FFXIV Ultimate Healer Targeting Macro; or Gamepad Done Right!

[radioactive_lego]

I know, right? I remember watching a video of our a friend's first t10 clear, and I spent the whole time staring at the crossbar, thinking about how different it was from mine.

The 6 healing spells/skills on my right hotbar (and the two targeting macro) could account for 90% of the skills I use for any raid/trial/dungeon, if I chose never to go offensive.

If I used all 8, it would have to be:
Cure I
Cure II
Medica
Esuna
Regen
Stoneskin
Swiftcast + Raise (Macro)
Benediction

With these 8 I'm confident I could do 95% of all the games content, and never have to switch a chotbar or toggle to the other half of the chotbar. I would set it up like:

- Regen, Swift + Raise, Benediction, Medica on the right (buttons). Because Regen, Swift + Raise, and Bene are all insta-cast (doable on the move). And Medica can steal swift from Raise to make it insta-cast.

- Cure I, Cure II, SS, and Esuna, on the d-pad. Because you cast these stationary (not swiftcasted) 99% of the time; there's no conflict of interest on your left thumb between the d-pad and thumbstick.

[Mutemutt]

- Cure I, Cure II, SS, and Esuna, on the d-pad. Because you cast these stationary (not swiftcasted) 99% of the time; there's no conflict of interest on your left thumb between the d-pad and thumbstick.

I actually did try this, but it felt terribly awkward. By this point, the face buttons being the common "action" buttons and the d-pad being relegated to tasks that feel like they would be right at home if they were used from a menu, has been ingrained in my mind. Being able to target on the move was nice, but I'm no stranger to "the claw", done that for years now. I didn't run into the claw situation enough in this game to make coping with "reverse" contols worth it for me. It was pretty funny to fumble around with, though.

[radioactive_lego]

...ingrained in my mind...

YES! For the longest I only played PLD and WAR, and I got SOOO used to being able to switch targets with L1/R1 that I couldnt play without it. I couldn't stand healing because I was forced to turn off my chotbar (!!! why would I want to do that in combat!?!?) and use the d-pad for party targeting. It made the game feel completely different and non-sensical that I never progressed CNJ past lvl 15. I STILL feel this way. The whole reason for making the macros is this persistant feeling, as they are a reasonable substitute for L1/R1.

With that, I'd love to see the maros you used! I'd to give this a just to see if it's viable for me

Will update the OP this weekend. It'll include a short vid so you can see the macros in-game and how to setup the crosshotbars.