Quote Originally Posted by lacrimosaangel View Post
I'm playing on ps4,

By using macros to chain things like swiftcast > flare, I can condense 2 or more skills into one slot, reducing the number of button pushes and therefore minimising the time needed for each rotation. It may only be a few fractions of a second, but they add up!
OP, I think you will find some resistance from the comunity when talking about macros, since they cannot be queued and all. (You would waste time instead of saving it).
But as a macro user myself, I have some tips:

/micon "blizzard iii"
/ac "blizzard iii" <t>
/ac blizzard <t> <- This ensures that you will cast an ice spell even with low mp cause you messed up with fire, lol, and saves one slot

/micon flare
/ac swiftcast
/ac flare <t>
/ac convert <- Raging strikes is cool, but has uses other than flare (you could use it for single target rotation) an if it's on cooldown, with your current macro, you would wait 1 second that sometimes you don't have. With this macro, you can smash the button that you will use the skills instantly as they are availabe.

And regarding your defensive macro, my opinion (and my only) is that you should let go of it. All those skills should be used at the proper circumstance not all at the same time.

But I'd like to reinforce that everyone has his/her own playstyle and you're free to use your macros as you see fit. Remember that you can map another Xhotbar on the combination R2+L2 to have more slots and good gaming. ^.^