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on, therefore you don t need to have the SpS slot on your primary PvP toolbar).
Macroing Tips
If you tend to follow the same pattern while hunting certain monsters, you can
create a macro to make it more convenient. Let s say you have bSpS assigned to the
quickslot #1 of your first hotbar, and you can kill the surrounding mosters in 2 shots, using
bSpS once. Then you can target a monster and use the following macro:
/useskill Body to Mind
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/delay 1
/delay 1
/useshortcut 1 1
/useskill Vampiric Touch
/useskill Shadow Flare
/attack
/useskill Corpse Life Drain
/useskill Body to Mind
/pickup
/pickup
/pickup
Comment: you need to insert delays so that spiritshots do not get activated too
early (i.e. while using Body to Mind); the /attack line is optional, it is supposed to make
you run up to the monster if it died too far away so you can use CLD (if the monster is still
alive you should immediately interrupt the macro by taking any suitable action). The
repeated /pickup command will take care of multiple items lying on the ground, if there is
nothing to pick up then it just stops at that point.
It should be noted that macros do not work perfectly every time, so you have to
control the process anyway. If you want to use SpS with every shot, you better toggle on
the automated use of SpS manually, because the macro will just not work right. Always
consider the range of each spell, and think of the tricks to adjust your macros to this
factor. For example, if you bind the sequence /useskill Hurricane and /useskill Aura
Burn you have a chance to get the Target is too far error; to avoid it, put it like this:
/useskill Hurricane
/attack
/useskill Aura Burn
it will make your character run onward right after using Hurricane to cast Aura Burn from a
proper distance (there still is a small chance of getting it stopped, though).
In general, you need to consider all the factors (Power, MP cost, casting time,
range) to pick the optimal sequences of spells for your hunting macros.
For PvP purposes, it is useful to have personal macros for your most valued
opponents (sometimes it is hard to target the right person in the heat of the fight):
/target [player name]
/useskill [nuke]
The Demonic Way Of Mana Management
Here is an exclusive tip valid only for the Spellhowlers wearing full Demon set.
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Since that particular set deprives you of precious 269-270 HP as soon as you put it
on, you can exploit this feature and use it to your favor. Open your inventory and drag and
drop your Demon gloves onto some free slot on your quickbar (say, bar # 8, slot #5), then
make the following macro:
/useshortcut 8 5
/delay 1
/useskill Corpse Life Drain
/useskill Body to Mind
/delay 1
/delay 1
/useshortcut 8 5
/pickup
/pickup
Let s say you have just killed the monster (that hurt you a bit), then you can use
this macro and see what happens: your Demon gloves get unequipped, your maximum
HP instantly gets back to its normal value, the CLD spell refills the gap between the actual
and maximum HP, then BtM converts a certain amount of HP to mana, then you put the
gloves back on and lose 269 HP again, but now you are at your normal (as for a wielder of
the Demon set) full HP level, and regained a good amount of MP. Voila. (You need to
insert delays to avoid getting the cannot use equipment while performing a skill error. If
you wish to make watching the automated process more entartaining, and spice it up with
a bit of roleplaying, you can input various emotes like /sociallaugh or /socialyes instead
of delays.)
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6. Leveling Guide: Welcome To The Grind
So, you are prepared now to start your experience grind the most essential part
of this truly hardcore game, the part that takes a lot of patience and persistence. Just a
few more suggestions before you start:
- do only what s within your powers, be cautious, avoid unnecessary risks,
- you gain experience faster when you kill easy targets non-stop, so don t switch
to considerably harder monsters prematurely,
- remember, the path of a Spellhowler is a unique one, so, follow your own
leveling strategy rather than common trends,
- dying itself does not slow you down too much: yes, it causes loss of Exp which
can be regained within minutes, but it is the loss of equipment that can
seriously hinder your progress,
- the statement above means that you should be more afraid of griefers (ill-
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