Firestarter macro!

[Zer0mr]

No, there is no way to make a macro that shoots off procs whenever they occur. You just have to pay attention and not waste them.

[ajx]

Having to pay attention to procs and press a different button is super annoying. Can't I just keep spamming 1 and have macros sort it all out for me?

Except for BLM you always miss firestarter procs as they only proc halfway into your next cast .

Problem exists and unless SE fixes you cant blame someone unaware of ToS looking for ways to solve this

[Lgalang]

If only SE will add condition to macro that will be really good. Example

/ac [Firestarter] "Fire III" <t>
/ac [Thundercloud] "Thunder III" <t>
/ac Fire <t>

[Darkstarz]

Only macro you could possibly use is the following

/ac "Fire" <t>
/wait 2.5
/ac "Fire III" <t>

When u see u get firestarter, stop spamming the button.

[Judge_Xero]

Since with macros you can't pre activate a skill it would still be better to just use Fire 3 on proc. Over time you would lose more damage waiting for the GCD to finish before using your macro compared to if you miss a proc.

[Darkstarz]

Since with macros you can't pre activate a skill it would still be better to just use Fire 3 on proc. Over time you would lose more damage waiting for the GCD to finish before using your macro compared to if you miss a proc.

Yes its still better to do it manually as the /wait times only use .5 increments, so spells speed is lost with macros where cast times are involved

[Synovius]

Do not macro this. Ever. You will be severely gimping your DPS. Further, as was pointed out earlier, you can't really macro this appropriately because there's no way to check if you have a proc. You would have to do this with a third-party program and that would be against the ToS.

[okie]

Thx for the replies guess i'll stick with missing a proc cause like someone said if you wait to see if you proc you lose dps cause can already have another fire landing! Anyways thx again and if anyone knows the soft caps for blm and whm i am trying to find info on them!

[Synovius]

Thx for the replies guess i'll stick with missing a proc cause like someone said if you wait to see if you proc you lose dps cause can already have another fire landing! Anyways thx again and if anyone knows the soft caps for blm and whm i am trying to find info on them!

Check out my thread called The Black Mage Rotations. I cover Firestarter procs therein. For Firestarter, don't wait and see if you are going to get one. Just keep right on casting and use the Firestarter proc after your next spell (or after a few spells if you're at the end of the Fire I portion of your rotation).

[Devaking55]

As an aside, does any other BLM completely flip out when things line up perfectly: 1) start casting fire, 2) get thundercloud, 3) cast thunder3 as you register a firestarter, 4) roll out of your chair in excitement and miss a landslide

I'm super happy and flip out when thundercloud procs chain themselves back to back lol