SMN macros

[FurryFury]

I am ALWAYS 2nd on list when there is a BLM and 1st when there isn't..

In most current end-game fights (both Coils, EX primals) SMN should parse way more damage than BLM. The only exception is Brayflox SR for myth tomes.

[Drakuaza]

Summoner has superior single target damage, a black mage wont beat it nor come close to it.
Assuming both are equally skilled players that know their class to perfection.

The black mage will destroy the summoner in AOE damge, not because summoner is bad, but because black mage is pure burst damage that doesnt stop, while summoner has to set up their cooldowns/dots, spread them, and they can only hit up to 3 targets with bane, so they have to switch to another undoted enemy and reaplly + bane again.

Just that factor will make blm come on top on instances where AoE damage is dominant. yet on same instances against a boss, you will see the summoner winning the race over the black mage, i have seen the differences to be about 20 to 30% in some cases with two equally geared casters and knowledgable players.

[AarinEphemera]

This is my macro for Contagion. Works like a charm and I don't need to constantly spam Contagion button just to order Garuda to apply it.

/pac Contagion
/wait 1
/pac Contagion
/wait 1
/pac Contagion

Ok, I know it sounds a bit stupid since "Why repeated Contagion?". This is to ensure Garuda-Egi WILL apply Contagion with a single click on command.
I don't like macro'ing Swiftcast since there's a lot of usage for it for example Swiftcast+Shadowflare. Also in T5, you might forgot to apply a dot on Twintania and Conflaguration landed on a random teammate. For example Miasma isn't applied (Probably cast interrupted or just forgot to apply it). Swiftcast+Miasma works perfectly and saved 2.3 seconds worth of cast time that determines your life and death(?).

Other than my most useful macro, I don't have anymore. I do have some macro attached on basic skill but that's more into party/raid communication such as Ressurection, Eye 4 Eye, and Virus macro.

[whoisthekiller]

When I was using obey this are the macros I used:
First
/pac “Obey” <t>
/wait 4
/pac “Shockwave” <t>
/pac “Earthen Ward”
/pac “Radiant Shield”
Second
/pac “Crimson Cyclone” <t>
/pac “Mountain Buster” <t>
/pac “aerial Slash” <t>
Third
/pac ‘Contagion”
/pac “Flaming Crush” <t>
/pac “landslide” <t>
I stopped using obey after feeling that I haven’t been in a party worth that much control.
I now switch pets often now to the needs of the party.

[LexSunfire]

Macros are for lazy people and lazy dps are the bottom feeders of dps.

highly false. there are plenty of places in this game where macros make the player more efficient.

[whoisthekiller]

I do use these macros all the time:
/ac “Bio” <t>
/wait 2.5
/ac “Miasma” <t>
/wait 2.5
/ac “Bio II” <t>
I put Bio first so if I move at least I did something
/ac “Rouse”
/wait 1
/ac “Spur”
/wait 1
/ac “Virus” <t>
This is the only way I can use Virus (PS3 user) its changeling switching hotbars.
I did use Ranging Strikes & Hawk’s Eye. Just the cool down makes them completely useless.

[NintenPyjak64]

highly false. there are plenty of places in this game where macros make the player more efficient.

she's absolutely right when you use GCD abilities as this thread mentions. It's highly efficient for mostly oGCD abilities, in this case Fester, Bane, Spur, Rouse, Swift cast, Raging Strikes, etc. Like for the macros I pointed in my original post.

@who is the killer; bio 2 should always be first because it has the longest duration and Bio 1 last because it has the shortest. Raging Strikes is our best offensive cool down, hawk's eye is the only useless one

[whoisthekiller]

Hold on now! I ask Bards to rotate targets. do to if they're not hitting tanks targets they easily pull agro.
and if you want pet to hit tanks target, just cast heal on tank when tank first hits.

[LexSunfire]

she's absolutely right when you use GCD abilities as this thread mentions.

i'm just disagreeing with the whole blanket statement that only lazy people use macros and players who don't want to be "lazy" should never ever use macros. GCD abilities shouldn't be macro'd. I agree. I just think it's dumb to tell players that they should never ever use macros because that means they're lazy and won't ever be top of the dps. I use macros in certain situations. i'm usually near the top of the dps list.

[NintenPyjak64]

Hold on now! I ask Bards to rotate targets. do to if they're not hitting tanks targets they easily pull agro.
and if you want pet to hit tanks target, just cast heal on tank when tank first hits.

If I want to designate my egi's target, I hit my F2 for Obey, and I don't understand what you're trying to say with the first sentence. Controller users don't need macros to be 100% efficient. It took me a simple reddit search to find how to set up skills optimally for SMN