SMN macros

[Bunsen]

Outside of placing the pet the PS4 crossbars are fine if you know how to use them.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree.. because this comment here, I totally disagree. Everyone has their system.

[Thorauku]

Not using any macros. Aside from the calls of Eye for an Eye, Resurrection and Virus.

[FurryFury]

I am ALWAYS 2nd on list when there is a BLM and 1st when there isn't..

In most current end-game fights (both Coils, EX primals) SMN should parse way more damage than BLM. The only exception is Brayflox SR for myth tomes.

[Drakuaza]

Summoner has superior single target damage, a black mage wont beat it nor come close to it.
Assuming both are equally skilled players that know their class to perfection.

The black mage will destroy the summoner in AOE damge, not because summoner is bad, but because black mage is pure burst damage that doesnt stop, while summoner has to set up their cooldowns/dots, spread them, and they can only hit up to 3 targets with bane, so they have to switch to another undoted enemy and reaplly + bane again.

Just that factor will make blm come on top on instances where AoE damage is dominant. yet on same instances against a boss, you will see the summoner winning the race over the black mage, i have seen the differences to be about 20 to 30% in some cases with two equally geared casters and knowledgable players.

[AarinEphemera]

This is my macro for Contagion. Works like a charm and I don't need to constantly spam Contagion button just to order Garuda to apply it.

/pac Contagion
/wait 1
/pac Contagion
/wait 1
/pac Contagion

Ok, I know it sounds a bit stupid since "Why repeated Contagion?". This is to ensure Garuda-Egi WILL apply Contagion with a single click on command.
I don't like macro'ing Swiftcast since there's a lot of usage for it for example Swiftcast+Shadowflare. Also in T5, you might forgot to apply a dot on Twintania and Conflaguration landed on a random teammate. For example Miasma isn't applied (Probably cast interrupted or just forgot to apply it). Swiftcast+Miasma works perfectly and saved 2.3 seconds worth of cast time that determines your life and death(?).

Other than my most useful macro, I don't have anymore. I do have some macro attached on basic skill but that's more into party/raid communication such as Ressurection, Eye 4 Eye, and Virus macro.

[whoisthekiller]

I do use these macros all the time:
/ac “Bio” <t>
/wait 2.5
/ac “Miasma” <t>
/wait 2.5
/ac “Bio II” <t>
I put Bio first so if I move at least I did something
/ac “Rouse”
/wait 1
/ac “Spur”
/wait 1
/ac “Virus” <t>
This is the only way I can use Virus (PS3 user) its changeling switching hotbars.
I did use Ranging Strikes & Hawk’s Eye. Just the cool down makes them completely useless.

[whoisthekiller]

When I was using obey this are the macros I used:
First
/pac “Obey” <t>
/wait 4
/pac “Shockwave” <t>
/pac “Earthen Ward”
/pac “Radiant Shield”
Second
/pac “Crimson Cyclone” <t>
/pac “Mountain Buster” <t>
/pac “aerial Slash” <t>
Third
/pac ‘Contagion”
/pac “Flaming Crush” <t>
/pac “landslide” <t>
I stopped using obey after feeling that I haven’t been in a party worth that much control.
I now switch pets often now to the needs of the party.

[NintenPyjak64]

highly false. there are plenty of places in this game where macros make the player more efficient.

she's absolutely right when you use GCD abilities as this thread mentions. It's highly efficient for mostly oGCD abilities, in this case Fester, Bane, Spur, Rouse, Swift cast, Raging Strikes, etc. Like for the macros I pointed in my original post.

@who is the killer; bio 2 should always be first because it has the longest duration and Bio 1 last because it has the shortest. Raging Strikes is our best offensive cool down, hawk's eye is the only useless one

[LexSunfire]

she's absolutely right when you use GCD abilities as this thread mentions.

i'm just disagreeing with the whole blanket statement that only lazy people use macros and players who don't want to be "lazy" should never ever use macros. GCD abilities shouldn't be macro'd. I agree. I just think it's dumb to tell players that they should never ever use macros because that means they're lazy and won't ever be top of the dps. I use macros in certain situations. i'm usually near the top of the dps list.

[NintenPyjak64]

i'm just disagreeing with the whole blanket statement that only lazy people use macros and players who don't want to be "lazy" should never ever use macros. GCD abilities shouldn't be macro'd. I agree. I just think it's dumb to tell players that they should never ever use macros because that means they're lazy and won't ever be top of the dps. I use macros in certain situations. i'm usually near the top of the dps list.

I'll agree with you then. I find macroing together various buffs and oGCD abilities efficient enough when it saves me space on my bar. Before when I did my AoEs I did Ctrl + 4 for Bane, Ctrl + 5 for Aerial Slash. Now I simply just hit Ctrl + 4 because I'd always forget to hit Ctrl + 5. Only time this becomes an issue is when I'm in T6 and I hit my Obey hotkey to sick Garuda on the middle bulb and it cancels out Aerial Slash (Since I like to keep 2 Aetherflow before Tethers for Bane then Fester on that bulb)

I like you.
Well I keep redoing my hot bars (PS3) like my summon pets is on bar 2 so in a fight when I summon pet. and then go back to fighting I'll forget to go back to bar1. I finally moved Sprint and put Raging Strikes there, do to bar 1 place is Run II. it's really tough when I Rez a party member.

I was typing from Mobile and was in a slight rush to do something irl that I didn't really get my point across very well

At the start of a fight I have my Egi on Steady. The second I see the tank land Tomahawk/Shield Lob, I hit my Obey key, start buffing up, then begin the fight. If you can find a way to set up your bars so you don't have to use GCD abilities in a macro, then you should be good to go. Having oGCD abilities in macros won't harm you, and always save Virus for key times, it's always a waste to use it when a big attack won't be happening.

Just follow this rule of thumb: If your macros require <wait.X> or /wait X, it's not fit for battle