Looking for SCH macros, key layout, and misc advice.

[Bixby]

As a 50 SCH who is ok on healing but still learning the small details that make a difference in endgame content, I have the question if there is any way to set a macro to use a skill on the focus target?

/ac "Virus" <f>

That and if there is a macro command to use a skill on pet without targetting them?

/ac "Stoneskin" <pet>

[TheodoreMcIntyre]

I have macros designed to swap out their skills and put them on obey after summoning to help save on space.

/macroicon "Summon"
/ac "Summon"
/crosshotbar pet "Fey Covenant" 2 13
/crosshotbar pet "Fey Illumination" 2 14
/crosshotbar pet "Whispering Dawn" 2 16
/wait 7
/pac "Obey" <me>

/macroicon "Summon II"
/ac "Summon II" <me>
/crosshotbar pet "Fey Glow" 2 13
/crosshotbar pet "Fey Light" 2 14
/crosshotbar pet "Silent Dusk" 2 16
/wait 7
/pac "Obey" <me>

[giantslayer]

A nifty little macro that I've used for a long time that I don't see mentioned often is:

/pac "Place"
/pac "Heel"




If you want to use steady/ guard to interrupt casts simply add them on the same line like so:

/pac Steady
/pac Guard
/pac ~fairy skill~

With this it'll interrupt embrace with w/e stance isn't active at the time if you want to avoid using Stay/Heel. Just keep in mind this will pop up that annoying error message/ sound so it's up to ya~

The stay/heel macro works like a champ.

I can't get the steady/guard macro to work. It can't take those changes that quickly back to back and only does one. Have you done this successfully with a macro?

Stay works like a charm for interrupting the faerie, and also works for macros. Heel also works for that purpose.

[giantslayer]

Also looking for tips on how to heal in endgame dungeons like coil, where you have a 2nd healer, and everything is blowing up.

Your other healer will usually be a white mage. The heavy lifting is his job. It is primarily his job to fill those health bars back up. Your job is primarily damage mitigation and strategic use of cooldowns. That means keeping succor up at all times, especially before and after a big hit. That means using sacred soil and/or fey covenant when a lot of damage is coming. Use lustrate to keep people from dying. Use faerie cooldowns when they are most needed.

When "everything is blowing up," my ace in the hole is fey illumination, because (if everyone is in range) it buffs me, my faerie, and the white mage's heals by 20%. Rouse + Whispering Dawn is my other ace, if I think we still need more or if the white mage is out of commission. I try not to blow them both at once unless it is necessary.

[Manuka]

I can't get the steady/guard macro to work. It can't take those changes that quickly back to back and only does one. Have you done this successfully with a macro?

I just tested it out using Whispering Dawn written as so:

/pac Steady
/pac Guard
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <me>

I had her use embrace and once I pressed the macro she switched to Guard from Steady, interrupting her Embrace and performing WD soon afterwards so it appears to work. Also I'm not sure what you mean by back-to-back, like are you trying to put them back into their original Stance (ie. Steady>Guard>Steady) in one macro? If so then yeah that won't work, but there's really no need to do that as after the pet behaviour changes Guard and Steady are functionally identical in every way now.

[giantslayer]

I just tested it out using Whispering Dawn written as so:

/pac Steady
/pac Guard
/pac "Whispering Dawn" <me>

I had her use embrace and once I pressed the macro she switched to Guard from Steady, interrupting her Embrace and performing WD soon afterwards so it appears to work. Also I'm not sure what you mean by back-to-back, like are you trying to put them back into their original Stance (ie. Steady>Guard>Steady) in one macro? If so then yeah that won't work, but there's really no need to do that as after the pet behaviour changes Guard and Steady are functionally identical in every way now.

When I did it, she would switch to steady, but would not switch back to guard. Here is why this is important: if Eos is already in Steady, then issuing the Steady command will not cancel anymore. That means the macro will work the first time you cast it, but not the next time.

[Manuka]

When I did it, she would switch to steady, but would not switch back to guard. Here is why this is important: if Eos is already in Steady, then issuing the Steady command will not cancel anymore. That means the macro will work the first time you cast it, but not the next time.

I'm not sure what's happening on your end as I tested it again before server went down and it worked fine. Since the active stance (Steady in this case) is grayed out and simply spits out an 'in use' error message the macro shouldn't consider it an action and should 'skip' to Guard. I successfully broke embrace and casted WD four times with this macro with no issue hopping between stances. Maybe double check that the Guard line is written correctly, I know I've made that mistake before lol

[Synestr]

As a 50 SCH who is ok on healing but still learning the small details that make a difference in endgame content, I have the question if there is any way to set a macro to use a skill on the focus target? On ps3i t would be nice to be able to use virus on the boss without having to switch targets from the tank I am trying to heal >.<
That and if there is a macro command to use a skill on pet without targetting them?

You could also use the <tt> command, <targetstarget> if you have the tank selected.

So:
/micon "Virus"
/ac "Virus" <t>
/ac "Virus" <tt>

I have it set up that way so that if I am targeted on a mob, it uses the skill, if targeted on tank, then it hits his/her target.

Hope it helps.

[giantslayer]

I'm not sure what's happening on your end as I tested it again before server went down and it worked fine. Since the active stance (Steady in this case) is grayed out and simply spits out an 'in use' error message the macro shouldn't consider it an action and should 'skip' to Guard. I successfully broke embrace and casted WD four times with this macro with no issue hopping between stances. Maybe double check that the Guard line is written correctly, I know I've made that mistake before lol

It does work. I finally understand it. My confusion was I didn't know that changing from Steady to Guard also cancelled Embrace, so I thought the macro had to reset back to Guard for the next one to work.

Manuka, you are a genius. This is basically a perfect interrupt macro for faeries. Thank you!