Do pet macros make buttons input less responsive?

Classes Hunter
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Hello !

I’m new to dpsing and i’m having a blast with BM hunter.
Honestly, i thought it was a boring spec, but after learning how to optimize focus management, i’m having a lot of fun.

I digged in wowhead and icy veins guides and they both advise to use macros for cobra shot, kill command, barbed shot, multishot
*So i’ve been using these macros : *
#showtooltip Kill Command
/petattack
/cast Kill Command
/cast Claw
/cast Bite
/cast Smack

For my spells.
But when i play i feel like when i press buttons, there is a lag behind. I don’t usually spam my buttons close to the end of the GCD, because my muscle memory is good enough to use 1 or 2 presses. But with this kind of “lag” that i feel, i fear of missing some inputs.

Is it normal because the macro demands more ressources to the game ? Could it be because i’m using ElvUI as well ?

Thank you for your insight on the subject

Oh and btw - am i really loosing a lot if i’m not using exotic beasts as BM ? (I mean i love my spirit griffons but i need to constantly heal them in solo), and i love feathermanes but it might be suboptimal (i know clefthooves are good but i don’t really like the design for example)

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Game is pretty laggy at the moment to that could be the problem.

If you’re not using an addon that changes it, there’s a Lag Tolerance queue system which can make it feel like it’s lagging more than it is.

Try getting the AdvancedInterfaceOptions addon and set the Lag Tolerance to 0. You might prefer it like that if you have a low ping in general.

(you have to use the slider in the addon’s options, not type the value in. Typing it in doesn’t work).

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do not take the advice from the guy above about putting your lag tolerance to 0 pls, 0 is very bad

also game has been laggy for like 3 expansions. its normal at this point

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using almost same macro, have petattack last instead of first.
no lagg, using elvui also

is it fps spikes or just delay?
there should be option for setting keypress overlap ms setting, like Darkrayne said
setting it to 0 makes u haveto spam it like crazy tho, set it somewhat higher

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Do not take advice from this guy and try it for yourself. You can just change it back if it doesn’t work well for you.

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Well it doesn’t seem to be the game itself since when i’m using the spell without the macro it’s super responsive and i feel like the input is almost instant, which is definitely not the case with the macro ^^

I’ll try those thank you

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could be wrong, but shouldnt it be something more for /cast Claw
(petability) or something?

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you clearly have no idea what the command actually does since you’re suggesting putting it to 0. seems like you just got pissy and mad that someone called your advice bad when it is indeed factually bad

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I’m not pissy. I think people can make up their own mind, trying it takes a couple minutes. I play with 0 lag tolerance and I’m a PvPer. I’m usually top 3 in BGs, often top (as a BM) and am far from an underperforming player. It all depends on your personal internet connection.

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Please i’m not here to read people arguing :slight_smile: guys you’re just trying to help

Though, for this lag tolerance, maybe it’s wiser to set it at your ping (ms) value ? If i understand how it works more or less ^^

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That is the general way to use it, yes. Some people like to use it as a way to queue up abilities before the cooldown is finished though so they like to have it at 400ms (which is the game’s default value).

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spell queueing (lag tolerance) should never be below your latency. if you for example have 100 latency then you should never put it below 100.

if you put it to 0 then the spell queueing system will be turned off completely and you will suffer dps loss guaranteed (dont let anyone tell you any different)

you should try dpsing on a dummy and see what works best for you, just dont put it at 0 lol

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No pet macros will not make it. More. Laggy at all. Simple answer.

What is your MS? and FPS? Also what screen refresh rate do you have and are you set to the correct resolution?

  • as for lag the games laggy the last few years due to to all the RNG and power visuals / displays if that makes sense I know I’ve described this badly.

As for me personally I have had 0 lag this expansion 8.3 though was terrible with all the corruptions

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When i meant laggy i meant ping-wise ; my fps are perfectly fine with or without macro

I have tested lag tolerance to 100 ms and it seems more responsive than yesterday
20 ms is my ping but i’m not used to smashing buttons so it didn’t suit me ^^

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Hmm odd I’ll copy one of your macros and test :slight_smile:

Have you tried the /petautoscan command yet instead of cast claw etc?

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No i didn’t ! I didn’t know it existed
Is it supposed to cast the auto attack of the pet, according to its specialty ?

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