Please remove the hidden "/wait 1" between macro lines...

[AmyRae]

So is the ability to change classes just by switching my weapon.

"Oh you need me as a gladiator? K, lemme drop my axe and pick up a sword which will somehow give me ungodly prowess in the art of swordplay!"

Because as we've seen in real life, a gold-medal Olympic fencer is always the best at boxing as soon as they drop their sword put the gloves on. No need to practice, or anything!

[Vyncent]

Because as we've seen in real life, a gold-medal Olympic fencer is always the best at boxing as soon as they drop their sword put the gloves on. No need to practice, or anything!

I think the analogy is more apt when comparing a fencer trying to box with their foil. If the gold medal fencer is also an olympian boxer due to years of training (FFXIV equivalent of levelling-up), then yes, it is entirely feasible that by dropping a foil and picking up boxing gloves they will be quite formidable at boxing.

[MeowyWowie]

Actually there is not a /wait in between macro lines. What's taking so long is that engine has to redraw your character in-between each piece of gear that is swapped and during that redraw you can not equip another piece of gear. That is why if you make a macro with all your gear swaps but without waits, you will get many pieces that will not equip. To actually make a gear macro fully function you have to include /wait in-between each line.

To test if there is a /wait in-between each line try making a macro that is:
/echo line1
/echo line2

They will both go off instantly...

This seems to be true for any type of chat, but as far as ability use and gear swapping goes, there is a wait between them.

You can change your gear faster by spamming your macro instead of hitting it just once. And when changing to a class that cant be your current gear, it all gets removed at once. It has nothing to do with the game needing to draw each piece before equipping the next (keep i mind the game has to draw "no gear" as well).

Whatever is causing it, I hope they fix/remove it.

[Rukkirii]

I just wanted to stop by in here to let you know that in 2.0 you will be able to save equipment sets for each class instead of having to create equipment changing macros.

And to add to MeowyWowie’s post, we are also looking into increasing the speed of executing macros. Thanks for your feedback in regards to this!

[Rentahamster]

I just wanted to stop by in here to let you know that in 2.0 you will be able to save equipment sets for each class instead of having to create equipment changing macros.

And to add to MeowyWowie’s post, we are also looking into increasing the speed of executing macros. Thanks for your feedback in regards to this!

Equipment sets would be very nice.

2.0 is so long away, though...I hope it can be put in earlier than that.

[MeowyWowie]

I just wanted to stop by in here to let you know that in 2.0 you will be able to save equipment sets for each class instead of having to create equipment changing macros.

And to add to MeowyWowie’s post, we are also looking into increasing the speed of executing macros. Thanks for your feedback in regards to this!

Awesome, Thank you!

[Acydcross]

Yeah, YoshiP mention this. Something about mannequin.

[Fayette]

@yukikaza: I'm not 100% sure what you mean by that, but I take it you mean that they have said/insinuated before that they are against gear swapping? If so, I missed it, and my point is mute I guess. Will just be one of those things I will miss from an old game.

Answer to the "I missed it"

Spoke with Battle Master Matsui to get the lowdown on the whole gear swapping question that's got you all buzzin'. In regards to swapping gear while in battle, since changing certain gear while in battle will change your class in FFXIV, we're not planning to make it possible to swap gear in battle. This direction will not change in the future.

We are focusing instead on making adjustments with the battle-related fixes to ensure that you can battle to your utmost ability without having to rely on changing gear multiple times mid-fight.

[Ilean]

It's moot (which means deprived of practical significance), not mute (which means unable to speak).

Actually it's moo.