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    I've been playing the game for a little while now and I've always been wondering how "/echo" works I've seen it mentioned a few times in forums but have never known how or what it does. Can someone please tell me?

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    Re: Echo

    /echo gives you the ability to show text to yourself only.

    For instance:

    /ja "Corsair's Roll" <me>
    /echo Lucky Number : 5

    This will show you "Lucky Number : 5" every time you activate Corsair's Roll to remind you not to Double Up if you hit 5.


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    • #3
      Re: Echo

      Originally posted by Icemage View Post
      /ja "Corsair's Roll" <me>
      /echo Lucky Number : 5

      This will show you "Lucky Number : 5" every time you activate Corsair's Roll to remind you not to Double Up if you hit 5.
      That's actually the best use for /echo I've seen so far. If it was one of my macros for PLD it would be something like:

      /ja Provoke <t>
      /echo Don't die again you noob! >.<

      So it wouldn't be that useful.
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      • #4
        Re: Echo

        I like to use the following /echos:

        /echo <pettp>
        /echo Lucky: ??? Unlucky: ???
        /echo <Command Name> Ready in 5 seconds!

        The third one being the most common since I'm rarely with a pet except the occasional puppet or avatar and I haven't picked COR back up sincd 15th. I use it for special cases when I need very accurate timing and will only ever be doing one thing using macros (rare).

        The occasions I use this:
        1. Astral Flow: During Astral Flow I don't do anything but Astral Flow.
        2. Puppet Commands: These are quick and I like to know when I can put one back on to keep him at 3 commands.
        3. Chocobo Digging: It's nice to know and this is how you tell whether you've gained a level or not (so I've heard, I have yet to gain a digging level).

        You might say Provoke, but you really want your PT to know when you can do this. Most parties, on the other hand, don't give a flying f when you activate a Fire Maneuver (Every 20 seconds, I think?). Some people like to see the lucky rolls, but I just tell them manually when it's lucky.

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        • #5
          Re: Echo

          I use echo to find pet tp so I can use sic. I just found out about its glory the other day. The macro is: /recast sic -----skip line: /echo Pet tp: <tp>
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          • #6
            Re: Echo

            I see thanks alot guys! That's a useful bit of knowledge to know.

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            • #7
              Re: Echo

              It's useful if your macro starts off with a /wait, so that you know if it fired off or not. It used to be useful when fishing, though I can't think of any other instances offhand where this would be useful now.
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              • #8
                Re: Echo

                what for fishing? never heard that before
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                • #9
                  Re: Echo

                  fishing used to have up to 10 seconds delay before you can cast your next line. So the common fishing macro used to be something like this

                  /echo fishing in xx second
                  /your favourite emote (optional)
                  /wait xx
                  /fish
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                  • #10
                    Re: Echo

                    I use it all the time for equipment swaps, especially elemental staves. I might accidentaly hit Alt-3 nstead of Alt-2 and cast Blizzaga III with my Thunder staff instead of my Aquilio's. 10% damage down the drain!

                    That way it I hit Alt-3 I see "Thudner Staff Equiped" so I can hit the right one before the spell goes off.
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