Dragoon - Dragon Sight - Macro

[Vateriel]

Hello,

I have been playing around with Dragoon a bit, and am wondering what macro's, if any, you all use for Dragon Sight. I myself use a macro that targets the nearest party member, but this works sub-optimally at best since (a) sometimes the closest party member is a healer or so, or (b) the macro often does not work.

Any ideas for a good macro for Dragoon Sight?

[Eyvhokan]

You could try one that targets #6 in the party, which is usually the other melee dps if there is one, or target your focus target.

[Ashbury]

You can order your party list so that dps are listed first, and you can go further and make so melee are on top of the list. I think the option to edit party settings are on the Character Menu somewhere.

Then you can make a macro that looks like
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <4>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <5>
... etc.

I repeat <2> and <3> a few times in hopes to decrease the chances of the macro whiffing and landing on a ranged.

Leave <7> and <8> our of the macro, and make sure healers are listed on the bottom of the party list so you don't accidently use the skill on them.

When using this on a 4 man dungeon, hopefully the macro prioritise the other dps/tank, but as always macros are kinda bad to use by design.

The best option in a perfect world would be to not use a macro at all but this skill is just too troublesome to use properly.

[Vateriel]

Thanks for that suggestion, based on that, I believe a macro would look like this (assuming dps are first in the list, followed by tanks, followed by healers):

/micon "Dragon sight"
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <4>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <5>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <6>
/wait 2
/p <se.7> I'm using Dragon Sight on you, <2>. \o/ Do not stray too far for extra damage \o/ !

[DJMau]

Thanks for that suggestion, based on that, I believe a macro would look like this (assuming dps are first in the list, followed by tanks, followed by healers):

/micon "Dragon sight"
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <2>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <3>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <4>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <5>
/ac "Dragon Sight" <6>
/wait 2
/p <se.7> I'm using Dragon Sight on you, <2>. \o/ Do not stray too far for extra damage \o/ !

Me personally I'd go with something like : "I've got Eye of the Dragon better stay in my sight!
Rising up, beat the damage of our Rivals!~

[Khel]

IMO you can skip the announcement, people now know what the red tether is and no longer run from it, it is very easy to spot.

[Ashbury]

That's right.

It works most of the time for me but sadly sometimes it still puts the buff on a ranged instead of a melee.

You can also make a party sort macro (/psort) or just throw the command on the Dragon Sight macro.

[Rhyn]

/micon "Dragon Sight"
/tpc
/ac "Dragon Sight" <t>
/tle

That will dragon sight the closest partymember and reselect your last enemy target. It is instant, you can doubleweave it. I have an identical one for goad and bind them both to mouse 4/5, then apply them via my own positioning instead of reorganizing the party list etc. Add more /ac lines if needed.

[Mistic]

hello guys
im looking to have a macro code for my dragon sight im using a ps5 controller
i have tried the ones in the comments and it doesnt seemd to work
i was wondering if its different for controllers users

thank you for replying

[Rongway]

hello guys
im looking to have a macro code for my dragon sight im using a ps5 controller
i have tried the ones in the comments and it doesnt seemd to work
i was wondering if its different for controllers users

thank you for replying

Are you testing these macros on your chocobo? The chocobo doesn't count as a party member and has their own target tag, <c>, so the macros above will fail if you're not in an actual party.

I like

/ac (Dragon Sight) <mo>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <t>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <6>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <7>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <8>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <5>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <4>
/ac (Dragon Sight) <c>
/micon (Dragon Sight)

Priorities:

1. mouseover - rest mouse over other DD in party list before activating
2. target - usually gets skipped because I prefer to keep the boss targeted at all times
3. 6, 7, 8 - in a 2/2/4 party, the other DDs, beginning with melee DDs
4. 5 - in a 1/2/5 party, the first DD in the list. Unfortunately, this has to be prioritized after 6,7,8 because prioritizing it before 6 will make you target a healer in a 2/2/4 party.
5. 4 - the other DD in a 1/1/2 party
6. companion

Note I use autotranslate phrases for action names so I don't have to worry about punctuation or spelling, and this macro assumes the default self-tank-healer-DD sorting which orders the DD jobs by fighter-ranger-caster.