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    Nixxe's Avatar
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    Nixx Delumi
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    Sargatanas
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    White Mage Lv 80

    Add notes to macros

    Macros are pretty important for crafting, but the only real description you can give them is a 20 character title. Your crafting stats change over time and affect how and when your macros are used–whether I need food or not, if I'll undershoot or overshoot the progress, or if the macro is even still useful at all are all things that change–but currently I can't do much to keep track of what stats are associated with what macro other than document it out of game. I'd like to be able to keep track of things like my stats when I made it, whether it depends on being a specialist or not (abilities may make it obvious, but if I'm using the +15 CP it won't be), and other important context.

    Since macros are limited to 15 lines anyway, the size of the window seems excessive and the bottom half could easily be repurposed for a notes section where I could keep all of this information in game and tightly linked with the relevant macro.
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    Canadane's Avatar
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    King Canadane
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    Hyperion
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    Warrior Lv 100
    As a workaround for now, you can include /echo statements or something to have your notes displayed when you use the macro.
    Though that'll take up a line or two...
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    Y'kayah Tia
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    Coeurl
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    Ninja Lv 50
    Nice idea. I like it.

    As another possible workaround if you want lengthier notes or don't want to use up a line or two for /echo comments, do you have enough extra macro slots to use them as notes?

    For instance, put all your real macros on the second, fourth, sixth, etc row of the macro window. In the macro slot right above them, just write your notes about it. If you want notes on all of them, it cuts your total allotment of macros in half, but that's still 50 macros available, or more if only some of them need notes.
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    Last edited by Niwashi; 08-25-2018 at 10:24 AM.