Your Summoner macro setup on a ps 4?

I don't think I have good macro setup. So I was wondering if any of you can show me your setups so I can see where I could do better. I play on a ps 4 and i,m lvl 50.

One other thing its hard trying to manage my garuda pet while trying to keep all my dots up. On a pc this might be easy, but on a ps 4 its stressful at times.

So any ideas would be great. :)

/ac biora <tt>
/ac biora <t> <wait.3>
/ac miasma <tt>
/ac miasma <t> <wait.3>
/ac bio <tt>
/ac bio <t>

/ac miasma <tt>
/ac miasma <t> <wait.3>
/ac bio <tt>
/ac bio <t>

/ac ruinra <tt>
/ac ruinra <t>
/ac rouse <pet>
/ac spur <pet>
/ac enkindle <t>

/ac energry drain <t>
/ac energry drain <tt>
/ac aetherflow

/ac miasma burst <t>
/pac intercept
/pac contagion <t>

/pac peace
/pac follow

/pac intercept
/pac aerial slash <t>
/pac ifrit aoe <t>
/pac titan aoe <t>

/pac intercept
/pac garuda knock back <t>
/pac ifrit stun <t>
/pac titan stun <t>

This helps allot. :)

Please don't ; ;
Put obey and contagion on your bar, and place and heel on a different bar.
Garuda doesn't take much managing, might wanna macro aerial slash with bane.
Macros for entire combos are a huge dps loss, and garuda only needs to be told to contagion every minute and re position in some battles.

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Originally Posted by Elkya95

Please don't ; ;
Put obey and contagion on your bar, and place and heel on a different bar.
Garuda doesn't take much managing, might wanna macro aerial slash with bane.
Macros for entire combos are a huge dps loss, and garuda only needs to be told to contagion every minute and re position in some battles.

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This. All of the This.

With that Hold LT + RT and RT + LT thing Summoners on controller shouldn't have a need for macros (unless they're strictly for utility skills such as E4E, Virus, Rouse, etc)

only macros i use is one that clumps virus and eye for an eye together so they can be casted simultaneously with it showing the /recast timer on E4E and the /micon for virus. Other than that a swiftrez macro and a macro on my bio II that just shows me the recast for raging strikes. (so that way i can plan dot rotation accordingly)

You really shouldn't need many macros, other than Swiftrez and maybe macroing some pet actions into your own actions (Bane+Aerial Slash). Aside from stuff like that, DoT macros = sub-optimal SMN. Even on a PS4 (I play on PS3), it all becomes second nature once you find a comfortable place to hotbar your commands.

there are people that do this. they do not play the job to the best of its ability.
http://bandofthedark.com/wp-content/...09/ffmacro.jpg

I dont macro my dots at all. From what you all said I am already doing things right. :)

I macro the two pet buffs together since if both are not ready the other will just cast. As for the RT+Lt and LT+RT I find myself still needing to hit R1 to switch to pet bar to adjust stay and obey... I find those two buttons on my normal bar to needed atm for those skills.. I will look into macroing into Bane though like above poster said since right now it does have its own spot.

Also since we are talking about summoners in here... I know Miasma2 is used with multiple targets but when doing AoE's is blizzard or tri better for damage? People have told me tri is better but only 2 benefits is range and unaspected dmg..

There is no reason to use Tri-disaster for damage. Ever. Long cast time, garbage potency, eats a ton of MP. For AoE if you don't care about MP, Swiftcast Shadow Flare, Miasma2, spam Blizzard 2.

Miasma 2 is net 70 potency/targer, Blizzard 2 is 50 potency/target. You need only look at the tooltips yourself to see what to do.

As somebody said before, it is not optimal to macro your dots.
The only macros I am using for summoner are:
- swift cast + raise + party chat notification about raising - something like "/p Swift raise used on <t> <se.8>"
- swift cast + summon garuda
- swift cast + Shadow flare
- Rouse + Spur
- Bane + Aerial slash
- Eye for eye + party chat notification about usage of the skill -something like "/p E4e used on <t> <se.6>"
Sorry if party chat mentioned messages are not accurate, I am not currently at home to check exact text I put :)

Summoner does not have a rotation so sticking your dots to macro will not be helpful beside opening rotation, for which it is not the best option either.
I guess for some lazy dungeons it is fine, but once you get to the coils, it is better to not rely that much on your damage macros, imo.

Regards,
M

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Originally Posted by Elkya95

Garuda doesn't take much managing, might wanna macro aerial slash with bane.
Macros for entire combos are a huge dps loss, and garuda only needs to be told to contagion every minute and re position in some battles.

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Hmm but wouldnt it be a dps loss to not use Shockwave and Aerial slash on cool down though? (In case of aerial slash only post patch due to the 3 second cast time)

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Originally Posted by ChaozK

Hmm but wouldnt it be a dps loss to not use Shockwave and Aerial slash on cool down though? (In case of aerial slash only post patch due to the 3 second cast time)

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Shockwave yes
Aerial Slash only if there's more then 1 mob since it's weaker then her auto attack on a single target. 2.3's buff to it isn't going to make it better for ST but it'll be better to get her doing more DPS faster

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Originally Posted by NintenPyjak64

Shockwave yes
Aerial Slash only if there's more then 1 mob since it's weaker then her auto attack on a single target. 2.3's buff to it isn't going to make it better for ST but it'll be better to get her doing more DPS faster

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Yes but couldnt you just weave it in between two autoattacks now with it being instant? Unless its tied to the GCD

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Originally Posted by ChaozK

Yes but couldnt you just weave it in between two autoattacks now with it being instant? Unless its tied to the GCD

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Shockwave is a pushback though, so isn't that a bit of an annoyance?