Monk Macros with Proper Rotation!

[Jijifli]

Macro's are a dps loss. They aren't meant for fitting multiple actions in for combat. Otherwise we wouldn't have the dev team talking about the lack of buttons we're having.

The devs didn't make macro's to be used for putting multiple skills on one button. The most use they have is for <tt> on one skill, or for text related help, like saying who is being raised or if you used a certain cooldown (Beserk.)

[Avin00]

Madruck people are not saying to stop using macros we are simply saying they are not a crutch to be relied on for the combat classes as one day a player in order to improve will need to remove it. Macros have their place for targeting, announcing things and crafting but as I've and many others have said before there is loss in using them, they are not reliable and frequently miss out abilities that should trigger, I should know I used to use one for SMN that would do Rouse and Spur but have since removed it due to it's inconsistent nature. Almost all of us at one point or another has attempted what you have and after much pain have found them to either be a flat loss or too inconsistent to rely upon. Don't take this is a personal attack we are trying to steer you and others away from a path well trodden that we know to lead to a cliff edge.

[AreciaRhi]

Monk is as easy as goon and blackmage. Especially without macros. You can even be a scrub and get it half right. With half dps too.

Seen a healer tell me they may not give me heals cause it's not in their macro I was like.... (am BLM, usually pulls aggro once or twice from pug tanks)

Lol wut

Even if you're on PlayStation please don't use macros for dps ;_; (or heals or tanking...)

[Powe]

ok so a basic summary, macros are bad. If you use macros you aren't using the jobs full potential, don't macro( some macros are ok like saying I'm raising this guy) just press the buttons, its more fun that way.

[Sphinx12]

Those macros are so wrong, lol xD i see clippin/waitin everywhere, bad use of ogcs, opener is shit i dont play monk and still i would kick your macro ass anytime in dps

[0Lime]

I just love how you're a level 54 monk trying to tell people that have way more experience than you at the game that they are somehow wrong, and you are right. Telling new players it's okay to use macros for rotations is basically saying to them "hey guys it's okay to be bad and never want to improve yourself!" as someone that is trying to help players in the game shouldn't you be trying to help them improve in the game, and not just limit themselves to macros? Even if they are casual players, they should learn to play the game properly, and not rely on macros that basically clip their ankles. You also don't seem to understand the meaning of midcore.

[bardaboo]

What i find funny is he says it's competitive at all levels but when someone says try it in a hard fight his defense is always "but fates and low lvl dungeons!"

[Saku_Hitomi]

Ok I know people gave up on this post last month but here's my view.

So I'm a Lvl57 MNK, I have used macros in the past and I'm afraid I agree with everyone here who are saying "They don't work".
They're saying this because for DPS purposes they don't, infact even I found they decreased my DPS quite substantially. Having fought with macros and without and I have found kicking off your rotation without them in a macro my damage a lot higher than them being used in macros, when I used macros my DPS was so low, barely causing damage they really are not advised unless they're the ones stating who your healing or a pull count down.
My rotation with the help of an amazing mentor deals so much dmg.
I don't have video proof, but why should we show video proof of our own personal experiences? I get your trying to help people, but others are trying to help you, from personal experiences of playing this game and going through what your doing right now.
Easier isn't always the best way.

[Tigerlilley]

I can't believe someone just prefaced a post with "it's my $15, I'll play the way I want to" without it being a joke.

People on this forum are so incredibly entitled and unwilling to be a decent team player. It's incredible.

[LunaFaye]

People on this forum are so incredibly entitled and unwilling to be a decent team player. It's incredible.

It's not just on the forums, the players in game are more tolerant than to old ARR times. Not sure if they are scared to kick people nowadays or if by now it's declared as the "norm". Having stated my opinion in some other threads about the same non sense, last night I thought well let's put it to the test.

Knowing damn well that using macro's on a dps class is not just wrong, but absolute intolerable. I joined on my alt a level 60 dungeon, that is a bit out of date but still a good indicator that you can't slack with your rotations or this run will take extremely long, with the healer having to spam heal the tank since we can't make it through the regular trash already lol.

I kid you not, I had literally 345 dps in ilvl240 using macros, and instead of being kicked and or asked if I am trolling, or offered advice since my character still has the little green leaf, it was tolerated. At the end of the run I asked " did I do great?" and people actually answered that I did a good job for a newer player.

I was astonished because I still don't understand why we are tolerating such behavior. I can understand being a bit more patient with newer players, or players coming back, but why we tolerating that in this circumstance I could have gone afk and still get a pat on my back at the end. Probably for the same reason we have topics like that, that suggest dps using macro's because they are paying $15 a month.