Berserk macro?

I feel like more Berserk macros should yell "GRIFFIIIIIIIIITH....!" But maybe that's just me.

My BRD friend told me a Berserk macro is nice to have but only an announcement to start it so the BRD can drop his Esuna Skill somewhen in his rotation on you. I don't have a macro and tanked some stuff on WAR and sometimes he noticed my zerk timing sometimes not and its really sweet if he gets it ;_; - Thinking of making a macro for when paired with BRD.

I wouldn't ever use a macro for battle reasons regardless.
I main war, used to have macros for tanks swaps, holmgang use, and berserk. Thanks to the way macros activate, I found them all ill-suited. I'm happily macroless now.

I hate the obnoxious "oww look at me I'll be pacified in N seconds" TONS OF NOISE macros... I'll simply ignore most. But I've did one thing for when raiding with my team(and I might use it elsewhere as well).

I have a macro:
/ac the warden's paean <6>

That way I can squeeze the ogcd without interrupting my rotation. Of course this only works if I get a simple "Berserk up!" macro. But it's just like the the flaming arrow - it means I don't need to position/search stuff and can use it as a fast ogcd.

If I could see berserk easily on wars I'd prob use it more often but it's often on spot 6+ so not visible in the party list.

I've conditioned myself as a healer not to be annoyed by it as I'm actively watching buffs/debuffs and don't need a reminder. But I realize all healers may not be as observant and watching for it. I try to get berserk off as long as I'm not handling a mechanic, doing needed healing or spreading dots. It's worth getting off the tank if I'm in broil spam. I'm never standing around doing nothing but in that case a healer better get it off the tank.

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Originally Posted by Rhuazie

I second main WAR, and I like to keep things moving. I have a Marco for berserk (may or may not contain puns....) just in case the healer might not be paying attention or I'm in a boss battle, etc.

I think it depends on the type of player you are too.

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I hate to get off topic but there's not really a such thing as a "second main"

That would just be an alt

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Originally Posted by Slappah

I hate to get off topic but there's not really a such thing as a "second main"

That would just be an alt

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I'm not too familiar with the terms of MMOs. I call it that because I like to play WAR equally as much as MNK on one character. so...yeah.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

I wouldn't ever use a macro for battle reasons regardless.
I main war, used to have macros for tanks swaps, holmgang use, and berserk. Thanks to the way macros activate, I found them all ill-suited. I'm happily macroless now.

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I've been thinking about ditching my macros for Provoke and Divine Veil, because it's so damn frustrating watching them not execute properly.
But I also struggle with usage of both skills in DF when people don't pay attention. =/

I use a simple "Berserk used. Pacification in 20 seconds." macro with no sound effects because the bard I usually run with requested it after the 3.2 changes to Warden's happened. I still use it even with PUGs because it really does help.

To the healers/bards who won't cleanse JUST because a macro was used: you are the reason why Berserk isn't used more. The Warrior is doing something improve the group's synergy and communication and you decide to ruin that out of spite? Believe me, Pacification is much more annoying than a message or two in the chat, even if a sound effect is used.

Sure, let the Pacification hit if you have more important things to worry about, but ignoring out of spite is simply petty. Chances are you won't get my commendation if I think you are doing that.

On the flip side, if you are a Bard who is on it with Warden's and does your job well otherwise, you may just win out the healer for my comm. I love a good Bard.

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Originally Posted by AriKitae

To the healers/bards who won't cleanse JUST because a macro was used: you are the reason why Berserk isn't used more. The Warrior is doing something improve the group's synergy and communication and you decide to ruin that out of spite? Believe me, Pacification is much more annoying than a message or two in the chat, even if a sound effect is used.

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If a WAR isn't using Zerk just because they're not getting cleansed then they're bad and need to fix things on their end first. There's absolutely no reason to blame a healer or bard for not cleansing pacification. If you time your rotation properly you should be negating 2.5 seconds of the pacification by having your last hit go off just as pacification lands. You can also mix in a Brutal Swing and/or Mercy Stroke if the enemy is low enough.

Having pacification cleansed is a luxury, not a necessity.