Please Don't Do *This*

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As in, ever. We have enough to pay attention to, never mind the endless chat spam and SE calls. In reality, this screenshot is missing 3 more pages like it because the chat log couldn't handle it all.

If this person was on my server, I would black list them in a second and not feel bad.

Edit: yay for cross-server blacklisting now!

I understand making macros for certain things (raises, Living Dead, Hallowed Ground, Holmgang, etc.) but this seems a bit much, and is pretty immature and disgusting. Basically if it's something that is important to communicate to the party, sure make a macro. Otherwise, please don't, because it could clutter the chat, or the sound effect might distract someone to look when nothing important is being communicated.

the screenshot is a bit much to be honest. i'd prolly get annoyed with that prson pretty quick.
I do myself have macros but they're separated from my skills deliberately to avoid the spam.

for example I have a macro that is
/p Swiftcast --:-- MP xxxx <se.9>

and another that is
/p I'll Raise <t> after mechanics stuff...

they're just that one line each no skills no actions. something I use when there's dead people and I can't raise them yet. if my swift cast is on cool down it tells the party how long it'll be before I can raise that other healer.. or it tells the other healer I will raise the dead guy just as soon as I got these shields up and dealt with the current mechanic.

my tank has a macro on the wxhb for /p Provoking <t> and another for /p Please provoke <t> tank swap required. but again don't have skills next to them. they don't get used much either. the second one usually only if my co tank is new to a fight.

I had an astrologian in a12 a couple of weeks ago that had a <se.n> macro on almost everything, draw redraw shuffle, sect changes.. annoyed the hell out of everyone..

I almost wanted to go one step further and have macros like:-

/p faster than a speeding bullet (fast blade) <se.4>
/p i'll rip your heart out (savage blade) <se.4>
/p bow to the king (royal authority) <se.4>
etc etc

see if he got the hint, but it was too much effort and I was too lazy and didn't really wanna make people wait while I wrote a ton of macros..

This is why I have two sets of macros. One where it says "Silly, <t> the floor isn't the boss ♥" and other does the same thing without the line.

Dude's got a bladder problem. What can I say?

The only chat macros that should be used are things that are of consequence to other class abilities. i.e. raising saves someone else from using swiftcast/raise.

Technically I think you could report them for that if you want to under the basis of sexual or physical harassment. They have taken care of things much less vulgar over the years.

All they would do is force him to delete the macro. He likely wouldn't face further punishment unless he just rewrote them and was reported for it a second time.

That, to me, is someone who is either 12, craves the attention he doesn't get in real life or both.

wow thats even worse than when i had my cat's healing macros >.> "meowster <mo> is in trouble nyah!!!!! cure!!!!!!!!" XD take a wild guess how many times you might cast cure during a fight with a boss <.<

I don't mind Raise macros, Pacification macros (1 line), Living Dead.. basically impotant ones.

I'll mute my run with this one. And he is spaming that button >.<"

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Originally Posted by Dzian

the screenshot is a bit much to be honest. i'd prolly get annoyed with that prson pretty quick.
I do myself have macros but they're separated from my skills deliberately to avoid the spam.

for example I have a macro that is
/p Swiftcast --:-- MP xxxx <se.9>

and another that is
/p I'll Raise <t> after mechanics stuff...

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These are a great idea. Wonder if I can integrate the first with my current macro for raise so that, should Swiftcast be on cooldown, it automatically states such to let the players know that I'm aware & not just ignoring it.

good old /p se.1 (Auto-Attack) Just used it!

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Originally Posted by Dzian

for example I have a macro that is
/p Swiftcast --:-- MP xxxx <se.9>

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Why not use /echo instead of /p? Unless you're asking for refresh, is there a need to broadcast your mp status to the rest of the party?

i once had an AST co-healer who had macros for drawing, royal roading, spreading, etc....

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Originally Posted by ChloeGrace

Why not use /echo instead of /p? Unless you're asking for refresh, is there a need to broadcast your mp status to the rest of the party?

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It's to let his party know that he has Swiftcast on cooldowns for the next x amount of time &/or that he has low MP. Both are to say "yes, I know there's someone who needs to be rezzed but I can't right now, I will ASAP". If I, as a company healer, saw that then I'd take it as a sign that I should rez if able, using my macro that tells everyone I'm doing just that.

People are sensitive huh.

I agree, NEVER decide a main tank for ozma. No tank should be in their tank stance for it, it doesn't have any mechanics that require a tank to hold enmity. The tank lasers happen regardless of enmity levels so as long as the tank is alive.

I once saw a Summoner in World of Darkness with a macro for Fester. I might have been able to ignore it if it was just text but it had an obnoxious sound effect too.

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Originally Posted by Moomba33

I once saw a Summoner in World of Darkness with a macro for Fester. I might have been able to ignore it if it was just text but it had an obnoxious sound effect too.

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Wait, the macro with sound is an in-game feature? It is not some external program?

On that topic, is there anyway to keep the sound to myself? Using it to know when some skills are off cooldown?

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Originally Posted by Big_Panda

Wait, the macro with sound is an in-game feature? It is not some external program?

On that topic, is there anyway to keep the sound to myself? Using it to know when some skills are off cooldown?

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Yeah you type <se.#> replacing the # with the number of the sound effect you want.
I know /echo will display text just for you but I'm not sure if it works for sounds.

Even with sound effects people thinks it's fine but should at least use it on ones that make sense or filter it.

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Originally Posted by Moomba33

Yeah you type <se.#> replacing the # with the number of the sound effect you want.
I know /echo will display text just for you but I'm not sure if it works for sounds.

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Echo works with sounds too.
I use it for a crafting macro.

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Originally Posted by ChloeGrace

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As in, ever. We have enough to pay attention to, never mind the endless chat spam and SE calls. In reality, this screenshot is missing 3 more pages like it because the chat log couldn't handle it all.

If this person was on my server, I would black list them in a second and not feel bad.

Edit: yay for cross-server blacklisting now!

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His problem is just button mashing. He should put a delay between the action and the text. This would allow him to confirm the action, while only having the text once.

Literally the only downside is that the text will snapshot when it happens. So like my Provoke macro was "Don't look at <tt>, look at ME", but it would always flag me cause of the delay.

Haha, good times

There's more downsides to macros than just your target delay!
Can't queue, can't time up with your gcd, annoys people, etc.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

annoys people

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especially WAR macros... i can understand a one-liner for berserk yay... but for macros like:

"Get ready-Charging up..."
"Now power over 9000 for xx sec"
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"Get ready to clean me"
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"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"HELP!!!111"

you just deserve an insta kick imo.

Personally, I don't like aesthetic macros.
Text in combat should be clear, concise, and meaningful to the person who will be reading it.

/p Rezzing <t>

^ at a minimum, this is really all the healers / SMN might need about a res attempt.

Why make your teammates read a bunch of anime fluff or a joke with that info?

Some people role play, I've attached a macro to my bard lb that sounds slightly chuuni (text is for Sagittarius arrow). Its ok cause how often does a bard get the chance to LB3.

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Originally Posted by winsock

Personally, I don't like aesthetic macros.
Text in combat should be clear, concise, and meaningful to the person who will be reading it.

/p Rezzing <t>

^ at a minimum, this is really all the healers / SMN might need about a res attempt.

Why make your teammates read a bunch of anime fluff or a joke with that info?

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If you spell it "Rezzing" you've annoyed me more than a warrior pleasing for esuna macro.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

If you spell it "Rezzing" you've annoyed me more than a warrior pleasing for esuna macro.

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By using "pleasing" instead of "pleading" in your critism, you have made me smile.

To return the favor, I have included a bad pun for your entertainment. Ahem:
Did you hear about the man who was caught robbing the library? They threw the book at him!

Hope you have a good day!