Bard Macros

[Greykemp]

I'm am disabled. I have hand tremors that make moving from key to key slow and often having to take my eyes of screen. I LOVE FFXIV, especially the crafting system (my primary reason for playing). However, I DO need to complete the MSQ and FFIV is very "key active" meaning the faster you can key the better you do So, any assistance in Macros for my bard would be greatly appreciated. From my Archer I do use the "ME,BL,HS" macro which helps a bit.

[Rongway]

I posted these in your thread in the New Player Help forum.

If you enjoy ARC and want to continue playing BRD, there are some macros you can use to make things more manageable. In general, macros are not recommended because they slow a player down and provide less fine control over the order of actions, reducing damage output; however, if your hand tremors would slow your actions anyway, you might find that certain macros result in faster performance than you would get without, and consequently a higher damage output. Bard is in a unique position in that it has the highest consolidability because of its priority system.

Main attack button (After Straight Shot, your primary spam button for single target attacks)

/ac "Refulgent Arrow" <t>
/ac "Refulgent Arrow" <tt>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <t>
/ac "Heavy Shot" <tt>
/ac "Misery's End" <t>
/ac "Misery's End" <tt>
/ac "Bloodletter" <t>
/ac "Bloodletter" <tt>
/micon "Heavy Shot"

Note: will attack your target if you target an enemy. If you target a party member, will attack their target instead.

AoE button (After Straight Shot, on groups of targets)

/ac "Quick Nock" <t>
/ac "Quick Nock" <tt>
/ac "Rain of Death" <t>
/ac "Rain of Death" <tt>
/micon "Quick Nock" <t>
/micon "Quick Nock" <tt>

DoT refresher/exploiter

/ac "Iron Jaws" <t>
/ac "Iron Jaws" <tt>
/ac "Sidewinder" <t>
/ac "Sidewinder" <tt>
/micon "Sidewinder"

Sing (hit once every 30s to cycle through available songs)

/ac "Mage's Ballad" <t>
/ac "Mage's Ballad" <tt>
/ac "The Wanderer's Minuet" <t>
/ac "The Wanderer's Minuet" <tt>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <t>
/ac "Army's Paeon" <tt>
/micon "The Wanderer's Minuet

Special Songs (actions that can only be performed while singing, or Foe Requiem)

/ac "Pitch Perfect" <t>
/ac "Pitch Perfect" <tt>
/ac "Foe Requiem"
/ac "Battle Voice"
/ac "Troubador"
/micon "Troubador"

and suddenly you've reduced about half of your abilities to just five buttons.

For the macros that have GCDs and oGCDs, the oGCDs are later so that you won't delay your next weaponskill for an oGCD. If you want to use the oGCD, press the button during the global cooldown. Pressing the button when you're not already cooling down will prioritize a weaponskill.

[arkavalance]

hey does macros still work properly?

i have tried two dots in one macro but it doesnt always work

[Rongway]

hey does macros still work properly?

i have tried two dots in one macro but it doesnt always work

Yes they work properly. They're not intended to consolidate DoTs. Since DoTs are GCD actions, you can't combine them like this. Only the first action in the macro can be a GCD. If you have multiple GCDs in the macro, only the first one will run. All other actions must be oGCD abilities.

[Raldo]

Since this is necro'd from two years ago, and I just KNOW somebody's not going to read everything, and either use macros when they shouldn't, or start complaining about the usage of macros, allow me to point this out.

In general, macros are not recommended because they slow a player down and provide less fine control over the order of actions, reducing damage output; however, if your hand tremors would slow your actions anyway, you might find that certain macros result in faster performance than you would get without, and consequently a higher damage output.