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The war over the framerate issue brought on by Onyxia has been won.  But the dragon with cranial lizard properties did manage to score a victory, destroying my macros.  Again, I'm not sure how my macros disappeared into the digital abyss, they are supposed to be saved on server, but they did.  Since then I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to remember all of my macros, and additional time looking for new tricks.

I'll start off the list with my multi-class macros.

Random Pet:
/run CallCompanion("CRITTER", random(GetNumCompanions("CRITTER")))

It doesn't seem perfectly random, but it does the trick.  Saved my sidebar from being full of vanity pet icons. :p

Random Flying or Ground Mount From List:
/run local g,f={a,b,c},{x,y,z};local z={["Dalaran"]=g,["Wintergrasp"]=g,["Krasus' Landing"]=f};f=z[GetSubZoneText()] or z[GetZoneText()] or (IsFlyableArea() and f) or g;z=(IsMounted() or CallCompanion("MOUNT", f[random(#f)])) and Dismount()

This is straight from WoWWiki.  I wasn't able to create a good one myself, and actually had a heck of a time trying to even find a solid random casting macro.  This is as close as I came.  It's limited by the macro character limit (255).  The mount collectors out there will have to narrow down their list substantially.  Replace a,b,c with a list of your ground mounts, and x,y,z with your flying mounts.  No spaces to save characters.

The mount in the top left of the first page of the mount list is 1, the bottom right of the first page is 12.  And so on.

Fishing:
#showtooltip
/equip [noequipped:Fishing Poles, mod] Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole
/equip [equipped:Fishing Poles, mod] Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat
/cast [nomod] Fishing

A simple fishing macro that gets you ready to do some anglin'.  To use the macro be sure to replace the gear I have listed with any gear you have.  Hold a button down, a modifier in macro lingo, and click it twice to equip your gear.  Click it a third time with no modifier to begin casting.  Don't come to me with stories about the one that got away.

Oh Shit! Button:
/s Fox! Get this guy off me!
/yell Fox! Get this guy off me!
/p Fox! Get this guy off me!
/raid Fox! Get this guy off me!

I think the name, and spam, gets the point across.  The macro is hardly ever used, it would get annoying, but it's fun to pull out here and there.  Although it effectively does nothing, it's the most enjoyable macro I've ever created.

Especially when someone gets it.  Had one DPSer scream "Do a barrel roll!" We wiped because I was laughing too hard to heal.

Here are my rogue macros.  Many of these are just time-saving, but they've helped my DPS by remembering crap for me.

Auto Attack:
#showtooltip Fan of Knives
/startattack
/cast Fan of Knives

I actually use a version of this macro for some of my openers and some basic attacks (Mutilate), but its use with Fan of Knives is often overlooked.  Since you won't start auto attacking when casting FoK, having a command bound to your FoK key is a good idea.  Personally, I know I often overlook right-clicking a mob or fear hitting 'T' to start attacking because I may turn it off.  Here's the no fail solution to guaranteeing that your still getting white damage while AoEing.

Trinket:
/use Name of Trinket
/cast Slice and Dice

I currently don't have any on use trinkets on Solidsamm, so this is currently unused.  During my leveling days I had tons, and that's where the basic macro came from.  Depending on the on use bonus you may want to fire off a trinket before Slice and Dice (additional attack speed) or before a finisher (more Attack Power for bigger numbers).  Easily merged into the Cold Blood Kill Shot macro (see below).

Throw/Deadly Throw Merge:
#show Deadly Throw
/cast deadly throw
/cast throw

Save an action bar button.

PvE Opener:
#showtooltip Pick Pocket
/cast Pick Pocket
/stopcasting
/cast Garrote
/cast Cheap Shot
/stopcasting
/startattack

I changed my standard Pick Pocket button to this because I got sick of the mobs seeing me as I danced around or waited for looting to finish.  With auto loot enabled I can now run up to any mob with pockets, rob them blind and perform my opener.  If you're behind them you will squish them with a Garrote, the Cheap Shot covers you if you're in their face.

Spammable Stealth:
#showtooltip Stealth
/dismount
/cast [modifier: shift] Stealth; !Stealth

Don't worry about un-stealthing with this applied to your Stealth button.  Smash that key all day long!

Vanish:
/stopattack
/cleartarget
/cast Vanish

No accidental extra hits after vanishing with this.  Unless you right-click the target.  Dummy.

Cold Blood Kill Shot:
#showtooltip Envenom
/cast Cold Blood
/cast Envenom

This is another macro that I use with multiple abilities, my direct damage closers.  I've noticed my overall DD go up because the macro uses Cold Blood as often as possible, fitting more guaranteed crits in per raid run.  You may lose some DPS on a per-boss-fight basis, but if you don't blow CB on finishers with low combo points you should see an increase in overall destruction.

Tricks of the Trade:
#showtooltip
/cast [target=mouseover] Tricks of the Trade
/script m=UnitName("mouseover"); if m then SendChatMessage("You've been boosted by Solidsamm's gnomish destructive properties for 6s. Make the best of it.", "WHISPER", nil, m); end

I blatantly stole this one from a forum (ElitistJerks I think), just adding a little flavor to the text.  My previous TotT macro was very basic, launching off my focus.  It often became useless when my focused ally died.  It's not a common occurrence but manually resetting the focus mid-fight is a pain.  The new macro simply applies TotT to whoever I mouseover, something I ended up doing anyways.  It also whispers them, but you can remove the second line if you please.

That's all I have right now.  I'll likely think of more in the future.  When I do I will drop them in the comments section.  Now that Solidsagart is level 80 and working her way to raiding I'll follow this informative post with a priest orientated in the future.  Feel free to share your tips and tricks in macro creation, any macro friendly sites you frequent, and any modifications you would recommend to the above content.  Especially on the mount macro.

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