Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

[Yygdrasil]

I'm building my macros for BLM as we speak and I'm looking for some creative input from you guys who have played the job more than I have. Thanks to WHM, NIN, SMN, COR and PUP, I have very limited Macro space left to play with. I'm basically limited to 1 book at this point. So here's what I'm thinking:

Macro Book 1: Page 1 (Root)
CTR 1 /ma "Cure III" <t>
CTR 2 /ma "Cure IV" <t>
CTR 3 /ma "Refresh" <t>
CTR 4 /ma "Sleep II"
CTR 5 /ma "Sleepga"
CTR 6 /ma "Sleepga II"
CTR 7 /ma "Break"
CTR 8 /ma "Breakga"
CTR 9 /ma "Stun"
CTR 0 BUFF PAGE (0)

ALT 1 /ja "Dark Arts" <me>*1
ALT 2 /ja "Sublimation" <me>
ALT 3 /ja "Enmity Douse" <t>
ALT 4 /ja "Manawell" <me>
ALT 5 /ja "Elemental Seal" <me>
ALT 6 /ja "Convert" <me>*2
ALT 7 PROC PAGE 1 (2)
ALT 8 NUKE PAGE 1 (4)
ALT 9 REST
ALT 0 Return (1)

*1 Dark Arts Macro:
/ja "Dark Arts" <me> <wait 1>
/ja "Addendum: Black" <me>
/macro page 9

*2 Convert Macro
/p <Convert> </panic>
/ja "Convert" <me> <wait 1>
/ma "Cure IV" <me>

Book 1: Page 2 (Proc Page)
CTR 1 /ma "Fire III" <t>
CTR 2 /ma "Fire IV" <t>
CTR 3 /ma "Blizzard III" <t>
CTR 4 /ma "Blizzard IV" <t>
CTR 5 /ma "Aero III" <t>
CTR 6 /ma "Aero IV" <t>
CTR 7 /ma "Thunder III" <t>
CTR 8 /ma "Thunder IV" <t>
CTR 9 /ma "Stone III" <t>
CTR 0 /ma "Stone IV" <t>

ALT 1 /ma "Flare" <t>
ALT 2 /ma "Freeze" <t>
ALT 3 /ma "Tornado" <t>
ALT 4 /ma "Burst" <t>
ALT 5 /ma "Quake" <t>
ALT 6 /ma "Bio II" <t>
ALT 7 /ma "Aspir" <t>
ALT 8 /ma "Drain" <t>
ALT 9 PROC PAGE 2 (3)
ALT 0 Return (1)


Book 1: Page 3 (Aga Proc Spells)
CTR 1 /ma "Firaga III" <t>
CTR 2
CTR 3 /ma "Blizzaga III" <t>
CTR 4
CTR 5 /ma "Aeroga III" <t>
CTR 6
CTR 7 /ma "Thundaga III" <t>
CTR 8
CTR 9 /ma "Stonega III" <t>
CTR 0

ALT 1
ALT 2
ALT 3
ALT 4
ALT 5
ALT 6
ALT 7
ALT 8
ALT 9 PROC PAGE 1 (2)
ALT 0 Return (1)


Book 1: Page 4 (Nuking Page)
CTR 1 /ma "Blizzard III" <t>
CTR 2 /ma "Blizzard IV" <t>
CTR 3 /ma "Blizzard V" <t>
CTR 4 /ma "Thunder III" <t>
CTR 5 /ma "Thunder IV" <t>
CTR 6 /ma "Thunder V" <t>
CTR 7 /ma "Blizzaga II" <t>
CTR 8 /ma "Blizzaga III" <t>
CTR 9 /ma "Thundaga II" <t>
CTR 0 /ma "Thundaga III" <t>

ALT 1 /ma "Bio II" <t>
ALT 2 /ma "Aspir II" <t>
ALT 3 /ma "Sleep II" <t>
ALT 4 /ma "Sleepga" <t>
ALT 5 /ma "Sleepga II" <t>
ALT 6 /ma "Break" <t>
ALT 7 /ma "Breakga" <t>
ALT 8 /ja "Elemental Seal" <me>
ALT 9 NUKE PAGE 2 (5)
ALT 0 Return (1)


Book 1: Page 5 (Nuking Page 2)
CTR 1 /ma "Fire III" <t>
CTR 2 /ma "Fire IV" <t>
CTR 3 /ma "Fire V" <t>
CTR 4 /ma "Aero III" <t>
CTR 5 /ma "Aero IV" <t>
CTR 6 /ma "Aero V" <t>
CTR 7 /ma "Firaga II" <t>
CTR 8 /ma "Firaga III" <t>
CTR 9 /ma "Aeroga II" <t>
CTR 0 /ma "Aeroga III" <t>

ALT 1 /ma "Stone III" <t>
ALT 2 /ma "Stone IV" <t>
ALT 3 /ma "Stone V" <t>
ALT 4 /ma "Stonega II" <t>
ALT 5 /ma "Stonega III" <t>
ALT 6 /ma "Sleepga" <t>
ALT 7 /ma "Sleepga II" <t>
ALT 8
ALT 9 NUKE PAGE 1 (4)
ALT 0 Return (1)


Book 1: Page 0 (Buffs)
CTR 1 /ma "Protect II" <t>
CTR 2 /ma "Protect III" <t>
CTR 3 /ma "Shell II" <t>
CTR 4 /ma "Stoneskin" <me>
CTR 5 /ma "Blink" <me>
CTR 6 /ma "Aquaveil" <me>
CTR 7 /ma "Haste" <t>
CTR 8 /ma "Ice Storm" <me>
CTR 9 /ma "Thunder Storm" <me>
CTR 0 /ma "Reraise" <me>

ALT 1 /ja "Light Arts" <me>
ALT 2 /ja "Addendum: White" <me>
ALT 3 /ja "Penury" <me>
ALT 4 /ja "Celerity" <me>
ALT 5 /ja "Accession" <me>
ALT 6 /ja "Sublimation" <me>
ALT 7 /ma "Sneak" <me> <wait 4> /ma "Invisible" <me>
ALT 8 PROC PAGE (2)
ALT 9 NUKE PAGE (4)
ALT 0 Return (1)


Book 1: Page 9 (Dark Arts)
CTR 1 /ja "Addendum: Black" <me>
CTR 2 /ja "Parsimony" <me>
CTR 3 /ja "Alacrity" <me>
CTR 4 /ja "Manifestation" <me>
CTR 5
CTR 6 PROC PAGE 1 (2)
CTR 7 PROC PAGE 2 (3)
CTR 8 NUKE PAGE 1 (4)
CTR 9 NUKE PAGE 2 (5)
CTR 0 Return (1)

Possible final edit?

[Taskmage]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

You still use spellcast, right? I never macroed any of my nukes as blm. //blizzard5 etc.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

White magic should be using <stpc> or <stpt>/<stal>. That'd be my preference since people tend to blink and if you're intending to just cast it on yourself you could use <me> instead.

I could be mistaken but I am reasonably certain Addendum: Black adds nothing to your spell list as a Black Mage. It ends up being a waste of a stratagem.
I'd have a separate macro for Addendum:Black, possibly make it part of a dispel macro?
Similarly, don't burn a stratagem on Addendum:White unless you need access to the spells it provides.

I'm not seeing a Sleep or Sleepga macro. Ideally you'd open with those and then overwrite them with the tier 2 version before they wear(or just after you -aga and wake everything up again).

Not seeing storm spells or klimaform in there. Things to consider, though probably not mission critical.

I'm not even going to try to follow how it's all laid out since that's a personal preference thing.

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You still use spellcast, right? I never macroed any of my nukes as blm. //blizzard5 etc.

Dunno about on BLM, but on RDM I just have my tier 4s macroed and tier 1 blizzard for finishing things off. Any other nukes get typed it. //ALLtheSpells

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Klimaform... theres something I need. I'll also look into altering my sleepga macros and edit the Addendum: White so it only appears in the "Reraise" macro.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Also: -na spells are granted under addendum white. Those aren't native sadly.

[Raydeus]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

There's one important line that seems to be missing in all cases.

/fail off



No need to thank me.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

I'm not even going to try to follow how it's all laid out since that's a personal preference thing.

It's all contained within 1 book.

Page 1 is for buffs and idle stuff. It links to Pages 2 and 4.

Page 2 is for Procs and links to Pages 1 and 3. Page 3 is for additional procs that didn't fit in page 2.

Page 4 is for Nuking and links to pages 5 and 1. Page 5 is for additional Nukes that didn't fit on page 4.

Every page, invcluding page 1, links to page 1... in case I ever need to get back to the root or if for some reason my "return to page 1" macro fails to properly swap my gear back to idle page 1 gear. It's a fail-safe.

I assume that with the further change I'll be making, I'll likely make a few adjustments to the way things will work and extend the nuking pages to 3-fold. I'll also likely alter the Root page 1 to include proper Sleeping macros.

Time to continue my edits.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Edited. Have at it.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Auto-curing after converting isn't always wise. I know it's standard operating procedure but I always found it made more sense to leave yourself the flexibility of not spiking hate right after you dropped your HP into the red. That's just my own personal preference though.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Noted... and taken into consideration.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Lower tiers of pro/shell generally aren't worth macroing in, but that's not really an issue.

What I do see as an issue is a lack of OMFGPANICBUTTON in the form of PDT/MDT macros. You can't always outrun the -aga spell and enmity douse isn't always up.

/nitpicking

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

I'll find somewhere to put them in... maybe... but that involves collecting and carrying around PDT and MDT gear. I'm not into that. I'd rather keep RR up and take the hit to the face or try and outrun it.

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I do have 2 pretty nice rings for PDT and MDT... and I do have the Jelly Ring... and I do have some MDT things lying around... and I did just get the MDT ring from Gulool a Ja.

Goddamn it Cid.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

Goddamn it Cid.

I'm helping!

[Taskmage]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

You should ideally be idling with pdt/mdt in every slot that doesn't have an auto-regen/refresh option. Compromises for budget and inventory space are understandable, but at least an umbra cape, earth/terra's staff and some decent dark rings are compulsory, imo.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Level 99 BLM Macros: Help me build!

You should ideally be idling with pdt/mdt in every slot that doesn't have an auto-regen/refresh option. Compromises for budget and inventory space are understandable, but at least an umbra cape, earth/terra's staff and some decent dark rings are compulsory, imo.

You and Cid just told me the same damn thing. Only he did it on Skype.

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I have to dig my twilight torque out... buy an NQ Umbra cape and put on my Dark Rings. I already own a Terra Staff... so I'm set, right?