BLM macros

[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!

[YanderePrincess]

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!

I never in any way said that swiftcasting an action reduces dps, though it doesn't necessarily enhance dps either (depends on the skill you're using it, for one).

However, using a Swiftcast + Spell macro is slower than using Swiftcast and the spell as separate non-macro buttons, and is also more reliable.

The only classes where I macro two things into one button are Bard, Scholar, and Summoner. For Scholar and Summoner, it's macroing pet commands onto other abilities I use, which is reliable and dosn't slow anything down because pet commands can be given at the same time as other abilities. For bard, I do it purely because with the shared cooldowns, I like to activate Raging Strikes + Quelling Strikes together and Hawk's Eye + Barrage together, but it's unreliable and does slow me down a bit since I have to wait on the second buff to activate, and it doesn't always deign to activate despite there being nothing to disrupt the macro. I could do more dps by activating each of my buffs individually, cycled between GCDs, which is what i do on monk and dragoon, but there's so many buffs for bard, and those pairings share cooldowns, so I find ti worthwhile to suffer a slight dps loss to keep things consistant and have fewer buttons to press.

Black Mage doesn't have that problem, however. There is no reason to combine macros on blm.

If you're not using Manawall and Manaward in particular, separate situations, then you're not using them properly. These defenses are both extremely valuable in the right situations, and you'll want them not on a single macro to make use of them. Combining Eye for an Eye and Pastastasis could be reasonable, though don't they have differing cooldowns? And you don't necessarily want to be using them at the same time either.

[Gardes]

Because I don't use them at all

Is this black mage serious?

[EvianEverdeen]

Is this black mage serious?

You need to run with better healers. That's a period at the end of that sentence.

[YanderePrincess]

You need to run with better healers. That's a period at the end of that sentence.

That's like saying "tanks don't need to use their damage mitigation cooldowns; they just need to run with better healers." Better hope you never get me as your healer, because I won't heal you when you have such an asinine attitude.

[EvianEverdeen]

That's like saying "tanks don't need to use their damage mitigation cooldowns; they just need to run with better healers."

That's your affirmation, not mine

Better hope you never get me as your healer, because I won't heal you when you have such an asinine attitude.

Nice attitude!

[YanderePrincess]

That's your affirmation, not mine

No, actually, it's yours. It's the exact logic you stated. In fact, it's pretty much exactly what you stated.

Nice attitude!

Learn not to waste your healer's time and mana and we'll be more willing to heal you. Simple as that.

[xEscaflownex]

You need to run with better healers. That's a period at the end of that sentence.

It has nothing to do with healers lol...it's about utility and maximizing DPS.

You use them to minimize or completely negate high damage, one-shot, or knockback attacks so that you can simply stand in place and continue DPSing.

The only macro I use on BLM is /ac "Aetherial Manipulation <4> (healer), keybound to one of my mouse buttons, so I don't have to mouse over anyone, I don't have to click anything, I just push the button, and it zooms be back into the stack on t8 after mines or tower activations, makes you immune to leviathan slam/deck slide so you can keep DPSing, pretty much anything and everything.

[EvianEverdeen]

It has nothing to do with healers lol...it's about utility and maximizing DPS.

You use them to minimize or completely negate high damage, one-shot, or knockback attacks so that you can simply stand in place and continue DPSing.

The only macro I use on BLM is /ac "Aetherial Manipulation <4> (healer), keybound to one of my mouse buttons, so I don't have to mouse over anyone, I don't have to click anything, I just push the button, and it zooms be back into the stack on t8 after mines or tower activations, makes you immune to leviathan slam/deck slide so you can keep DPSing, pretty much anything and everything.

Might actually cut out on maximizing your DPS by taking the extra half second to cast those actions LOL LOL LOL

On a more serious note, thanks for the AM explanation and example, I appreciate it.