Cheap Shot

Many hunter abilities consume ammo without actually using the extra damage of higher-grade ammo. For example, Serpent Sting uses up a bullet but does the exact same damage no matter what kind of bullet you fire. Cheap Shot allows you to more easily swap in low-grade ammo before firing, and restore your previous ammo type after the attack.

(This mod was originally developed as an experimental example of how to write certain features of addons. The interface is very simplistic. Cheap Shot is also primarily intended for hunters who have not yet reached the level of using Saronite Razorheads / Mammoth Cutters, because those are so cheap to obtain that this mod becomes somewhat redundant. If you are in endgame content and really short on cash, however, then Cheap Shot is for you! (Also, go do daily quests more often, it's like 20g a quest.))

Cheap Shot is controlled entirely through the /cheap command. Use /cheap help to see a brief synopsis.

Setup

Cheap Shot remembers a "good" grade of ammo and a "cheap" grade of ammo. These default to vendor-purchasable types, but you can change them at any time using the /cheap command with appropriate parameters along with a link to the type of ammunition. For example, "/cheap gun good [Mithril Gyro-Shot]".

Bullets are tracked separately from arrows, and the correct type of ammo will be selected based on what ranged weapon you have equipped at the time. Use the scan command when changing weapons for Cheap Shot to update itself.

Using in macros

It's not possible to securely replace an ability (say, serpent sting) with a custom one to do the ammo swapping automatically. So instead of using the normal ability, you will need to use a macro instead. The commands are kept short to minimize macro text:

• The "/cheap ++" (plusplus) command will equip the "good" grade of ammo unconditionally.
  
• The "/cheap -" (minus) command will swap in the "cheap" grade of ammo, and remember what kind of ammo was previously in place.
  
• The "/cheap +" (plus) command will restore the previous ammo (and so can only be used after using "/cheap -"). The previous ammo does not need to be the same as the "good" grade of ammo.
  

Example:

/cheap -
/cast Serpent Sting
/cheap +

Abilities which use a targeting circle (like Volley) cannot be macroed to restore the previous type of ammo. This is because macros are essentially run all at once, so the final "+" would be performed before the player has clicked the targeting circle. It is also possible, depending on how quickly you are mashing buttons, to preempt the "+" action with another "-" action, resulting in the cheap type of ammo being remembered as your good stuff. To help avoid being stuck with crappy ammo all the time, the "+ +" command will always equip your good ammo; use it for attacks where you always want your best ammo unconditionally, such as Kill Shot.

Macros

The /cheap macro command can create macros for you. The macros will look like the example shown above. The macros will be created as per-character macros if you have any per-character macro slots remaining, and in the general macros otherwise.

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- (from 0.4)  To help in more customized macros:
--- Add "/z" as a short synonym for "/script"
--- Add global functions "CS_cheap()", "CS_prev()", "CS_good()" that can be used in /script lines.  They correspond to the "-", "+", and "+ +" actions of the /cheap command, respectively.

0.5 will properly skip creating macros for abilities you haven't learned yet.  Some of the slash command verbosity is reduced.  Updated ammo will be displayed as feedback even when it hasn't actually changed, so that the user isn't left wondering.