Bard Macros

[Rongway]

I posted these in your thread in the New Player Help forum.

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 "The Wanderer's Minuet" <t>
/ac "The Wanderer's Minuet" <tt>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <t>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <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.

For the macros that have GCDs and oGCDs, the oGCDs are later so that you won't delay your next weaponskill for an oGCD. If you want to use the oGCD, press the button during the global cooldown. Pressing the button when you're not already cooling down will prioritize a weaponskill.