Please explain this job thing :)

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Really great information! I did not realize I needed both subclasses. So Arcanist to 34, Thermatauge to 26 - got it! One more quick healer question: is there a version of target forwarding in this game? I looked in options, but I couldn't find it (or didn't realize what it was). In the 2 dungeons I've run, I didn't contribute much dps wise because I would have to switch targets from my healing target to my damage target. Is there a way to avoid having to do that?

Thank you all for the guidance - what a really great community this game has!

[DBthaONE]

Really great information! I did not realize I needed both subclasses. So Arcanist to 34, Thermatauge to 26 - got it! One more quick healer question: is there a version of target forwarding in this game? I looked in options, but I couldn't find it (or didn't realize what it was). In the 2 dungeons I've run, I didn't contribute much dps wise because I would have to switch targets from my healing target to my damage target. Is there a way to avoid having to do that?

Thank you all for the guidance - what a really great community this game has!

I'm not really sure what you mean by "Target Forwarding." I'm guessing you mean if you target a monster your tank is attacking to do some damage, then see that the tank needs a heal you can select Cure and it automatically hits the tank. If that's your question, then yes you can. I'd say it's cumbersome, but still easy enough to do. (I don't when I heal.) You'd have to make a macro, under the macro settings, and at least one the following:

To heal whomever your damage target is attacking:
/micon "Cure"
/ac "Cure" <tt>

<tt> = target of the target

To heal the tank in a dungeon:
/micon "Cure"
/ac "Cure" <2>

This assumes that the tank is always the 2nd person in your party list.

To do damage to whatever the tank is attacking:
/micon "[Offensive Spell like Stone or Aero]"
/ac "[Action above]" <tt>

This will attack whatever your tank was attacking, as long as you are focused on the tank.

Again, I'm not really sure if this is what you were asking, but I hope it helps if it was.

[Niwashi]

is there a version of target forwarding in this game?

In macros, you can specify that an action should go to your target's target by adding <tt> after it. For instance, a macro like:

/ac Aero <t>
/ac Aero <tt>

would cast Aero either on your target or your target's target, whichever is suitable for an attack type skill. Check out the Placeholders tab on this page to see more.

There are also ways to switch your current target to your target's target, but to more effectively discuss that part, it depends, are you playing on keyboard/mouse or controller?