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[Bixby]

Suggestion:
/ac "Cure" <t>
/ac "Cure" <tt>

Would suit your needs?
It will cure any PC/NPC directly targetted.
If target is enemy, then it'll skip to 2nd line and cure target of target.

Actually, if the target is an enemy, it will self-cast cure and never make it to the second line.

Macros don't do anything different from using the ability directly on the chosen target (<t>, <tt>, <mo>, whatever). And all heal spells self-cast when the chosen target is hostile.

EDIT: Oh, and how to get rid of the annoying error chime and message?

You can turn off errors in the chat log, but not the sound and not the message that shows up in the middle of the screen.

[Tourist]

Yeah, it's the sound i'd really like to get rid of.

[Shori]

does <p1> <p2> <petc> (replace <me> or <tt>) work in this like it did in FFXI? I'd find that an easier way to go if I was do roll healer in this one. You can keep the mob targetted while still casting on party members. P1 through to P8 as ordered in the top left party list.

[VisRalis]

Actually, if the target is an enemy, it will self-cast cure and never make it to the second line.

If you macro it, actually you have to add a new line /ac Cure <me> for it to self-cast cure in case first two conditions are not met.

For Cure <t> you will be targeting a PC/NPC (cure won't heal enemies so it'll skip to next line)
If you're targeting an enemy/boss, <tt> will target whoever the boss is targeting (tank normally)
If you're not targeting anything, then the final line <me> will activate healing yourself, as would Cure normally do outside of macro.

So its working as intended

[Tourist]

When i have an enemy targeted that has a PC targeted and i use the macro

/micon "Cure"
/ac "Cure" <t>
/ac "Cure" <tt>
/ac "Cure" <me>


it heals me not my target. Not sure why, I've checked, checked, and triple checked for typos and found none.

[Bixby]

When i have an enemy targeted that has a PC targeted and i use the macro

/micon "Cure"
/ac "Cure" <t>
/ac "Cure" <tt>
/ac "Cure" <me>


it heals me not my target. Not sure why, I've checked, checked, and triple checked for typos and found none.

Yes, I just tested this to see if anything's changed. But no, it still works this way, just like it has since release.

It's because, like I said, macros don't do anything special that the spell itself doesn't do. The placeholders just let you define an end target other than your actual target. But the behavior doesn't change when you cast on that end target.

If you're targeting an enemy and hit Cure (without a macro), you'll cure yourself. If your end target, whether it's <tt> or <t> or <mo> or <square>, is an enemy, you'll cure yourself. Just like casting the spell "on" that target.

[Tourist]

So basically, there's no point in that macro. I wanted to be able to dps and toss out a heal when need be without target cycling (really sucks on a controller). But if all that does is heal me, then there's no point that I can see.

[Bixby]

For cure spells, yeah, you're better off (IMO) picking one targeting method and sticking with it. If I remember right, using up/down on a gamepad to soft-target a party member and casting Cure (without hitting confirm) will not change your hard-target (really no idea if there are official terms for these), so that makes it a little easier to keep DPSing while tossing out an occasional cure.

For DPS spells, the <t>/<tt> combination actually works, since you don't have to worry about self-casting. With my WHM, I keep all my healing spells un-macro'ed, but use the <t>/<tt> for damage spells. That way I can usually keep the tank targeted and DPS whatever the tank is targeting (or switch to a specific target if I need to).

[Tourist]

I use the <t> and <tt> with my arcanist (not sure of actual name atm) so i can consisently dps only what the tank is dealing with and make that tank's life a little easier.

[peaches]

So basically, there's no point in that macro. I wanted to be able to dps and toss out a heal when need be without target cycling (really sucks on a controller). But if all that does is heal me, then there's no point that I can see.

If this is what you want to do, the best thing is to make your attacks on a <tt> macro instead of your heals. That way you can have the tank selected while attacking his targets. Useful because you never have to go from targeting an enemy to the tank, and you'll never be attacking anything else other than what the tank is, less chance of you getting enmity.

Of course, you could also put a <f> (focus target) on the cure spell, so you can have any enemy selected you like, while curing your focus target, most likely the tank.