Monk Macro.

Hey Guys.. I'm only level 27 PUG. Anyway I wanted to share you guys a pretty simple macro.

/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
/ac "Haymaker" <t>
/ac "Internal Release" <me>
/ac "Snap Punch" <t>
/ac "True Strike" <t>
/ac "Bootshine" <t>

Just put these all in a row and will use the first skill you can use starting from the top. change it up however.. It helps reduce the number of buttons you use... I only use two rotations so I have one other button that has Twin Snakes instead of True STrike.. Anyway thought I'd share-

You really should be using Featherfoot and Internal Release on separate keys.......

Yea, I would think also that haymaker, since it takes a GCD, also messes up your rotation if you are in a buff generating/sustaining rotation.

And put your cooldowns on a separate key to have finer control.

I might take the two buffs off later, but i like to use them at the moment. Featherfoot gives me more chance to dodge and use haymaker which has a 170 potency and slows them by 20%.. And in parties i will have featherfoot on a seperate key. I don't really know the math though I don't have a dps meter.

I find it so much better to NOT use macros for DPS. I only use them for buffs. Battles change which means your rotation will change.

Macros are usually bad. While it's fine for low levels, if you use them now, you're going to be a bad monk when you get to end game.

I find macros too cumbersome to use for DoW/DoM classes, especially Monk. I'd have to remember which skills are in which order and what is included. Better off just having them on the cross-bar. I only use almost 2 cross-bars for skills at level 50. You don't want to burn through your buffs if it's not needed so putting them together with the 3 forms skills is a bad idea. If you do put the 3 form skills in 1 button, I recommend having Bootshine, True Strike and Demolish on 1 and Dragon Kick, Twin Snake and Snap Punch on the other as they use the same sides to attack from.

No....Hell no.

Bad Monk, bad....bad bad bad.

Monks should never resort to using macros, unless it's for buffs or soloing. Using macros on a complicated job like a Monk just lessens your effectiveness, promoting lazy gameplay. Already a tough enough time competing with other, easier to play classes, gimping yourself via macro-spamming worsens the problem.

Threads like these should be deleted, else new players to the job might think these are good ideas.

what others have said, plus don't use haymaker its useless (at least for dps rotation)

Well I'll use it. I guess I'll figure out when the best time to use internal release is and also remove featherfoot. As for the rotations though I'd rather just pick one and press the same button till it gets to the end of the rotation, even if thiers 4 rotations its not hard to tell when with all the on screen messages. I use a ps3 controller so have it on o x square and triangle makes my life easier. So yah lazy or not I think it will work out for me in the end and I won't be using any less skills than a monk who doesen't use macros.

Anyway. That is my opinion.

Why play Monk if you're going to use macros? That's just... lol.

I use macros for IR/BfB (to save keybinds), but outside that I don't see a point to them.

Reroll pls if u consider to use macros ...

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Originally Posted by Blackicexd

I'm bad and I'll keep being bad. Anyway. That is my opinion. YOLO!

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At first you were ignorant, which is 100% completely fine. People came and tried to help you, pointing you out to your errors and what to do to improve, and yet you chose to ignore it and continue being wrong. Now you're being foolish and stupid, on purpose.

Stop playing a Monk, you stain the honor of the class with your stubborn stupidity.

Monk can't use macro and I don't think your macro work either. You didn't put wait command in between

It uses the first skill in the list and if it can't use it goes to the next skill... so it also compensates for misses. I would just name my macros combo 1 combo 2 combo 3 or front combo back combo. I think its valid unless thiers a situation thats impossible to mimic. If you don't like it don't use it. I doubt people will be able to tell.

Wow guys, really constructive here.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out the problems his macro has, but putting people down just because they use macros?

Saying they're a disgrace to your class? What's wrong with you guys?

Lighten up a little lol.

Also what I'm getting from OP's post is that he has limited button space, so instead he puts in the different combo sets all on different buttons.

Please tell me what is wrong with this? Macro bugs aside (such as when mashing, using the wrong action), its a legitimate use of space conserving.

Granted, I think there are enough combos that you barely save any space if you have all the possible combo strings, but for leveling and such, this isn't a bad idea at all.

And to the person telling him to take off haymaker, no, its really nice when soloing because you're facetanking the mob the entire time, and esp for ps3 users, its really hard to do the positioning even doing the circlestrafing/running through trick.

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Originally Posted by pandabearcat

Wow guys, really constructive here.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out
Please tell me what is wrong with this? Macro bugs aside (such as when mashing, using the wrong action), its a legitimate use of space conserving.

Granted, I think there are enough combos that you barely save any space if you have all the possible combo strings, but for leveling and such, this isn't a bad idea at all.

And to the person telling him to take off haymaker, no, its really nice when soloing because you're facetanking the mob the entire time, and esp for ps3 users, its really hard to do the positioning even doing the circlestrafing/running through trick.

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Because monks know the macros is not compatible with monk. Not problem for other class. That is why monk is so hard to play without any benefit.

Monk's combo system doesn't actually let you use a higher tier ability without being in the right form.

So a macro stacked backwards is perfectly fine for that. And since all the buffs and such that you want to employ are done in sets of rotating forms, macros work.

Moreso than it does for dragoon, thats for sure.

Yah I think its more suited towards joypad than using keyboard.

I have this macro aswell on my monk character but the problem on this macro is if you rapidly smash the button at the end of the GCD you might press it fast enough to skip the first few script. For example

I did bootshine > raptor form
True Strike > coeurl form
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then it goes back to bootshine and skip the Snap Punch cause there is a delay on applying the buff in your end and the server end. Thats why i gave up on macro cause sometimes my grease lightning wont stack up.

if you want to make a macro make sure you separate bootshine from the other 2.

Take off Featherfoot and Internal release into a seperate macro ie:

/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
/wait (Desired time)
/ac "Internal Release" <me>

BUT on your other attacks, keep Haymaker into its own seperate skill as its to counter a dodge, not the best idea to macro into a greased Lightning.

My Macros;

DoT:

Bootshine, true strike, touch of death, demolish (just use /ac in place)

AoE Stack:
Arm of the destroyer, howling something, twin snakes rockbreaker (just use /ac in place)

Stack
Bootshine, twin snakes, snap punch (just use /ac in place)