Mouseover Macros

[Kaurie]

Yes, but why would you? The three panels mentioned are better in every way. I can't see any advantages to clicking on the actual player for those. For other mouse-over macros, sure, there are advantages. Especially for, say, Aether Manip, Cover, and maybe Eye for an Eye. But healing? I just don't see why you would...

I wouldn't want to do it that way, it does it automatically. If you add a mouseover macro, it works on players and on the party menu. I just don't use the mouse over macro. There are not multiple mouse over (that I am aware of) just , /ac "physick" <mo>

Again with mouse over macro, you are not "clicking on the player" you are mousing your macro over top of them. This includes if they walk into your cursor

[Nyalia]

I wouldn't want to do it that way, it does it automatically. If you add a mouseover macro, it works on players and on the party menu. I just don't use the mouse over macro. There are not multiple mouse over (that I am aware of) just , /ac "physick" <mo>

Again with mouse over macro, you are not "clicking on the player" you are mousing your macro over top of them. This includes if they walk into your cursor

I don't understand what you mean. As the other person stated, players cannot walk into your cursor if your cursor is over the party list, the targetoftarget list, or the threat list. If you are using the macro on one of these panels, you have full control over who you select irregardless of other player actions. You control when you press a button, don't you? It's not like the macro just goes off while you're moving your cursor around the screen...

[Kaurie]

I don't understand what you mean. As the other person stated, players cannot walk into your cursor if your cursor is over the party list, the targetoftarget list, or the threat list. If you are using the macro on one of these panels, you have full control over who you select irregardless of other player actions. You control when you press a button, don't you? It's not like the macro just goes off while you're moving your cursor around the screen...

I mean, if you make a mouse over macro it works in multiple ways.

If your mouse is over their name in the party menu, you will heal them without having to click on them or their name - allowing you to maintain another target.
AND
If your mouse is over their player character, you will heal them without having to click on them or their name - allowing you to maintain another target.

So if I set a macro,

/ac "physick" <mo>
/ac "physick" <t>

and I have selected the tank and am healing them accordingly, but all of a sudden a BLM walks into my cursor which is sitting over on the right, I'll now be healing the BLM instead of the tank.

[Nyalia]

So if I set a macro,

/ac "physick" <mo>
/ac "physick" <t>

Sure, but why would you do that? Why have a macro that does both forms of healing? That's just asking for trouble, imo... I guess some people have limited input issues? With an MMO mouse like mine, I can click one of my 15 mouse buttons while the mouse is over a target to execute a mouse-over macro, and that flexibility goes up when you consider shift/ctrl modifiers. I generally put mouse-over macros on my mouse buttons, and targeted commands on the number and F keys. I'd never even think of combining those into a single command for exactly the reasons you stated...