Bard Hotbar

[Yeol]

Sorry for the quality. Thats an old picture before I move to my new PC.

As for macros, I use two. Flaming Arrow and Warden's Paean.

[bardaboo]

I dont controller and use the crossbar layout... but I'd suggest you make macros to make life easier.

Example being

/macroicon "Heavy Shot"
/ac "Empyreal Arrow"
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Sidewinder" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <t>

Pls no. Never suggest this. There are soooo many reasons why this is a baaaaaad idea

[Bigsby]

Sorry for the quality. Thats an old picture before I move to my new PC.

As for macros, I use two. Flaming Arrow and Warden's Paean.

How is your warden's paean macro setup? Can you put a party member's name or party number in the <>?

[ruskie]

How is your warden's paean macro setup? Can you put a party member's name or party number in the <>?

You can do:
/ac Warden's Paean <6>

and it will always hit slot 6 in the party - then just make sure your party ordering is done such that you always have a warrior there(for me that is true since they added the option to adjust what job comes in what order). Before then I'd have to manually move a war down to slot 6 if there was a drk and war combo.

And yes only 2 macros I use is flaming arrow and paean(though for both I also keep unmacrod buttons available just in case(saved so many people with paean during final boss in weeping city)

[Jaer]

Pls no. Never suggest this. There are soooo many reasons why this is a baaaaaad idea

perhaps it would be a good idea to say what those reasons are. Else, we really have no reason to believe you.

[mb52139]

Agreed. I've used such a macro for a long time, and consistently was parsing high/average.

[lulunami]

perhaps it would be a good idea to say what those reasons are. Else, we really have no reason to believe you.

Macros cannot be queued to the server in FFXIV, which introduces DPS loss. This has been known by the community since the beginning of FFXIV 2.0. This video demonstrates why you should avoid using Macros especially for GCD abilities -> https://youtu.be/czzLF4IfFaM?t=4m19s

The player that uses macros is 0.5 to 1 second behind the player that does not use macros. The longer the fight, the more the macro player falls behind.

There are valid QoL reasons to use macros such as Eye For an Eye, Goad, etc. However, if you use macros, you have weight the pros and cons and make the decision that least impacts your performance and play.

[bardaboo]

perhaps it would be a good idea to say what those reasons are. Else, we really have no reason to believe you.

With this dps macro Mashup of skills you'd be wasting sidewinder all the time. It's harder to line up barrage and emperyal arrow, be wasting lots of bloodletter procs. Empyreal Arrow on a mob that's almost dead is a waste of good damage plus cast time. Bloodletter sidewinder Misery's end are all off gcd so it's better to be able to use these if you have to move, or between cast bar moves.
Stop playing devils advocate. Its bad.

[mb52139]

Sidewinder is never wasted.. since dots go up first. Barrage/emp arrow is easy to line up, and I dont honestly ever feel the need to move using blood letter.

It does all come down to min-maxing. I personally am not concerned with having the max dps possible, what matters is enjoying the game, and being forced to have like 10 crossbars worth of skills to work with... nothanks.

[bardaboo]

Sidewinder is never wasted.. since dots go up first. Barrage/emp arrow is easy to line up, and I dont honestly ever feel the need to move using blood letter.

It does all come down to min-maxing. I personally am not concerned with having the max dps possible, what matters is enjoying the game, and being forced to have like 10 crossbars worth of skills to work with... nothanks.

Really? So you'd rather use sidewinder without buffs up on a trash mob before a boss than save it for your opener?