Target Icons

I just explain my marking system like this:

"See skull, kill skull."

and macro a /setRaidTarget to mark my target as the skull. Funny enough after the first guy it dps tend to do their own thing and just start killing whatever they tab-target. Even more funny is it rarely seems to matter when they do ^,^
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I only use skull, after that is dead i call for AoE.
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I've not done any tanking in heroics or raids yet, but generally in 5-mans I don't even bother marking. I AoE crap, they kill whatever they want, and it works just fine. I suppose there should be priority targets on some pulls, such as healers, or things that summon adds, etc.

It might be a little adjustment when I get to tanking Karazhan, cause I'm pretty much a stickler for having a tank or CC for every individual target when I lead Kara runs >_>
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What, re-mark skull mid fight? Blasphemy!

Heroics/Raids
moon = sheep
blue = trap
pink = seduce/mc
star = sap/shackle
kill-sequence = skull > x > green > orange


Normal 5 Mans
Mark multiple groups, like 3 groups at a time, as far as your camera can see. Mark only the first target of that group to die.

Tell your cc to sheep "unmarked" casters that can silence/fear. Most good cc classes know which target to cc if you told them which type of mobs you want them to cc, unless you're pugging with 3 newb rogues.

Tell your DPS to kill the "marked one" first all the time. "Kill skull group, x group, then green group!". Mage's counter spell is your friend to make those casters come into AoE. Strap on high threat gear and SoW+JoW to keep yourself going without having to drink.

You should not need to re-mark anything ever. Tell your DPS to L2-kill-sequence.
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I'm a skull-fanboy, too. More than one sheep/banish is forbidden even in heroics, so if there is an additional symbol, they know what to do by themselves.
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Cauze blizzard begins to let healing suck.

For marking targets for kill order, I use a reverse traffic light pattern.

First to last

Skull
X Red
Star Yellow
Triangle/Green thong Green - Go loot

Most cases I just tell people CC one of those targets. Maintains the kill order and forces DPS to actually pay attention to instructions as opposed to just pew pew.

Common exceptions
Square - freeze trap
Moon - shackle
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I always mark all the mobs in a pull so that they are killed in order. Splitting up DPS can happen too easily if you don't mark everything.

For mobs where there is no CC, I mark as follows:
Skull
X
Star
Triangle

And they are killed in that order.

If there are CC'd mobs, I mark as follows:
Moon = Sheep
Diamond = Sap
Circle = MC/Banish
Square = Trap

Of the CC'd mobs, the kill order I have is:
Square
Diamond
Moon
Circle

Of course if there are other mobs marked Skull, X, Star or Triangle, they come first and are killed in that order, then we move onto the CC'd targets. So if there are 4 targets, and one gets sheeped, the kill order would be:
Skull
X
Star
Moon

Makes life easier and instance runs fast as shit. I still do AoE tanking with them marked and the casters can AoE to kill em faster, the marking is manly for the not AoE/Melee players so that they are all focusing on the same targets.

Slightly off-topic, but ...

Does anyone have a macro that allows you to switch to a certain Raid ICON during battle?

eg. Skull, X are marked. There's also tons of AE trash.

I want to stack aggro on Skull and X. With tons of AE trash, tab finding between Skull and X is a major pain. Right-clicking is also a pain, as it's hard to click on the actual Skull or X. I would like to be able to click "shift-1" for target skull, and "shift-2" for target X.

Any ideas how?
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When I used to still run 5mans I'd mark star for first dps target, and x or circle for melee go kick this target and lock it if applicable, after that free for all dps, which isn't the most efficient way but it saved me some marking time, and by the time one target drops I'll have a good lead on everything from consecrate holy shield and energy gain threat.
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LoL, a paladin tank!