WHM Questions

[Cinno]

I can suggest a few macros that I personally use as a WHM, and they've made my life a BILLION TIMES easier.

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This first one has made attempting combat so much easier and less stressful. I've applied it to ALL of my combat spells.

/macroicon "stone iii"
/action "stone iii" <tt>
/action "stone iii" <t>

What this does, is this allows you to dps while still keeping the tank targetted. The <tt> line means <Targets Target>. So in this example, say you have the Tank targeted, and the tank is targetting a cactuar. If you use the skill, it'll direct the attack to the target of your target, which is the cactuar. If you were to target the Cactuar instead, it would skip over the <tt> line, as you cant cast the spell on the cactuars target (the tank), and it would go to the <t> line, meaning the cactuar would be hit with the spell still. So it works for both party play where you have to keep the tank targeted, and solo play.

This i find is really handy because in cases where theres a lot of damage going out to the tank frequently, you dont have to worry about switching your targets. You can keep the tank targetted, pop on cleric stance, fling out a few Stone's or Aero's, then pop cleric back on in between the gcd, pop a cure or two, then drop cleric and go right back into dpsing. For trash pulls this is fine, and for mechanics where you have to down a specific enemy, the macro still works fine if you target the enemy.

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Here we have that raise macro everyones been talking about.

/macroicon swiftcast
/action swiftcast
/wait 1.0
/action raise
/party Swiftcast Raise <t>!

You're going to want to be sure to set the macro icon to swiftcast, that way it'll show the swiftcast cooldown. You'll also want to have another macro for regular raise without swiftcast (for when its on cd) so that you can still let the other healers know who you're rezzing. That's very handy to avoid wasted rez spells in 8 man content.

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This last one wont really matter to you until you get your whm leveled up much much higher. Asylum comes late in the game, but it's an extremely useful spell.

/macroicon Asylum
/action Asylum <t>
/action Asylum

This ones simple, Asylum is a ground target aoe spell. This macro lets you cast it under your target, instead of trying to fiddle around with casting it on the ground. It's not a big deal if you play with a mouse, but it can be a hassle with a controller. One thing worth noting though is that this isnt always the best way to do this. Take the Ozma fight in weeping city for example, when the tank is standing on the right corner of the platform. If you cast it on the target, it'll put itself centered on the tank, and may not reach the bulk of the party standing on the opposite side. So knowing when to just fling it under your target, and knowing when to deselect your target and manually aim it is vital to this.

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I hope some of these help you a little. I know these macros may not work for everyone, and you may not like them, but they've made my time healing a billion times easier.