Post your FFXI goals of the week!

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I prefer to think that Spellcast is exclusively for those OCD folks who can't comprehend the idea that maybe, just maybe, situational gear just plain isn't worth the inventory space . . .

There are definitely some pieces for which this is certainly true, but there's something to be said for the massive performance boost offered by a lot of situational gear.

For example, Uggy Pendant's +8 MAB in the neck slot was only recently matched by Stoicheion Medal. Not outpaced, but simply matched. That's some potent stuff right there.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I prefer to think that Spellcast is exclusively for those OCD folks who can't comprehend the idea that maybe, just maybe, situational gear just plain isn't worth the inventory space . . .

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I haven't updated a macro in months. If they ever break Spellcast for good I'm sunk.

[Truece]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I couldn't carry all of the gear that I had in my SCH spellcast (and I'm not counting melee gear). I usually ended up leaving stuff like fire/water staves and some less-important stat gear (hMP there toward the end) in my mog satchel. Even then I was usually 78/80 when I was doing stuff on SCH.

I created an Excel macro that would read my spellcast XML for a selected job so I'd know which pieces of gear to grab when I changed jobs. It had the option of including/excluding specific pieces (again, usually melee gear) so that I was sure I had the right pieces for when I was going to be meleeing on RDM or BRD.

Spellcast was a blessing and a curse. As my XML got better and better, I found myself using my macros less and less. Instead of trying to remember which macro to use, I'd usually just hit the JA/WS from the menu (not counting JAs that I'd want to stack, of course). It got to the point where I couldn't play anywhere but on my laptop because my macros were so outdated.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I'm carrying about 75 pieces on me right now... JUST for SMN. I actually left a bunch of stuff in my MH that I didn't think I'd ever use... but does indeed have USE.

Off the top of my head:

7 Staves
3 Grips
3 Ammo Pieces
5 Head Pieces
5 Pairs of Gloves
4 Leg Pieces
5 Feet Pieces
3 Belts
6 Earrings
3 Rings
4 Back Pieces
5 Neck Pieces

And that's all I can think of right this second. 53 of them... but I know there's a lot more.

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orite... and 6 body pieces. That makes 59ish

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Any XML you find is likely going to include/not include pieces of gear I don't have/have.

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More than Scholar... less than RDM. We're like a happy middle ground.

Have you seen my Red Mage XML? That is not a happy middle ground sir.

@ gear differences in XML files: Bah, you'd have to tweak stuff regardless.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Any XML you find is likely going to include/not include pieces of gear I don't have/have.

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Oh that's right, Summoner's have a metric ton of super situational gear like Scholar don't they?

More than Scholar... less than RDM. We're like a happy middle ground.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Oh that's right, Summoner's have a metric ton of super situational gear like Scholar don't they? Maybe I'll just hunt down a good XML for you rather than building one from scratch then.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

The only thing I could see using Spellcast for is maybe to add in gear changes based on day and weather changes... you know... to make AF2 gear worth wearing apart from the feet and hands.

That being said... I don't have much use for additional -perp gear these days. I have enough gear to neutralize and even reverse the perp cost for every one of my avatars. What I do need is additional refresh gear to fill the spots where I am not currently using -perp gear. That would be mint.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I opted to ignore spellcast and use the windower macro function. My macros are now HUGE... but not terribly complicated.

I see I have a new project now.

*schemes*

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

I opted to ignore spellcast and use the windower macro function. My macros are now HUGE... but not terribly complicated.

To avoid potential mistakes... or just missing something in general... I included gear swaps for all my available slots... several times in each macro. So effectively it looks like this (inserting item names of course):

Precast Set: Equipment that reduces BP timer
input /equip Main
input /equip Body
input /equip Hands
input /equip Legs
input /equip Feet
input /equip Neck
input /equip Back
input /equip Waist
input /equip Ring1
input /equip Ring2
input /equip Ear1
input /equip Ear2
input /equip Ammo
Ability is used instantly... accounting for the new equipment
input /pet "Predator Claws" <t>
Wait time is entered to allow enough time for the ability to actually go off. The delay is around 3 seconds, but I add en extra 1/2 second to avoid mistakes.
wait 3.50
Midcast Set: Swapping out for the gear that boosts my Mattk/Macc, Attk/Acc, BP Attack Power, Blood Boon or +Summoning Magic Skill... whichever is most important for that specific BP.
input /equip Main
input /equip Body
input /equip Hands
input /equip Legs
input /equip Feet
input /equip Neck
input /equip Back
input /equip Waist
input /equip Ring1
input /equip Ring2
input /equip Ear1
input /equip Ear2
input /equip Ammo
Added a 1 second wait time so as not to complicate the BP or change gear too early.
/wait 1.50
Postcast Set: Back to my Avatar-Specific Gear set focusing on Defense, -Perp Cost and Evasion.
input /equip Main
input /equip Body
input /equip Hands
input /equip Legs
input /equip Feet
input /equip Neck
input /equip Back
input /equip Waist
input /equip Ring1
input /equip Ring2
input /equip Ear1
input /equip Ear2
input /equip Ammo

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1 Button press... 3 complete costume changes... maximum effectiveness accounted for... and total elapsed time is 5 seconds.

The only real hit I take is the additional Perp cost I factor out during the 1.66tics that it takes me to finish the complete cycle.

[Truece]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Don't forget that you can put <wait>s at the end of a line now, they don't need to take up their own macro line.

[Satori]

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in my 1st row of macro's I use

Ctrl row, 1Buffs 3Cures 5Na's 8HMp gear 9Idle/ -perp gear
Atl row. avatars in order of the week. 0. Favor + siphon together

Each avatar equips the corresponding stave and flips to a different set in the book.
1 on each row is the "back" command which flips the macro book to the menu type area.
3 on the control row is assault. 0 is dismiss
on the alt row 0 is the one to call the avatar back to you.
Within the blank areas I've mad space ready to build my gear sets a +skill, Pet Mab, avatar phsical set, -perp set.

Using this set I'm able to summon my avatars and flip between my spells and gear, I select the bloodpacts using the ctrl/alt + B option. after I've pressed the macro's to swap gear. I dont have avatar specific gear so I'm not sure how that would figure into it.
Sorry if this seems like crazy ramblings it's 5am here, I hope it was a little useful. There's a macro guide on the wiki I think which gave me the idea to have most thinks available at my fingertips.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Baby steps. We'll get you to come around to Spellcast eventually.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Post your FFXI goals of the week!

Totally making windower macros right now for SMN. I've given in to the dark side.