I like the idea of being able to bind multiple skills to one key, allowing, for example, Amarasta’s Blade Burst to be used on cooldown but instead of mere auto attack, Beronath’s Fury would fill the cooldown void.
I also play Chronicon which allows this, and it’s glorious.
I have resorted to AHK for Grim Dawn, and I find it amazing if you’re patient enough to script well. For example, I use a script on my summoner to swap skill bars, press four different buttons, then swap back to my main skill bar. Because summons aren’t on the global cooldown, this happens instantaneously and is simply amazing.
Outside of summoners, it’s still fairly useful since even though most things can’t be cast simultaneously, the game stores key input for more than one thing at a time, effectively “waiting” for your first skill to go off, then popping another.
Or, you know, use it for the exact purpose the OP described. If he used a script that pressed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, for example, then bound Ground Stomp, Amarastas BB, Brutal Slam, Clean Sweep and Tremor to those numbers in order of priority, it would go through the rotation perfectly, if not maybe mucked up by error messages about skills on cooldown.
Edit: However, I would suggest in your specific case, OP, to reduce the number of skills you have in that cooldown rotation and not use scripts for a while. That’ll help you to learn which CC are better at what time and get a better feel for your characters. Most endgame builds have every skill chosen meticulously and require individual activation of each of them based on specific circumstances. You’ll probably be doing yourself a favor by not taking any shortcuts (other than the things I mentioned before, coupled with aura activations in new games and the like). Ahh, now I get Mikhail’s lazy comment…
As a specific example, I’ve recently read a post in which a player mentioned that he uses a script to auto-cast Pneumatic Burst whenever it’s off cooldown. Pretty sweet, right? Well, no. That person doesn’t have the heal available for tougher bosses and later content when he needs it, nor is he learning the nuances of timing and getting a feel for individual skills’ cooldowns. He probably doesn’t give a good Grim Dawn though. Personal preference, I suppose, is what it’s all about.
