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I just thought of this, someone tell me if there are any holes in it.

What the devs just have to do, is limit player created macros to say...10 bytes!

Considering most macros require much more text than just 10 characters, this would make the macros non-useable. Granted I never used a tumbler macro, so I dont know how big it is, but at least with afk entertainers it would work.

You could still use player made macros like they were intened too, since you dont need more than 10-20 characters to use them. Also this would stop the goddamn spam at starports. The most you would be able to spam would be "Teaching all ma" That is with only 15 characters allowed, so 20 may be fine.

Any ideas how this would'nt work?

Even better, just Buff the secondary stats....no more XP for the little tools that AFK Macro.

I know very little about macro-inc, but if even if a macro was limited to a certain size, people would "chain macro", i.e, have the last line of the macro initiate another macro, and so on. To make the macro size limit small enough so that it wouldn't work has a very good possibility of rendering all the useful macros useless. I like your intent though.

Ive tried buffing the stamina on tumble monkies, even with a buff of 2500 to thier stamina, it doesnt make a dent. Considering whatever macro they are using was taking 112 action away every second.

That stamina buff couldnt regen thier action faster than the macro was taking it away.

Limit macro characters.

Always gonna have AFKers somewhere, someway.....thats what people do...try to cheat the system by playing in a way its not intended. I wish there was an easy way to do it, but the only real way to get rid of the AFK people is to get rid of Macro's period. With macros on one will always find a way to get around it, no matter what is done to prevent it.

How about we just get rid of exp all together! And instead of gaining exp to learn skills. You must buy them from NPC's or players. lolz

I noticed it to.....but its still funny. To bad we cant just DOT afkers w/ a Disease pack lol

I like the idea.

Another idea would be to not allow you to link them back to the tool bar at all, so you can't loop them. You would also have to limit size, but this should be an easy fix and I am very much in favor of it.

Good Job.

I'm pretty sure toolbars aren't the only way to loop macros.

What other ways can you loop toolbars then?

So far this sounds reasonable.

Limit made macros to 20 bytes(characters) and get rid of the toolbarslot ## command.

Some stuff can be done without looping to toolbar.. Some can't (they have no / commands, at least no listed ones.)

I don't have a complete list.. ther are some very accomplished macro experts around. Most of the common macros were made up by the same 4-5 people, and modified from profession to profession.

The Doctor buff-bot one is particularly clever.
(I don't like it, but it is very interesting to read.)

-T

actually you can loop macro's w/o them being in your toolbar.

Yes they have to be in your toolbar to activate, but there is a way to get around the /ui action toolbarSlot## that your macro is in. So it really wouldn't do much good.

I think they should do a few things.

-Limit the number of macros you can have.

-Limit the size of macro

-get rid of the never ending macros command.

Or hey...just auto boot AFK people after x amount of minutes regardless if a macro is running. Problem solved. Less lag, happier people....pissed grinders. Sounds like a great trade to me.