual Pistols

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-07-18 13:27 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Having recently got my dual pistols Corruptor up to the point where he can use Piercing Rounds I have been experimenting with the best method for getting the benefit of the resistance debuff in Piercing Rounds while still easily maintaining the use of the other special ammunitions for my other attacks. To that end I have a set of 5 macros I use to facilitate switching to lethal ammo for piecing rounds and then switching back for subsequent attacks. In case anyone else would like them here they are (note that due to the complexity of the macro the /macro command doesn't seem to handle it correctly, you need to create the macro and then edit in the actual commands):

Code: 
/macro Cryo "bind w "+forward$$powexectoggleon Cryo Ammunition"$$bind s "+backward$$powexectoggleon Cryo Ammunition"$$powexectoggleon Cryo Ammunition"

/macro Fire "bind w "+forward$$powexectoggleon Incendiary Ammunition"$$bind s "+backward$$powexectoggleon Incendiary Ammunition"$$powexectoggleon Incendiary Ammunition"

/macro Toxic "bind w "+forward$$powexectoggleon Chemical Ammunition"$$bind s "+backward$$powexectoggleon Chemical Ammunition"$$powexectoggleon Chemical Ammunition"

/macro Lethal "unbind w$$unbind s$$powexectoggleoff Cryo Ammunition$$powexectoggleoff Incendiary Ammunition$$powexectoggleoff Chemical Ammunition"

/macro PR "powexectoggleoff Cryo Ammunition$$powexectoggleoff Incendiary Ammunition$$powexectoggleoff Chemical Ammunition$$powexecname Piercing Rounds"
Basically the idea is that you press the macro for the ammo type you want to use and thereafter every time you move forwards or backwards it will attempt to activate that ammo type if it isn't already on. The PR macro then toggles off any ammo types you have before firing Piercing Rounds and after four seconds the ammo type macro you set will turn it back on when you move.

The only issue I've found so far is that it won't try to toggle it on if you just hold down W or S, you have to actually start pressing them.