rogue evade function

[nwin]

Thank you! That is pretty much I how had everything set up (except I didn't know about /assist off, so thank you for that), so I will add that portion and keep everything the same.

I've got an /assist macro that will be /assist [tank] and /assist off

and then I have an /evade macro which is /attack off, /doability pickpocket {for training purposes really}, /doability hide, and then I manually turn attack on when I am comfortable I no longer will gain aggro by engaging mob again.

Backstab always stays separate.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by nwin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you! That is pretty much I how had everything set up (except I didn't know about /assist off, so thank you for that), so I will add that portion and keep everything the same.

I've got an /assist macro that will be /assist [tank] and /assist off

and then I have an /evade macro which is /attack off, /doability pickpocket {for training purposes really}, /doability hide, and then I manually turn attack on when I am comfortable I no longer will gain aggro by engaging mob again.

Backstab always stays separate.

Np. I hope some of that helps. For assist off, just type it into the game and it'll stay that way till you reinstall I think. Don't have to macro it. And it's perfectly fine to evade manually, whatever you're comfortable with.

To touch on how evade works... You and other people need to have aggro before it'll work. As I remember it, everyone gets ranked on a hate list. If you succeed on an evade, you'll drop 1 slot on the hate list. So if you're #1, you get bumped down to #2. If you're #2, you get bumped down to #3. And so on. That's accurate enough to explain it, I think. Might not be 100% correct though.

There's times when you actually might not want to completely bury yourself in the hate list, better for the rogue to get hit than the healer for example. But, in general, mashing evade everytime hide pops works well enough.

[Xelris]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To touch on how evade works... You and other people need to have aggro before it'll work. As I remember it, everyone gets ranked on a hate list. If you succeed on an evade, you'll drop 1 slot on the hate list. So if you're #1, you get bumped down to #2. If you're #2, you get bumped down to #3. And so on. That's accurate enough to explain it, I think. Might not be 100% correct though.

This may have been the case on live but it seems to work differently here. Evade seems to drop you to zero aggro. Mind you that doesn't mean a full blur, the mob is still well aware you are there, you're just the last thing on its little froglok brain.

This is problematic sometimes because evading on a tank who's having aggro issues may well send the mob to the healer / debuffer instead, and now you're that much further off the aggro list. Obviously you want the mob on the tank, but less obviously, it's better that the mob is hitting you and not the enchanter.

You can macro things into backstab but unless it has no consequence you want to be careful. Disarm is (MOST of the time) fine on either backstab or evade. Pickpocket is fine on evade (combat wise), and so on for things like sense heading and the like. Linking backstab and evade = bad juju, don't do that.