Gunbreaker Macro Broken And I Don't Know Why

[Zhalar]

/micon "Gnashing Fang"
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <wait.3>
/ac "Continuation" <wait.3>
/ac "Savage Claw" <wait.3>
/ac "Continuation" <wait.3>
/ac "Wicked Talon" <wait.3>
/ac "Continuation"

This is broken and I don't know why.

“Savage Claw” is not a valid action name.
“Wicked Talon” is not a valid action name.

Getting those error messages.

But those ARE valid actions right on my action bars. What has broken in FFXIV that this macro is no longer working for me in Endwalker?

[Saffron2357]

please do not actually use this macro, in general. also, continuation is an ogcd so those wait.3s are ruining it even further than it being a macro is ruining the skill

either way, because savage claw and wicked talon are now morphs of gnashing fang, like continuation morphing constantly, pretty sure you'd replace them with gnashing fang?

[Zhalar]

please do not actually use this macro, in general. also, continuation is an ogcd so those wait.3s are ruining it even further than it being a macro is ruining the skill

either way, because savage claw and wicked talon are now morphs of gnashing fang, like continuation morphing constantly, pretty sure you'd replace them with gnashing fang?

Thank you, I'll see if changing to Gnashing Fang will fix the issue.

Also, I macro because I'm disabled and it helps make things easier for me with my motor skills issues. Having a one push button to do several skills in chain when I normally would be using them in a chain is far more helpful to me (and any group I'm with) than me fumbling at the keys with my lack of coordination and not playing the class with any functionality at all. I might not be doing it perfectly to the satisfaction of end game number crunchers, but I can play well enough to run casual content with my friends and that's all that truly matters to me.

I was doing just fine with this macro all through ShB but with EW changes to GNB, it broke. And no, I wasn't doing any "serious" raiding. I don't even main as a tank. I just want to make sure I know how EW changes have affected my classes, and this is one of those changes I'm trying to figure out and work out how to make this class playable for me again so I'm not making a mess of it.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

[Zhalar]

They a ogcd skills, so basically, he uses this macro and keeps on fighting like normal. I personally have the same kinda macro, just without the waiting part. Then just spam it until the skills has all been used. /merror off is a good friend for macro spamming of course.

Thank you and that's pretty much it. I'm disabled, so I use this macro to chain skills and not have to worry about the cooldowns between skill uses. It makes the class playable for me which otherwise would be very difficult with my motor skills loss due to disability.

[Mikey_R]

/merror Off
/micon "Gnashing Fang"
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Continuation" <t> <wait.2>
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Continuation" <t> <wait.2>
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <t> <wait.1>
/ac "Continuation" <t>

I just tested it, and this works. With Continuation being between the GCD, you can execute them sooner. With this, it is still a 3 second wait between the GCDs.

If it matters, Gnashing Fang changed to Savage Claw to Wicked Talon as you do the move, which means it only takes up 2 spaces now. Whether that helps, I do not know.

[Bonkleberry]

If you have nothing constructive to add to this thread, it'd probably be better to just not comment.

But I guess everyone needs their 15 minutes of fame.

My post was constructive, but I suppose it was not detailed enough for you, so I will say it more plainly: <wait.3> in any DPS rotation macro is bad and should not be done. Your GCD is 2.5 seconds and lower with skill speed, so every <wait.3> you add is literally throwing away DPS. And now that I know these are oGCD skills, the macro is now even more cringy.

[Marxam]

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/merror off
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/ac "Savage Claw" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/ac "Wicked Talon" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/micon "Gnashing Fang"

Fixed it for you. Also note that because it is a gcd you don't want to wait in-between. This macro is just a one button mash. You could also reverse the order and it would still work. This is also low key why I don't like GNB because they made a combo like this. Its like they took PLD's rage of Halone and decided that each hit was a gcd/ocd each and good luck weaving in a defensive during that combo.

[Zhalar]

Thank you, Mikey.

[Zhalar]

/merror off
/ac "Gnashing Fang" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/ac "Savage Claw" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/ac "Wicked Talon" <t>
/ac "Continuation" <t>
/micon "Gnashing Fang"

Fixed it for you. Also note that because it is a gcd you don't want to wait in-between. This macro is just a one button mash. You could also reverse the order and it would still work. This is also low key why I don't like GNB because they made a combo like this. Its like they took PLD's rage of Halone and decided that each hit was a gcd/ocd each and good luck weaving in a defensive during that combo.

Thank you very much. I'm not sure why they gave GNB two different chain combos, but it is what it is. I like the look of the class (again, I'm not a hardcore player/raider) and I play it for fun and on the off chance my friends need me to tank for them and I might not feel in a sword and board type of mood that day. I'm also a role player, so I've got role player reasons for some of my characters to be this class.

[Beddict]

Thank you very much. I'm not sure why they gave GNB two different chain combos, but it is what it is. I like the look of the class (again, I'm not a hardcore player/raider) and I play it for fun and on the off chance my friends need me to tank for them and I might not feel in a sword and board type of mood that day. I'm also a role player, so I've got role player reasons for some of my characters to be this class.

The macro by Marxam does work, but I do recommend pushing the button repeatedly. The way macros work, it'll read through the macro and execute it line by line, but because there are zero <wait> commands, it just blitzes through all the commands at once causing the macro to fail after Gnashing Fang if you only press it once. That said, you can actually make it shorter, and the adjusted macro I'd use would simply be:

/ac "Gnashing Fang"
/ac "Continuation"
/micon "Gnashing Fang"

No need for Savage Claw and Wicked Talon since those share the same button as Gnashing Fang now, no need for <t> because you're already targeting the boss to attack anyways which means you already selected your target, and you can turn off error messages if you really want. To turn those off:

Character Configuration > Log Window Settings > Uncheck "Display error messages when actions fail."
Character Configuration > Log Window Settings > Uncheck "Display recast timer error messages."
Character Configuration > Log Window Settings > Open Log Filters > Announcements > Uncheck "Error Messages"

I don't think you need to turn off all three, but I did because the error messages annoy the hell outta me. Anyways, yeah, simple three line macro up above works, tested it myself, I just recommend mashing the macro to make sure that Continuation goes off. Or use the one Mikey_R posted which will take a bit longer to execute because of the <wait> commands but involves zero mashing. Whatever works best for you.