Mouseover healing macros - some problems

[giantslayer]

For the record, a <t> macro will not self-target if no target is selected, but a macro with no target specified (e.g. /ac Cure) will self-target. For this reason, a <t> macro is nice for benediction, so when the tank dies before it goes off, it doesn't waste it on a self heal.

Personally, I generally don't macro heals, but I do macro all my attacks as healer so I can keep the tank targeted and attack without switching. I find the faster reaction time on healing and mental bandwidth saved not switching targets to be very valuable.

I do use more macros on SCH than WHM, and that is mostly to control the faerie. I have Embrace macro'd on with Physick and Adlo because the faerie won't start casting Embrace if the target is above 80%. The macros help keep her efficiency (and hence my total healing output) up. I also use other macros for faerie control and for saving space (as a PS4 player, I have a limited number of readily accessible slots).

[Adene]

it seems that 2-3% of my heals randomly redirect to myself. This isn't mis-targeting, or being out of range, or line of sight

This isn't directly related to your macro--it happens because of otherwise unnoticeable bits of lag. I hard target cast my heals, and if my *last* target was hostile and I target a player and heal, sometimes the game will begin the cast before it has registered server-side that I have a new target. Happens to my FC leader as well, because I otherwise thought I was losing my mind. It's been scary, because I nearly lost a tank when Essential Dignity self-cast, *and* two subsequent Benefic 2's also healed me instead of my target.

The only workaround I've found is if you notice it happen once, take a couple small steps side to side, then heal (targeted or macro) your intended target. Some days are just far from smooth about casting on different targets unless you introduce a small delay between target changes. :/

[Kethic]

Hey Bradykinn. Welcome to the community. This is about what you can expect from the forums here. You ask how to solve a problem, and half the thread will be about why you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

That said, I don't have an answer either. The few healing macros I've used have all had a lag to them. I haven't found a solution yet, and have had to retrain for fkey targeted heals.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

Mouseover macros improve my healing response time drastically. Maybe macros slow down some people but in my case they make a marked improvement to the speed at which I heal. They also allow me to get back to dpsing faster because I never lose my dps target by healing.

Mouseover macros are, and always have been, the optimal way to heal in any game as far as I'm concerned. But I feel everyone should go with whatever method they are most comfortable with and which works best for them.

[Tashim]

my physick mouseover macro:

/macroicon "Physick"
/pac "Embrace" <f>
/pac "Embrace" <mo>
/autofacetarget off
/ac "Physick" <mo>
/autofacetarget on


This toggles my autoface off, so I don't turn to heal.
then forces the fairy to cast embrace on the focus target if I have one (so I can set an override target for her), otherwise she heals my mouseover target too.
I also heal my mouseover target, and turn the autoface back on, in case I use dps skills next.

[Zaresin]

It's just that I can't think of a situation in which using macros would be in any way beneficial over not using them. And I also don't see why healer jobs are any less about utilising every gcd and ocd as efficiently as possible than other jobs. This coming from a person who mained healer from 1.0 until the end of HW and healed with mouseovers through Coil 1.

Haha that was how I healed coil 1 As well. Then I switched to controller and haven't looked back.

[Gug]

I have had this exact problem since 4.0 - My <mo> macro does not target the mouse over, or the , <2> (tank) and would go to the last line <me>.

This is incredibly stressful on huge pulls with my crappy physick/adlo shields - one miss can be very bad, but this is worse than a miss, is a whole GCD wasting time and mana healing myself.

My only fix has been to remove the "healspell" <me> line and to spam my skill (it doesnt cast at all on some clicks now, but doesn't heal me at least) - it feels very wonky and I see it as a serious issue to be honest.

NEVER had this happen pre-Storm Blood

It is not "twitching" on the the player list or anything like that - this is a real problem for me only since 4.0.

I appreciate the fact not everyone has had this happen, but your post has confirmed I am not going mad.

I thought it might be something to do with line of sight now - you cant see through certain things (like Garuda's rocks now) and is somehow interfering with ranged skills?