Guild Wars 2

The title pretty much says it all – does ArenaNet tolerate some macro use, and if so what restrictions are there?

I am of course not talking about anything that automates the game for you, as that would constitute botting, which I know is not allowed (which is good).

Could we get some guidelines on what’s allowed, or a statement of what’s explicitly disallowed?

A few examples of things I’d like to macro (using AHK):

• Some elements of chat, e.g. a macro that types /say Revive me!
• Certain command sequences, e.g. target nearest, press key 1 (autoattack)
• Certain click sequences, e.g. click salvage kit, click slot X, click salvage kit, click slot X + 1, … (this might be pushing the limits of acceptability? I don’t know for certain, hence this thread)

Thanks in advance.

Better to check this thread:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Question-Regarding-3rd-Party-Software/first#post1180933

You’re probably best off sending a ticket directly to support if you don’t get an answer here.

From what I know, macros that basically allow you to carry out full key sequences with a single button are definitely forbidden, as they’ll give you an advantage over other players, ruling out 3 for sure. 2 can already be simulated in-game with autotargeting, and you can rebind Tab to target the nearest enemy. Not sure about the chat macro, but you can work around that by copy/pasting with ctrl+v.

To add on, I’d say as a general rule of thumb, assume all macros are forbidden. There was a mod released a while ago that modified GW2 to act like TERA, combat control-wise, and Anet pretty much said they had no issues with it. But that was a mod rather than a macro.

I tried to use a macro for roleplaying purposes. I made a macro to say “I command death” in local chat, which I used when reviving people. Seemed fitting for a necro. After using it about three times (with a few minutes between each time), I got the message that I was timed out from using chat because I was spamming it. So there’s some kind of system there to stop you. I just deleted the macro after that.