The Ultimate Newbie Macro Thread for Newbies to Macros like me.

[Hercub]

OK, so the sense I am getting is that Macros are problematic maybe one day this will be fixed as I see the potential for them.

As for me I normally Bard or Monk. I'm completely new to healing so I figured maybe macros would be the right direction. So, as this is still questionable for me what I will do before I do a dungeon (my Healer is only level 20 and only qualifies for Tam-Tara I believe) I'll do guildhests with Macros as a Healer to see how this works and to see if this is optimal.

I've been looking at that thread and I find that thread really inspiring. It seems at one time Macros were a thing even if they are not now. They are so easy to create on the logic is so accessible that I just wanted to inform people of these things.

I'll do a guildhest in the future can't really play FF14 tonight because I'm having a drink and betting on horse races.

Thanks for anyone who replied. I'll check in this thread probably tomorrow.

[Canadane]

OK, so the sense I am getting is that Macros are problematic maybe one day this will be fixed as I see the potential for them.

I doubt they will be, only because there's nothing to be fixed. It's not broken.
They were specifically designed this way in order to have the player play the game, not have a macro play the game for them. They didn't want macros to be close to actual player skill.

There was a dev post about it a number of years back when ARR launched.

[CorbinDallas]

So, as this is still questionable for me what I will do before I do a dungeon (my Healer is only level 20 and only qualifies for Tam-Tara I believe) I'll do guildhests with Macros as a Healer to see how this works and to see if this is optimal.

Why is it still questionable? It isn't optimal to heal via macros outside of fairy micromanagement. Far more experienced players have come forward and told you this, after healing for years. It's no wonder people who offer advice get so frustrated and come off as "elitist" when sound advice backed up with experience and proof just fall on deaf ears. Go ahead, go and do your macro guildhest, enjoy your waste of time.

[MoroMurasaki]

Thanks for anyone who replied. I'll check in this thread probably tomorrow.

I promise you you will not every be able to play a healer competently this way. At all.

At cap most content features 8man parties. That would mean for every targeted healing ability you would need 8 separate macros. On WHM that means 8 times 8 just for the native targeted healing skills (Cure/2/3, Tetra, Bene, DB, Raise, Regen) not to mention things like E4E and Rescue from the cross-role section. This takes WHM from around 25-30 buttons up to a conservative estimate of about 80 buttons.

You will literally never be able to play even semi-competently this way. At all. I guarantee you. I'm not trying to be harsh but you need to understand how bad this entire venture will go. Do not do it. It is objectively a horrible idea.

I use a gaming keyboard with extra keys to the left of the rest right now and often use tab to target enemies while having I believe Q and W mapped to quickly target the first two members in my list other than myself? This covers both tanks in 2/2/4 content and the tank and other healer in 1/2/5 things. Find something like this that works for your existing keybinds. Don't do this macro thing, it is awful.

[Gralna]

My job change macros that allow me to personalize each job.

/micon "Soul of the [job]" item
/gearset equip [gearset #]
/title set "[title name]"
/minion "[minion name]" <wait.1>
/bstance motion