/targetenemy [noharm]
/stopmacro
/petattack target
/cast Scorpid Sting

What does it do?

Well, the first two lines imitate TAB-targetting, without the tabbing. Why is this useful? Speed! It cuts out a click or button press depending on your play-style. No more hitting TAB/T to select a target, no more clicking to target. Just run around mashing that macro and as soon as you get in range your shot will go off with your pet trailing it.

Because of the last patch, a better macro might be

/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/cast !auto shot
/cast [target=pettarget] Kill Command
/cast Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()

Especially with a slower weapon like the Sunfury Bow. Try em both, go with what works.

Back before I accidentally nuked all my custom addons (heh; whoopsie!) I had all 54 G buttons (G1-G18, modes M1-M3) bound to unique action buttons taking up only 3 in-game key bindings.

Some might say this is overkill. My mage, hunter and resto druid think otherwise. They now weep at the lack of hardware buttons. They stay up at night, sitting at the window, gazing out at the moonlit view with a wistful expression on their faces. I tell them to stop being such wusses. They just sigh, and go back to gorging on chocolate chip icecream.

I really need to re-write that d@mn addon…

As I lost my left hand in Iraq, movement wise I have rigged up the QWEASD buttons to footpads that mirror the keyboard (bodge job by my brother I dont think it was too hard).

So I am a right hand, left foot player (and can use my stump on the keyboard depending upon when I last took painkillers).

Admitedly I don’t use my G15 while I play WoW as much as I used it playing UO and EQ but I do have the buttons set to control most of my 2 extra bars of buttons on the right side.

I have no issue with hand movement myself but have a cousin who plays wow who does and sent her a link to this the moment i saw it, I also posted a link to it on our guild forum and asked members to dissemenate it to friends so the advice can spread.

Its the first time I have seen a post coverig this sort of issue anywhere and im a real forum/blog troll so thought it essencial that the fact that advice like this is available,spreads as soon as possible as far as possible.

Im a total computer noob so havent a clue the implications but would it be possible to make this topic a sticky permenantly on the side bar so it dosent get lost over time?

Even better if there is someone out there who knows of a site specificaly devoted to this kind of help and advice or could set one up that could then be linked to on excellent blogs like this and others.

Apoliogies for my James Jouce Ulysses’esque punctuation, i get that way when excited about an idea.

Keep up the good work
Bone

Anyway.

Personally, I find I don’t have that much dexterity in my pinky, and I’ve never been able to get used to ESDF controls. So, my setup is thus:

1. Get TrinityBars. Actually, you can install whichever bar addon you like. The main point is to have a way to just decide “you know what, I really wish I had a mend pet button over *there* bound to [ / ]!” and then make it happen.

2. Create a bar of 10 buttons. Bind them to 1, 2, 3, 4, r, f, v, c, x and z. You can hit all of these without moving your left hand.

3. Either using a second bar, or using appropriate options in the bar addon, assign a different set of 10 buttons to Ctrl + 1, 2, 3, …, x and z.

4. I then bind my pet bar to Ctrl+Shift + 1, 2, …, z. I don’t bind anything using combinations involving Alt since Alt is my self-cast key. We’ll get to that later…

5. I also bind food/self-cast bandages and water to -, =, with health pot and mana pot to Ctrl + -, =.

6. I have my “panic” bar. A set of buttons on another bar bound to (in no particular order): Numpad 0 (big button, easy to slam with your right thumb: I put FD here); Numpad /, * and . (these are pet control, parachute cloak and mount); mouse 5 (which rests just above my thumb, and is used for my trapping macro) and Alt + mouse 4 (which rests directly under my thumb and controls a few buffs like Rapid Fire and Bloody Fury; regular mouse 4 is usually bound to autorun toggle.)

7. I’ve also got the Numpad numbers bound to my aspects and a few other bits and pieces, as well as a big chunk of buttons not bound to anything. You can *never* have too many buttons.

Personally, I recommend getting a mouse with at least two extra bindable buttons (hint: Logitech mice with the “back and forward” buttons should work well,) and binding your most common actions to 1, 2, …, z and Ctrl + 1, 2, …, z.

A few other tips: since no hunter skill I can think of can actually be cast on yourself (except possibly misdirection, but what would be the point,) you can use macros to make a single slot do more than one thing. For instance, using the alt key, I’ve got the following pairs on the same buttons: Arcane Shot/Arcane Shot (Rank 1), Concussive Shot/Distracting Shot, Serpent Sting/Scorpid Sting.

A more extreme example is my trapping macro. As I said, it’s bound to one of my mouse buttons, and lets me drop any trap I want without having to move either hand at all. For reference:

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,mod:alt] Explosive Trap; [mod:shift] Immolation Trap; [mod:alt] Frost Trap; Freezing Trap

So that’s no modifier for cold traps, alt for burny traps and add shift for the AOE version.

(Note: I don’t have Snake Trap yet, but it’s going to end up on Ctrl+Alt.)

Anyway, hopefully my inane rambling proves at least marginally useful.

#show Clefthoof Ribs
/cast [modifier:ctrl] Dismiss Pet;[nopet,modifier:alt][target=pet,dead]Revive Pet;[nopet]Call Pet;[combat][modifier:alt]Mend Pet
/stopmacro [combat][nopet][modifier][target=pet,dead]
/cast Feed Pet
/use Clefthoof Ribs

This will dismiss your pet when ctrl is clicked, revive it if dead, call it if it’s not there, mend it while in combat and feed it whilst out of combat. If the pet is dead and out of sight, use alt while clicking.

A nice BM shot spam macro is:

/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/cast [target=pettarget] Kill Command
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, !Auto Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()

(as Lolrouge and Fail the Boar pointed out with one modification) the ! in front of the auto shot ill prevent it from toggling and instead cause a one time shot. The script stuff prevents annoying messages like “You can’t cast that yet”. This macro is designed to be constantly spammed. Bind it to a key that you can wack continuously. Even the mouse wheel is good.

I know BRK doesn’t like shot macros, but I like them because they leave me free to be more situationally aware of the ongoing fight, and able to trap or kite as need be. Plus I hate staring at a lag enabled cast bar so I can time my shots for maximum effect.