Slow Reaction time and Class Selection

[Rongway]

If you enjoy ARC and want to continue playing BRD, there are some macros you can use to make things more manageable. In general, macros are not recommended because they slow a player down and provide less fine control over the order of actions, reducing damage output; however, if your hand tremors would slow your actions anyway, you might find that certain macros result in faster performance than you would get without, and consequently a higher damage output. Bard is in a unique position in that it has the highest consolidability because of its priority system.

Main attack button (After Straight Shot, your primary spam button for single target attacks)

/ac "Refulgent Arrow" <t>
/ac "Refulgent Arrow" <tt>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <t>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <tt>
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Misery's End" <tt>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <tt>
/micon "Heavy Shot"

Note: will attack your target if you target an enemy. If you target a party member, will attack their target instead.

AoE button (After Straight Shot, on groups of targets)

/ac "Quick Nock" <t>
/ac "Quick Nock" <tt>
/ac "Rain of Death" <t>
/ac "Rain of Death" <tt>
/micon "Quick Nock" <t>
/micon "Quick Nock" <tt>

DoT refresher/exploiter

/ac "Iron Jaws" <t>
/ac "Iron Jaws" <tt>
/ac "Sidewinder" <t>
/ac "Sidewinder" <tt>
/micon "Sidewinder"

Sing (hit once every 30s to cycle through available songs)

/ac "Mage's Ballad" <t>
/ac "Mage's Ballad" <tt>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <t>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <tt>
/ac "The Wanderer's Minuet" <t>
/ac "The Wanderer's Minuet" <tt>
/micon "The Wanderer's Minuet

Special Songs (actions that can only be performed while singing, or Foe Requiem)

/ac "Pitch Perfect" <t>
/ac "Pitch Perfect" <tt>
/ac "Foe Requiem"
/ac "Battle Voice"
/ac "Troubador"
/micon "Troubador"

and suddenly you've reduced about half of your abilities to just five buttons.