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    Sancho_Nyanta's Avatar
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    Sancho Nyanta
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    Famfrit
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    Dark Knight Lv 90
    I also play on PS4 and what I have done is similar to what Heilstos did as far as a macro. I just assigned it to my hot bar as apposed to a hot key and added a partysort line in case my party became unsorted for some reason. That said there are 2 other things I did to make this work for me. I sorted my party list as DPS - Healer - Tank. This way my Dps were in slots 2-5/6. Additionally I sorted my DPS list so that ranged would be towards the bottom and Melee towards the top. By doing this, if I need to get to the MT quickly, I utilize the "Assist" button that I assigned to my L3 button or press up 2/3 times on the D-pad. If I'm in 4 man the 2-3 will let me select the proper part member without having to adjust my macros and they work as normal in 8 man content.
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    Nicodemus_Mercy's Avatar
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    Nicodemus Mercy
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    Midgardsormr
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    Sage Lv 100
    I just use a mouseover macro for my "draw/play" and bound to ctrl+mousebutton4

    /merror off
    /ac "Play" <mo>
    /ac "Draw" <me>
    /macroicon "Play"

    when I dont have a card drawn it draws a card, when I do have a card drawn it gives that card buff to whoever I mouseover on the party list.
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    Roxas Andrade
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    Famfrit
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    Astrologian Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy View Post
    I just use a mouseover macro for my "draw/play" and bound to ctrl+mousebutton4

    /merror off
    /ac "Play" <mo>
    /ac "Draw" <me>
    /macroicon "Play"

    when I dont have a card drawn it draws a card, when I do have a card drawn it gives that card buff to whoever I mouseover on the party list.
    When the expac came out I had a macro like this. It helps save one slot. But I don't have it anymore since I learned how clipping works and how macros can't be queued...
    Then 5.01 came and now we have 1.5s cast times...

    About targeting, I never thought this soft targeting would work. It's great. I have to get used to it though...
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    thesm1l3y's Avatar
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    Shindra Kishem
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    Lich
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    Black Mage Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy View Post
    I just use a mouseover macro for my "draw/play" and bound to ctrl+mousebutton4

    /merror off
    /ac "Play" <mo>
    /ac "Draw" <me>
    /macroicon "Play"

    when I dont have a card drawn it draws a card, when I do have a card drawn it gives that card buff to whoever I mouseover on the party list.
    I just started using this yesterday and HOLY SHIT this is awesome! Big hug and thanks to you for sharing this!
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    Sancho_Nyanta's Avatar
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    Sancho Nyanta
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    Famfrit
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    Dark Knight Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Rongway View Post
    Why not just up/down through the party list for a soft target, then use Play? This is exactly why soft targeting exists--so you can perform a one-off action on a secondary target then go right back to your main target.
    Because if you are on PS4 and want to be playing cards between GCDs while you are trying to heal different targets, then unless you are using a keyboard and mouse then using a macro like this is your only option.

    Unless you can somehow heal a person or atk a target, click up/down 1 or more times on the D-pad, and click to use the card all within 1 second to not clip the next GCD.
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    Last edited by Sancho_Nyanta; 08-21-2019 at 11:24 PM.

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    Player Seraphor's Avatar
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    Seraphor Vhinasch
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    Zodiark
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    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho_Nyanta View Post
    Because if you are on PS4 and want to be playing cards between GCDs while you are trying to heal different targets, then unless you are using a keyboard and mouse then using a macro like this is your only option.

    Unless you can somehow heal a person or atk a target, click up/down 1 or more times on the D-pad, and click to use the card all within 1 second to not clip the next GCD.
    You can... within a 2.4s GCD at least.
    The macro would likely cause more clipping, how often you'll be using it.
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    Player
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    Sancho Nyanta
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    Famfrit
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    Dark Knight Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
    You can... within a 2.4s GCD at least.
    The macro would likely cause more clipping, how often you'll be using it.
    Not sure what you are saying here about a 2.4s GCD. Ast's cast times are 1.5s leaving you about 1s to do the things that I said.

    Sure a macro that is up against a GCD will cause some clipping but it will be much faster than trying to do it manually. Granted, this ONLY applies to using a controller. If you are using mouse and keyboard then this is a moot point.
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    Player Seraphor's Avatar
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    Seraphor Vhinasch
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    Zodiark
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    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho_Nyanta View Post
    Not sure what you are saying here about a 2.4s GCD. Ast's cast times are 1.5s leaving you about 1s to do the things that I said.

    Sure a macro that is up against a GCD will cause some clipping but it will be much faster than trying to do it manually. Granted, this ONLY applies to using a controller. If you are using mouse and keyboard then this is a moot point.
    You have A. Benefic and Combust which are both instant, and Lightspeed.
    You're only using a card every 30s, and you don't need to play them as soon as you draw them, so there's no reason why you have to cram all of that into a single 1.5s window between GCD's.
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    Player
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    Sancho Nyanta
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    Dark Knight Lv 90
    You can do you but I prefer to work smarter, not harder. I'm not clipping anything, I'm able to play my cards on the correct target in the 1s space between GCDs (not 1.5) and I'm able to save the periods that you mentioned for other oGCDs that may be needed.
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    Avnus Vabruyt
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    Diabolos
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    Machinist Lv 90
    Been using the macro/party sidebar system that @Heilstos shared and I am finding that using cards especially after using Sleeve Draw has become easier. I do still have some issues like having to time my clicks on the macro right when it can actually be used since macros can't be queued. I also need change how my party is sorted so dps are all groups together rather then being scattered. Overall still a shame I have to use a macro so make things easier on myself but the improvement is still appreciated.
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