Macro for main tank,, Please help.

[Bardrick]

I have been trying to make a macro to help me change targets in the middle of a big fight.  Right now, when a critter dies, I pause for a second for something to hit me, then it will auto target and I give it the boot =).What happens is when I dont get hit, and I have lost agro to somebody else.  I am unable to click past the 5 other people swarming over the mobs, and the group is all waiting for me to target because the have me on assist.  I then hit tab to try and target, but tab targets a tree node, then a rock, then a mob half way across the zone.  Then i realize the mob is behind me, so i spin around, still unable to mouse click it, hit tab 5 times to target it.  Then a swear because I tabbed past it and have to try again because now my group is trying to attack that stupid mushroom node again.  By this time the warlock is dead, the cleric is getting pounded and I finially get the zombie targeted.  Now the group thinks I am incompitent and says a Shadowknight cant tank, let find a zerker.Or even better, you pull as main tank, then get smacked by a 6 second stun.  By the time you can even move, you have no agro. True, this does not happen very often.  But you know what I mean when your swarmed by 5-6 mobs and the cleric gets heal agro etc.Is there a way to make a macro that does this;1) target nearest mob in any direction. (not node or npc).  And if I do manage to hit it 2 times, it will still only target the nearest mob( same mob), not the one 20 meters away.2) attackAny help?and yes, I am old, I have the reflexes of an elephant and the eyesight of a ghopher.  But I do love being a shadowknight =)Old age and trickery will overcome youth and speed.<div></div>

[Xanoth]

<div>i have V bound to attack nearest hostile...</div><div> </div><div>when something is almost dead i hammer V, never have a blank target</div><div> </div><div>its in the options, dont need a macro there is a key to do it, not sure if it has a default bind.  i used wasd and v is handy and nothing bound to it by default.</div><div> </div><div>hope this helps</div>

[Bardrick]

Perfect, I will have to try that.It is, "nearest hostile target" right?  Not "Next nearest hostile target"..Will try it this evening.Thank you.<div></div>

[IlionSturmli]

<div>There is also tap, I always use that to cycle through my targets.</div>

[JoarAddam]

<div>F8 is the default for target next npc, it can be bound to other keys.</div>