If tanking you should make a "Hello!" macro that does the o/ Then end it with something that turns on tank stance

As a healer main in FFXIV, mouse-over macros for healer skills are life. All I have to do is bring my mouse cursor over to the party member's name in the party window and bam, they're being healed and I haven't even switched targets. That was something I was taught in Heavensward and it still works today. Example: /micon "Cure" /ac "Cure"

Here's a tip for using macros that announce raise/invuln in party chat. Put your /ac in the second line before the /p line and add a at the end of the /ac line. That will allow you to spam the button to make sure it doesn't fail and it won't spam party chat because once you press the macro again it resets that 1s timer before the /p message goes out.

Back in storm blood; I ran into a dark knight that had a macro for dark arts; so the entire chat quickly filled with “Embrace the darkness!” “Embrace the darkness!” “Thy hate consume!” The screenshots were golden though.

Im gonna do it! Im gonna say the S word! Sssshh-adow clone juts-! -You have been kicked from the party.

I personally think raise macros are HIGHLY underrated. Even a simple lets your potential co-healer/rdm/smn know you're raising so they don't do it at the same time.

"Don't use anime quotes for skills you use often..." *remembers the "Omae wa mou shin deiru" LB macro I made* I feel attacked

48 gunbreakers are mad you exposed their foolishness.

PLEASE DON’T USE ANNOYING SOUND EFFECTS

/ac "Asylum" /ac "Asylum" fallback to manual target for ground target macro if you're not focused on anything.

OMG! Had no idea you can set a ground AoE macro on a target! My Salted Earth is going down a lot faster now!

The only problem with using the Double-Cross Hotbar on controller is that it will eventually betray you. 😁

The one DO that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned was: if you do use a macro with text that's specifically for when in battle, remember to add a /party or /p otherwise, it'll essentially type to your currently selected chat (FC, linkshells, etc.)

You don’t pay my sub! *yells EXPLOSION after every Fire cast*

"Don't put anime quotes in your marcos!" -hides my Gundam quotes in the bushes-

@MrHappy1227 on your final point, you can "/macrolock" to prevent a macro being overwritten (useful for raise macros)

my favorite healer macro for my direct heals and esuna is. /macroicon "spell" /ac "spell" /ac "spell" /ac "spell" This causes the spell to go off on whoever im mousing over first even mousing over names of people in other alliance raid groups. This allows me to keep the boss targeted to see what abilities they are casting while also healing / removing debuffs. If I dont have anyone moused over it will go off on my target. You can also hold down right shift to disable mousover completely causing it to prioritize target. Now if i dont have a target or someone moused over it will cast it on me instead. There are things you must be cautions of though with this set up. Ive had it decide i wasn't mousing over someone when i was and it instead cast the spell on me. So use at your own risk. But Ive had it be rather efficient for me in the long run.

I was that guy who had anime macros in ff11. I was 14.

AST Macros: Buff Notification/Useful Warnings or A Full Episode of Yu-Gi-Oh in one dungeon run. Hmmm! :3

When I play a healer, I love to use mouse over targeting macros for my healing spells. It makes transitioning from healing to damage to healing again almost instant, I can just leave my mouse on the main tank in the party list and never untarget the boss, and if I need to adjust, I just need to move my mouse up or down very quickly. It makes healing to be very efficient for me.

Mr Happy: "Don't have annoying, cringy quotes in your macro." Me as a DRK: "Please end my suffering. *Living Dead has been used* "

Another great macro is: /ac Superbolide /statusoff Superbolide

I find that on Bard the macro /ac "Nature's Minne" can be quite useful, was at least last expansion. means you use the ability on your target's target. When you're focusing the boss this is in most cases the main tank which is convinient when they are about to tale a solid beating.

The only macro i need. /micon "Dragonfire Dive" /ac "Dragonfire Dive" /y YEET!

I do have an interesting question for folks out there and the mention of macros being used by handicapped players. First, a bit of background info: my mother has had multiple surgeries in the past and has what we casually call 'anesthesia brain', which has made it both difficult for her to remember the effects of some of her bard skills, as well as severely affecting her reaction time. That, combined with surgeries on her hands and her inability to use a mouse with added buttons on it for efficiency, has made partaking in fight and dungeons nearly impossible for her. It's hit her a bit hard because she truly loves this game, but has become very self-conscious because of her inability to do well in most later dungeons. My question to you all is, do you think, in her case, macros that condence a series of skills together would help her? Allow her to focus solely on avoiding AOEs while the macros themselves do most of the skill work? Of course, she'll not be running any savage raids or whatnot, and her damage wouldn't be the best, but just something that may allow her to do, say, a leveling or trial roulette.

ah reminds of the days of Warriors and their ear murder "BERSERK INCOMING PLEASE USE ESUNA!!!"

For Dark Knight the target macro for Salted Earth is good but doe a target instead.. works wonders and prevents you from having to place it manually on big targets that you can't use the macro on.

one macro i like using for dark knight is popping Blackest Night on my target's target. if i'm main tank, that's me. if i'm off tank, that's the MT. /ac "The Blackest Night" it's been really useful in keeping my blackblood up and keeping whoever's main tanking alive through tankbusters

I play with a controller, and I've only heavily used macros during Stromblood when we could only have 5 of the cross-role actions set. I had macros that let me quickly swap between them. I also used to have a macro on Paladin in early Stormblood that had like 3 off-GCD defense buffs because Paladin suffered from massive skill bloat, but when they gave the jobs full access to the cross-role actions I got rid of it since I had to use a third cross hotbar to fit them all anyways.

One thing I'd suggest, when playing a healer, is to have a macro for your attack spells to use them while targeting your tank, if they're taking enough damage that you need to keep an eye on them. /ac "Spell" You can still DPS this way without having to change your target or focus, and you're guaranteed to hit the one your tank is wailing on.

As someone who plays on ps4 with controller, and wound up being the group's healer for a long time, I made a macro button that swaps to focus target (usually the MT). It's much faster and much more responsive than pressing the up/down directional buttons to try and select the player who's tanking for a faster heal/esuna/barrier. It's also decent for when you have an enemy that moves around, as you'll instantly target them so long as they're your focus target, and can get back to DPS'ing. /target

Happ, A super good macro to spread to tanks who struggle with tank swaps and shirk: /ac "Shirk" With default party sorting this will /always/ hit your co-tank in 8 man content.

Due to my physical disability I just using healing macro's. As dps I don't need any. I've 8 heal macro's which are almost the same as a healer, but thanks to this I can heal easily the player which needs to be healed by clicking on the correct button without losing target on the boss or mt. Also for raise I ve a macro with swiftcast + raise, and it targets the first death player in row. I ofc have also the normal raise on my actionbars aswell as the healing skills as backup. All this makes me a pretty decent healer who can keep the group alive (most of the times). I also am a Warrior, a Red Mage and a Bard atm, I try to learn as much as I can and use only macro's which are helpfull for me.

I would have like you going over the tank shared mitigations, like heart of stone on targets target. That kinda thing c:. But I like this vid, I don't use em but I didn't know about the crafting ones.... I uh... May have a crafter at 80 by the end of today now.... Ahem...

To expand on the macro for ground target AOEs, back when Shadowflare was a thing (rip) I would use a + macro. This is useful for bosses like Cloud of Darkness that have gigantic hotboxes or have their hotbox centers off a targetable surface. That macro allows for targeting of the boss first, but if it fails, it will then target the target of the boss ( = target of target) and typically place the ground aoe right under the tank. I don't recommend this for defensive bubbles, but it's quite useful for salted earth, etc. is also quite useful for certain targeted defensive abilities that you want on the target that is being attacked, so you don't need to swap off the boss.

one thing i really like with ground macros is to add a second line with the regular action, so if you dont have anything targeted it will bring up the mouse placement thing anyway its really good for pets too

Oh shoot I’m bad, I didn’t even know you could place ground aoes with the command... my life has been way more complicated than it should’ve been.

As a ps4 player targeting macros for me have been game changing for battle efficiency over the years of raiding

Man, I’m loving these new videos from Haps. Guides to things beyond the fights!

Congrats on your channel growth. Been watching your videos for about a year now glad your going big time with content/sponsors :D

I use macros as a healer, allowing me to still have the tank targeted and cast my damage spells on the tank's target as well as a swiftcast+ress macro. I also use a target macro with Salted Earth. I didn't know about the spell que though, so I might want to rethink the damage macros.

I recommend the party chat macros to be placed after the action, the millisecond difference could hurt really badly

/ac "Asylum" is also useful. Wish it would let you target the ground with this too, but it only works if you have your mouse over anything targetable.

Maybe mentioned (if so, added for emphasis), but some more tips: -You can use the autotranslate function instead of typing "action" . This really helps with oddly worded skills or really long ones and prevents mistypes, also you don't need the parenthesis anymore. -For healing (under a majority of circumstances) I use a macro for dpsing or putting up dots. That way I don't have to untarget my tank, but I can still get in some dps. -For skills used on other players (Mainly use these while tanking): I'm not a big fan of mouseover (just how I play), but I do use a party order , etc, for shields. Like Cover and Intervention (PLD) or Blackest NIght (DRK) that way all I have to do is hit a key to trigger the effect on someone without clicking on the party list and taking my attention off the boss (or whatever my main target is)

Continuation macro!? That ruins the fun imo on GNB!!!!

I play on the JP datacenter and I freaking love the fight macros. Makes things so simple when PUG-ing EX/Savage content.

Salted earth is not working for me. The icon does not show and the spell does not even work when i use it in a macro! HELP!

Thanks again Mr. Happy!! This is amazing!!

I got a comm yesterday for my Nineball LB macro in LotA Surprised that Armored Core is popular among the FFXIV community

i have two separate heart of stones on my bar one normally for targeting myself and one to target the main tank as a macro would you recommend? just makes it easier for me to dps the boss

You should always spam the action in the macro so it has more chance to go off, for example instead of 1x /ac salted earth , you can put 8 lines of that so it queues 8 times within the ogcd slot

As a controller player the only macros I have are for the ground AOEs and target for Skirk and other tank cooldowns for off-tanking. The latter is especially important for tank switches and shields and you’re not fumbling in the party menu ever.

And yet the game clearly has the ability to properly set up attack chains as a single button as shown when it makes you play as Thancred in his gunbreaker class. A similar option for actual player characters without using macros would be fantastic.

RIP Shadowflare indeed :(

In the past, i used them for: - Damage reduction skills of tanks used on cotank - Shirk to cotank - "Cover" (PLD) the tether dude/dudette in O11S (health reduced mechanic) - "Salted Earth" (DRK) - DRG Line - I tried an insta-ress macro but often died while waiting for it to work in tight situations - Astro: "Play card" for each position in the party List also Queen/King for each position in the party List

As a healer the two macros I use the most are 1.) Swiftcast then Rez and 2.) Target of target for my offensive spells . Makes it so I can stay selected on the tank/party member and throw stones at enemies. Only issue is woth some fights where the foe I'm targeting is targeting something else. In those I have to target a party member in order to do damage to what I want to target.

does someone have the macro to Channel Dragonsight with a party member, I lost mine.

Raise macros with disparaging responses or quotes is my biggest pet peeve in 14's chat. Thanks, healer(s), I know I died for x or y reason, and yes, it is embarrassing, so you don't gotta make dying feel worse.

As a healer main working on ps4 controller one I found useful is setting your attack spells to then in the next line to or target of target. So when doing open world I hit stuff as normal but when in dungeons it hits whoever I'm healing target

Is there a problem with macroing a couple of abilities that are just entirely off GCD and a situation where I don't care which ability goes off? MCH for example has a few off GCD attacks and in situations where I don't care which goes off is it fine to macro them together? I ask because I have small hands and have trouble hitting anything beyond 6, so shift/ctrl 1-5 and 1-6 is all I can really do along with q and e, and it sounds like alotta buttons but I find myself pretty strapped for space for certain essentials.

I have a "spam" macro for almost every dps class. Mch has reassemble/drill/air anchor/ricochet/gauss round (i think that's it) in it. My HW Ninja had a ~9 skill spam macro that included an entire opener, hide/teleport/trick attack/mug(and whatever other instants)/and some other shit in it that no longer exists, ending with the poison debuff. It worked incredibly well and I had other high level ninjas asking me how I was doing my opener so quickly. I know exactly how inefficient it is, and I do it anyway. Don't tell my static, nobody knows I'm one-button spamming my way through everything.

SWTOR at one point introduced a feature that let you "cast" GTAoE spells a second time after enabling the target marker to have them pop up on the current target. That was the best change they ever made to the game, and something I sorely miss in XIV every time Sacred Soil gets stuck to the mouse.

I macro buffs but only in twos and only certain ones so I still have a level of control and not get hurt by latency. Or like the Dragonsight one, to either pick amongst the party list or mouseover so I don't have to click off a target. Also have a few for my tanks for things like Cover and that other party skills where it uses my target's target so if I'm off-tanking I can bubble someone or if picking up an add or aggro issues I can potentially protect and/or save a non-tank from dying.

One macro I know I have used in the past was the (Target of Target) Macro for my healers. Its not 100% but it allows you to stay on you person you are healing (most likely the tank) and cast DMG spells on their Target. While this has a draw back of if the person you are targeting has no target = no spell casts. Its hit or miss but was really useful for me when I was healing periodically in Raids from 2.X-4.X (not a HC Raider) Prob isn't needed as much anymore however just thought its something I would bring up.

You can use /macrolock in the macro to prevent a macro from interrupting another macro

Macro "FALCON PUUUUUUNNNCH!!!!" into the party chat for every monk weapon skill

If you're crafting many items, I tend to hit the macro before the Synth window has opened, so the first macro command may be missed. Put a 1-2 second wait at the start of the macro, then you can hit synthesize and then the macro immediately without waiting for the window to open.

so bit of a silly question, brand new to macros and i want to create one for my healer when i'm raising someone. how do i write the command so party chat gets the notice?

Adding a shirk macro for makes tank swap mechanics sooooo much easier, provided you prioritize tanks at the top of the party list.

6:45 I will now proceed to macro each and every single one of my skills to constantly spam Anime quotes.

Can u help how can i combo as i dont av a left thumb so i carnt press dpad on ps4 plz i manage to use left analogue so i can move but i struggle with dpad

Okay so I have a specific issue do to my keybinds. Because of my keybinds I can't keybind anyting to Target specific party members like Target party member 2 or Target party member 3. And I'm thinking about healing soon which those types of targeting abilities makes feeling just a little bit easier so my question is is there any downside shoe making a macro to Target party member to or Target party member 3 and that's it?

Should I not use macros for healing?

I should macro my Salted Earth. I am atm just often to lazy to place it, since I play with controller.

Is the macro /ac Staight Shot /ac Heavy Shot Good? Since it will use straight if it’s available and heavy otherwise?

Hi may i ask for your assistance i am 60 yrs old gamer playing ffxi14 machinist what i need is hotbar layout and then rotation im getting so confused with what s out there i cant play my char properly thank you for amazing clarity on macros.. i am not doing them any more thanks to you

My favorite tank one is a shrink macro: /Micon "shirk" /Ac "shirk" This will target the second person in the party list, which if you haven't changed it at all, will be the other tank

I use a dragon macro that sets the eye buff to either party position 4,2,3 or me in that order.

I cannot find what MrHappy is talking about when he says to Google "Ashe10's crafting is dead". Is there some specific link or something? Or do I have to watch a 4 hour video to get the breakdown?

for salted earth. /ac salted earth /ac salted earth this is useful for if you run into a boss that is off the platform, wont work, but if you have right after, if the fails, it will just drop it on you. same button, 2 functions.

"Don't add anime quotes-" aw shit that's a good idea

My favorite healing macro! (for controller users) Let’s you dish out damage, pop to the tank for some quick heals and pop back so you can get back to business. /macroicon “Target back” /target

I just realized, I have another question. If you change your game language, do the macros with action names still work, or do you have to redo them?

So I m brand new to ff 14 playing on ps4, still getting the controller, and targeting all figured out....So what this video is saying is I should NOT try to cue up multiple spells in one button press i.e. swift cast, and then a heal spell? So far I only figured out how to put sprint on my R3 stick

Only time I ever use shirk is in raid or extreme trial content that requires a tank swap. So I have my shirk set to do it on as the other tank will always be the second party member. That way I never have to click off the boss to effectively tank swap.

Thank you for acknowledging people with disabilities who play this game! It's very nice to be seen. ^.^

How to make script, i’m new and first time using macro’s on a game. I used steelseries, but i wanted to know how to write a scrip using the text script instead of a key presses can somebody help me ?

So since the priority is random (didn't know that) are and then trigger without a target a really really bad idea? How often would that fail? 'Cause I have like 5 in total of those for the 3 healers and 3 for the tanks, and while I did not notice it fail before (other than my mouse accidentally being atop my not intended target) but this kind of scares me off a bit, so I want to know how bad it is before I grow reliable on them... they are very comfy though 😞

The /echo works with sound effects too, i do that to keep up BRD songs; /ac "the Wanderer's Minuet" /wait 26 /echo >>>>> new song !

So I listened to the latest State of the Realm at work today, and from what I gathered this video is a tutorial for how to make helpful macros for your party. Let me see if I got this right. /ac "Summon Eos" /p "Please, Eos, I need you!" and /ac "Summon Seraph" /p "O loveliest of branches, please grant me your succor!" Then press the key a bunch of times to make sure the ability goes off, right? :P

I like having "Target nearest enemy" on my Doom Spike (DRG melee AoE), because losing a target when fighting a bunch of grouped enemies sucks. Also will have to look into what kind of Dragon Sight macro I can make to make it as bearable as possible. (would rather not use the mouse-over one)

One of the worst macros I had to deal with was a Black Mage cast spamming Blizzard 3 in Palace of the Dead where it would say "Stay cooled off!" or something over and over and over in the chat.

a HUGE macro right now is a hotbar collapse macro for hiding stuff like stuff for jobs and stuff.

I’m sure I’ll be chastised, but when I play dragon I use macros heavily. My macros definitively fall on the “don’t” list in the video, but as a controller player with not-so-nimble fingers, I just don’t have easy access or reaction time with every possible mappable button, and three is zero chance I’ll ever will use the W cross bar thing efficiently. Sad/funny? 4 out of 5 groups I run, I out-dps everyone in the party even with my macro handicap. I don’t care for raids, I just do my Dungeon runs and have casual fun, but everyone else is so much worse than me, that I won’t stop doing this.

hey MrHappy, i got a question.. do you switch hotbars during fights??

My Excog and Fae Union are macroed with . Very helpful for single tank healing. BE VERY CAREFUL though. - Since 5.0 allowed Excog to be placed on the caster, if you are targetting the tank instead of the enemy, it will put excog on you. - Same deal with Fae Union. It will put Fae Union on you if you’re not careful. It’s got its downsides but fairly useful for me at least.

Sometimes you just need every tank CD bound to a single mashable button.

> Don’t put anime quotes in macros. Don’t tell me how to live me best weeb life. 😒

But how am I supposed to play Black Mage when it doesn’t say Megumin’s Explosion incantation every time I use F4?

does anyone know the "Ash10 crafting is dead" page he referred to? Couldn't find anything by that name or similar.