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whats the surveying macro so i can just sit there and earn surveying points, i need surveying after all to find a good source of steel, thanks

Here's what I used:
/shout Sample 1;
/sample;
/pause 420;
/sit;
/pause 230;
/stand;
/shout Sample 2;
/sample;
/pause 420;
/sit;
/pause 230;
/stand;
/shout Sample 3;
/sample;
/pause 420;
/sit;
/pause 230;
/stand;

The actual macro does 15 samples, I put the shout part in so I could tell how far along it was. I was able to type in 15 samples before I ran out of space. That runs about 2.75 hours. There are times of course when events pop up and stop your sampling it's not a big deal. If you know how to make a looping macro using the toolbar you will save yourslef some typing. I was able to get to survaying IV in two days using this macro. just put in on when ever you're eating or away from the computer.

Even simpler than that...

First survey for a resource you want to macro...then execute the following in the F3 slot of a tool bar.

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/kneel;/sample;/pause 800;/sit;/pause 300;/ui action toolbarSlot02;

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This will repeatedly loop through the sample macro. A few things to note...

1. In order to exit this loop type /dump ... very important if you don't want to be kneeling to sample every few minutes...


2. I used /pause 800 because that is the amount of time I found that I could sample for before I was too tired...same with /pause 300 for recovering my Action.


3. You can place this macro in any toolbar slot...just remember they count across starting with 00 (i.e. F1=00,F2=01,F3=02...etc)


4. I always put myself into /afk to prevent being dropped from the server.

This doesn't prevent the popups from ailing your sampling...but I usually use this while I watch a movie, so I don't have to type /sit and /sample all the time...much better for the long grind to Survey 4.

Can someone get me a surveying macro quickly? THanks

This one worked well for me.

First find you a high concentration of whatever. *note* Try and stay within a city. If it's outside the city walls, use a camp and a pet to stand guard.

Second, have all your armor and weapons off, so you have no HAM costs. If you still don't heal fast enough during your wait time, increase the pause times.

Ok, here's the macro...

/sam;

/pause 5;

/sit;

/pause 35;

/stand;

/pause 2;

/ui action toolbarSlotXX; (XX being the toolbar slotyou have the macro placed in)

TheMalle, that macro doesn't seem to work for me. There's no stand command after the long pause so it tries to sample while you're still sat down. This one works well for me...

/stand;

/pause 2;

/sample;

/pause 3;

/sit;

/pause x;

/macro sample

I probably have too many pauses in there but it doesn't fall over.