Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

[TenchiHawkwing]

Re: Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

My favorite PLD macro is
/ja Invincible <me>
/wait 1
/logout

[tdh]

Re: Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

I recently partied with a Galka PLD (My 1st ever, believe it or not.) Dude was awesome, kept just enough hate for the WAR to get hate back from Mistral Axe & Provoke so the THF could SATA Shark Bite. But he had a few "Vanity Macros."

Blah blah blah Sentinel
I can only do this once due to my small MP pool: Cure IV

So he was a pretty awesome PLD, and was funny to boot.

[Skyline_Evo8]

Re: Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

I too, avoid /p lines, and when I do use them, I try to keep them formal. (I type in near-perfect grammar in-game)

/p Just try and hurt me.
/ja "{Invincible}" <me>

/p Hate me now?
/ja "{Rampart}" <me>
(Note: it's kind of embarassing when I don't get hate from using this though.)

/ja "{Cover}" <stpc>
/p Don't worry <lastst>, I've got you covered.

And for Darkness:
/p {Holy} {Knight} TP at <tp>!

[dirtyclown]

Re: Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

Mine are all pretty basic. A few for JAs, some /p WS macros that announce which WS I'm using (only when I'm part of a SC, otherwise I use them from the menu) obligatory TP report, and a <stpc> Cure III macro. The only "vanity" one I have is for Invincible.

/p >:3
/ja Invincible <me>
/p JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION, GET IN THE CAR!

Nobody ever gets the joke, but my static members know that's when it's time to run.

[Stiker]

Re: Your Favorite Macros....share the love PLD's!

At first I had recast timers in every single macro for provoke and flash. This was really helpful in my cure macros. For instance:

/ma "Cure" <me>
/recast "Provoke"
/recast "Flash"

This helped me keep track of my timers instead of spaming party chat, or relying on echos which stop counting if another macro is used.

However, I know have a Hercule's Ring and Hospitaler Earring at my disposal, so I macro the Herc Ring into every hate grabbing ability (since it has +3 enmity) and use the Hospitaler Earring in my cures. Also since I can be used in Darkness SCs now, I keep my TP in my voke macro as well as a "usual" TP macro for my partner to keep track of me.

Provoke Macro
/equip "Ring1" "Hercule's Ring"
/wait 1
/p {Provoke}ing <t> -- TP = <tp>
/ja "Provoke" <t>
/equip "Ring1" "Chrysoberyl Ring"
/recast "Flash"

Cure Macros:
/equip "Ear2" "Hospitaler Earring"
/equip "Ring1" "Hercule's Ring"
/ma "Cure" <me>
/wait 3 <--- I have /wait 4 for Cure III/IV
/equip "Ear2" "Merc. Earring"
/equip "Ring1" "Chrysoberyl Ring"

Now since all my macro lines are now taken up by these equip swaps I made a large timer macro to help me keep track:

Timer Macro
/recast "Provoke"
/recast "Flash"
/recast "Sentinel"
/recast "Rampart"
/recast "Shield Bash"
/recast "Invincible"

This way I can keep up with all my hate holding skills, which is espically useful if I lose hate, allowing me to know if I can get hate back fast or if I should go cover instead.

Speaking of Cover, here's my macro for it:

Cover
/ja "Cover" <stpc>
/p Don't worry <lastst> I've got you {Cover}ed!
/recast "Provoke"
/recast "Flash"

Weapon Skills:

Spirits Within
/equip "Ring1" "Hercule's Ring"
/p Time to unleash the {Spirits Within}!
/ws "Spirits Within" <t>
/equip "Ring1" "Chrysoberyl Ring"
/recast "Provoke"
/recast "Flash"

Swift Blade
/equip "Ring1" "Hercule's Ring"
/p {Swift Blade} >>> <t>
/ws "Swift Blade" <t>
/equip "Ring1" "Chrysoberyl Ring"
/recast "Provoke"
/recast "Flash"

As you can see I'm really big on recast timers. The more I can get in my macros the better. I believe they are a huge help in tanking effectively.

With all those examples here is my pallete:

CRTL:
| Voke | Flash | Cover | Shield Bash |Sentinel | Defender | Rampart | Sprits Within | Swift Blade | Timer |

ALT:
| Cure | CureII | CureIII | CureIV | Holy | Pro/Shell | Herc Ring | Jelly Ring | VIT Rings | 2HR |