macro basics

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That said, I wouldn't agree that the game is heavily reliant on macros. In fact, players would tell you that using macros would result in DPS loss and the inability to queue skills. There are definitely useful macros such as the inventory sort macro, pull countdown macros and such. But I would not recommend you to heavily rely on macros for everything.

Interesting - and somewhat of a relief! I'm not a big fan of macros, generally speaking, but I do know of several games that are really difficult to play well without them. I'm glad to hear this one may not fall into that category. Thank you very much!

[Niwashi]

I do know of several games that are really difficult to play well without them.

SE doesn't want FFXIV to fall into that category. They've done some things with the macro system (like limiting the /wait function use whole seconds only and not fractions of a second) specifically for the purpose of making it inefficient to use macros for your main combat combo chains. There's some useful macros for notifying your teammates of what you're doing, or for selecting an appropriate target (for instance, use a given skill either on your target or your target's target, depending on whether you have a friend or enemy targeted), but using them for taking one action, waiting, then taking another action will come out slower than if you did those actions directly.