BLM macros

[Xlree]

Black Mage Macros

/macroicon "Apocatastasis"
/ac Apocatastasis <mo>
/p Apocatastasis Cast On <mo>

This macro lets you mouse over your party list to cast Apocatastasis

/macroicon "Aetherial Manipulation"
/ac "Aetherial Manipulation" <mo>

This macro lets you mouse over your party list to fly across the room!


/macroicon "Eye for an Eye"
/ac "Eye for an Eye" <tt>
/ac "Eye for an Eye" <mo>
/p Eye for an Eye Cast on <tt>!

This macro lets you keep the boss targeted, and cast Eye for an Eye on your main tank. And the mouse over is just for prepull Eye for an Eyes (Makes it so you do not have to tab!)


/macroicon "Virus"
/ac "Virus" <t>
/p Virus Cast On <t>

This is a simple Virus macro to let your party know you used virus.

These are honestly about the only macros you need for a blackmage. Simple utility macros. Blackmage is not a high macro class like sch or brd so you don't anymore than the four I listed to play the class at high levels of play.

[Maddonious]

Yes as others have said BLM is not a macro class as it works against its strengths and bogs it down in the worst of times.

For best results you have to manually do most of your skills/abilities to be flexible in combat. If you have to move the macro would then get in the way and throw your rotations out of order and waste time. Clicking on buttons multiple times each is the best way to get the skills you need before and after moving. There are many BLM but the best ones rely on finger speed as the class is currently best played that way.

As for your macros with swift cast I would advise you to remove any macros with swift cast since it won't save much time anyway. I suppose if you do feel it will help streamline your skills then go with what you will but manually hitting all your keys will give you the greatest control over your BLM when battles become unexpected.

[YanderePrincess]

The full MP bar is just icing I suppose, while it's insignificant, it is there. The reason I start with Blizzard III is because it does damage and it makes my Fire III cast much, much faster when I get to it is all.

It also reduces the damage of that Fire III cast, and Blizzard III has the same cast time as Fire III does when you have no UI/AF buff. So with B3 and F3 both in your startup, you've got the full 3.x second cast time you would already have from the UI-less Fire III plus the 1.5+s casting time for the UI3'd Fire III, meaning you're taking 50% longer to get into casting your AF3'd Fires. You're sacrificing time for a faster "feeling" from seeing your Fire III cast faster.

[Berber]

OP: by your own admission you're normally a healer. You just got your blm to i90, so I'll assume you may be just starting to bring it to certain fights. You came here asking for guidance. You received said guidance. You then argue that your way is correct. Baffling.

[RegnumMagik]

As a person who plays with pressing numbers and using mouse to click at the same time, macroing is not needed. If I know I'm gonna cast any spells next with Swiftcast, I would get myself ready while casting my last spell. This gives me much more control with no down time.

I can see the benefits with macros for every other class though.

[scarebearz]

You came here asking for guidance. You received said guidance. You then argue that your way is correct. Baffling.

Yeah... so many on this forum ask for help, but when help is given, they always know best.

[EvianEverdeen]

OP: by your own admission you're normally a healer. You just got your blm to i90, so I'll assume you may be just starting to bring it to certain fights. You came here asking for guidance. You received said guidance. You then argue that your way is correct. Baffling.

I was asking about additional macro's not about the ones I was already using and yes I do believe they are correct. WHOA we have an elitist here, watch out!!

[EvianEverdeen]

Yeah... so many on this forum ask for help, but when help is given, they always know best.

hi. You look funny.

[YanderePrincess]

What you're missing is that macros on a dps class tend to reduce your dps, not enhance it.

And, why do you have Manawall and Manaward in a single macro? They defend against two entirely different things, and you rarely need them both at the same time.

[EvianEverdeen]

What you're missing is that macros on a dps class tend to reduce your dps, not enhance it.

And, why do you have Manawall and Manaward in a single macro? They defend against two entirely different things, and you rarely need them both at the same time.

Because I don't use them at all so I figure when I pop Eye for an Eye on the tank I could be protecting myself as well. Not exactly sure how a swiftcasted action reduces dps, but ok!