How Gear Swapping Works: Simple Macros for the Simple Minded

[Tamoa]

because I have the right to comment on the guide. And on the replies you guys give. Which in most cases are rude, condencending, full of a unfounded supriority complex that ruins the feeling of this being a game. The guide is a help and as I stated I honor good work. But honestly do not sit there and assume I started anything, you guys did. All i did was make suggestion to improve the readability of the guide. All i got was insults on for it. (repeatedly) And again do not contradict yourself, you obviousely care how I play if you keep insulting how everyone plays.

I haven't insulted you or anyone else on how you or anyone else play this game. I've stated a fact - by not gear swapping you're being less efficient at your chosen job in every aspect of it, be it spells, job abilities, melee damage, weaponskill damage, etc etc. And if you chose a lazy playstyle - which it seems that you do - don't insult those of us that find it fun to be efficient in this game.

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[Ertai]

because I have the right to comment on the guide. And on the replies you guys give. Which in most cases are rude, condencending, full of a unfounded supriority complex that ruins the feeling of this being a game. The guide is a help and as I stated I honor good work. But honestly do not sit there and assume I started anything, you guys did. All i did was make suggestion to improve the readability of the guide. All i got was insults on for it. (repeatedly) And again do not contradict yourself, you obviousely care how I play if you keep insulting how everyone plays.

You seem to love to fall back on the "This is a game I'll play how I want!" argument quite a bit. However, games have certain guidelines and rules and aren't just a free-for-all to interpret however you wish. The fact is that gear-swapping is a fundamental part of this game, and by not doing so, you're ignoring one of these rules or guidelines. If we were playing a team game of Yahtzee and I decided that I wanted to play with 4 dice instead of 5, I would be fundamentally gimping myself simply because, simply because I wanted to only have to count 4 dice instead of 5. It would be fully within everyone else playing's right to tell me to play properly.

Clearly this is a slight exaggeration, but you also keep saying that you can perform better than others who "use 5 dice". Sure, this might occasionally happen just based on pure coincidence, but the vast majority of the time, you will be outperformed. If you simply didn't claim to be good and only played by yourself (which is seeming more and more likely in all honesty) then I would most likely be able to overlook this. But you're posting misinformation on these forums by saying that gear-swaps aren't necessary to reach your full potential, when that is simply not the case. Sure, you go ahead and don't type a few lines into your macros one time because its too complicated. But this is how the game is set up. People reading this thread might see your comments and decide that hey, if this person performs at maximum capacity without gear-swapping, I can ignore the quality information in this thread. No. Don't play Yahtzee with 4 dice, and don't try to get others to do it, either.

On topic. Excellent beginner's guide to macros. The layout is excellent, also! I found it very easy to read with the spoilers not making everything completely cluttered and separating the information to make comprehension of the information much simpler.