Monk Macros with Proper Rotation!

[HelSpites]

If you truly want to alter my stance on this contrary to my video and data, please post your own demonstration using my simple macro and show at the same time your data while doing so like I have.

So, this thread got me to go make a thing. Here's you go. Here's how your macro stacks up against an actual monk rotation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCRXdFR7iw

[Frowny]

So, this thread got me to go make a thing. Here's you go. Here's how your macro stacks up against an actual monk rotation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCR...ature=youtu.be

While I appreciate the effort you put into this, I'm also sad we need video evidence when everyone who has played a DPS has said the same thing....

[SmallHobbit]

monk skills are one of the most easiest one because the skills already glowing to tell you "Press me now! here i am please press me!!!" and to make it more fail safe they even dosent work when you press the wrong one and you still need a macro for it
oh boy

regards hobbit

[TheRealMadruck]

So, this thread got me to go make a thing. Here's you go. Here's how your macro stacks up against an actual monk rotation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCR...ature=youtu.be

Thank you Helspites for that Video, so you did exactly as I stated and proved exactly my point! Lets do your math....total without Macro's is 2017, total using your modified Macro(good to see you took my information by heart and adjust to it with your playstyle)1747, subtract 1747 from 2017 you get a difference of 264. 264 is a % loss of 13.08 Compared to the Numbers others have said of upwards of 30% or more. Secondly, you state that I made the comment that the DPS loss from the 2nd video applies to my first video...I never said that.....https://youtu.be/GIh6eGFrxFs?t=215 If you clearly look at my 2nd video during my test you clearly saw a 2 line macro compared again to the 5-6 line macro from my first video in which I clearly stated would be a larger DPS loss on my 2nd video! So you make a blanket statement that I said that the dps from my video test from my 2nd video applies to my primary macro from video 1 which is utterly false. So again, the test you did on a 5-6 line item Macro yet again proves my data, that the dps you lose is not as massive as other claim it to be. Now try correctly to do a test on my actual 2nd video macro with only 2 line items and compare the actual dps you lose then.....not the 5-6 line item you claim I stated. But thank you for confirming my data and showing others the misconception that Macros are a severe dps loss when it comes to using them in casual to midcore content....NOT ENDGAME, In which my video clearly states!

[Taika]

Lets do your math....total without Macro's is 2017, total using your modified Macro(good to see you took my information by heart and adjust to it with your playstyle)1747, subtract 1747 from 2017 you get a difference of 264. 264 is a % loss of 13.08

So at level 60 using your macros results in 13% of DPS loss which is a massive decrease in DPS. Let's just end the discussion there.

The test was not the 2 line item macro with only a loss of 2%.

As far as I know, no one in this thread has posted any confirmation that using the 2 line macro would only be a 2% DPS loss when used by a level 60 competent MNK. The difference between macros and direct abilities only grows the higher level, item level and skill level the player comparing them is.

[TheRealMadruck]

So at level 60 using your macros results in 13% of DPS loss which is a massive decrease in DPS. Let's just end the discussion there.

If you feel that using the macros does not work for you, then do not use them. I do not use them when I do endgame content, but as I stated the test he did was with a modified version of a 5-6 line item macro in which was a loss of 13%. The test was not the 2 line item macro that I did which showed data with only a loss of 2%.

[Caitlyn]

and showing others the misconception that Macros are a severe dps loss when it comes to using them in casual to midcore content....NOT ENDGAME, In which my video clearly states!

The main problem here is, that players could use your macros for midcore/casual-content and never learn how to play Monk without them. Then, the time will come, where they want to play endgame-content and got a huge problem, because they have to learn how to play Monk all over again. Your Monk-macro seems to be not that bad, but that doesnt change the fact, that you should not use macros for combos. Make it easy at the beginning makes it harder at the end.

Like I ve previously stated, it COULD cause more problems than solving it. If you need to stun a boss because of a specific mechanic (like Coil 5), you actually wasted your stun in your standard rotation (because of macro). Featherfoot and Blood Bath should not be used in your macro because you dont need them. Your macro COULD make things easier for casual/midcore content. But when it comes to 60, you still have more than enough skills left you have to activate manually (like your Off-GCDs and your DoT), so a few less buttons doesnt makes a huge difference in my opinion. Using macros can make things go terribly wrong, especially when you have no idea which skill was used before ^^.

During my tests, my thumb hurts so much by pressing the same button all over again xD

[HelSpites]

Now try correctly to do a test on my actual 2nd video macro with only 2 line items and compare the actual dps you lose then...

Nah. That first video took long enough to make. Your macros are a dps loss in any content, not just end game. I don't know if you know this dude, but 13% is huge no matter what you're doing. Everyone, literally everyone has been telling you this. They've shown you the math, which you totally ignored and now even a video using the exact macros you showed off (You know, the ones you called "The ideal monk rotation") apparently isn't enough. You want to keep moving the goalposts and saying "Nah though, you just didn't do it right", that's your deal.

[yohbuster]

Nah. That first video took long enough to make. Your macros are a dps loss in any content, not just end game. I don't know if you know this dude, but 13% is huge no matter what you're doing. Everyone, literally everyone has been telling you this. They've shown you the math, which you totally ignored and now even a video using the exact macros you showed off (You know, the ones you called "The ideal monk rotation") apparently isn't enough. You want to keep moving the goalposts and saying "Nah though, you just didn't do it right", that's your deal.

You're on balmung. Mind if you test my rotation ingame? my balmung character is Remy Buster. LEt me know. As I always want to improve and you seem to have some good know how on you.

[HelSpites]

You're on balmung. Mind if you test my rotation ingame? my balmung character is Remy Buster. LEt me know. As I always want to improve and you seem to have some good know how on you.

Sure, I'm don't mind helping someone who actually wants to improve. Just toss me a tell whenever you're in game.