Why is this important?
Swiftly transitioning between various gear sets ensures you're ready for any PvP, PvE scenario, or to face a particular foe. Several macro variations are available online, but they don't function correctly with our current Aion version.
The issue: Right side and offhand gear
Simply setting a macro to equip items won't place them in offhand or right-side earring/ring slots if those slots are occupied. Newer Aion updates offer macro functions like /equipslot and /UseRight, but these aren't usable in version 4.6.
Solution: Free the slot first
Let's utilize the following approach.
- By using /Use or /Quickbar on an already equipped item, it becomes unequipped, leaving the offhand slot open.
- If an item is equipped in the left side or mainhand slot and the right side slot is empty, equipping an item with /Use or /Quickbar places it in the right slot.
Our macro will first unequip the current right-side item before swapping in a new item using the /Quickbar command. Alternatively, items can be referenced by name using another command.
Note: This fails if your right and left side items are the same. Have a solution? Please share below.
Configuration
- Switch to an unused quickbar slot. Mine is quickbar set 2.
- Set up one row for PvP gear, and another for PvE gear, aligning item slots vertically.
- Create a macro, dragging quickbar slots into the macro sequentially. Before adding an offhand or right-side item, drag the item you're unequipping into the macro first.
- Assign the macro to an action bar for easy use.
In this case, Quickbar commands starting with 2 unequip the offhand sword and ring before equipping a new item.
Here’s how the macro looks:
/Quickbar 3 2 1 /Quickbar 2 2 2 /Quickbar 3 2 2 /Quickbar 3 2 3 /Quickbar 3 2 4 /Quickbar 3 2 5 /Quickbar 3 2 6 /Quickbar 3 2 7 /Quickbar 3 2 8 /Quickbar 2 2 9 /Quickbar 3 2 9
Enjoy,
Glimpse