What is MQ2 GOOD FOR?

[PeteSampras]

Would like to thank any and ALL people that Contribute to this site as it has made EQ fun again for me. I would have quit some time ago and not have come back if not for MMObugs. AND Pete I sent you an Email ;p reply when you can please good Sir...

Are you the person that sent me an email without saying who you are asking for full access when i just uploaded a plugin a day before your email that is full access for everyone? =D

 

[fauxshizle]

I only raid with 1 toon, and even a melee class (Zerker) and the fact im MA every raid, I cant tell you how much easier just MQ2Melee makes my very busy assist calling, Debuffing and countless other bullshit I end up doing directing the raid traffic. I agree with JJ here, there are COUNTLESS things aside from automating a box crew that I would fucking FREAK without. When you find all the wonderful things basic plugins do, you'll start to realize the potential for 1 or boxing 20 accounts at once. Its all up to you to learn and prosper from that gained knowledge. The forums are helpful and lots of users are willing to help you with any confusion. Just b/c active hacks are gone....i Find myself missing them less everyday, and the loss of paranoia surrounding banning has poofed.

 

[riot]

He's only using MQ2Bot though so chances are he isn't raiding, focusing on tradeskills or anything else.

Using MQ2Bot on ONE account is quite boring thus why the OP isn't seeing the big picture. The FULL potential of MQ2 comes in to play when you can automate multiple accounts/things at once. Even running 2 accounts vs 1 account is a huge boost in efficiency.

Yes MQ2Melee makes basic melee things able to be handled without much thought however most people will never need to load up MQ to raid or when they're grouped with non-MQers unless they're using the map feature. The big raiding guilds still frown upon MQ usage.

Dewey hit the nail on the head when he asked the OP:

A better question back would be what do you want to get out of it ?

The OP never told us what exactly he is trying to do. All he told us is that he's unhappy with MQ2Bot. If he gave us more information then we'd be able to better assist him and figure out exactly where he needs to be pointed to to find out what he needs.

I personally won't play EQ without an MMOBugs subscription. The first thing I always do when I come back is renew my subscription on the boards because I know how useful it is.

So OP,

A better question back would be what do you want to get out of it ?

 

[wilbunk]

coors is awesome!

I sent you some beer money riot

 

[riot]

I sent you some beer money riot

Lol. That was mighty nice of you.

 

[Lotto dude]

A LITTLE MORE INFO ABOUT ME:

I play 12 accounts. I have used ISBoxer for over 10 years on other MMOs, and I am used to moving a team around the terrain. I am also experienced at avoiding the traffic.

I am not attacking Pete. I truly appreciate Pete and MQ2Bot.

I am not attacking anyone. I am a newb, and I understand that.

I have asked a few questions before about what can be done with MacroQuest, and I get the response "read the wiki" or some other response that leaves me wondering where to start. I've read the wiki. I've looked at the plugins and the macros. They are so numerous that it would take days to test all of them. That is why I asked the question. I use mq2maps, mq2bot, mq2melee, and a few others. I want to know if there is something else that is awesome as these that I have missed.

I think MQ2Bot has tremendous potential. I was not aware that is was so new. I like it so much that I have developed my teams to work around the problem with pet classes. This is a plugin that I will be using for a long time.

 

[riot]

ISBoxer is amazing.

If you want some specific help feel free to PM me and ill do my best to help you out. Since you run 12 accounts youll be amazed with MQ2 once you fully understand it. I'm at work right now so I have 8 hours of free time to assist you haha. ;-)

 

[SiegeTank]

I'm at work right now so I have 8 hours of free time to assist you haha. ;-)

This is what I always worry about with my employees.

 

[dewey2461]

Lotto - If you figured out ISBoxer then you should be able to figure out MQ2. Both require a fair bit of tinkering to get them working for your setup. MQ2 injects itself into the EQ client. As such each time the client changes MQ2 breaks until someone can reverse engineer the offsets and internal structures.

Since it has most of the important internal structures handy its possible to get almost anything from the client.

MQ2 can do most of the things ISBoxer does and can take your boxing to the next level of automation. But just like ISBoxer you've got a fair bit of tinkering to do.

I use MQ2AutoLogin with WinEQ2 profiles and a small AutoHotKey script to log my crew in. Once there they check to see if they need to claim the free station cash and then start up my macro for botting.

I use MQ2BC and a private chat server EQBCS to communicate between eq clients. This passes the bots hp, mana, etc between clients. It also allows me to send commands like /bc //follow which would have each client issue /follow.

I use a heavily modified version of MQ2AdvPath to record/play back paths for automating running between various places, and for automating some camps.

I use NinjaAdvLoot.inc in my macros to handle looting and selling to vendors.

MQ2FPS is great for limiting screen updates, which lets you load more instances on older hardware. I wrote MQ2CPULoad to do load balancing which is helpful on my older Q6600 cpu.

MQ2Bot, /mac bot, autobot, modbot, and dave's macros are all different attempts to automate clients. Pete's bot code is the easiest to setup.


Keep reading and it will sink in. You didn't learn to play EQ in a day.

 

[hawthorne]

Some jobs require more work than others. But that's another topic.

Lotto, I would suggest picking a plugin and working at incorporating it into your daily playstyle. I'd start with MQ2EQBC and once you feel comfortable with that, look at something like MQ2Autologin and MQ2Autogroup. ISBoxer will work well in conjunction with those as well. Beyond that, one of my favorites was always MQ2MyButtons. I like being able to have multiple buttons like that. Really, there are many useful things in the compile, you just have to go and find them. There is a good video thread that details some of the plugins, and how they work. Perhaps that might help you?
This thread might be interesting reading for you, Lotto. http://www.mmobugs.com/forums/everq...ons/25670-what-plugins-do-you-mostly-use.html

 

[TreeHuginDruid]

If you bother to look at the first page of this site.. you see a list of all plugins available...

Now if you actually look at the information of each plugin.. you start to get a much better idea of all the amazing things you can do in eq with them...

There are a ton of uses and many mnay plugins i never used before.. until i took the time to read about them.. and see what they do... after the shock wore off.. i started using plugins i never dreamed of.. to do things i could never do before.... ( non active hacks ).

So ... Lotto dude ... take 30 minutes out of your day... and read each plugin.. maybe a light will click on and you'll discover tons of things mq2 can do for you.

That's basicly how i started writing macros for personal use (some i shared with the community ).. I realized something new and awesome i could do with a plugin i learned about... and incorporated its usage in my macros to be uber.

Example... MQ2Melee .... besides being able to have it auto use spells and discks in combat.. as well as control melee combat... you can also use it to maintain your self spell buffs and clicky buffs... that in and of itself ROCKS.

 

[riot]

I'm at work right now so I have 8 hours of free time to assist you haha. ;-)

This is what I always worry about with my employees.

Haha.

I work in the tool room at a shop on third shift so...there's not much action. Once I'm done building set up kits and doing inventory I basically do nothing.

 

[braedo]

I will attest to the quality of the people who run this site - I have been playing eq since the start, and Have been using MQ for years (even though I am by no means an expert).

every time I ask a stupid question here, 90% of the time I get productive responses. compare that to MQ2 forums, and its about the opposite.

from time to time I like to go back to those forums just to see posts of Lax calling me a moron.

 

[freewilly]

Lotto Dude, with reference to plugins to try, besides those already mentioned, you should try MQ2Hud as well. It can display just about any information you could possibly want.

 

[JimJohnson]

Lotto Dude, with reference to plugins to try, besides those already mentioned, you should try MQ2Hud as well. It can display just about any information you could possibly want.

Know that HUD can decrease your performance if you display a lot of information at once, specially if you are 12 boxing.

 

[htw]

Know that HUD can decrease your performance if you display a lot of information at once, specially if you are 12 boxing.

Only if you have the wrong hudmode dude. I have always used it for anything from 2 to 20, and using the "right" mode, never an issue. It's a matter of education.

htw

 

[Smarty]

As soon as I get paid I'm donating to HTW because he called JJ stupid...

 

[htw]

As soon as I get paid I'm donating to HTW because he called JJ stupid...

WTF, I don't see the "thumbs up" icon...

htw

 

[Kodilynn]

I use MQ2 for the in-game browser plugin so I can watch porn without a browsing history.

 

[makoxv]

I use MQ2 for the in-game browser plugin so I can watch porn without a browsing history.

Firefox - New private window ^^

But yeah, MQ2 has been around forever and well before mq2bot or bot.mac Without mq2, most of us wouldn't play EQ I'm sure.