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#127 Sep 19 2013 at 7:12 PM Rating: Excellent
JeremyPD55 wrote:
I like to mix in my buffs to my macros like (DRG)
/macroicon Keen Flurry
/ac "Keen Flurry" <me>
/wait1
/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
ect..
works great and frees up space on my controller board, works better if the items have the same recast times as well, also like to use Bloodoath/Blood for blood, same timers and what dmg I take from b 4 b gets made up with bloodoath

was just reading other posts about macros figured id share a couple I use


A big defensive Macro is pretty great. I use one that really goes crazy and it's just spammable. No /waiting. (BTW, you need "Quotations" to make /macroicon work).

Only works on classes, you have to delete some abilities to get it to work on jobs:

/macroicon "Second Wind"
/ac "Second Wind" <me>
/ac "Foresight" <me>
/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
/ac "Keen Flurry" <me>
/ac "Awareness" <me>
/ac "Cure" <me>

You just spam this when you are in trouble and when Cure starts going off you will be taking minimal damage. On CNJ this macro starts with Fluid Aura and also has Shroud of Saints in it.

I wanted to mention this one for "Mercy Stroke". Abilities like Mercy Stroke and Haymaker that have to be triggered by something to activate are very simple to add into a Macro.

/macroicon "Bootshine"
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Haymaker" <t>
/ac "Bootshine" <t>

Now everytime you try to use Bootshine it will check to see if the conditions for either Mercy Stroke or Haymaker have been met. It will just fire off either one without you having to even notice the trigger went off. You can set up this same Macro for EVERY ability so no matter what you do Mercy Stroke will activate if the condition is met.

Because Mercy Stroke is a Cross-class ability, this can easily be incorporated into your basic attack Macros for any melee class.

On a final note, if you are sick off the constant errors caused by the abilities that are not going off in your chat log, just go into the chat log filter and un-check System Messages > Errors.

#128 Sep 20 2013 at 11:05 AM Rating: Good
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Gnu wrote:
JeremyPD55 wrote:
I like to mix in my buffs to my macros like (DRG)
/macroicon Keen Flurry
/ac "Keen Flurry" <me>
/wait1
/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
ect..
works great and frees up space on my controller board, works better if the items have the same recast times as well, also like to use Bloodoath/Blood for blood, same timers and what dmg I take from b 4 b gets made up with bloodoath

was just reading other posts about macros figured id share a couple I use


A big defensive Macro is pretty great. I use one that really goes crazy and it's just spammable. No /waiting. (BTW, you need "Quotations" to make /macroicon work).

Only works on classes, you have to delete some abilities to get it to work on jobs:

/macroicon "Second Wind"
/ac "Second Wind" <me>
/ac "Foresight" <me>
/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
/ac "Keen Flurry" <me>
/ac "Awareness" <me>
/ac "Cure" <me>

You just spam this when you are in trouble and when Cure starts going off you will be taking minimal damage. On CNJ this macro starts with Fluid Aura and also has Shroud of Saints in it.

I wanted to mention this one for "Mercy Stroke". Abilities like Mercy Stroke and Haymaker that have to be triggered by something to activate are very simple to add into a Macro.

/macroicon "Bootshine"
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Haymaker" <t>
/ac "Bootshine" <t>

Now everytime you try to use Bootshine it will check to see if the conditions for either Mercy Stroke or Haymaker have been met. It will just fire off either one without you having to even notice the trigger went off. You can set up this same Macro for EVERY ability so no matter what you do Mercy Stroke will activate if the condition is met.

Because Mercy Stroke is a Cross-class ability, this can easily be incorporated into your basic attack Macros for any melee class.

On a final note, if you are sick off the constant errors caused by the abilities that are not going off in your chat log, just go into the chat log filter and un-check System Messages > Errors.


lol I actually misunderstood what /macroicon was till I typed it in (It will actually use the icon with the timer instead of the icon you get from the list)
I tried setting up my macros with no wait and it seemed I had to keep hitting the gamepad button to make them go off.. But I noticed if I added the /wait 1 it will simple go off by itself . unless I'm completely missing your point which is what I think I am lol.

Also Haymaker and Mercy Stroke, will they effect a combo I'm doing or is it like Leg sweep that doesn't interfere with the combo.. meaning I can hit 2 thrust moves in the combo and then hit leg sweep and it will still let me finish combo with full thrust thx for all the advice

Edited, Sep 20th 2013 1:07pm by JeremyPD55
#129 Sep 20 2013 at 12:51 PM Rating: Excellent
Some players just hit the Macro one time for all the abilities to trigger. Those Macros need /wait.

Spammable macros you just press, press, press, press, press until all the things go off. It just checks to see which of the abilities it CAN do, top to bottom. So as long as the first ones on the list have a cooldown, they become inactive and the next press makes the next ability on the list go off.

You wouldn't put Mercy Stroke or Haymaker in a /wait Macro. The point is that you are constanly pressing the button, so when the condition is met, the abilty becomes active and goes off because you are spamming the button, and it's in the command list before the main ability.
#130 Sep 20 2013 at 6:56 PM Rating: Good
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Might be a bit off topic, but I have my own story of idiot tanks:

I like to redo certain duties every now and then just for the hell of it, from dungeons to primals. So I decided to flag for Titan on my WHM, and get a decent party, both the DPS are new to the fight for sure, tank may or may not have done it, but by the way he was acting, I'm pretty sure he was new too. I quickly explain the fight, kill the Heart ASAP, free people that get trapped, don't get knocked down, don't stand in the middle of the arena during Titan's jumps, the works. So first attempt doesn't go so well as expected, I chalk it up to inexperience of course, and explain that this fight just takes getting used to. I'm cracking jokes and stuff, trying to keep the mood light...this is a game after all. Anyway, second attempt, we manage to make it past the heart, but then I noticed that the DPS players are listening to me in regards to not being on the yellow tiles during Geocrush...but the tank just stands in the area and takes full damage. Just from that, he made my job harder. Worse, he's not using any of his hate gaining abilities at all. No Flash, no Provoke, no Fast Blade > Savage Blade combo, nothing. End result? I wind up tanking the huge majority of the battle. In fact, I was tanking so much that the guy who's supposed to be our tank is the one getting trapped in Titan's rocks while I'm eating all the hits instead. After the Heart phase, I finally get my turn of being trapped, and wait to be freed, and the tank has the gall to be like "Cure!!!!"

Excuse me? I need to be freed first, you know. Trust me, I'm mashing Cure II as we speak. Even worse, he's not helping at all, the DPS players are the ones doing all of the work. By the time I am broken out, it's too late, and we wind up going down. So at the beginning of the third attempt, me and the DPS players are proclaiming that we've got it this time, and all the tank can say is "...cure". Holy crap, I wish I could've slapped him. And once again, he doesn't do his job properly, resulting in the rest of the group taking unnecessary damage and him taking way more damage that could be easily avoided (Geocrush). Despite all of this, we win on our third attempt. As everyone is leaving I type in party "awesome job DPS people, tank (used his name but I won't name it here), learn to do your job before you even attempt to tell me how to do mine" but the jerk already left.

I know people want us to teach those that may be lacking in knowledge how to do things properly and give out pointers while not being jerks, but when it comes to people like that? I'm sorry, those kinds of players are not worth my time.
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