QoL Macros to Enhance your Combat Experience in FFXIV

[@slaverlinx2487]

As an added note, when your typing in the action name, instead of using quotes you can hit the "TAB" key to bring up the auto translate. This will help you check the spelling, you only need to enter a partial word before hitting "TAB" for it to bring up a small list of words and actions related to those letters, and when you select the action that you want it will put it in coloured brackets for you and you will not need quote marks.

[@AzuriteTV]

This is brilliant, I completely forgot about this! Definitely a fool proof way of miss spelling ability names and the likes

[@CetteSara]

Using the auto translate feature does help as well when you're switching game language as well. I play in both French and English, so I can keep using my macros seemlessly.

[@LuminNox]

Just adding that it's R1 / RT on controller

[@arcmar8327]

@@AzuriteTV To add to this, the reason you don't need quotes for some and you do for others is because quotation marks are only needed for abilities that have more than 1 word in their name.

[@astra.3212]

oh i dont think the raise macros are for roleplay. they're for letting people know that you're taking care of that raise so no one wastes a swift cast or double raises

[@LuminNox]

That just makes no difference though. With Endwalker you can see the healer's res target in the party list. Same goes for a res buff on a party member. In the heat of the moment you don't look at chat before using your swiftcast res anyway.

[@astra.3212]

@@LuminNox might not make sense but still. it's more likely that than for 'roleplay' reasons. in the heat of the moment, they might not even look at the party list and it could be easier to get attention with macros bc of the noise that goes off when used

[@LuminNox]

@@astra.3212 It all has its pros and cons. Raise macros are just not super reliable because it delays the raise and queueing might not work properly.

[@obeytheknight749]

@@LuminNox id also note that the healer's target being in the party list was new to this expansion and a large part of the playerbase isn't used to that being there or it just gets neglected in the heat of battle. Usually a sound effect in chat is a great way to alert the rest of the party without requiring the healers to play chicken with whoever pops swiftcast first. Also as a rez mage main I use a raise macro religiously so both healers can recognize that I'm doing their job for them and to save their mp on more useful spells. And even further, raise "usually" isn't used often in any event so the second delay for a macro most likely won't be the deciding factor when you're already taking the time out of your rotation to revive someone anyway

[@obeytheknight749]

God that was much longer than I intended

[@sagemouse3207]

Most healer mains I know (including me) use Raise macros for non-RP reasons. Raising tends to be mildly panic'd (a reactionary thing since we dont normally preplan raises); so them macro makes sure we don't miss the swiftcast and tend up hardcasting Raise or needing to cancel it to try again. The macro also means we only have one button to press in reaction to deaths instead of two. So in general I agree with not macroing multiple abilities together; I have seen the opposite endorsed for Raise macros specifically.

[@samwilkinson9309]

I did this at one point but got rid of it, unfortunately on controller it's quicker to light target them but just scrolling down the party list and then casting without clicking to select them. This is good because it casts that 1 ability n them and goes back to being locked onto the target you do have selected, but this doesn't work with the rez macro because it says you're rezzing the boss or whoever you were targetting before light targeting the dead person

[@AoxKit]

@@samwilkinson9309ik light targeting is faster but as someone who has exclusively played this game with controller for hundreds of hours now, it's much more accurate to full target and would eliminate this problem you're having. my advice is to get used to full targeting instead of light targeting.

[@TheEarthnicity]

I have a tendency to full target because light targeting doesn't work for me on PS4. So the Raise macro keeps me from forgetting my swiftcast in my panic XD

[@garbagebandit5934]

Mouse-over macros are really good for movement skills, like Black Mage's Aetherial Manipulation or Sage's Icarus. So are focus target macros for when there are a lot of group mechanics.

[@qamarqammar7629]

Make BLM much more fluid yes! And I also use a leylines one to save on clutter.

[@AzuriteTV]

Really good suggestion! Gets rid of the whole process of having to target someone which can take away from the flow of BLM

[@righthandoftyr947]

Can also sometimes be useful to have a second line that uses the movement skill on your focus target, so in fights you're not familiar with you can just designate someone that knows what they're doing to be your safety dorito that you can rush to at any time with a single button press.

[@Punkadelic2112]

I think the Raise macro text is not only for RP reasons, it makes it easier for the other healer to know that person is already taken care of.

[@rivenoak]

also for red mages, they are technically raisers and healers too. always let the party know if you use an ability the others do not expect yet

[@brunolidade]

@@rivenoak this kind of stuff, to me, is redundant. as a healer, seeing two people die, I'd just wait a couple seconds for the other healer to raise, then raise the other one. as a rdm seeing 3+ dead, I'd consider priority (healer > tank > dps) and raise the one in the middle if both healers are alive. critical and quick thinking makes this kind of stuff pretty much automatic, tbh.

[@tyriaxepheles7996]

​@@brunolidade except when the other healer is taking their sweet time to raise them or not raise them at all. Then someone is just wasting away on the ground. It's much more convenient to inform each other what you are doing

[@stellarstar6553]

Not a fan of Raise macros. It's much better to do it manually. Also, there should be the slightest discussion between Healers on really hard content about who raises in what order and who raises first. I for example play Whitemage a lot, so my static Sage knows to res after I do because I can thin air the mana cost and they can't. When there's 2 dead people, we also know to raise in a specific order. Sage starts from bottom going up, Whitemage starts from top going down. This is 100% better than a Res Macro, because by the time I hear your Macro go off I'll already have manually res'd that person anyway. It really just announces our fuck up in chat, that's about the only thing it's done for me as a healer. More importantly, it's a common sense solution that every healer can understand regardless of knowing whether your partner has swift up or not. The first death is on me as the Whitemage, further deaths after this are on the Sage. 3+ deaths are on us both to figure out who resurrects the third person, but usually 3 deaths is a pretty big issue for hard content and debatably a wipe anyway.

[@gruunchen1992]

veteran healer here and i still use ress macros. and i love it when another healer does too. i usually just play normal content thou. and for roleplay reason and a little bit of fun i use some funny texts like : " wake up (player name), this isnt your final fantasy!" or something like : " the (myplayername) corporation would like to inform (playername) that the afterlife is extremely boring and not worth visiting". i like that stuff. but i have to be clear that i just use those makros for the text. is still push swift cast and ress. :) well have a nice day!

[@Pandamancer224]

Not a combat macro, but I use a QoL macro scheme that creates a expandable/collapsible menu on the hud that allows me to change jobs easily, without much clutter. It involves using the base class hotbars to store the buttons and using a macro to swap them into a shared hotbar.

[@TintagelEmrys]

I have a keybind to the gear set list. I click a key and the entire list comes up and I can select one.

[@NoobAlchemist]

I use the hud macros too and you can actually take it further with summoner and scholar. Make macros that switch to the gearset, wait .3 (to account for your mana maybe being empty from the other class), then summon carbuncle/eos.

[@Vsh__]

The macro icons next to party members is REALLY good imo on astro. When you want to give card buffs to people. Its nice to just click the play card next to whichever person you want to give it to, that being ranged or melee dps. Makes it really easy to be on top of it even when mechanics are happening. At first I was using mouse over macros but in chaotic situations sometimes I would mouse over the wrong person. This method also saves keybind bloat so you don't even need to keybind play.

[@Sibula]

I would imagine it's just as easy to mouseover the right person in the party list as it is to hit the button next to them on the party list, plus you save a hotbar for other uses. Anyway, if it works for you, good.

[@HellOnFourLegs]

You need macros that spam anime attacks names for your samurai abilities, it will help increase your dps if shout the name of the attack before you do it

[@BadCatArmin]

True. And healers shouls as many snarky rez and single target heal macros as posible. It will help DPS to learn not to take damage.

[@GreyFoxVinzin]

The Raise macro "roleplay" i usually have where Swiftcast ISN'T on the macro, but instead only the Revive action itself in the first line with a /p & command in the 2nd line, purely to let the other healer know "I gots this man/woman" and HOPEFULLY they don't use their own Swift. Short, sweet, and to the point. Great overall list.

[@AzuriteTV]

Honestly I completely missed the point about this not just being "role-play" but also being an easy form of communication, so my bad on that one!

[@LuminNox]

EW made it so you see the raise target on the party list now.

[@FarZeroDark]

Honestly that doesn't help me at all and I don't know anyone who find them helpful. The chat Box is a far off corner of the screen where I don't want to look mid combat. The party list is way closer which displays this information and way more. As a healer you already have an eye on it constantly.

[@Shampoodark]

i just normaly wait 5 sec and wait what other ppl do because the most healer just panic when someone is dead. I play on PS and still i dont like rez macros because it can make stuff worse when it failed to rez someone. I am a WHM/SGE main so on WHM the macro is just a hell since i need TA befor if not i gonna run out of MP (base Piety full dps build lol) so waiting is the best option for me or to weave it in a dot window instead of losing any uptime

[@GreyFoxVinzin]

@@FarZeroDark I usually use it as a means with the to help notify that a raise is happening. The only time the icon on the party list has helped me was when the other healer was in the middle of hard-casting a revive.

[@muhannabasalem574]

the sprint macro is a lifesaver for me example: if you want to get out of a mechanic and you just double weaved, the sprint macro guarantee that it activates and the normal one you have to spam it and it will be delayed

[@topher3291]

For console or controller players, will work in place of mouseover macros.

[@warmachine5835]

I needed this badly for healing. I just picked up Sage and the idea of click-targeting party members to cast terrifies me. This will fix things up for me very nicely.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

oh yeah, this is staple for healing. Anyone trying to heal a big raid, by click targeting is doing it wrong.

[@dragonhearthx8369]

A good one for healers is this allows you to still attack while still targeting the tank.

[@Disig]

I thought rez macros were primarily for letting your party know who you are rezzing so the second healer doesn't accidentally rez the same person, not for RP reasons. I just thought the text was just a fun bonus thing you could do with it. And yeah of course you can use it for RP reasons but it was more for practicality. Unless you're going for World 1st or something I think the benefits of the macro to alert other healers who you are swift raising outweighs the loss of DPS. Of course I am thinking of situations when you do not have contact with the other healer like Discord or something. In that case that macro is not needed.

[@eureka5635]

I'm a mute in my discord so it's the best way to tell my co healer what I'm doing.

[@MrElmosDaddy]

One I think is great for tank is this will use your action on your focus target. Say your tanking and you want to focus target a mob and watch for a skill to stun or interrupt. You can use /ac "interject" without ever deselecting your main target.

[@AzuriteTV]

Actually a good one! Although I still think I would rather just target the mob manually for more reliable control, but I still think this is a good alternative!

[@Shampoodark]

depends on the Situation for Shirk you can also use (Target of the target) to shirk the target of the boss. But i would stick with the number because my Party List never change. But first i would have to play with shirk more since i do easy swap with just turning the stance off xD

[@Shampoodark]

The is also useful for healer to use oGCDs on the MT like for TB to stick with the boss as target as a side note :)

[@Ishi112]

​@@Shampoodarkif You were to use shirk, Youre probably target of the target in the first place :D

[@Shampoodark]

@@Ishi112 Hmmm no because evrey tank use provoke befor shirk so the new rank is TT then :P Also a little side note i never use shirk i always turn off/on stance which is easiert and less weaving (i play this game since ARR so im used to stance dance xD)

[@Tommy090888]

Fun fact: /merror and /micon stands for "Macro Error" and "Macro Icon". Also, you need to put quotes on anything with a space in the name. Single-word actions do not need quotes :)

[@Songforyall]

that shirk macro though playing on controller and doing it normally is pain that will help lol

[@KazumiKiguma]

HUGE note for controller players: There's a setting in your controller options to set left stick click and right stick click to "Macro 98" and "Macro 99". I, and I think many people, use this to just put sprint on a stick press instead of taking up a cross hotbar slot. You should still put it on, say, a normal bar somewhere though, so you can see the cooldown.

[@ShierakQiya]

I use a similar macro for this, but I have it set to either summon a mount (in locations where I can mount) or sprint (in locations that I CAN'T mount).

[@Art2D2]

As a controller user, I don't see the issue of just putting it on hotbar. In the settings for hotbars under custom tab I have the expanded hold controls set to display Cross Hotbar 8 - Left when holding L2 then R2. Which on top of two other bars always visible, it allows me access to a third bar in a split second. I barely have anything on that bar so I put Sprint there.

[@skcans]

There's actually a setting in character settings where you can double your ground trageting skill to put it down. I found this out recently and it was a complete game changer. With this you don't need to macro skills like asylum, sacred soil, and star at all cause you can just double tap the skill and it'll put it down where your cursor is and there's no delay whatsoever!

[@ricard_fp]

where is that option? D:

[@skcans]

@@ricard_fp Esc>char config>target on the top tab>ground targeting settings>press action twice to execute

[@Verpal]

I also used this setting, especially on SCH and WHM, for AST star the aoe is way too large to warrant another button press..... like, if it is not hitting you, it is literally your fault.

[@qamarqammar7629]

Thanks! I didn't watch the previous video this is good info.

[@LuminNox]

@@qamarqammar7629 time to give it a watch then if you have the time it has really useful information. 😊

[@KristinaFarron]

and eww flooding the chat with macros

[@AdamRoss30]

actually works on other abilities too, not just ground targeted ones. A popular WAR macro is /ac "Holmgang" because if you're tethered target dies during Holmgang, you lose the effect but this prevents that because you cast it on yourself instead. A few other "honorable mentions" I think worth looking at would be to use a sprint/mount macro in slot 98 and 99 and mapping those to your R3/L3 buttons on a controller. This let's you click your joystick to use those macros. I keep the mount one on R3 (the stick used for camera) since I definitely won't move for the cast time and put sprint on L3 (the stick used for movement) since I'm already running when I need to sprint somewhere. Mostly for crafters, but you can macro a proc ability without a wait time and it works like a sloppy "if" statement/conditional. For example, if you wanted a macro to use precise touch which is only allowed when quality is good/excellent, but otherwise use basic touch (or something else), you could do two likes like /ac "precise touch" /ac "basic touch" .... This will attempt to do precise touch and if it works, you'll be animation locked an not do basic touch, but the wait command will still happen, so you'll still wait 3 seconds before doing the 3rd line. If you can't do precise touch, it'll fail and there's no animation lock so you'll go into basic touch. Lastly, for controller people who don't know, up/down on the D-pad without hitting X to confirm with select your party member without deselecting the enemy. I don't know if there's a name for this, but I call it a soft select. Then after casting on someone, it will snap back to the original target (for example, an enemy). You could use this while healing to glare at an enemy until your tank needs healing, hit down twice to soft select him, ogcd heal, and you're already looking at the enemy again. This is about as close to a effect we have on controller, but not nearly as good.

[@TheBorzoi]

> actually works on other abilities too, not just ground targeted ones. A popular WAR macro is /ac "Holmgang" because if you're tethered target dies during Holmgang, you lose the effect but this prevents that because you cast it on yourself instead. This is incorrect. If your target dies, you still have the effect active. All that is lost is the immobility that was given to the target (since it's now dead).

[@AdamRoss30]

@@TheBorzoi Well, that's not what the Balance Discord says under WAR resources and they're pretty reliable.

[@TRNFloyd]

Literally the first "don't do this" is something I was trying to do for lazily playing my job(blm). Automated dps. It's garbage dps for sure, but it was more of a "can I do this to the point where it flows perfectly fine" over actual dps. After coming up with something, I told a buddy of mine - who apparently can't play blm for some reason - and he wanted me to share it with him so he could play the job. Apparently he was so bad at it he needed a 4 button macro that would run through roughly the spells I use so he could be better. At the time, my dps was something like 12-13k or maybe 14k on a dummy(pre endwalker), can't recall. All I do recall is that the dps from the macro's was about 7-8k. xD Again, I never used it in any live situation. Never got past testing phase, but it sure as shit was funny hearing "Don't put GCD's in your macro" when literally that's what I was doing. xD

[@kelmirosue3251]

I think the hotbar macro one for specific party members is REALLY useful as a whole. I play SCH and it will make it MUCH easier to heal specific people I need too

[@tyriaxepheles7996]

Macros are not for roleplay. They are for communicating with your party members, so they know not to raise the person you just raised or that the damage buff is up and it's a good time for your burst window or LB or that the boss has been stunned and melee don't have to run from the AoE. Yes, there may be other ways to see these but most people (especially Sprouts) don't pay attention to tiny markers and using the chat is much better

[@RyuNoZero]

3:20 you also can turn this off in the Character Configuration under Chatlog, Server Error Messages, no need to waste a line in the macro^^ 9:55 I like to use Macros on Sage so I can shield the Tank and Toxicon the enemy back to back 11:06 Auto-Translate works for macros aswell so you don't need Quotation Marks and you can use your Macros on All Clients for example: on a german client /ac "shirk" does nothing but shirk written in auto-translate will work! 13:05 I miss the Old Sprint: 20sec duration on 30sec cool down.. and 1k TP cost but now we don't have TP anymore

[@Danny132]

Yeah a and combo macro for Healer DPS skills is very nice. I for one use a , and combo as a healer this way i can attack the target i have targeted or attack the tanks target or attack the Focus target if i end up un targeting the monster or tank

[@TianarTruegard]

is one of my most used macro parameters. I setup single action macros for my WHM so I don't have to switch targets while healing the main tank. I can just easily attack what ever the main tank is fighting while still healing the main tank. FFXIV really needs to make DPS spells automatically attack the target's target when you're targeting a party member.

[@jeffbatista]

There is one macro that I started to use to remind me when a skill with 2 min cool down is available: /macroicon "Arcane circle" /merror off /ac "Arcane Circle" /echo Arcane Circle 60 sec /echo /echo /echo

[@AzuriteTV]

Not a bad idea! The only problem is if you use another macro in between, it will cancel this macro (I think? Unless they changed it) so it could be good if you don't have any other macros on your reaper. Another good alterative to this is adding an extra hotbar to your HUD, just make it 1 button, the arcane circle in this case, and make it BIG, and above your hotbar so its hard to miss, that way whenever your look at your hotbar or the encounter in general, you'll always see that cooldown ticking :)

[@gb1oke]

Might as well use plugins at this point

[@TheBorzoi]

@@AzuriteTV You are right. If you use another macro when one is active, it cancels the active one and starts the new one.

[@95Jezzica]

Some people have already mentioned it before, but the Raise macros are rarely for roleplays. It's to tell the other healer & teammates that you're using your swiftcast/already on the job with a bit of flavour. It's basically telling them nicely: "Get the F-! out of that aoe, DPS, or you'll stay dead until the cooldown is over!" , or for the other healer(s): "I'm already ressing this person - keep the others alive in the meantime and don't waste your own Swiftcast." / With that said, you have a point in keeping Swiftcast and Raise separate, so instead I recommend keeping Swiftcast on its' own and then only putting Raise inside the macro together with a prepared party-message. Macro *Example* : /merror off /ac "Raise" /p "Time to RAISE your spirits!" /micon "Raise" Alternatively you can put the macro only on Swiftcast instead, to tell the others you've used it. Macro *example* : /merror off /ac "Swiftcast" /p "SWIFT action needed: Swiftcast activated! (Cooldown 60s!)" /micon "Swiftcast" That way you still communicate with your party without risking too much downtime and still keep down the buttons a bit. . Now, as a bonus I'll also recommend Tanks get a macro for skills that help keeping your healer alive in a pinch. For Paladins the skill Cover is a good example, and since I made it so Healers are always listed first I know there'll always be a healer in spot 2 and either a tank or the other healer in spot 3. You can obviously also do similar macro(s) with Warriors' skill Nascent Flash, Dark Knight's skill Blackest Night/Oblation, Gunbreaker's skill Aurora/Heart of Corundum - but for this example I'll use Paladin's Cover. Macro *example* : /merror off /ac "Cover" /ac "Cover" /p "COVER-ing my ally!" /micon "Cover" I also recommend Tanks to do a macro for your invul, since it can be easy to miss and an auto-message in party chat for it will save your healer a lot of stress. ESPECIALLY if you're certain tank who shoots yourself in the foot to get the inv. (Glares unimpressed at my Gunbreaker friend who used Superbolide on the first mob for my very first run as a healer just to scare me). - _ -

[@DoktorWieg]

My favorite use of macros and hotbars has been to make a kind of automated sidebar menu where I have different categories in one sidebar and the second sidebar showing the last clicked category. For example, left of my chatbox, I have two vertical hotbars side by side. The left one has the tank, healer, 3 DPS, crafter, gatherer, minion and mount icons set in it, spaced for readability. If I click the tank icon, the bar on its right updates and displays all my tank gearsets; if I click my healer button, then it shows all my healer gearsets, etc. Then I can click those icons to switch to that job and gearset. The reason I have 3 DPS icons is for melee, ranged and magic DPS since they all couldn't fit on a single hotbar. As for mounts and minions, I just have my favorite minions and mounts in those along with the last icon being the actual Mount and Minion menu shortcut. The way I make it work is that I pretty much 'sacrifice' one hotbar from every crafting job and turn it invisible. However, in those hotbars, I have the content of each category button set in them and when I click a category button, the macro simply copies and pastes the content of one of these hotbars into the right vertical hotbar, overwritting its content and showing what I've set for that category. It's less cluncky overall and much more clean in my opinion that having 2 hotbars cluttered with gearset icons and some random mounts and minions left and right. And besides, I pretty much have access to more content on 2 hotbars than I would with 3 or 4.

[@sayokadi2370]

Oh you can do this? Thank you!

[@geraldmarroquin4085]

If you could explain how to set up the macro a bit more pls? I'm new to FFXIV so I'm not too sure how to do it

[@mizuwisver9141]

I saw this video recommended and I had to check it out, as I like to know what macros are useful and what ones are not, of course I was lured by the thumbnail! Love your Au'ra! :D extremely useful macros! Definitely getting a sub from me!

[@TacoRemixx]

Combat macros are FANTASTIC with high ping. I've not had a single problem with my Ninja. PVP and PVE. My damage is fantastic and all my earth sky sea have passed with no issue.

[@inoob26]

mouse over is definitely going to be a game changer as a Healer for me since I dont have to click back and forth between enemies and party meembers

[@ergdvtzh54ert]

Additional note for /micon: You see the remaining cooldown and amount of stacks of your ability on your Icon. Like "Life Surge" or "Draw" recharges.

[@KazumaGShep]

I don't really see the point in spamming the macro. Even during my short time doing Savage content I've never had my shirk macro fail to fire off with just the single line. Also a Sprint marco would be useful for controller players as there is a binding for Micros 98 and 99 for the analog sticks that'll allow you to use sprint just by clicking in the stick as thus freeing up an entire slot on your hotbar.

[@KazumiKiguma]

I believe the reason gtoff is a macro option is because there's an actual option in the settings to just have ground targeting always go to where your mouse is, with no need to click. Similarly, there's a macro option to turn off facing your target when using an ability. The only time I'm aware of that this comes in handy is that heals don't require you to face your target for the cast to go off, making it easier to heal people when glare (turn away) effects are going off. Damaging spells however will give you an error if you're turned slightly off from facing the target so it's not worth it in my opinion, but still an interesting thing to note and possibly usable for some ogcd heals.

[@callmegoats]

Oh wow. I just made MNK Thunderclap a mouse of macro and it is so helpful to fluidly use it.

[@inazumatan7050]

6:00 For controller, I’m half sure that if you tab-target a specific person/enemy but not press X (on PlayStation) you can use an ability on them but it immediately snaps back to your “selected” target without breaking Auto-Attack

[@tylerstewart3181]

So. Macros in ff14 aren't actually macros. Got it.

[@tyverus89]

@12:09 I use this type of macro ONLY for my AST cards. I don't really see a use for it outside of that, as a WHM main it's never been a huge concern as most of my macros (Asylum, Divine Benison, Aquaviel and the like are set to , or )

[@danh8804]

While helpful this video also makes me painfully aware of why macro language/logic is something I miss from WoW. Like, in WoW, with one macro I could tell Heart of Corundrum to go to A) my mouseover if I have one, B) my focus target if friendly, C) myself if not focused, and it would substitute for just the action itself with no measurable delay.

[@AzuriteTV]

I always hear about WoWs macro system and it definitely makes me envious... maybe one day we can have more reliable macros on FFXIV

[@sayokadi2370]

@@AzuriteTV Doubtful. Isn't the main reason for the limitation to prevent basic combat bot macroing?

[@gerble36]

Meh, both have their advantages. You don't get a wait command in WoW, so some of the things you can do with FF14 macros you can't with WoW. But WoW is a bit more robust in terms of what you can do.

[@sayokadi2370]

@@gerble36 No real sequences or conditionals in FF. I made some fairly complicated macros in wow. Macros in FF are very very simple and linear and rely on cascading errors (spell not found or spell not ready or similar) in order to add even the slightest resemblance of a reliable sequence/conditional for combat. And of course, if you press it to early it doesn't que and you most likely will break your chain.

[@AaronWGaming]

Can't seem to remember but I macro my 1 2 3 on controller paladin... However it is the first action in the macro... and it only exists to swap my hotbar accordingly

[@AaronWGaming]

Gonna start trying to make double weave macros and test them later

[@karmanomicon]

I actually learned a lot from this and I was already using lots of macros! The gtoff command makes NIN Shukuchi sooooo much snappier!

[@statistno1315]

So the only viable combat macros are the ones for targeting skills? That's really stupid. I wish Square would give us more freedom with that. So much potential for interesting stuff just thrown into the wind.

[@kohlicoide2258]

Tbh im fucking hate it to play with Macros in FF14 im glad i dont need it that often but Macros in this games feels often like a.. old car how stands out in the winter for 3 weeks without starting it.. you must try it multiple times to start it, thats the reason why the "Salted Earth" Rework in EW for DRK was such a blessing for me, i mean almost every Darkknight place it on the own position and you dont need longer to weave macros in double weave windows

[@NotTheWheel]

I've never done macros on FF it's so confuzzling that you can't make that those stupid basic melee 1-2-3 combos one button. It seems like it be so easy :( frustrating that it's not possible. *insert American psycho meme*

[@kultres5920]

Late to the party, but I personally despise any combat(skill) macros apart from AST play card skill. Yes I might lose an auto on the boss as a tank, but the amount of times shirk didnt go off when needed and I died cause of it is too damn high and also totally fks up double weaving for me, skill clip haven with macros.

[@ciberkid22]

My raise macro has it so it does the targetting for me. The downside is no RP quotes that reliably target the person being raised, but it's not like I've done that anyways lol

[@88Spint]

Reasons not to play healer: mouse over macros... fking things always bugging out and making you think that you are casting your heal on the target, but sometimes you just won't be. So unless you wanna be paranoid as fuck about your spells, dont use em. God the amount of times I thought I put a quick big heal up on the BLM to save him from yet another mechanic he won't move out of and then que up a heal on the tank... only for that instant cast not to have gone off, the BLM dying and me and the tank have to deal with the mobs alone... Too many.

[@Brahmsonite]

"Don't put multiple skills together". I'm guessing you don't play on controller.

[@SinHurr]

Sure would be nice if Square would let /micon bring up the proper tooltip, too. Seems like an absolutely basic thing to do.

[@Enthapythius]

The Aurora with multiple target idea at the end has another good use: If you still have hotkeys left you can easy your Blackmage life a lot. I use Strg-Shift and a number to Aetherskate to the partymember of that number. Makes it far easier to react to stuff and get around. Then again it basically eats a whole hotbar so beware of that. Nice video though really informative.

[@Danny132]

I disagree a Swiftcast + Raise with a small and without the party msg does not really have that much of a delay and makes it so much easier

[@agentstepp]

100% same here…I don’t even use wait, just tap it multiple times and I’m always the first to get a res off since it targets the first dead player so I also don’t need to target. It’s reflexive at this point and trying to do it manually seems nuts since it’s so much faster. If you have a good connection (like I do) I notice no difference when using macros with GCD abilities and just hitting the skills and it allows you to get very granular with how your skills behave.

[@LuminNox]

@@agentstepp with that setup you must've already noticed you sometimes starting to hardcast the raise without swiftcast actually going off first. If not you were lucky on that side. I'm glad it's working out for you though. I can just say from my own experience that GCD macros are typically not used in optimal gameplay due to how unreliable they are in general because they have a slight delay and don't queue like normal skills.

[@SC-cx9ti]

Why not just have the message appear after you begin casting raise?

[@TheVeraciousSanchez]

Everyone is always talking about spell queue being a reason for not using them. Do you guys just push the button once or something? For the longest time since wow I just spam the shit outta the buttons i know im gonna use next lmao

[@gamingwithjosh545]

I wonder why healers are so quick to heal the Tank and do DPS now I know why, I need to invest into some Macro at the moment I am DPS player but would come in handy when I decide to play as a healer

[@kingcatzak]

Raise macros are just fun. It's not even serious roleplay. Personally I use them a decent amount but when it comes to savages and other high tier content I don't use it.

[@kigeruse]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGi8XmyYaZ2eqpY that is trying to copy a addon for wow where you just click on the party member healthbar with different buttons and it will use different heals on them. personally i use mousover macros when i heal. but now that i seen this ill add the line to always heal the tank whenever im not mousing over thats pretty awesome reminds me of the gambits in ffxii

[@walterkrueger5947]

Swiftcast into rez is very useful for controllers. The way I have it set up is there are 36 slots and I have no room for swift cast.

[@darkling-studios]

If you hotkey sprint with the same button that walks forward you could auto sprint yeah?

[@qixaqyx]

If you want to see this taken to an extreme, look up the one button summoner. It's a series of macros that swap skills on your hot bar so you only have to spam 1 button to perform the summoner skill rotation. It's not optimal, but it does perform at a rather adequate level for DPS output.

[@Drako2k0]

Really annoys me that we can’t make macros to chain skills. Button bloat is a real issue

[@Zanodia]

If you use a macro that will target yourself last, be sure that you are in range to use the ability or it will be used on yourself.

[@seisocoomer]

i dont rp. i have raise macro letting everyone i am currently rezzing that person

[@amethist6774]

meh, all of these are probably gonna have the opposite effect on me. eiter forgeting to use them or messing me up.

[@mosley3485]

Res macros aren't for RP, they're for commend fishing.

[@NemesisTWarlock]

IMO, there is *one* situation in which it's okay to macro a GCD. Using a controller, and DPSing as a healer with and /Focustarget . in this manner, you're able to spam stone/aero/malefic/gravity/whatever *while still having the tank highlighted as your primary target*, and can switch back to casting heals on them with a single button press, without needing to mash the D-Pad re-targetting your tank or your enemy. I don't reccommend you do this in endgame content, for obvious reasons, but it's great for casual/levelling content or your daily roulettes.

[@TheBorzoi]

A better option is to put on your oGCD heals that you would be using (Tetragrammaton, Haima, Divine Benison, etc) so you're always targetting the enemy.

[@whitemageserenia]

As a controller player, I don't really use macros other than for Sprint and Raise (not swiftcast). TECHNICALLY I don't use a "macro" per se with Sprint, at least... not in the traditional fashion. See, as a controller player there is an option to change my thumb stick presses function, ranging from draw/sheathe weapon/lock on, to sit/lockon, or just lockon, OR, and this is where sprint comes in "Execute Macro #99" so I have my right thumbstick set to execute macro 99, and made a sprint macro conveniently on macro 99, so I can sprint at the touch of a button. Though, thinking about it now, I might revamp it to spam sprint instead of just having it once. Other than that, I find macros to be wayyyy too clunky to actually be useful for me personally. I've tried some of the QoL macros like for quick ground targeting for Asylum and the like but... Iunno... I just didn't like it. I'm pretty quick at setting those down where I want them without macros anyway so, ymmv. I've also tried those weird healer DPS macros that use and so that you can attack the enemy either by targeting the mob or the main tank or w/e cause it'll either attack the target, or the target's target, but I just didn't like how it messed with my overall flow so I stopped using those ones as well. SO yeah, I just don't really use macros lol

[@nip3004]

Lol, yeah it's "RP players" using the res macros

[@renycilfay9773]

I swapped off of controller after playing it (and clearing three ultimates on it) for over 8 years. As of now, I'm playing with the tactical assault commander (ff14) hori keypad. The most useful macros for me are ones which change my hotbar loadout, similar to how you would on a controller with the R1 trigger. I've set it so that my middle-mouse button will swap all of my single-target actions to their AoE versions, and vice-versa. The TAC does not have issues with button limitations, but it still allows me to be fully comfortable with zero hand strain on every job. The most notable of classes that perform well with this is Samurai, who has pretty much an AoE version of every skill in its arsenal. I had gotten used to this hotbar swapping style from playing on controller, and was surprised to find not many people do this same thing on keyboard and mouse when it can save me a solid 7-9 buttons on some jobs like this. Just for the record, this does NOT invoke the issues of input delay, as the macro only swaps the hotbar's actions around, it does not actually try to use them, I still need to press the button which is not itself a macro.

[@LuminNox]

As a controller player I can relate how good it is to easily switch between hotbars. I also use one hotbar dedicated to my single target rotation and another one for AoE and helps a lot with reducing buttons to press on your main hotbar. I can definitely see this kind of macro being helpful for mouse and keyboard players

[@oricoriander]

hey thanks to this video i made a mouse over thunderclap macro! i can't have it spam as much or it might use it multiple times but it's way more applicable now for quick out and in.

[@jeanbryot6765]

can you make Give us Recipe Macro for Crafting?

[@Hardivh]

I like using the macro to sprint and mount on the same button. Then I put it on my R3. Helps a lot with button cluttering on gamepad

[@rivenoak]

you may include the _peloton_ ability in the macro as well if you are dancer bard etc.

[@SnowyRVulpix]

I would sacrifice dps for the convenience of an all-in-one macro

[@Spiritwonder420]

imagine telling people what not to do in ff14 I'm sure yoshi p would love that attitude

[@LuminNox]

Is he forcing you to not do it? From what I get from the video he is suggesting me things to enhance my combat experience. It's up to me if I do it or not.

[@ru3487]

Thank you for the sprint Macro- gonna most definitely use that 1…

[@Siinwu]

the raise one i disagree totally. i have it full macroed, why? cause it alerts the other healer i am raising this person, giving them 1-2sec to drop their own raise and continue dps or keep someone else alive. people are not mind readers and doing the raise as you suggest and press the button after is then, pointless, you have wasted the other healers quick cast most likely while they could have dps, raised another or healed ect. spamming the same macro AC 15 times with no time macro has zero effect, doesnt matter if you type 1 line or 15, wont change, except make you look silly. the gtoff is quit nice to have if you wanna save that .5second placing it. ^^

[@LuminNox]

People usually ignore the chat mid fight so the raise macro may be a good idea for communication but in reality is just useless. Especially when raises are mostly used with swiftcast you can't just cancel your swiftcast raise if used at the same time. If used later you're pretty blind to not see the raise buff on your target. You spam the /ac to simulate a skill queue as macros don't queue naturally. If you're animation locked and use the macro it won't go off. By spamming the /ac line there's a slight delay between executing each line and therefore you create an artificial skill queue.

[@regnimar]

For Heart of Corundrum i use a

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

6:27 not only auto attacks but the minor amount of time you would have to spend to click and target each person to use each ability, adds up rather exponentially fast. .25 sec each time, say.. 8 person team, if you are trying to cast a HoT on each person single target like, 8x.25 seconds is a LOT of time vs, being able to mouseover and cast mouseover cast, and this is just in the "im standing perfectly still" situation...

[@Nasgatemk2]

the literal only time clicking actually slows you down vs mouseover is if you need to triple weave. In your given scenario you have the entirety of a GCD to click on the next person.

[@MaouNobunaga]

I will macro my 1 2 3 gcd. 😎

[@KristinaFarron]

so cheating macros wow instead of pushing the button on a controller or keybroad

[@AzuriteTV]

Something I think I forgot to mention is you should be wary about double weaving with macros, you can get away with it depending on oGCD animation and good ping, but just be aware of your ping and the oGCD animation and identify this for yourself

[@raexau6634]

ok i gotta know, WHERE do you get that gunblade XD

[@AzuriteTV]

@@raexau6634 The Gunblade is from The Epic of Alexander Ultimate :)

[@MeteorX1234]

This is actually the reason for the existence of a sprint macro for many. It makes it possible to double weave Sprint considering it's unqueue-able nature.

[@tyty8484]

Are you saying you *Shouldn't* do mouseover healing macros?

[@jackblades90]

wait, you can use shirk in other people?

[@its_deer]

extract the materia from your gear ahhhhhhhhhh

[@AzuriteTV]

I'll think about it

[@danielpikel7628]

There is a macro you can make to set sprint to left joystick on controller to completely remove the sprint icon off your hot bar

[@herbertmeadows1065]

Great video man!!

[@raarasunai4896]

Most useful combat macro I’ve found as a console player is Dragon Sight. Console players can’t click their target obviously, so rather than mashing the up or down button however many times to pick my target, use dragon sight, and go back to my enemy target within the short time the GCD is rolling, I pick my target at the start of the battle as my Focus Target and have Dragon Sight in the macro set to always fall on my focus target. The last line of the Macro is to just execute the action as normal for solo content. /merror off /aerror off /ac “Dragon Sight” (x11) /ac “Dragon Sight” (with no target tag) /micon “Dragon Sight” I’m still leveling Dragoon(only level 72 right now) so I haven’t been able to use it for any end game content, but the few times I’ve used it in dungeons, it works well when I actually remember to pick a focus target. That’s not on the macro, though. That’s my scatter(impact) brain

[@plaidr]

I think you need a macro to extract materia from your gear!! Just teasin' - this was a great video. :D

[@Antiv1rus165]

JP macros for invul + countdown to let healer take note when they need to heal are awesome

[@AzuriteTV]

These aren't bad! My only concern is the slight delay to macro when using something like an invuln can mean life or death, but a good alternative if you just use invuln earlier rather then later

[@marielucchetta]

Really helpful! Thank you, brilliant! :-)

[@AzuriteTV]

You're brilliant!

[@GaleGrim]

hmmm. Can you /micon indivual ast cards? like [/micon "The Balance"] ? if so that might be use able with an [/ac "play" ]macro so you never have to remember the cards function, just "Icon go bur" Like if you set ranged and healer to be party member 2-4 or something and so bowl,ewer, and spire are micons to [/ac "play" 2 /ac "play" 3] ect?

[@qamarqammar7629]

I wasn't sure if hybrid macros were even a thing (even if very controversial) in FFXIV, so thanks for the info! Also didn't know about gtoff at all, which is great when I don't want to use or .

[@AzuriteTV]

I really like them a lot! I think they can be controversial because sometimes they can be unreliable, like going to the target you didn't want it to, but imo that's just the nature of macros sometimes, if it proves a problem for me, I'll have to cut it into 2 separate macros, but so far it's been really good to me. Either way, glad to have taught you something! :)

[@qamarqammar7629]

@@AzuriteTV yes I will try and see. I'm used to mo macros in other games this is a good way to keep what I'm used to while combining it with other options. Thanks!

[@gabrielacelasi1792]

regarding the combat macro. It saves a lot of butons. take MONK. he has 5 -6 [punches depending on lvl. u could have 6 butons. or...make a macro with 3 and 3. that would save it from 6 to only 2. less crap to focus on. or archer. has one special ability tied to a proc of anothr ability. well i macro the 2 togheter and save 2 to 1 buton. it may not seem much but end game ull have 36 butons.

[@Xport9]

EZ macro for AST. Cast and forget. Mind you, you'll need to keep your mouseover until everything is casted, otherwise, you'll have to use Draw manually to benefit from it. Saves you a lot of hassle. /merror off /ac "Draw" /ac "Play" /ac "Astrodyne" /micon "Draw"

[@wavesofbabies]

Anyone know a good macro to like "toggle" Ctrl or another modifying input? Holding Ctrl or shift during a fight to switch between actions hurts my hand (old injuries flaring up). Right now I have a macro that rotates two sets of hotbars (move hot bar 1 to 5, move 2 to 1, 5 to 2, 3 to 5, 4 to 3, 5 to 4) so the keybinds essentially have two different actions depending on which hot bars are rotated in (similar to pad players) Problem is that it is just a tad too slow to be reliable. It works when I'm single weaving and the animation is short, but double weaving I have to just try to do with a mix of clicking and keybinds (depending on which is being used). Sometimes even double weaving just by clicking (which is terrible). Any other ideas to approach this?

[@emmajones8708]

Ok um I don't combine swiftcast and rez but I do have a macro for swift cast to warn the other healer who I am rezzing. I don't role play at all. So there is text with my swiftcast but I hit the normal rez button. I tried the combo of the two once but it was not good. And my text shows up if I make silly mistakes like accidently hitting it while targeting the boss. But I like having it to let the other healer know whats going on.

[@BlaquePauldron]

How did you get your target marks on your UI at the top?

[@loftyn7369]

idk if it is noted in the comment or not but for pc you can drag the ability/skill/spell to the macro page and the name will be written there, so you can for crafting macro put down the rotation as whole then do "/ac" after everything is set up, i recommend for crafting macros to put " on GCD action and " for OGCD action, GCD = global cool down and OGCD = off global cool down,

[@megakazuya123]

I disagree with advising against macroing swift+raise, primarily because (in many situations) it will lead to panicked mistakes trying to swiftcast and raise manually; especially on controller.

[@ayamekyubei]

Just because I haven't seen it mentioned, but you only need to put quotes around the name of the skill in the macro when the skill name has multiple words in it. So Aurora is only one word, so it wouldn't require quotation marks, but "Shake It Off" is multiple words, so it would require quotes.

[@mcdoogle_robotman]

Cute outfit, what is it??

[@darlentenstrife5929]

Is there a way that instead of your combo combat weaponskills that you can set them all in 1 Marco and when you use the first ws. Then the 2nd is ready to select and use? I've noticed that was a thing in the pvp. I'm having trouble finding that in just normal game play.

[@Weezarvil]

An addendum about Mouse-Over macros and controllers. While its true we can't do as fast, they are kinda baked in our inputs. We press Up or Down to "pre-target" someone, use skill, this will make our skill act with "mouse-over" them and not target them completely. But its slower than mouse its true.