Target macro

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Hello guys.

I hope i’m in right place to ask, but i struggle so much with targeting in arenas.

In world or instances, i simply use TAB and usually get the target i need.
But i just starget doing arenas and i’m losing because of it. Sometimes i need to fear some person right? And switch back to main target. Or stun someone and charge someone else right?

Do you guys have some protips for this? Or is there some specific addon for this? I’m not using any addons or macro, so i’m completely new to this stuff.

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I believe the standard solution here is to use macros with arena1, arena2 and arena3 targets.

Like

#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Storm Bolt

This will use Storm Bolt on the first enemy target on the arena frames, without causing you to lose your current target.

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Thank you! I’m not sure i understand properly usage of these macros. I did what you told me, i created total of 3 macros for Storm Bolt for all 3 arena players right? And put all 3 macros on side bar and created keybindings for the (ctrl 1-3), i also did the same for Disarm.
I can imagine how do i use that in practice, but what about switching back to main target? Should i use macro aswell? something like /target [@arena1]? Like that?

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No, this casts Storm Bolt on those targets without actually changing your current target.

An alternative that is easier to understand is

#showtooltip
/target arena1
/cast Storm Bolt
/targetlasttarget

But, if you’re already targeting arena1 when pressing it, you will target something else afterwards.

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I’m kinda panicking and like spamming TAB like crazy in arenas :D… That’s why i need some specific macro for targeting players (because it even swaps to minions) you know? So what would you suggest for that?

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/target arena1

will always target a player. You could click the arena frames too.

There isn’t a way to make tab only target players, but nameplates can be filtered to some degree.

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Ye i’m trying to, but sometimes it’s so chaotic and messy it takes me ages to find the correct target and like i kinda start panicking and it’s just so crazy man… Like with each game i feel worse and worse… Despite getting better in a way. I think i’m starting to react a bit better, play a bit better with cooldowns, but it’s so exhausting…

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You can set tab to only target players so you wont tab through a bunch of pets and guardians first, however i would aswell recommend using /tar arena1,2,3 and for cc directly /cast [@arena1,2,3] so you wont have to switch your current target at all

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For anyone wondering how:
/console TargetPriorityPvp 3

3 = players only
2 = all pvp targets
1 = default
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