Monk Macros with Proper Rotation!

[TheRealMadruck]

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I have been playing FF14 for over 2 years Spooky with over 9 60's at max level. My youtube channel(I understand if you do not go there to verify) Clearly explains what happened to my old account. So just on basis on my current account has no factor on my knowledge in which I can understand others would get that misconception. And if you took every button individually, http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Monk, http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Pugilist minus everything except basic attacks needed at 60 for your rotation you are still left with 18 buttons. Thats not even including buffs! So Monks do have alot of buttons as do other Jobs. And the sole purpose of this thread and my videos was to show a proper way to macro if someone chooses to, not that it is the only way to play. Lastly, thank you for your feedback on improving my videos and channel and I will consider it for future details. Take care.....

[Kaurie]

I have been playing FF14 for over 2 years Spooky with over 9 60's at max level.

If you have over 9 60's, how can you think that MNK has a lot of buttons and how can you think that macros are a good idea?

[TheRealMadruck]

If you have over 9 60's, how can you think that MNK has a lot of buttons and how can you think that macros are a good idea?

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Monk, http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Pugilist Count the amount of buttons you have to use to effectively play Monk including your aoes that you will need if the situation arrives, the buffs you need to activate, your movement abilities, your stuns and silences.....the list goes on!

If you do not use those abilities but rely solely on your base rotation, you need to practice Monk a little more. Lastly, Macros are a good idea when it comes to content like fate farming, solo quests, Low Level Dungeons with only a few buttons.....again do I really have to list the casual content it can be used for. Under this Kaurie, I do not recommend or will I ever recommend relying solely on Macros. Players need to learn to play the game with and without Macros if they choose to use macros, if the dont use Macros.....then nothing is lost. Macros are something to use as a tool when it comes to content that does not hinder other players or negate top dps as needed....thats all!

[Kaurie]

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Monk , http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Pugilist Count the amount of buttons you have to use to effectively play Monk including your aoes that you will need if the situation arrives, the buffs you need to activate, your movement abilities, your stuns and silences.....the list goes on!

I do not need to count them, you already did. You said there are 18. By comparison, my SMN has 4 12 key hotbars completely full (48), and I use ~30 of them frequently. By comparison, 18 seems laughably small. I've also leveled my MNK via PotD and obtained all skills that way and it was a joy to have such an empty hotbar.

If you do not use those abilities but rely solely on your base rotation, you need to practice onk a little more. Lastly, Macros are a good idea when it comes to content like fate farming, solo quests, Low Level Dungeons with only a few buttons.....again do I really have to list the casual content it can be used for. Under this Kaurie, I do not recommend or will I ever recommend relying solely on Macros. Players need to learn to play the game with and without Macros if they choose to use macros, if the dont use Macros.....then nothing is lost. Macros are something to use as a tool when it comes to content that does not hinder other players or negate top dps as needed....thats all!

I cannot critique your macros, unfortunately, as you're not listing what they actually are or do.
I use macros for one purpose: targeting. I use the ground target macro for things like Shadowflare, and the <2> or <tt> for things like Eye for an Eye and Virus.
EDIT: I also have a macro to party chat who I am raising, so that healers don't attempt to raise the same player.