"Dragon Sight" Macro problem

[ElazulHP]

Started leveling Dragoon and i'm having issues finding a macro for Dragon Sight. I found one that will target the closest person near me use the skill then go back to the target I was targeting but i'm running into an error. Any time I try to use the macro I get an error that says, "Dragon Sight" is not a valid action name. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. I've copied the macro i'm using below. Anyone know what is causing the problem?

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

[Skiametric]

Found this on reddit, does it help?
/macroicon "Dragon Sight"
/targetpc
/ac "Dragon Sight"
/targetlastenemy

EDIT: The <t> in your macro might be the problem by the way.

[Rongway]

Use the autotranslate phrase (Dragon Sight) and see if that fixes it. Using autotranslate phrases for ability names is generally safer and harder to break than typing them out in quotes.


Also consider a priority list of party slot target tags rather than changing targets.

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

[deadman1204]

can you explain how that priorty slot macro works?

[Rongway]

can you explain how that priorty slot macro works?

You press the button once and it uses Dragon Sight on "someone" without you having to change targets. Who "someone" is will be the first person down the list that is a party member and in range.

If you want to use it on a specific target, put your mouse over their name in the party list. It will first check to see if your mouse is over someone. If it is, it will Eye that person.

If you don't have a mouseover, it will check your hard target. This will probably be an enemy, so this line will usually get skipped (since the main point of this macro is to be able to use it on a relevant target without detargeting the enemy).

<c> is companion, for when soloing.

If you have your party list set to default sorting, <6><7><8> in a 2/2/4 party will be the other DDs, prioritizing melee DDs over ranged. <5> is also a DD in a 1/2/5 party. <4> is the other DD in a light party.

If you want, you can also add <2> and <3> at the end. This covers the scenarios where all the DDs are ranged and too far away to benefit from Dragon Sight, so you'll Eye a tank instead.


It doesn't perfectly predict who the best person to Eye is every time, however it's reasonably effective and allows you to Eye an "effective enough" target without changing targets or having to spend the time picking a target yourself.

[Kabooa]

I would personally just recommend a focus target or Mouse Over macro.

[Zerathor]

Also after you get your macro working, it's a good idea to repeat the lines a few times for redundancy. Macros don't queue as well as normal abilities for some reason, so forcing it to keep trying the same command can help ensure it goes off when you're trying to weave it. I think potions suffer the same queue difficulty and that's why they seem to refuse to activate sometimes.

[deadman1204]

Thats awesome. Thanks!