[Share Your Story] How WoW Lazy Macros or GSE has helped you or someone else?

I was out one Easter weekend with my family riding 4 wheelers when mine suffered a malfunction with the tie rod, forcing me into a ravine. My 4 wheeler rolled and I got knocked off but it rolled over me and the handle bar smashed into my left hand ripping it open to the bone. I suffered nerve damage as well as tensile flexation damage after. I have never recovered full use. I cannot spread my fingers radius and ulna much to this day without it being tense, painful and basically in discomfort. GSE helped me to go from clicking slowly with one hand to being able to utilize my left again finally. I am beyond grateful, because gaming has become a form of therapy both physically and mentally. I appreciate this site and the creator so much. I hope to be able to work around the macro issue with TWW. Thank you to the creator again, regardless of what happens, you gave me back a means of feeling like gaming again and enjoying some q-o-l.

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Disabled combat vet with limitations. I could not play at a level to do dungeonbs without this add-on.

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With out Larry and all those wonder full people I would not even be playing Wow. I have no movement in my hands and feet. My right is better and usable. With out Larry just to name a few I would have quit years ago. And now it just might happen. No Macros = no Dragon flight. Regardless Thank you Gse for all your hard work.

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I have been WoW since Vanilla off and on. I found that it is hard for me to use the WASD buttons on keyboard, so I must use the mouse to move around, and my first keyboard was a Logitech G15 that has programable buttons on the side for my left hand for macros. Now I use a RAZER TARTARUS V2. But now as I get older, I am finding that my reaction time is not as quick as it was. I still play and enjoy the game.

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Iā€™m an ICU trauma MD and my job can get pretty violent sometimes with the wild patients we get (gang violence, etc.). One shift I had a patient stab me in the hand severing an extensor tendon. Since then itā€™s really hard for me to do repetitive actions so playing mmos were hard. GSE allows me to keep playing with friends and not feel like iā€™m a burden. Thanks!

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Jesus !

Glad that youre alive, It could have been worse

Youā€™ve left me speechless :scream:

Lovely that you can play !!!

Cheers.

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Hi all

My uncle has been on and off, wow, but never got serious for his age and motor issues; if GSE was not here, he would not be playing.

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In 2018, I was diagnosed with a rare form of Multiple Sclerosis. I had lost the ability to play wow due to shaking and pain in my arms, and hands (and well, everywhere to be exact)ā€¦ I triedā€¦ but, I was never able to keep up.
Then a friend from SL, told me about this addon, and keybinding. I am not PC astute but, they walked me through it and introduced me to the site.
Now, I am not going to say it was the cure all but, it gave me back being able to enjoy the game againā€¦ so, thank you for that!
Now, I have cut my non existent response time down to 3-10 secsā€¦ may seem long to you but, to me, itā€™s epic.
I have recommended this to my mum who also plays but, has difficultiesā€¦ I hope it helps her as much as me.

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FML

This is making me feel like a no one.

Thats why i play thats why im happy to share.

You rock sir / miss !

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Youā€™re someone to usā€¦ :slight_smile:

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Hey guys, and gals. Back and ready to try to new expansion here. Have health issues need some direction to a solid GSE 1 button build. Have a few 70s so hOPING ONE OF THESE MACROS WILL HELP GET ME TO 80 THEN OFF TO mainly pve M+ DPS and world quests ect. Preferably my Shammy, or ret Pali. If nothing is available for TWW then something easy to get me back into the rhythm. Looks like they give a free level 70 boost with the game now that I am gonna install today. Canā€™t do much with hands so this site has been amazing and gives me the freedom to play again. Just very behind on everything and hoping for a point in the right direction. Thank you in advance.

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A little background about myselfā€¦

Lifelong gamer about to hit 30, and had been missing the sense of community I felt games used to have.

Old college buddy of mine hit me up and invited be back to WoW. I had quit beginning of MoP, and came back with three weeks left in DF. I main Frost DK- and spent a good amount of time learning that inside and out. Over the last two weeks or so- I have hit a soft wall in being able to gear with ilvl stuck around 615, and decided to give a wide variety of alts a try. Got five or six characters to 80 thanks to GSE. It can be so overwhelming knowing what spells are important, and with the single button macros, I am able to see what is popping and learn from that.

I rotate on and off from using GSE once I learn the class- but it is a godsend being able to spam one button when I am overwhelmed or feel like I am lost.

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I am an 66 years old and play since LKichking apperance. over the last few years I lost partly my eyesight and the feeling in my fingers due to illness. So I was glad to find the use of GSE. With GSE I still can enjoy the WoW game in a group. I play BM, Retri and now started Outlaw. I have organised for all my chars the Macros as follows.
1 x ST macro
1 x AOE macro

  • all casts w. longer GCD than 90 sec. I do directly.
    Without GSE I would be too slow to react and compete. Thanks topo GSE I feel like a full member of the WoW society.
    Ibiā€¦
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In my 40ā€™s (even though I feel I have use GSE since Wrath maybe even TBC. 100% I think Wrath though.

I never thought I would actually NEED to use them. Now days I unfortunately have index fingers that like to randomly twitch, or stutter and tap my mouse or key on its own. Causing bad rotating, mis clicks and dragging things off screen a centimeter and losing it) The Macros have literally allowed me to enjoy WoW again, Without them I probably wouldnt even bother playing anymore if I am being honest.

Add my ADHD to that and inability to focus. without the macros I am too busy focusing on my dps and button rotation to notice when I am dieing bc I have to click the next rotation!!! LOL.

So yeah, they have been a game changer and game saver to where I can actually enjoy the monthly sub. Otherwise I would be back on console.

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Peripheral neuropathy started in 2023 in my right hand and now I have trouble using a left-handed mouse. I need to use GSE or it gets worse quickly. Kephas vids on YT helped me decide to use it after having made my own cast sequence macros previously

Now Iā€™ve ordered a controller and hope itā€™s actually compatible with my Mac. Blizzard is ahead of the curve accommodating people with challenges and hope they support consoles natively, and keep allowing GSE to be used.

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