My Progress & Config
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:09 pm
Hello guys,
Instead of hijacking my fellow Boxer friendĀ“s thread (Titan Kill Video thread) thought I will just make my own on the progress I am making with my team and some tips on the dungeon - boss enconters.
I have 4 accounts, but two of them has capped job/class. However I am doing dungeons synced, although I do have some advantages compared to a complete new player its still hard. I run the following configuration:
Tank: I have 60 Warrior, 60 Dark Knight and 44 Paladin.
Healer: I have Scholar 60 and White Mage 60. Mostly use Scholar for DPS reasons. (Auto heal via fairy)
DPS1: I have 55 Summoner and 54 Black mage. Working on Bard as well currently 33.
DPS2: I have 55 Summoner and 55 Bard. I don't think I will level another class.
Configuration (mostly key binds)
Nothing fancy but I guess I could just explain how my team is setup. I used the normal wizard to configure my team, only detail not to forget is explained by Mirai's Video on his ISBoxer -- Follow & Assist (Simplified) Recap (and non Simplified) vids to setup the follow and assist macro/isboxer config, I suggest you watch his video since it explains in detail.
Move other than tank keys. I have set up the arrow keys (I control with WSAD) to make my other members move left, right, forward and back. Useful when dodging attacks (Doesn't always succeed unless you know the pattern). This may not be needed if you have the controller plugged in since it does the same thing?
Interact with target (ish). No, this is not as useful as in WoW but it works... somewhat. In FFXIV the 0(insert) key on the numpad acts as interact with the closest target/object. I just made it so that when I press the 0 key the other team members also does it. Due to lag, it can have delays on your other team member. Also the 4,8,2,6 keys in the numpad is used to chose between options during the conversation and have them also mapped so that when I press on the main character the others also press it too. Like the 0 key, it can cause delays due to lag and get it out of sync. It is useful when you are trying to confirm entering an instance dungeon or choosing a reward from a quest.
Follow other than the tank. Pretty obvious, this sends the follow command to all except the tank. I made a target group including every member except the tank. FFXIV loves ground target AoE, which is very annoying since every god damn mob has at least one. Almost. I use this mostly to reposition my characters on a spot. With the movement keys sometimes your other members goes all over and makes it harder to dodge AoEs. (Titan fight is a good example)
(Healer Specific) Got this from Plaiides. Although limited, for now I use this method for healing. Basically its making clickbars and associate them with heal macros on the healer's hotbar. Unfortunately you really can't use any key combination other than plain keys (like Ctrl+(insert key)) from what I have seen. It simply refuses to fire the spell but it is most likely some configuration issue from my side.
Ingame Macro
You can probably find these in the web. Unfortunately you can't do a very complex rotation with conditions like wow. Classes which are heavily proc depending to maximize dps like a BLM would be complicated but not impossible I guess. So far my setting of macros are rather simple.
Tank has 3. The initial aggro combo for single and group. Third being the rotation that she will be doing for the rest of the fight.
Healer/DPS has a 2. For scholar and summoner they have the Dot macro, Single taret DPS macro. The rest does not have macro but just a skill on a hotbar like Dot Spread, heal pet, send pet etc.
All macros looks like this:
line1: /micon <name of skill> --------------- sets the icon of the macro. Not really needed.
line2: /ac <name of skill1> <t><wait.3> ---- First skill cast, then waits 3 seconds to move to the next line.
line3: /ac <name of skill2> <t><wait.3> ---- Same as line 2
line4: /p Finished casting <insert dps rotation name><se.1> ---- I add this to notify me that my other characters finished their rotation so I can start casting other spells.
Example: For summoner dot macro looks like this
/micon Bio
/ac BioII <t><wait.3>
/ac Miasma <t><wait.3>
/ac Bio <t><wait.3>
/p Finished casting dots! <se.3>
Unfortunately FF14's macro system does not allow the use of decimals so you can't use wait.2.5 and since the global cooldown is 2.5 seconds in this game it is a DPS loss for sure doing them via macros.
Added Note: For the longest time I had trouble in getting the assist work on macro. Unlike in WoW the usage of macro conditions are very limited. There is a way to stop the macro from going on with the "/echo" command. Whenever the game reads this command, it will automatically stop the currently running macro and begin doing the next macro that is pressed. You cannot imagine the amount of wipes I had by the other team member not assisting the priority target so this is a god send.
Cleared Instance:
4 Man (normal) VIDEO HAS NOW GOT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND PROPER TITLE (I hope)
Sastasha
Tamtara
Copperbell Mines
Halatali
Ifrit (Normal)
Toto-rak
Haukke Mannor
Brave Flox
Titan (Normal)
Qarn Temple
Cutter's Cry
Stone Vigil
Garuda (Normal)
Dzaemel Darkhold
Aurum Vale
4 Man (50 dungeon)
Wanderer's Palace
Amdapor Keep
Pharos Sirius
Copperbell Mines (Hard)
The Lost city of Amdapoor
Halatali (Hard)
Haukke Mannor (Hard)
Braveflox (Hard)
Hullbreaker Isle
Tam Tara (Hard)
Stone Vigil (Hard)
Sastasha (Hard)
Snowcloak
The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
The keeper of the lake ---------- UNSYNCHED
4man Heavensward
The Dusk Vigil
Sohm Al
The Aery
The Vault ---------------- NOT COMPLETED
8 Man (UNSYNCHED)
Cape Westwind
The Praetorium
Ifrit (HARD)
Garuda (HARD)
Titan (HARD)
Edit Nov 2nd: The videos has been re-named as advised by MiRai to make it more clear. Added a brief tip, group configuration used for the encounter, how many wipes I had (lol) and a link to this thread for those interested. Hopefully it makes it easier for the viewers.
Instead of hijacking my fellow Boxer friendĀ“s thread (Titan Kill Video thread) thought I will just make my own on the progress I am making with my team and some tips on the dungeon - boss enconters.
I have 4 accounts, but two of them has capped job/class. However I am doing dungeons synced, although I do have some advantages compared to a complete new player its still hard. I run the following configuration:
Tank: I have 60 Warrior, 60 Dark Knight and 44 Paladin.
Healer: I have Scholar 60 and White Mage 60. Mostly use Scholar for DPS reasons. (Auto heal via fairy)
DPS1: I have 55 Summoner and 54 Black mage. Working on Bard as well currently 33.
DPS2: I have 55 Summoner and 55 Bard. I don't think I will level another class.
Configuration (mostly key binds)
Nothing fancy but I guess I could just explain how my team is setup. I used the normal wizard to configure my team, only detail not to forget is explained by Mirai's Video on his ISBoxer -- Follow & Assist (Simplified) Recap (and non Simplified) vids to setup the follow and assist macro/isboxer config, I suggest you watch his video since it explains in detail.
Move other than tank keys. I have set up the arrow keys (I control with WSAD) to make my other members move left, right, forward and back. Useful when dodging attacks (Doesn't always succeed unless you know the pattern). This may not be needed if you have the controller plugged in since it does the same thing?
Interact with target (ish). No, this is not as useful as in WoW but it works... somewhat. In FFXIV the 0(insert) key on the numpad acts as interact with the closest target/object. I just made it so that when I press the 0 key the other team members also does it. Due to lag, it can have delays on your other team member. Also the 4,8,2,6 keys in the numpad is used to chose between options during the conversation and have them also mapped so that when I press on the main character the others also press it too. Like the 0 key, it can cause delays due to lag and get it out of sync. It is useful when you are trying to confirm entering an instance dungeon or choosing a reward from a quest.
Follow other than the tank. Pretty obvious, this sends the follow command to all except the tank. I made a target group including every member except the tank. FFXIV loves ground target AoE, which is very annoying since every god damn mob has at least one. Almost. I use this mostly to reposition my characters on a spot. With the movement keys sometimes your other members goes all over and makes it harder to dodge AoEs. (Titan fight is a good example)
(Healer Specific) Got this from Plaiides. Although limited, for now I use this method for healing. Basically its making clickbars and associate them with heal macros on the healer's hotbar. Unfortunately you really can't use any key combination other than plain keys (like Ctrl+(insert key)) from what I have seen. It simply refuses to fire the spell but it is most likely some configuration issue from my side.
Ingame Macro
You can probably find these in the web. Unfortunately you can't do a very complex rotation with conditions like wow. Classes which are heavily proc depending to maximize dps like a BLM would be complicated but not impossible I guess. So far my setting of macros are rather simple.
Tank has 3. The initial aggro combo for single and group. Third being the rotation that she will be doing for the rest of the fight.
Healer/DPS has a 2. For scholar and summoner they have the Dot macro, Single taret DPS macro. The rest does not have macro but just a skill on a hotbar like Dot Spread, heal pet, send pet etc.
All macros looks like this:
line1: /micon <name of skill> --------------- sets the icon of the macro. Not really needed.
line2: /ac <name of skill1> <t><wait.3> ---- First skill cast, then waits 3 seconds to move to the next line.
line3: /ac <name of skill2> <t><wait.3> ---- Same as line 2
line4: /p Finished casting <insert dps rotation name><se.1> ---- I add this to notify me that my other characters finished their rotation so I can start casting other spells.
Example: For summoner dot macro looks like this
/micon Bio
/ac BioII <t><wait.3>
/ac Miasma <t><wait.3>
/ac Bio <t><wait.3>
/p Finished casting dots! <se.3>
Unfortunately FF14's macro system does not allow the use of decimals so you can't use wait.2.5 and since the global cooldown is 2.5 seconds in this game it is a DPS loss for sure doing them via macros.
Added Note: For the longest time I had trouble in getting the assist work on macro. Unlike in WoW the usage of macro conditions are very limited. There is a way to stop the macro from going on with the "/echo" command. Whenever the game reads this command, it will automatically stop the currently running macro and begin doing the next macro that is pressed. You cannot imagine the amount of wipes I had by the other team member not assisting the priority target so this is a god send.
Cleared Instance:
4 Man (normal) VIDEO HAS NOW GOT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND PROPER TITLE (I hope)
Sastasha
Tamtara
Copperbell Mines
Halatali
Ifrit (Normal)
Toto-rak
Haukke Mannor
Brave Flox
Titan (Normal)
Qarn Temple
Cutter's Cry
Stone Vigil
Garuda (Normal)
Dzaemel Darkhold
Aurum Vale
4 Man (50 dungeon)
Wanderer's Palace
Amdapor Keep
Pharos Sirius
Copperbell Mines (Hard)
The Lost city of Amdapoor
Halatali (Hard)
Haukke Mannor (Hard)
Braveflox (Hard)
Hullbreaker Isle
Tam Tara (Hard)
Stone Vigil (Hard)
Sastasha (Hard)
Snowcloak
The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
The keeper of the lake ---------- UNSYNCHED
4man Heavensward
The Dusk Vigil
Sohm Al
The Aery
The Vault ---------------- NOT COMPLETED
8 Man (UNSYNCHED)
Cape Westwind
The Praetorium
Ifrit (HARD)
Garuda (HARD)
Titan (HARD)
Edit Nov 2nd: The videos has been re-named as advised by MiRai to make it more clear. Added a brief tip, group configuration used for the encounter, how many wipes I had (lol) and a link to this thread for those interested. Hopefully it makes it easier for the viewers.