To focus or not to focus

After writing down many of my thoughts on using focus for target management, I found this post on the Dual-boxing.com forums. It's a writeup on the idea of trying to pull away from heavy focus usage in multiboxing.

I'm largely in favor of this concept since it is a major simplification of the whole process. However, in it's current form, it relies heavily on the target of your main being the primary DPS target. I have some small problems with this because since I plan on tanking with my main, I want the freedom to switch targets freely without causing my DPS to shift from their current target.

I spent some time yesterday writing up a [inline_upload|file=1|title=flow chart] to better explain my focus setup. However, looking back over it now, I see that a lot of my targeting can be accomplished the same way via targeting macros rather than relying on the focus unit. This of course frees up the focus unit for alternative uses like a 2nd DPS target, Crowd Control, etc.

Looks like I've got some things to think about.