Kicked by scrubs

[Foxkid]

I don't have a PS4 to test, but AFAIK macros run the same on both. Creating them in the first place is a lot easier if you plug a keyboard into your PS4, of course.

So you enter the commands individually/in sequence or you enter them all at once?

[MoroMurasaki]

So you enter the commands individually/in sequence or you enter them all at once?

You would enter them exactly as Tridus typed them, almost like copy and pasting them from here but I know thats basically not possible on console. I'm a ps4 user as well.

In terms of using macros you just want to be careful about using them in battle. Macro'd abilities don't "queue" like other casts. Like if you're chaincasting Cure II's to keep a squishy tank up instead of being able to hit each one a bit early so it starts casting as soon as your current cast ends with macro'd abilities you need to hit them when you aren't doing a thing already.

[Tridus]

So you enter the commands individually/in sequence or you enter them all at once?

You go into the macro editor (System > User Macros on PC), create a new macro, and type all of that in exactly as I have it. That will give you a button you can drag onto a bar, similar to a spell. When you press that button, all the commands in the macro happen in order.

Note that while some macros do work in combat (with the caveat that Moro mentioned), this one will not. You can't swap abilities in combat, so if you push the button there it'll simply give an error in the chat log and nothing will happen. Out of combat it works fine, so I use it at the start of the instance (or between pulls if I had to raise someone). Swiftcast *does* work with it if you need to do it on the run.

[SonTensei]

It's like taking your shoes off in someone's house, pushing your chair in after leaving a table, and so on. Aka customary in FF MMOs.
As a tank, I won't even pull the first mob until I have protect. As a healer it's mandatory despite what you may think.

[Tint]

i really don't care about protect. it's a tool to make the healers life easier, not mine. if the healer choose to not use that tool, that's alone his problem, my gameplay is unaffected.

[FoxyAreku]

You were lazy and got punished for it. Use protect next time.

[Mendalas]

/macroicon Protect
/macroerror off
/aaction Largesse off
/aaction Protect on
/ac "Protect" <me>
/wait 3
/aaction Protect off
/aaction Largesse on

Wow... thank you so much

[Tridus]

Change it out with Esuana, no chance of cooldown conflict

Good idea, I'll use that in future posts. Thanks!

[Krojack]

any other healers ever been kicked by not using protect ? my main healer is astrologian and my role skills are : esuna , largesse , lucid dreaming , swiftcast and eye for an eye .
in roulettes i have been kicked for not using protect despite the fact it doesnt actually provide that much of a mitigation .
5% mitigation isnt essential and doesnt mean i cant dps . the complaints are almost exclusively from dps players , cant they attack without protect been on ??
only the tank should be taking damage (except aoe attacks from bosses n other such things) so why not dps spend more time attacking n less time moaning about needing mitigation for moves that are avoidable in the 1st place

I choose Protect over Largesse for dungeons. When doing 8-man I swap Protect out for Largesse because the other healer with me has Protect.

[gumas]

I dont know how much protect actually "protect" but even if indeed 5%, it still worth it.

I mean, all you need to do is click the skill and thats it, it last long enough for the whole dungeon.