Why mark targets?

[YuiSasaki]

Not every class excels at AE-damage (e.g. MNK).

Want a shorter version?

Just mark!...


Edit: Of course it's better to apply dots, yet people tend to be lazy and sometimes it's just wasted (e.g. mobs with very little HP).

[Viridiana]

Not every class excels at AE-damage (e.g. MNK).

Want a shorter version?

Just mark!...


Edit: Of course it's better to apply dots, yet people tend to be lazy and sometimes it's just wasted (e.g. mobs with very little HP).

Even MNK can easily spread Demolish. And most mobs that have such little hp that they'll die before 6-9 seconds (time it takes for Demolish to surpass Snap Punch) come in groups large enough that you AOE them down, anyway.

[SummonerSenah]

I actually really dislike macros like this. All it takes is to accidentally double-tap and it's gone, or if you lose aggro and provoke+shield lob a secondary target, suddenly that one's #1, etc.

I had this issue when I ran a dungeon as a tank for the first time. I solved it by keeping two versions of Tomahawk/Shield Lob on my hot bar. One version is the regular one that's not attached to a macro, and one is the one attached to the macro. So when I'm numbering I toss out the one attached to the macro. If I have to grab aggro again I just toss out the regular Tomahawk/Shield Lob and the mobs stay numbered how I had them set up originally.

Macroing mark with tomahawk/shield lob is a bad idea. Say you want to mark something else mid fight, you may have just wasted 120 tp. Might need that tp in long fights or to start the next set of adds quicker.

Typically you only use the macro with mark 1. If you're fighting something and you decide to mark something else, you're probably not going to use mark 1, so you just assign it a different number and therefore aren't using Shield Lob/Tomahawk anyway. If you want to change that target to mark 1, you still don't have to use your marking macro; you just manually assign it to one. On PC you can right click on enemies to mark, so it's not as time consuming as everyone makes it out to be.

[BazFamrit]

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I play on ps3 and hot bar space costs a lot. I have a 2 hot bar setup right now with everything setup ergonomically to increase my reaction time and limit errors. Adding in even a single mark macro to it would throw off the whole thing. My tomahawk is macrod with provoke. I spam buttons to compensate for latency and missed commands. Marks would be flashing on and off constantly and i would most likely fire off voke or tomahawk when i dont want to. Every button has a purpose for me and I need maximum utility out of every single slot. Marking is just not that big of a priority to merit a spot.

Marking is a band aid for poor hate control or poor target choices by DPS. Since I rarely have trouble keeping hate I usually only mark for bad DPS or I explain to them target priorities if I see them making mistakes. My point is that marking isn't quite as useful as everyone here is stating. Its good to know in the event you need it but most of the time not necessary.