how to make macros

[Eloah]

Nope, that's by design, I believe. I play with a controller as well and I'd go into HUD Layout and activate Hotbar 2 and put skills with long cooldowns on there so you always have them visible, regardless of which crossbar you're on.

Sadly this doesn't work on PS3, but it's good to know when I get a PS4. Hopefully it will work on PS4.

[Xenosan]

For Blm honestly there isn't much need for macros. Some I use
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/micon "Convert"
/ac "Mana Draw" <me>
/ac "Convert" <me>
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If you pvp the above one is helpful as it doesn't require an extra slot assignment for pvp action Mana Draw. If I need mp I just hit This Convert macro, if mana draw is available I'll Mana Draw instead (which is better than convert because it doesn't reduce HP).

I also macro'd Blizz3 into
/micon "Blizzard III"
/ac "Blizzard III" <t>
/ac "Blizzard" <t>

simply because I was tired of level syncing in fates and having my easy 1-2-3 AF-UI layout messed up because Blizz3 isn't available at lower levels.

Can macro in for flare
/item "X-Potion of Intelligence" <me>
/ac "Flare" <t>

As someone else said, there is a much better method for seeing when actions are available. Instead of macros like
/wait 12
/echo Shoulder Tackle is ready

just take an unused hot bar, make it class/job specific (unshared), increase it's UI size, and place right smack in the middle of your screen. Put you actions that you want to keep visible (ie for blm swiftcast, raging strikes, and lethargy probably good idea) on that hotbar.

You don't use that hotbar to execute the actions, but by having it enlarged and dead-center visibility, you will always see the greyed-out dial of those actions (instead of having to search through your cross/hot bars) thus always knowing when they are available again. It can make your life a lot easier.

Especially for me and my warrior. By having internal release, berserk, unchained, and infuriate CDs easily visible I am constanly aware of when/whether I should sit on ability or use it.

(ie sit on my berserk for a few more seconds because unchained is about to be available)

Same situation with my Bard and all of it's off the GCD abilities + Raging Strikes.

edit: you want to avoid /wait macro's as much as possible. Any lag or connection hiccups are gonna fk it up

oh another I forgot.

/micon "Scathe"
/ac "Thunder III" <t>
/ac "Fire III" <t>
/ac "Scathe" <t>
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One button solution for dpsing while dodging aoe. Like when dodging Ramuh Thunderstorms be doing some scathe spam. If thundercloud or firestart procs are up, will throw those at the boss instead.

[Nyalia]

For Blm honestly there isn't much need for macros. Some I use

BLM should never use macros. No Spell/Skill Speed based class ever should. You say there isn't a need for them, but then have major parts of your rotation macroed, like Blizzard 3 and Flare.

Many of those BLM macros are significant DPS losses due to the non-queuing nature of macros. Your Blizzard one will slow down every rotation you do by 0.5-1.0 seconds, not to mention what it will do if you don't have the mana for Blizzard 3, but do have the mana for Blizzard 1. The cast time of Blizzard 1 under AF3 is so fast that you will not be able to cancel it in time, and when the Blizzard 1 goes off, it'll cancel AF3 without going into UI. You'll have to then wait for enough mana to cast Blizzard 1, use Blizzard 1, wait until enough mana to cast Blizzard 3, cast Blizzard 3, then go back into rotation, costing you a crazy amount of DPS.

The Convert one slows down double-flare by 0.5-1.0 seconds. Your Flare one will lower DPS more than increase it (the loss of spell speed from using a macro for every flare is significantly greater than the DPS increase from using the pot once every few minutes in AoE situations). The PvP one is just a really terrible idea - PvP is a place where you need to queue MORE, not less, due to stun/sleep.

I really hope you stack Crit and Det and have no Spell Speed gear, because if you do stack Spell Speed, then amplify the above DPS losses...