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    Aug 2013
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    Gridania
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    Sebazy Spiritwalker
    World
    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 90
    Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu don't do that =(

    I got thrown into the covering for a SCH for the week in a team aiming for server firsts after having done the majority of SCOB and FCOB progression as WHM. My BCOB era macro setup was kind of similar to yours and with the better understanding we had of how macros work by 3.0 it very quickly became clear that this setup would cost me dearly on personal throughput.

    The best demonstration I can put forward is to macro broil and simply spam it on a dummy for 2 minutes, then repeat but with a regular hotkey'd action rather than the macro.

    I can't remember the exact math, but it's in the region of 5-10% more casts within the same time period with macros vs without. That's incredibly huge imo. *edit* Just to clarify, I believe the main reason for this disparity is due to macros not queueing nicely although that might not be the whole story.

    These days I use my keyboard's software to simulate gamepad presses to manage and direct my embrace spam, you can also influence her auto embracing by trying to keep her as close to the tank as you can safely manage.
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    Last edited by Sebazy; 05-31-2017 at 03:07 AM.