randolo
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Hey everyone, wanted to have this up as a guide too as I've been asked about it a couple of times.
Currently with the bread and butter light side defensive powers (Shield, Absorb, Feedback) there is no system message for when they are OFF of cooldown. So I made a Macro with a workaround.
To start, know the abilities duration and cooldowns
/forceShield1 - 10 second duration, 30 second cooldown from ability activation.
/forceFeedback1- 10 second duration, 35 second cooldown from Ability Activation
/forceAbsorb1 - 20 second duration, 40 second cooldown from ability activation
/intercede - 15 second duration, appears to be a 2 minute and 15 second cooldown from ability activation
The macro's job is to basically fire off the ability and queue up a paused /tell to yourself to let you know when the ability is ready. This is what it looks like when the cooldown is finished.
Make this macro, and put it on your bar instead of the ability (I match the icons to avoid confusion). I name my macro shieldcd for shield, feecbackcd for feedback etc.
The macro is:
/forceShield1;
/pause 30;
/tell (your character name here) FORCE SHIELD IS READY
Modify the macro for the relevant ability, cooldown (in the pause field) and the tell message to reflect the proper ability.
NOTE: If you accidentally fire off the ability/macro while it is on cooldown, it will queue up a "false" ability is ready tell, so it takes a little bit of practice to not spam the button and whatnot.
I hope you find this helpful.
Currently with the bread and butter light side defensive powers (Shield, Absorb, Feedback) there is no system message for when they are OFF of cooldown. So I made a Macro with a workaround.
To start, know the abilities duration and cooldowns
/forceShield1 - 10 second duration, 30 second cooldown from ability activation.
/forceFeedback1- 10 second duration, 35 second cooldown from Ability Activation
/forceAbsorb1 - 20 second duration, 40 second cooldown from ability activation
/intercede - 15 second duration, appears to be a 2 minute and 15 second cooldown from ability activation
The macro's job is to basically fire off the ability and queue up a paused /tell to yourself to let you know when the ability is ready. This is what it looks like when the cooldown is finished.
Make this macro, and put it on your bar instead of the ability (I match the icons to avoid confusion). I name my macro shieldcd for shield, feecbackcd for feedback etc.
The macro is:
/forceShield1;
/pause 30;
/tell (your character name here) FORCE SHIELD IS READY
Modify the macro for the relevant ability, cooldown (in the pause field) and the tell message to reflect the proper ability.
NOTE: If you accidentally fire off the ability/macro while it is on cooldown, it will queue up a "false" ability is ready tell, so it takes a little bit of practice to not spam the button and whatnot.
I hope you find this helpful.