tanking attack macros

[Hakuro89]

Can macros be used for anything then?

/micon "Provoke"
/ac Provoke <t>
...／l、......'VOKING
..(°､ 。７........IT (<t>)
...l、 ~～ヽ........RIGHT
...じし f_,)√........MEOW <se.4>

[Zfz]

By the way, I've never taken any notice of macro options at all, since starting on the game in the middle of last year, until just recently.



questions...
Is "warning! <se.1><se.2>" the first thing I put in a macro after /ac or somewhere else?
Also, would I need Berserk in somewhere too?

This may be slow, but I could alter the timing to /wait 3.00 instead of 2.50 with each action.

I was talking about a general purpose warning macro. Which means /p message is the only thing in the macro. I don't use macros for combos, it's just...combos should be muscle memory by the time you're 50. So I can't offer advice if all you really want is to macro your attacks against all the advice that tell you not to.

[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.

[Zfz]

this giant Roe with his axe out, running like a mad-man from a horror movie, comes right at my screen

But that must have been an epic screenshot!

[Selli]

But that must have been an epic screenshot!

I wish. XD But by the time I thought about getting the screenie, he had already run by and left us all dead in his wake. One day I will develop reflexes!

[Ashkendor]

This may be slow, but I could alter the timing to /wait 3.00 instead of 2.50 with each action.

Macros only work in whole seconds anyway.

[Shadray]

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