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Thread: Optimized surveying macro
I struck gold on my first holo, it told me to master Artisan (i can't think of an easier profession to get), and i madea surveying macro, and i thought i'd share it 
It functions on the principle of sampling, sitting to regen and getting up to resample when your action is full again. It is optimized to not waste any time, and is completely unaffected by popup messages. It is also very uncomplicated for your reading pleasure 
To create, press ctrl-a, select the macro tab and select "new macro". From there name your macro and select an icon for it, then copy-paste the following into it.You'll need to bind copy and paste inoptionsor type it in manually (it is case-sensitive and don't forget the semicolons).
/sample;
/pause 3;
/sit;
/pause 46;
/stand;
/pause 3;
/ui action toolbarSlot04;
You need to survey, (and possibly sample, haven't cheched) the resource you plan on sampling with this macro before starting it.
The command /dump cancels this macro. (I have created a macro for this myself, and placed it in the F4 slot for ease of use with the surveying macro)
You need to place this in the F5 slot on your toolbar. This is customizable, replace 04 in "/ui action toolbarSlot04;" with any number between 00 and 23 (00-11 is F1-F12 on the toolbar and 12-23 is shift F1-F12 on the toolbar. For the macro to work this toolbar you keep the macro on must be the selected one at all times.
It is optimized for 300 quickness/300 stamina chars. To customize it for your char, get a stopwatch and time how long it takes you to regen your action after you type "/sample;/pause 3;/sit" in the chat window. Then replace 46 in "/pause 46;" with your regen time (the one you just timed) after you subtract 4 seconds from your time.
Make sure the 'S' is in caps for this line:
/ui action toolbarSlot04;
/sample;
/pause 3;
/sit;
/pause 46;
/stand;
/pause 3;
/macro NameOfMacro;