How do you slot your Cross-Hotbars? - White Mage

[Gnova]

This may be a stupid question but is there a reason to have both Stone and Stone II on your hotbar?
The only time I use Stone is if I'm synced down to the point I can't use Stone II.

I've been using:
/micon "Stone II"
/ac "Stone II"<tt>
/ac "Stone II" <t>
/ac "Stone" <tt>
/ac "Stone" <t>

If I am currently synced to a high enough level it casts Stone II, if not Stone I.
It seems to work okay and I don't have to worry about switching up hotbars or wasting slots.

I do the same thing with Cure and Cure II on my solo/fate DPS hotbar since I only really want my big cure when soloing but it will cast Cure I if I am synced down too low.

I haven't really done any hard content yet so maybe it's a bad idea and I haven't gotten to content that would show me why.

[Velo_Vandore]

Hi Gnova, thanks for sharing your macro ^_^

I have to say I rarely use Stone in a dungeon where I have Stone II available. I would never rule it out though since it could help for the odd situation - perhaps the tank dies and you want to help the DPS to kite or something. Of course this will be so rare and often a wipe would likely happen in that case anyway, so deciding to save some space and possibly eliminate the need to switch cross-hotbars might be a worthy priority for a lot of players.

Personally, I happen to Stone for solo play quite a bit as my opening move, and I've become comfortable switching with 2 cross-hotbars, but I'd consider your idea for sure if another move or two was added and I needed more space. Another situation might be PVP, but I'm not too experienced in that at the moment.

The Cure, Cure II - I understand it could be useful for a particular play-style like you describe, but would advise for a dungeon of course. I use the same hotbars for solo / dungeon so I don't confuse myself XD but for those who like separate solo / dungeon bars it sounds like an interesting idea.

By the way, I haven't done a much hard content myself either (i'm just up to Titan HM), so this thread is intended as more of an open discussion than a guide

[File2ish]

When I started WHM many months ago I wanted my bar to be fairly organized and easy to remember. I think I succeeded since I have never had a problem with it. =p Though that is entirely subjective since anyone can memorize whatever setup they have XP

I use the regular hold R1 and hit a button to switch rather than the L2R2 simultaneous pressing, I couldn't get used to it.

I don't use a ton of macros on WHM. The macro in the second image is just a warning for the party that something's happening. For me it feels more reliable to do everything manually. I made macros for quite a few things before, but I couldn't get used to using them.

Stuff regarding self and healing mostly on L2, against enemy targets mostly on R2. I like Holy on the left since I can double holy with swiftcast in a very easy motion. Otherwise Eye for an eye would probably be there.

[ariaandkia]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1134025/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1115137/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1115045/

Pretty much, my right side hotbars are constantly changing and my left side is for my macros. My left side arrow buttons are for my "mode changes" (should be first blog link)

Unfortunately, I can't post a screenshot cus my sub just expire like 10 hours ago and I can't renew it until after work.

[Velo_Vandore]

Ariaandkia, thanks for sharing this.

Very interesting!! If I understand correctly you are actually re-slotting your cross-hotbars on the fly, for different situations? I'll study and surely steal some ideas

I'd love to see a screenshot or two demonstrating this if you ever get time.

[ariaandkia]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...56612353404233

A screenshot wouldn't really tell you much about how it works so I did a mini showcase.

[Velo_Vandore]

Thanks for taking time to do this ^^ I really love what you've come up with ♥ ♥ ♥

An awesome idea like is exactly what I was hoping to discover in the thread, and has given me much fuel for thought.

[ariaandkia]

Thanks for taking time to do this ^^ I really love what you've come up with ♥ ♥ ♥

An awesome idea like is exactly what I was hoping to discover in the thread, and has given me much fuel for thought.

Well, let me know if you need any help with macros. I love making macros (Pissed off some people since I have macros for just about everything-I have a few macros I'm keeping a secret of how they work though since I don't want SE to nerf macros again ^_^

I'm sure you've already seen it, but I have macros like this:

/macroicon "Stone II"
/ac "Stone II"
/ac "Stone"
/ac "Divine Seal"

My scholar* macros are slightly more complex. I plan to update my blog every two weeks about (A few days after each level 50) with new macros. BLM and SCH are coming up next.

[sheepysheepy]

^curious about the divine seal there?

[ariaandkia]

^curious about the divine seal there?

If I target an enemy, I use stone II or stone. Otherwise, I used Divine Seal.