[11.1.7] 💠 AutoSpec: BALANCE // Maximum DPS Output, Sophisticated GSE Sequences, Single-Target & Multi-Target Detection, Advanced Cooldown & Defensive Usage — Delivered Through a Custom-Built, Precision-Tuned Combat UI

Druid The War Within Balance
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Thanks—and yeah, using SBA for rotation isn’t a decision I made lightly. Balance is the only spec where I had to resort to it, and believe me, I tried everything before going that route.

I went through every possible GSE setup: NOMOD, SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, even nested macros. Easily spent 40–50 hours just sitting at a target dummy or running keys trying to get this working without SBA.

Double this, 50ms is what they are designed to run at.

I keep each build around 20 steps, meaning you need to be running at 20/sec or 50ms to cycle through the sequence fully once per second. Otherwise, you are going to have ‘pauses’—reducing DPS further

Cat form is prompted first with the Prowl Icon and if that is unavailable then again with the Cat Form Icon and only while out of combat.

SBA Explanation

In most specs, there’s a clear pattern:

  1. A filler/builder ability used for either single-target (ST) or AoE
    or
  2. A spender that’s dedicated to either ST or AoE

Balance Druid has both types for both target profiles. That means you can’t just assign a filler to the NOMOD key, because it won’t cast the other filler when needed. Same problem with spenders—it won’t swap cleanly when context shifts.

To make matters worse, the filler spell that moves you into the correct Eclipse is not the one you want to spam based on your current damage situation. So you’re not just juggling rotation—you’re juggling Eclipse alignment, too.

WeakAuras does a fantastic job of detecting ST/AoE for close range specs, but it’s far less precise for ranged—especially in dynamic group content which further complicated the accuracy of the triggers (and DPS).

At the end of the day, SBA was the cleanest and most reliable option. It taps into game APIs that WeakAuras can’t access, handles ST/AoE detection much more accurately, and even supports Eclipse management. For Balance, it’s just
 necessary.

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Thank you very much for your answer!

I have implemented your recommendations and doubled the clickrate.
The experience is now much smoother and without any lags, the damage has increased significantly.
Thumbs up, hands down! :+1:
Now comes the big “but”:
Referring to the post by @TimothyLuke in Guide: macros, WoW, you and more, isn’t a clickrate of 50ms too obvious in the long run?

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I can’t claim to know Blizzard’s exact detection thresholds—I’m not on their payroll—but here’s how I see it:

Clicking every 50 ms, 100 ms, 250 ms, or even 1000 ms isn’t what they’re looking at. If they can flag an auto-clicker, it’s the perfectly millisecond-spaced pattern that gives it away. Blizzard is far more concerned with hidden API usage and full-automation scripts ("playwow.exe” that plays your character from login to logout).

Knock on wood :pinched_fingers::collision::wood:—I’ve never had an issue, nor has anyone told me they have. I don’t think they care about micro-timing—they care about subscriptions and don’t tolerate bots. GSE has >8,000,000 downloads, and WLM is no secret either. If it were a make-or-break issue for them, I think it would’ve been addressed by now.

The bans I’ve heard about are almost certainly caused by in-game behavior, IMO.

I can understand the argument that four clicks per second (250ms) looks more “human,” but that only supports a two-macro priority loop (1 → 1 → 2). Add a third macro and you’ll run into GCD gaps (1 → 1 → 2 → 1 → 2 → 3 is six clicks). At that point it’d be easier just to play the game normally.

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Hey, @Aerrek! First of all, thank you so much for your work. I’m truly enjoying playing with your various sequences. I have been really wanting to get a balance druid up and running for raid and M+. I have gotten to ilvl 657 and am using most BIS gear. I just did a LFR Galy fight and got some data that has me confused. My damage/dps seems fairly low, especially considering my gear and ilvl. I was even out damaged by the tank (lvl 680 guardian druid), though I know he’s got that much higher of an ilvl. The top 5 players you’ll see in the charts range from a 640-680 ilvl. I am running at 50ms. I’d love to get your thoughts on this! Sae is my character’s name.

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It might be the SBA


I’ve settled on SBA because Balance is, without question, the most complex setup I’ve built. I’ve put together nearly fifty sequences across multiple expansions, and nothing else comes close. Normally, I can learn a spec, build the macros, and move on—but Balance’s Eclipse mechanics throw that out the window. The constant Solar/Lunar (ST/AoE) switching makes simple priority lists incompatible with GSE.

And if you’re wondering why SBA works so well when everything else falls short—scroll up. I laid out the full breakdown earlier. It explains exactly why SBA is the only setup that handles Eclipse properly, and why every other approach eventually breaks down.

This may help:

Maybe your problem is that missing an Eclipse window tanks your DPS. To help with that, there’s a WeakAura group called D_B_Eclipse Tracker tucked into the WeakAura. It’s disabled by default because it’s a little in-your-face, but if you uncheck “Never” in the Load conditions it’ll help you know when you’re out of Eclipse—prioritize standing still to force you to allow SBA to put you in an eclipse.

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Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks for the prompt and detailed response! Well, you’re efforts are very much appreciated, I can only imagine the complexity of getting the Balance GSE to work even halfway decent without the SBA. Keep up the amazing work, Aerrek!

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heyas

ive tried 5x to import the sequence in game, and it is only importing the bottom macros, not the gse sequences.

Ive log out and in, /reloaded and no GSE import.

The string is there when I copy it, and it is pastable in the import section, so i dont know whats going on

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Hey @punahou,

Hmm.. odd not sure what it could be but I’ve reuploaded all of the Druid GSE sequences

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ty ill try to import it again

so bizzare

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huh

still not importing the sequence

its only imports the last 3 macros

hmmm ok

so no ones macros are loading at all now for any class.

ive rebooted and reloaded too.

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idk why but starsurge is not being cast at all in single target , and sunfire is rarely cast , it just spams starfire and starfall in singletarget

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Im kinda new to using GSE. but looking around it seems final block is following Signle button assist. SBA puts starfire over starfall. Any chance to get a modifier for AOE to cast starfall? or replace that?
I couldnt find the builder or i would have just put starfall in instead of starfire.
Thanks

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trying to figure out why this doesnt work? i have everything set up but nothing is working. everything is bound correctly through GSE and through the mouse.

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HI! can someone make a pvp marco?!

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  • update *

tried redoing everything again for boomy. all it does for me is the flappy bird emote. idk if this is a joke or what.

tried on my DK and got it to work once, after that nothing.

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is there a any update for this macro?

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Hello everyone,

Sorry if you’re running into confusion my setups. Due to IRL constraints I don’t have time to manage this project atm.

Proactively, I made the week or structure at this organized as possible and include notes in sequences if you want to get into the mechanics and alter them for the patch updates.

If you have .lua errors paste them in ChatGPT.

Not gone for forever, but gone for now :victory_hand:t3: