Absorb macro

[ShockTrooper]

is it posible to make a macro that will cast absorb-str, absorb-agi, absorb-vit, and absorb-dex, in one macro?

[Armando]

Yes, but it's not a wise idea to put multiple spells in the same macro.

[ShockTrooper]

yeah i know, btw how do you do it? i've tried and i can't figure it out

[Mhurron]

Between the needed wait statements, the most you'll get in would be 3 spells in on macro.

[Aeolus]

/ma "Absorb Str" <t>
/wait 5
/ma "Absorb Dex" <t>
/wait 5
/ma "Absorb Mnd" <t>
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/wait 5
/ma "Absorb Agi" <t>

[Ellipses]

If you don't mind your macro keeping you from using any other macros/commands until you're done with it (and if you're trying to do this to begin with, I doubt you do):

/ma "Absorb-STR" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-DEX" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-MND" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-AGI" <stnpc>

Hit Enter/Confirm for STR to cast, wait until it's done, hit Enter/Confirm to start DEX, etc.

[ShockTrooper]

how do i do that?

[Wise Donkey]

/ma "Absorb-STR" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-DEX" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-MND" <stnpc>
/ma "Absorb-AGI" <stnpc>

Hit Enter/Confirm for STR to cast, wait until it's done, hit Enter/Confirm to start DEX, etc.

Those are the lines for your macro. the "<stnpc>" forces you to manually select an NPC target. However, I still don't think that will work unless you have the wait macro in there.

[Armando]

No, it works. You can put up to 6 JA/MA/WS commands in a macro that way if you so wished, assuming you waited the appropriate amount of time before you selected the next spell's target. Basically, you do the /waits manually.

[Wise Donkey]

Interesting. Years into this game and I am still learning new stuff.

[Ellipses]

Yep, just have to do the waits manually. This is how I roll with Protectra/Shellra (since <stpc> defaults to self if you have an NPC or nothing targeted).

/p (Gather together.) (Protectra) / (Shellra)
/ma "Protectra" <stpc> (Manually wait for party to actually gather, then hit enter.)
/ma "Protectra" <stpc> (Manually wait for Protectra to finish, then hit enter to start Shellra.)

For the absorbs, I'd assume you'd already be auto-attacking or at least /ta <bt> so you don't need to worry about finding the right target.

[Armando]

I'd also like to point out that while hitting (Cancel) while the game asks you for a target will cancel the rest of the macro, you can "skip" a spell by attempting to cast it while you're already mid-spell or before the 3 second wait between spells is over, or by choosing an invalid target (for JAs you have to choose invalid targets since they're instant.)