It’s a Love/Hate Thing
I’ve mentioned before how I love macros. I’ve mentioned before how I love Power Auras. But, now, I hate how they play with each other.
For the past couple month I’ve been trying to get a good aura to work with Viper Sting. I’ve actually been using it since patch 3.1, and needed a way to see when it was off cooldown because it’s a hidden (requires a modifier key to be pressed) part of my Serpent Sting macro. What I got was an aura that was up all the time–not just when the sting was ready. Needless to say, I was very confused.
Time passed, and I had one of those, “Well, duh!” moments while helping a friend in MgT: Power Auras uses the action bars to track availability! (Why it happened in MgT I’ll never know.) What my aura was tracking was the availability of the Serpent Sting. I moved it out to its own button and gave it its own hotkey, and, viola! Perfectly working Viper Sting aura…
So, if you’re having any Power Auras issues, make sure that your macros aren’t getting in the way.
As for me, a new action bar layout may be in order. Breaking out individual abilities with their own hotkeys takes lots of space.
