Advice for memorizing openers

[KaivaC]

Heya, long time player that is tired of being a trash bag. Here is the thing. In other games I am typically a decent dps player, but in FFXIV I struggle. I think it is because your dps on most melee jobs is so focused on your opener and then just maintaining the DPS.

Does anyone have any advice as to how I can train myself to never mess up an opener? Or maybe some tools that help memorization?

SSS dummy. No seriously, put some practice in on that dummy. Practice it every day until you can memorize, at a minimum, your opener without having to look down at your hotbars. Once you get that down, you'll have a good baseline to start with. Out of curiosity, what job and level? And are you using K+B, or controller?

[Izanagi_Fiaresu]

SSS dummy. No seriously, put some practice in on that dummy. Practice it every day until you can memorize, at a minimum, your opener without having to look down at your hotbars. Once you get that down, you'll have a good baseline to start with. Out of curiosity, what job and level? And are you using K+B, or controller?

I am using M/KB well a naga mmo mouse.

Oh and I am a sam main, until I can ginally get my MNK up through HOH.

FFXIV is the only game ive ever had trouble learning rotations and stuff

[KaivaC]

I am using M/KB well a naga mmo mouse.

Oh and I am a sam main, until I can ginally get my MNK up through HOH.

FFXIV is the only game ive ever had trouble learning rotations and stuff

I haven't touched SAM on a serious level since Deltascape, but the little bit I do remember does require you to be aware of your positionals, though they aren't nearly as important as, say, a Monk or a Ninja. Whichever one you decide to main, there are some guides posted up online - I can hunt them down if you'd like when I get home - and start practicing with those openers. SAM has a pretty static opener, and I know Monk's opener recently changed because Tornado Kick is actually not a DPS loss as it was towards the beginning of SB.

But first things first, get familiar with your job. Aside from the advice I told you earlier, know what each of your skills do. You'd be surprised at how many players think that Third Eye is just for reducing damage for a few seconds and nothing else.

I am not familiar with using the KB+M, only controller, but get your hotbar keyed to to something that will become familiar and easy to access.