BLM macro question

[Zantusken]

I recently switched to a BLM main after giving up on SMN for FCoB. Someone mentioned using a /facetarget macro to help prevent LoSing, something I had never used before. I made the macro and set it to my hotbar, and yeah it helps. My question though, is it possible/ a good idea to macro this to my abilities? I know macros with /wait commands at least prevent queueing abilities, but I wanted to know if macros without /wait commands still prevent queueing. I tried to test it on a dummy, but couldn't make out a difference.

ex of macro I would be using:
/macrocion Fire
/facetarget
/ac Fire <t>

Thank you in advanced

[Xisin]

You should never use macros, they prevent buffering an ability. /wait or no /wait. If you play on PC I'd suggest tapping your 'F' key while casting rather than using a /facetarget macro. Either way never macro your damage abilities. the only macros you should use are for Aetherial manipulation (mouse over or numbered target), Apocatastasis (numbered target, targets target or mouse over), and eye for an eye (target's target or mouseover). There really is no reason to use macros otherwise on blm.

[Sleigh]

You should never use macros, they prevent buffering an ability. /wait or no /wait. If you play on PC I'd suggest tapping your 'F' key while casting rather than using a /facetarget macro. Either way never macro your damage abilities. the only macros you should use are for Aetherial manipulation (mouse over or numbered target), Apocatastasis (numbered target, targets target or mouse over), and eye for an eye (target's target or mouseover). There really is no reason to use macros otherwise on blm.

This is all true and there's nothing to add to this.

[Xisin]

touche sir

[Sleigh]

Not that it matters, but why would you be targeting a friendly pc when casting virus as a blm? (the only time i ever heals is during plumes on t12 this patch, and maybe during double divebombs) calling troll.

I think I was drunk when I wrote that. I do not use <tt> Virus ... although I did once solo heal a PUG Ifrit that turned south.

[Zantusken]

You should never use macros, they prevent buffering an ability. /wait or no /wait. If you play on PC I'd suggest tapping your 'F' key while casting rather than using a /facetarget macro. Either way never macro your damage abilities. the only macros you should use are for Aetherial manipulation (mouse over or numbered target), Apocatastasis (numbered target, targets target or mouse over), and eye for an eye (target's target or mouseover). There really is no reason to use macros otherwise on blm.

Answered my question, thank you. I play on PS4 so /facetarget macro it is. Was having some huge problems with bennus being LoS'd. the macros you listed are the exact ones I happen to use.

[aerolol]

Answered my question, thank you. I play on PS4 so /facetarget macro it is. Was having some huge problems with bennus being LoS'd. the macros you listed are the exact ones I happen to use.

You have an option to auto-face target.
Use it.
You dont need macros for Fire.

[Numenor1379]

You have an option to auto-face target.
Use it.
You dont need macros for Fire.

The problem is, that unlike on a PC where you can spam the F key and continually face target even while casting (from what I understand at least), there is no way to set that up to work on PS4 with a controller.

Sure, the Auto-Face Target works... until you need to face target mid-cast. =P

[StouterTaru]

The problem is, that unlike on a PC where you can spam the F key and continually face target even while casting (from what I understand at least), there is no way to set that up to work on PS4 with a controller.

Sure, the Auto-Face Target works... until you need to face target mid-cast. =P

/facetarget mid-cast always caused me to interrupt casting, did they do something to change it since early days of ARR?

[ShinryuReishiki]

Any macro including an on-GCD skill has the potential to induce delay. Say you cast Fire, 2.5s GCD. You press Fire again when you still have 0.5s left, you'll begin casting Fire as soon as the first is finished. If Fire were part of a macro, if you pressed it at 0.5s left then nothing would happen. You would have to press it after the previous GCD completely ended in order to begin casting it, and unless you can somehow perfectly press it at the exact moment every time, you're adding small delays with each cast when using a macro.

The problem is, that unlike on a PC where you can spam the F key and continually face target even while casting (from what I understand at least), there is no way to set that up to work on PS4 with a controller.

Can just press it once; it will persist even through multiple casts until you move, change targets, or press it again.