tanking attack macros

[Zaft]

The utility of those macros is highly debatable. Esuna/leeches cannot be precast in this case, so they have to wait to see the buff.. Then cast time.. At most, you'll save 1-2 seconds and healer will lose a gcd.

Not really. If your healer actually knows how to handle cleansing (aka, the moment the debuff hits 0), you, as the WAR, will not lose a single GCD. Your berserk should kick in immediately after your final ability, which means you're stuck in the GCD for somewhere around 2.4s. That's more than enough time a cleanse to land and you'll be right back to your rotation.

That being said, I obviously don't expect a cleanse if you're in the middle of something important. But that's also my responsibility as a WAR to time my berserks properly.

[Selli]

I obviously don't expect a cleanse if you're in the middle of something important. But that's also my responsibility as a WAR to time my berserks properly.

Reminds me of when my static was just starting t13.

-> Gigaflare comes out
-> Phase 2
-> Everyone excite
-> Like, 7 grown men squealing kind of excited
-> Gigaflare over
-> Add comes down
-> WAR: "I can't hit the add?!"
-> Everyone: "What?"
-> WAR: "I'M PACIFIED!"
-> Add kills WHM
-> Add kills NIN
-> Add kills SCH
-> WAR: "Oh! It's off now! "

Thankfully he stopped using Zerk during the Giga cast and saved it for the add. So it never happened again, LOL.

[SecretCrowds]

Reminds me of when my static was just starting t13.

-> Gigaflare comes out
-> Phase 2
-> Everyone excite
-> Like, 7 grown men squealing kind of excited
-> Gigaflare over
-> Add comes down
-> WAR: "I can't hit the add?!"
-> Everyone: "What?"
-> WAR: "I'M PACIFIED!"
-> Add kills WHM
-> Add kills NIN
-> Add kills SCH
-> WAR: "Oh! It's off now! "

Thankfully he stopped using Zerk during the Giga cast and saved it for the add. So it never happened again, LOL.

At least that's better than tanks that use sprint.

Ahh. Those days where I see an add spawn and I use sprint so that I can run to it and pick it up asap.

I don't put sprint on my hotbar for DoW anymore since then.

Raid leader: An add spawned! Quick pick it up!
Me: I'm on it. *pops sprint*
Me: OMG! I have no TP!

[Lyrinn]

At least that's better than tanks that use sprint.

Ahh. Those days where I see an add spawn and I use sprint so that I can run to it and pick it up asap.

I don't put sprint on my hotbar for DoW anymore since then.

Sprint has its uses in dungeons. Instead of having mobs beat on you constantly while you walk to the end, you can just sprint through and use flash along the way. By the time you finish the pull, most of your TP will be back anyways.

[Selli]

At least that's better than tanks that use sprint.

Ahh. Those days where I see an add spawn and I use sprint so that I can run to it and pick it up asap.

I don't put sprint on my hotbar for DoW anymore since then.

Raid leader: An add spawned! Quick pick it up!
Me: I'm on it. *pops sprint*
Me: OMG! I have no TP!

I have seen a WAR pop sprint to run away from something. It is absolutely the most terrifying thing, LOL.

It was a hunt and he accidentally face-pulled. His immediate reaction was to pop sprint and run toward the little group (no more than 10 people). I was zoomed in, about to take a picture of the hunt (my first time seeing an S rank). And this giant Roe with his axe out, running like a mad-man from a horror movie, comes right at my screen. And as soon as he disappears, the dang S rank cleaves and 1-shots everyone.

[PArcher]

Only macro I use on tank in combat right now is
/ac "Fight or Flight" <wait.1>
/ac "Bloodbath"
I have low SS on my pld, and can fit both in a gdc, so why not?

I find macroing text to abilities (berserk/hallowed/provoke) causes issues when you need them to go off *right now*, so I don't use them. An "I'm pulling in XX" is fine

[Grey_Cain]

You should have a Provoke announcement macro for 2-tank groups. You don't need anything fancy; I've just got "Provoking <t>!!" But letting the other tank know that you're taking his target gives him notice to stop attacking so you can take it away without a fight.

[Shadray]

Only macros I use are for when I swap jobs, to apply buffs I always forget. Kiss for ninja, etc.

[-DMR-]

Might have to leave it for now, I've moved back onto PLD, at least I've learned few things already.