quality of life macro thought

[SurenaNefren]

hay all i just came back from a long absence to ffxiv and i was going threw and resting up all my macros and classes and had a thought that would be really nice to have.

so for me i use swift cast a lot but i don't want to sit there and have 20 /macroicons of swiftcast sitting on my bars and because i use a controller id rather not bother with having to waist a slot for swiftcast its self to just know when its cool downs up.

so id love to se a comand added alond the lines of /macrotimer or /macrocooldown to beadded.

so insted of
/macroicon "swiftcast"
/ac "swiftcast" <me> <wait.1>
/ac raise <t>

you could do
/macroicon "raise"
/macrotimer ((60 or "swiftcast"))
/ac "swiftcast" <me> <wait.1>
/ac "raise" <t>

this way you get the icon you want on your bar and can have the longest cool down in the macro for its recast timer. especially to reduce things a little for controller players since i like to keep as few swap bars as possible in a fight.

[Rawrz]

If you go into your HUD you can highlight Hotbar 1 to activate it. There you can shrink it and place it anywhere in your UI. I placed mine above my Chat log. I think this should solve your issue.

[SurenaNefren]

that is an option. i just don't like cluttering things with bars everywhere either and id find it nicer to be able to just have a proper cool down on my macro with out it locked to the icon i choose. dun know if that makes since or not. some times it's hard for me to make my point well. dyslexia is a pain >.< but thank you for the pointer.

[seekified]

I doubt this'll happen - their stance on macros is that anything that might automate parts of your job is bad, which I agree with.

As a side note, I recommend using Extended Crossbars. As someone who has played with a controller since day 1, extended crossbars allow even my SCH (which has the most abilities out of any class I play) to have everything neatly organised over three crossbars (crossbar 1 for healing, crossbar 2 for DPS, extended crossbar for buffs and pet management).

[SurenaNefren]

this would not automate anything basically the gray timer that shows up and clocks around the icon when you'v used it would have a speed of your choosing not auto recasting it.