Must-have macro for any mage.

[t-a-l-a-n-m-e-r-c-e-r]

I just recently discovered this. It's a huge QoL improvment for me when I'm Cleric Stancing. I haven't seen it posted anywhere.

/micon "Stone II"
/action "Stone II" <t>
/facetarget

Basically what this does is make your character face your target everytime you push this ability.

What is it good for? Well, have you ever lost LoS because an enemy runs past your incredibly narrow field of view (Thornmarch comes to mind)?

This macro prevents this if you spam the button during cast.

[Itseotle]

This really only works for people that use Legacy controls or have "Auto Face Target" disabled in the character settings.

As a legacy user, instead of making all my spells macros, I just have a macro that just reads "/facetarget" and I bound that macro to my thumb mouse button, so if I am casting a spell and the mob starts to move I just spam click my macro button.

[Mibhas]

Nice, but being a macro means that it isn't queued as well as it could be (i.e. like normal skills) so you will have slightly delayed cast times and thereby a lower DPS. You can turn while casting, so just use that to stay facing the right way.

[SeraviEdalborez]

You can just have Face Target itself as a keybind, and not have to waste it on a macro space or pairing it with a GCD. Default is F I believe.

[Itseotle]

You can just have Face Target itself as a keybind, and not have to waste it on a macro space or pairing it with a GCD. Default is F I believe.

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.

good god no, legacy is terrible. especially as a tank or melee. all those missed auto attacks

If your missing auto attacks as a legacy control user, then you don;t know how to properly move your character.

[aisustrong]

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.



If your missing auto attacks as a legacy control user, then you don;t know how to properly move your character.

I turned legacy off back when I was on KB
main reason being I often pull groups and aim them at a wall, so I want to see them all at an angle that is basically facing my characters feet

[SeraviEdalborez]

Yes but if you bind it to a key, and you don't need it for all your classes, then its a wasted key. I would rather have a wasted macro than a wasted key but thats just me.

It has a use on most classes. The only ones it doesn't have a supremely obvious use for are BRD and tanks.

Casters/DPSing Healers: Obvious.
Melee DPS: Use during LB cast time.

It's a useful key to have bound in virtually all situations. Why waste the macro space when you can have a universal button for it? Do you bind Sprint separately on each class? Mount? LB? Jump?

[Itseotle]

It has a use on most classes. The only ones it doesn't have a supremely obvious use for are BRD and tanks.

Casters/DPSing Healers: Obvious.
Melee DPS: Use during LB cast time.

It's a useful key to have bound in virtually all situations. Why waste the macro space when you can have a universal button for it? Do you bind Sprint separately on each class? Mount? LB? Jump?

I don't bind LB, just click it, but personally I only use a face target button/macro on casting classes (WHM/BLM/SMN/SCH) and just use smart movement and the "Automatically face target when performing actions" option checked in my character settings. I do not like lock-on, as I find it slightly annoying when I have to move, because I basically only ever move either by strafing or running forward, so I don't miss my AA's. But thats just me and how it works for me. Your milage may vary.

[Saevel]

This does have validity as a healer, when you should be rolling with Auto Face Target off and probably aren't queuing your DPS skills as often as you would be on a DPS class. In tight areas or with fast casts like Aero/Bio it can be more efficient than pressing a keybound /facetarget.

Pairing /facetarget with a GCD skill is generally a less elegant solution for DPS classes.

[alphamax112]

Binding main attack spells in a macro will hurt your DPS