WoW:MACRO emote

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Send a freeform emote to the players around you.

/emote text

Aliases

/e, /em, /me

Arguments

text

The emote text

Text Modifiers

You may specify modifiers inline with chat text to pass certain information with the "%" character:

• %f - Inserts the name of your focus target or "<no focus>" into the chat text.
• %n,%t - Inserts the name of your current target or "<no target>" into the chat text.

Notes

This will display to you and friendly players as "Player " followed by the text.

Opposite faction players will see "Player makes some strange gestures."