Ranged Opener

Targets at distance and opens with your strongest bow attack before the group closes. Rangers do their best damage before anything reaches melee.

EQ2 · Ranger40 chars

/target_narrow enemy
/useability "Snipe"

Where to paste this

Open the EQ2 menu, choose Macros, and click New Macro.
Name it and pick an icon — the icon is what appears on your hotbar.
Drag an ability from your knowledge book into a step, or click Command and type one.
Add further steps for chat, targeting or pet orders with the Add Step button.
Drag the finished macro from the Macro window onto a hotbar slot.

More EQ2 macros

Ranger macros first, then the rest of the EQ2 library.

Assist the Main Tank
General
```
/target Tankname
/assist
```
Targets a named player and picks up whatever they are fighting. Keeps a whole group on one target without anybody calling it out loud.
Big Nuke with Warning
Wizard
```
/useability "Ice Comet"
/g Comet incoming - watch hate
```
Fires your largest spell and warns the tank that a hate spike is coming. A Wizard that pulls aggro in EQ2 dies more or less instantly.
Call for Help
General
```
/shout Contested up at the tower, need bodies
```
Broadcasts to everyone nearby. Still how open-world contested spawns get organised on the older servers.
Camp to Another Character
General
```
/camp Altname
```
Camps straight to a named character rather than going back through the select screen. A real time saver for anyone running crafting alts.
Cast on a Named Player
General
```
/useabilityonplayer Tankname "Reinforcement VI"
```
Casts an ability directly on a named player without changing your target. This is the closest thing EQ2 has to a mouseover heal and it is invaluable for support classes.
Casting Speed Buff
Troubador
```
/useability "Bagpipe Solo"
/g Speed buff is up
```
Applies your group casting speed buff and announces it, which the mages in your group will notice immediately if it drops.
Charm and Command
Coercer
```
/useability "Possess Essence"
/pet attack
```
Charms a target and immediately sets the resulting pet to a sensible stance. Charm breaks without warning, so the follow-up command belongs on the same button.
Cure a Named Player
Templar
```
/useabilityonplayer Playername "Cure"
```
Cures a specific person without changing target, which is the whole reason useabilityonplayer exists. Cures are time-critical and target swapping loses casts.