Hello Devs_Pet Skill 1-4 macro PLZ

Pet control is important. This is more a suggestion for GMs to allow different game mechanics

Problem:
Smn / Sch / Arc have a total of 7 different pets. All different, and all have good utility WITH DIFFERENT SKILL NAMES, and not enough bars to set up for all skills. I currently have my skill bars set to Alt+1-4 bound to pet hotbar 7-0. This way I can quickly use a different pet skill in battle as needed.

The problem now is when I change to a different class that doesn't have pets, 4 of my main, easy to hit skills are unusable with this set up, and no way to quickly change things without re-adjusting a chunk of my setting.

Solution:
Can you implement / is there a macro set up that can be usable for all pets.
(ie

<pet skill> 1
<pet skill> 2
<pet skill> 3
<pet skill> 4

)

This way we can put custom macros on our hotbars that are usable for ALL pets.

pls respond... /like if you agree. Lets try and make something happen.

You actually use Titan and Ifrit on your Summoner?

I use Eos and Selene about the same amount

What you can do is make specific hotbars for each pet and use the hotbar switch command in a summon macro. I don't remember what the command was but it changes your bottom #1 hotbar to the number specified.

i.e.
/summon eos
/hotbar switch 9

9: [embrace] [whisp Dawn] [fey convenant] etc...

/summon Selene
/hotbar switch 8

8: [silence] [light] [glow] etc...

Macro example:
/pac "Fey Illumination" <me>
/pac "Fey Light" <me>

This will make you use the fourth skill regardless of fairy.

As a SCH, I have two hidden hotbars (that I never use) set up for each pet.
I use a macro to copy the corresponding bar to my active one whenever I summon one of my pets.

But to do that, you have to sacrifice these (in my case 2) bars.
Lucky for me, I use all of my hotbars but two, so I have just enough to use this system.
If I were a SMN, I wouldn't be able to do this for all 3 pets. If I want to keybind more unrelated actions, I can't, since I have no more free bars for this.

What OP suggest would be much more practical.



EDIT: What Wolf_Gang suggests seems more practical than what I do. Still, the OP's suggestion would be the most simple.

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Originally Posted by Espon

Macro example:
/pac "Fey Illumination" <me>
/pac "Fey Light" <me>

This will make you use the fourth skill regardless of fairy.

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This is the correct way to do it. Can go a step further and just make a "1 button" macro for either fairy.
/micon "Whatever you want" pet
/pac "Fey Glow" <p>
/pac "Fey Light" <p>
/pac "Fey Illumination" <p>
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <p>
/wait 1
/pac "Fey Illumination" <p>
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <p>

Pop Rouse before/while doing this if using Eos, or simply use every 30 seconds if Selene. Easy.

So I can just make a macro for using both Fairy skills that correspond to skill 1-4 and the macro will just ignore the skill for the other pet that isn't summoned?

That's just crazy enough to work.

I actually use something like this

/micon "rouse"
/ac "rouse" <me>
/pac "fey glow" <me>
/pac "fey illuminaition" <me>

Works like a charm! One more thing. I know there is a way to turn off the warning message I get when trying to use a skill my pet doesn't have. What is it?