Any SCH related macros i should be using?

[Bigcat9715]

http://verdictffxiv.weebly.com/the-b...de-around.html

I got alot of my macro ideas from this guide^. Also never macro embrace leave it alone.

[VanilleFang]

I only use one, which is for Eos (Rouse + Fey Covenant + Whispering Dawn) which usually works out fine for me, but sometimes I have to click it a few more times if she refuses to use Whispering Dawn. Though she's usually pretty good about it.

[Spoekes]

The Steady/Guard interrupts still work - I never noticed it not working, and just tested myself - it works.

That being said, the interrupt macro to get off those skills serves a very definite purpose. In general I would agree that macros are a bad idea and you want as few as possible as they tend to reduce your options during play.

The interrupt works - if no target is below 80%.
If fairy starts auto-casting at <80% and you do steady/guard thingy, the fairy will stop, but instantly recast embrace onto that target, you will not get her to do another action, you're only losing time.

[DarkerOrange]

That is what I meant. They do not function correctly if there are any targets below 80%, so I now just use the spam macros for faerie abilities.

[Blessedbythesun]

I avoid macros out right and instead use a general healing hotbar, dedicated healing hotbar with Eos abilities where I feel them comfortable and a DPS hotbar.

It is entirely possible to play SCH effectively on a controller without them, but it does require more coordination I guess?

[Sanguisio]

It is entirely possible to do content competently as a sch without them but their are times when you may need/want to ruin spam. Ruin spamming and making sure eos/selene is still healing regardless of hp<80% without a macro is more trouble than it is worth. Drop the whole I dont need macro 'pride' and dont feel embarrassed to use them

[Blessedbythesun]

Not really pride though. I must dps differently from other SCH because I don't ruin spam often and usually on in dungeons when there is too much down time when healing isn't needed. That said, I keep lustrate a main stay on my DPS bar and have few occasions where I sub out a lesser used ability for embrace to still control this manually. Otherwise I am just tossing DoTs and bane accordingly.

If I am that concerned about about healing during during moments that is become negligible, I would just remove Cleric Stance, switch to a healing hotbar, toss a adlo the go back to stance dancing without missing a beat.

[Sanguisio]

That's cool, but dpsing as a SCH should be approached in a similar way to SMN.

DOT fill what you can with ruins, if you can get eos/selene to continiiously embrace, it just extends the time you can spend dpsing.

[VitalSuit]

I do not recommend any macros except for pet placement etc., as they are slow and can't be queued up. I suggest using the 3rd minibar from L2+R2, all your skills will fit

Not true unless you're macroing multiple skills at once.
If you macro, let's say, physick with embrace. There is no delay because both skills are instant cast and being casted by 2 seperate entities (when you start casting physick eos will immediately cast embrace along with you and not afterwards). Sure they can't be queued up but you rarely need to queue up your heals anyways.

[VanilleFang]

Not true unless you're macroing multiple skills at once.
If you macro, let's say, physick with embrace. There is no delay because both skills are instant cast and being casted by 2 seperate entities (when you start casting physick eos will immediately cast embrace along with you and not afterwards). Sure they can't be queued up but you rarely need to queue up your heals anyways.

I still find it annoying myself though, that I can't queue up my next heal when I am trying to heal different targets if I set my heals to macros. They use to be, but they annoyed me so I tossed the macros.