Making Your Own WoW Macros

Over here at the World of Warcraft Armory, we're big fans of simplicity. To be blunt, WoW is a game, so I don't want to have to work at it. Call me crazy, but I like some leisure in my leisure time.

So that's why I thought this article is great. It covers the new, simplified macro system. It also shows you step by step how to set up some cool macros. The old macro system involved coding in Lua, which is something I know nothing about. And since I knew nothing about it, I didn't use it.

But this new system looks much easier, especially with the help of this article. So I think tomorrow night, I'm going to spend some time coming up with some macros to help automate some of the repetitive actions I use all the time.

If you're wondering why the system isn't all Lua anymore, it is because this new system allows Blizzard more control over what can and can't be done in a macro. Basically, people were doing some bad things with macros, some things that Blizzard really didn't want done. The problem was, they couldn't do much about it, since it was built into the game. So, they removed that functionality and replaced it with a bunch of slash commands. But, in the process, they've added more cool stuff for us to be able to macro while removing the ability to do the stuff they thought was game-breaking.

Head here to read the full article, but be sure you've got some time, because it is a long one.

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