Monk rotation macros

[pandabearcat]

I don't see the need, but then again I don't know a gamepad.

How I would set it up, assuming you have like, 4 buttons on the pad, and like a bunch of triggers right?

Assuming you could trigger to change the attack all you need is, 3 buttons no mod for a base rotation, 3 buttons triggered for the 2nd set of attacks per stance.

Another 4 buttons with another trigger for your two common cooldowns and your oGCDs.

And another trigger with aoe abilities.

[Oblit]

Is there a thread for these? -snip

Total waste, buffs will be going off randomly. Dragon Kick or Bootshine will sometimes go off when you are trying to execute Raptor or Ceourl stance abilites etc.

I only use macros like these:

/macroicon "Steel Peak" <t>
/ac "Steel Peak" <t>
/ac "Shoulder Tackle" <t>
*Only one skill will get activated depending on your distance from your target.

/macroicon "Mantra" <me>
/ac "Mantra" <me>
/ac "Second Wind" <me>
/ac "Featherfoot" <me>
*can even add Keen Flurry and/or Foresight if you use those abilites. This is my "Oh sh*t" macro.


/macroicon "Blood for Blood" <me>
/ac "Blood for Blood" <me>
/ac "Internal Release" <me>
/ac "Bloodbath" <me>

/macroicon "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Haymaker" <t>

The reason why I don't like Mercy Stroke with my combo is I dont want it randomly going. It can mess up my GL stacks.

[Gardes]

It's just an example. I'm saying that PB will force you into spamming SP and even if you want to do that, sometimes even the macro fails at that.

[Rochetm]

It's just an example. I'm saying that PB will force you into spamming SP and even if you want to do that, sometimes even the macro fails at that.

I thought that was what you where going for. I just wanted to point out that even if it worked it still doesn't work

[Kaze3434]

im trying to figure out why so many people seemed ok with someone macroing skills like this.

[Bixby]

One year later: still a bad idea.

Edit: OP hasn't even posted anywhere on the forums since December of last year. Don't think he's gonna be paying much attention to this thread anymore.

[Mibhas]

Macroing combos is a Godawful idea.

Snap Punch Combo

/micon "Snap Punch"
/ac "Snap Punch" <t>
/ac "Snap Punch" <tt>
/ac "True Strike" <t>
/ac "True Strike" <tt>
/ac "Bootshine" <t>
/ac "Bootshine" <tt>
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <tt>
/ac "Blood for Blood" <me>
/ac "Internal Release" <me>

This will try to do all of these skills at once, meaning that only the first Snap Punch would actually go through. You'd have to put waits in and since those can only be integers, you'd be losing upwards of half a second between each move.

[Nanaho]

I Use a Gamepad, MNK was my Main before NIN, i have about 4 empty slots on 2 page setup using the Right Bumper (or R1 for PS Controllers)

Using macros just slows your DPS you cannot que abilities, you cannot logically decide when and where to use Buffs. etc its just not a good idea.

If you really are running out of space on your gamepad to effectively use your MNK you need to rethink your priorities on abilities you're equipping to it

also i didnt see anyone mention this but as a gamepad user i tend to make my "spammy" stuff on my first page, your main combo abilities and stuff like that, and leave all the not so often used stuff, like Second Wind, Mantra etc on the second page...

TL;DR Don't use Combo macros on MNK, it's just a bad idea if you're trying to actually perform well at the job.