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03-25-2009, 06:22 AM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/03/atleastigotchicken.jpgThis is pretty simple (I know there are a few versions floating around), and just a few minutes with the macro API (http://www.wowwiki.com/Macro_API) will probably get you something just like this (or probably better), but if you, like Bornakk (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864749826&sid=1&pageNo=1), have so many noncombat pets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/26/the-overachiever-lil-game-hunter/) that you don't know what to do with them, this macro that a guildie gave me a while back might help. Plug this text into a macro, save it as "Critter" and throw it on your toolbar.
/run CallCompanion("CRITTER", random(GetNumCompanions("CRITTER")))
As you've probably surmised, it'll choose a random critter from your noncombat pets and bring it out for you to play with. As I said, this is super-simple -- you could add /dismount (http://www.wowwiki.com/MACRO_dismount) on to the front of this and use it as a one-stop "dismount and summon pet" macro, or I'm sure our commenters (who are much better at this macro stuff than I am) will have lots of other ways to play. We posted a more complicated one (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/14/ask-a-wrath-player-from-the-ashes/) a while back, and you can still replace CRITTER with MOUNT, but this one's even easier than that.
But like Bornakk, I tend to collect way too many noncombat pets (http://warcraftpets.com/) and I can never choose which is my favorite. A random macro like this helps pull out a friend I haven't seen lately.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)A random pet macro for your noncombat buddies (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/25/a-random-pet-macro-for-your-noncombat-buddies/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/03/atleastigotchicken.jpgThis is pretty simple (I know there are a few versions floating around), and just a few minutes with the macro API (http://www.wowwiki.com/Macro_API) will probably get you something just like this (or probably better), but if you, like Bornakk (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864749826&sid=1&pageNo=1), have so many noncombat pets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/26/the-overachiever-lil-game-hunter/) that you don't know what to do with them, this macro that a guildie gave me a while back might help. Plug this text into a macro, save it as "Critter" and throw it on your toolbar.
/run CallCompanion("CRITTER", random(GetNumCompanions("CRITTER")))
As you've probably surmised, it'll choose a random critter from your noncombat pets and bring it out for you to play with. As I said, this is super-simple -- you could add /dismount (http://www.wowwiki.com/MACRO_dismount) on to the front of this and use it as a one-stop "dismount and summon pet" macro, or I'm sure our commenters (who are much better at this macro stuff than I am) will have lots of other ways to play. We posted a more complicated one (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/14/ask-a-wrath-player-from-the-ashes/) a while back, and you can still replace CRITTER with MOUNT, but this one's even easier than that.
But like Bornakk, I tend to collect way too many noncombat pets (http://warcraftpets.com/) and I can never choose which is my favorite. A random macro like this helps pull out a friend I haven't seen lately.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)A random pet macro for your noncombat buddies (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/25/a-random-pet-macro-for-your-noncombat-buddies/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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