BLM macros

[YanderePrincess]

Are you mad?

Nah, not mad. Just disappointed with how lacking in intelligence and reason you are.

[EvianEverdeen]

Nah, not mad. Just disappointed with how lacking in intelligence and reason you are.

But you sound mad, furious even.

[YanderePrincess]

But you sound mad, furious even.

Would you like me to link you a dictionary? You seem to be using words without understanding what they mean again.

[EvianEverdeen]

Would you like me to link you a dictionary? You seem to be using words without understanding what they mean again.

I'm sorry for making you so mad. Although, I do have a question for you if you're not too upset at me to answer. When do you PERSONALLY use Manawall and/or Manaward, since the only scenarios you have listed were hearsay?

[YanderePrincess]

When do you PERSONALLY use Manawall and/or Manaward, since the only scenarios you have listed were hearsay?

Only one scenario I listed was hearsay. I always use Manaward if I'm going to be converting during an unavoidable aoe, such as Titan stomps or Turn 2 enrage method. I also will generally use manaward during things like Titan/Garuda/Ifrit's signature move, airship drops in Ultima HM, or any other time I'm going to be taking a big magic damage hit.

Manawall is a little more situational because it's used against physical damage, though one thing that helps is learning which abilities are physical damage. There's a number of abilities that you might expect to be magic but are actually physical. A general rule of thumb I found from playing Dragoon is if it can be parried, it's physical.

[EvianEverdeen]

Only one scenario I listed was hearsay. I always use Manaward if I'm going to be converting during an unavoidable aoe, such as Titan stomps or Turn 2 enrage method. I also will generally use manaward during things like Titan/Garuda/Ifrit's signature move, airship drops in Ultima HM, or any other time I'm going to be taking a big magic damage hit.

Manawall is a little more situational because it's used against physical damage, though one thing that helps is learning which abilities are physical damage. There's a number of abilities that you might expect to be magic but are actually physical. A general rule of thumb I found from playing Dragoon is if it can be parried, it's physical.

Yeah sometimes I can't tell which is which, that's why I would put them both in the same macro until I can learn. What is Titan's signature move for example and how exactly is that magic-based?

[YanderePrincess]

Yeah sometimes I can't tell which is which, that's why I would put them both in the same macro until I can learn. What is Titan's signature move for example and how exactly is that magic-based?

The signature move of a primal is the one that auto-kills unless certain requirements are met. For Titan, it's the move he does immediately after Heart phase ends. For Garuda, it's the one that's not blocked by the pillars. For Ifrit, it's what he uses after the nails.

As far as it being magic-based, the damage gets absorbed by Manaward and can't be parried, so it must be magic damage.

Also, if you want to test whether an ability is magic damage or physical damage, activating both Manaward and Manawall isn't the way to do it, because you see it reduced to 0 damage and don't necessarily know which ability negated it.