Healer seeking some Macro Assistance.

[RavenCB13]

Greetings and well meet to one and all. I would like to assist other players on-the-fly in field battle by way of healing them during fates or just out and about the country side.

My issue is the targeting system on the PS3 is rather annoying even with the filter changes. My question is as follows;

Aside from healing party members based on the pre-assigned numbers, is there a way to mark a targeted PC with a number that can be used with a Healing Macro.

Party members are already given a number so my Macro's for Duty Finders work without the need to target. I just want a way to cast and auto target players that are not in my party for healing assistance.

I understand there are Macro's for Target Nearest PC and Target the Target of my Target which I assume would heal a player as well... However at a Fate I would like to heal everyone without the need to party up....

Does a Macro assist, and if so, how would one write it?

[Teraluna]

You can use mouse over targets if that helps (no idea about PS3 targeting really)

[Avorniel]

Hi
Here is a link to a good post in the healer section all about macro's and what they do by players.
Most of the macro's work without being in a group so for example in a fate you just target the mobs and a command in a macro /ac Cure<tt> will heal your targets target (tt) so who ever the mobs turns to you can always heal that said player,same as for mouseover target anything you want and just place mouse of a player and press away /ac Cure <mo>.

Anyways have a look at the post I linked and also look in the healer section for other good tips.

[Bixby]

Aside from healing party members based on the pre-assigned numbers, is there a way to mark a targeted PC with a number that can be used with a Healing Macro.

You can mark other players with the same marks you use on monsters. When you're solo, no one else sees your marks. So you can mark players with the numbers 1-5, bind 1-3, cross, circle, X, square, etc.

You can then use <attack1> - <attack5>, <bind1> - <bind3>, <Stop1> - <Stop2>, <square>, <circle>, <cross>, <triangle> etc. to target those players with macros. For example: /ac "Cure" <attack1> to cure the player marked with the number 1.

See the manual for more information.

I think if it were me, I'd double up with the party member macros like so:

/ac "Cure" <attack1>
/ac "Cure" <1>

But I haven't tested this kind of thing, so I don't know how that would act with a hostile target marked with 1. It might fail in a different way than out-of-range or nonexistent target errors, so it might not fall through to curing party member 1.

[ForteXX]

It will try to cast Cure on enemy marked Attack1, which will cause it to cast on self. It would likely be best to only use the shape ones (and bind) for healer macros so you don't have to worry about changing/doubling your macros between solo and party play.

[Claire_Pendragon]

You can mark other players with the same marks you use on monsters. When you're solo, no one else sees your marks. So you can mark players with the numbers 1-5, bind 1-3, cross, circle, X, square, etc.

You can then use <attack1> - <attack5>, <bind1> - <bind3>, <Stop1> - <Stop2>, <square>, <circle>, <cross>, <triangle> etc. to target those players with macros. For example: /ac "Cure" <attack1> to cure the player marked with the number 1.

See the manual for more information.

I think if it were me, I'd double up with the party member macros like so:

/ac "Cure" <attack1>
/ac "Cure" <1>

But I haven't tested this kind of thing, so I don't know how that would act with a hostile target marked with 1. It might fail in a different way than out-of-range or nonexistent target errors, so it might not fall through to curing party member 1.

You can also set a Focus Target (Shift F) to a person, and it will always show their HP on your screen.
Then use /target <focus> to target them, or /ac "Cure" <focus> to heal them.

You can also use /assist <focus> to help swap back to the monster they are fighting.

[Bixby]

You can also set a Focus Target (Shift F) to a person, and it will always show their HP on your screen.
Then use /target <focus> to target them, or /ac "Cure" <focus> to heal them.

You can also use /assist <focus> to help swap back to the monster they are fighting.

Can you set a focus target on PS3 at all? I know there's no HUD element for it. If you can set a focus target, do you get the overhead arrow indicator? Or are you stuck having to just flat-out remember whether you have one set or not?