Are there any combat macro's that actually work?

[dspguy]

Works fine for my needs. Guess this guy manages too!

https://www.famitsu.com/news/202208/20272583.html

The reason to not macro any GCD is because you can't queue them up. There is a tiny window before your GCD comes up where you can hit the GCD and have it "queue up" on the server so it is executed right when the GCD timer comes up. Macros with GCDs don't work that way. Spam it all day, but over time, you clip your GCDs by enough time to make it highly inefficient.

But you are right, you can play however you want.

Also, I could do only 75% of what I should do at work and expect the rest of my team to pick up the slack to complete the project. It would be just enough to not be vote-kicked off the team.

[Shinkuno]

The reason to not macro any GCD is because you can't queue them up. There is a tiny window before your GCD comes up where you can hit the GCD and have it "queue up" on the server so it is executed right when the GCD timer comes up. Macros with GCDs don't work that way. Spam it all day, but over time, you clip your GCDs by enough time to make it highly inefficient.

But you are right, you can play however you want.

Also, I could do only 75% of what I should do at work and expect the rest of my team to pick up the slack to complete the project. It would be just enough to not be vote-kicked off the team.

Well there is a guy that made a purple parsing dragoon 1 button rotation macro. Its inefficent most of the time, but there are alot of people playing this game where clipping the gcds is the least of their worries so having a 1 button rotation macro actually increases their dps

[vetch]

The reason to not macro any GCD is because you can't queue them up. There is a tiny window before your GCD comes up where you can hit the GCD and have it "queue up" on the server so it is executed right when the GCD timer comes up. Macros with GCDs don't work that way. Spam it all day, but over time, you clip your GCDs by enough time to make it highly inefficient.

This is true when you're using macros to try to combine skills, but single-skill macros with one action repeated on 10-12 lines can still sort of pseudo-queue even though they can't use the proper, normal skillqueue. Because macros send the lines sequentially instead of firing them all at once, they will re-send the action request over and over, every frame until it fires or runs out of lines.

This allows it to be used the same way a normal skill is used with minimal uptime loss, making it great for tasks like enabling mouseover healing/buffing with instants & oGCDs, or making a reminder timer by adding a <wait> followed by an /echo message with a sound effect to remind you to refresh a debuff. I have one of those macros for my reaper debuff and it works like the regular skill.

[AnnaUK]

It's an option in the game. It's up to the individual how they play.

[Absurdity]

It's an option in the game. It's up to the individual how they play.

It's also an option to only have half of your skills on your hotbar, doesn't make it a good one.

[Remolia]

It's also an option to only have half of your skills on your hotbar, doesn't make it a good one.

yes, coz u use key bindings, and other half of spells are on ur hidden bars.

[Hanayumi]

This was like way way back in HW days, so im sure the community has gotten better along with jobs being simpler now, but vaguely remember something about like well over 60% of players input buttons slower than what macro can do with something like 1/2 that input wrong skills or clipping too often. So meh, do whatever youre comfortable with i just wouldnt advise you doing so with anything beyond Ex.