Masterminds & Macros

[JJDrakken]

Hello, I have a question: For Mastermind, does anyone remember the macro to make so that I hit the button on my tray, pets go in Bodyguard mode, no I don't want keybinds. I wan't the actual macro button on my battle tray.

 

Thanks to anyone able to assist.

[Smiling Joe]

/macro BG "petcom_all Follow Defensive"

[Amaterasu]

Found a guide

 

http://guidescroll.com/2011/07/city-of-heroes-mastermind-numeric-keypad-pet-controls/

[Moldevite]

  On 4/25/2019 at 6:09 PM, Amaterasu said:

Found a guide

 

http://guidescroll.com/2011/07/city-of-heroes-mastermind-numeric-keypad-pet-controls/

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That guide doesn't work.

[Blackbird71]

  On 9/13/2019 at 11:44 AM, Moldevite said:

That guide doesn't work.

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Sure it does.  I've been using that same one for months.

 

However, this thread really should be in the MM forum; much more help can be found there.

[PaxArcana]

You know the three buttons that come with pets, as an MM?  You can edit those, if you right-click on them.  Pick one - the ARROW button works well.  Change the word aggressive to defensive.  Poof, BG button.

Edited September 13, 2019 by PaxArcana

[THEDarkTyger]

  On 9/13/2019 at 11:44 AM, Moldevite said:

That guide doesn't work.

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It absolutely does.

 

  On 9/13/2019 at 2:29 PM, PaxArcana said:

You know the three buttons that come with pets, as an MM?  You can edit those, if you right-click on them.

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I tend to set my attack macro from "aggressive" to "defensive" when I'm soloing. Lets them fall back into bodyguard mode between spawns. Tends to be handy for me. 😉

[EyeLuvBooks]

  On 9/13/2019 at 2:29 PM, PaxArcana said:

You know the three buttons that come with pets, as an MM?  You can edit those, if you right-click on them.  Pick one - the ARROW button works well.  Change the word aggressive to defensive.  Poof, BG button.

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FIRST thing I do with my MMs before I set foot anywhere. I change the Attack to Defensive (the pets stay in Bodyguard while attacking) and set the Follow to Defensive to keep the pets from aggroing everything on the street while traveling.

 

I also use petcom_all goto Aggressive to send the pets to a point and have them attack everything nearby. Petcom_all Dismiss sends all the pets away. Selecting a specific pet (usually the T3) to command them alone works well for things like 'my Brute Thug NEVER gets into melee' or 'we don't have a Tank...send in the Assault Bot!'

[Prototech]

Isn't this just drag and drop? I set the controls to advanced then dragged the defensive for all pets icon to my bar.

 

Is there some other benefit to making a macro for it?

[PaxArcana]

Those drag-and-drop are single aspect commands.

 

If you've given the henchmen a command to GOTO a certain point ... clicking that "All Defensive" button won't make them start following you, they'll still be on that GOTO positional aspect.

[Wintercat]

  On 10/1/2019 at 7:56 PM, PaxArcana said:

Those drag-and-drop are single aspect commands.

 

If you've given the henchmen a command to GOTO a certain point ... clicking that "All Defensive" button won't make them start following you, they'll still be on that GOTO positional aspect.

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True, but the can be edited, and you get a nice icon in your tray 🙂

[Lost Ninja]

  On 10/2/2019 at 8:33 AM, Wintercat said:

True, but the can be edited, and you get a nice icon in your tray 🙂

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That's what I always do, nice icon that you can edit. 🙂

 

Though now there are macros with icons ymmv.