Psa: if you have small hands and can't press ctrl, shift etc reliably, you should set up a macro on your mouse side buttons (you need 2 minimum one for shift and one for ctrl) that way you don't need to use your left hand at all to press shift and ctrl. And on the same note, i suggest only going up to 4 or your wrists are going to hurt trying to reach 5, sucks but it is what it is.
You can also move your movement keys one or two keys to the right of WASD. That way, there are a few more keys you can reach on the left side of your hand as well. Of course, that only works if you have your modifier keys on the mouse. I don't know how many extra keys you can reach with smaller hands, but I got at least my little finger resting on a key I can press all the time, and then I move my ring finger to reach other keys.
I have small hands so the keys I generally set is 1-5, q for interrupts, r, v for taunts, f, x, e, and if I really need an extra button, T. Of course I also have shift and mouse bindings for additional button slots but that layout is generally pretty easy on my hands
Thanks for this!! I play AST a fair bit and always found the targeting to give a card thing really bothersome, I had no idea mouse over macros existed!! This will help me out a ton. You're the best!
As a tank player who started raiding in a savage learning group recently, I appreciate the section on macros, as I wasn’t entirely sure where and when they could be helpful to me. Gonna get that shirk macro setup ASAP, keep making great content man!
Dude, thank you so much. I have been using the target macro on Salted Earth for years, but I would always have to switch to the manual placement for wall bosses. I had no idea you could put both methods on one button. I'm so glad I subscribed a while back!
Nice video as always man. For keybinds I use the basic 1~5 / Q~T / A~G and Z~V when needed with SHIFT and CRTL as modifiers placed as macros on 2 of my mouse buttoms. I tried without success get used to a MMO mouse and after some trial and error found this solution that worked best for me.
This is a great idea. I have a MMO Mouse and cant get used to it as my fingers seem to big for the keys. So i also bought a Razer Tartarus Game Pad. Its better for me than the mouse. Takes practice using it. Yet the idea to keybind a Shift and Alt to the mouse is a good idea as i can separate the keys well for that. Thanks for the tip.
Great video, it helped me a lot. Even as a veteran gamer with 30+ years of experience under my belt I was overwelmed by the number of possible keybinds in FFXIV. It was like playing an old X3 game. Even worse to be honest... I really don't mind learning curves, but spending hours trying to figure out keybinds and layouts before you can actually start playing is such a drag. Your video made more sense of it all, so thanks!
Greg Vizzacco It takes time to get used to. At first, when I started playing SWTOR with Naga, after an hour of gameplay it usually began to feel like I’d done pull-ups with my thumb only. Weak points in your muscles adjust and get stronger the more you use a gamer mouse.
@@terrorshard2916 in my case the buttons on my mouse are bound to cooldowns and other infrequently used skills and my main rotations are bound to buttons on my Keypad, but however you bind them it does take a little adjustment period to feel comfortable!
I usually have a hard time understanding videos like this bc I’m a sprout and 14 is my first mmo so I’m still picking up on a lot of the jargon + being on PS4 so a lot of videos end up not even talking about playing on a controller and only on mouse. But this video I actually basically completely understood! Plus it’s clear what to do if your on controller! Thanks so much for the video!
A very useful BLM macro: /micon "Aetherial Manipulation" /mlock /merror off /ac "Aetherial Manipulation" /ac "Between the Lines" Will use Manipulation if an ally is targeted, and Between the Lines otherwise, creating a single teleport button that will default to your Ley Lines unless a friendly target is specified. Between The Lines has such a short cooldown (3 seconds) that not being able to see it has never been an issue. I use because I play on controller and soft target it, but K+M players can use .
I was literally just having this conversation! I do use a mouse with side buttons (SteelSeries moba mouse, 6 side buttons). I didn't care for the 12 button mice I've tried, so I use a bunch of keyboard binds too (Q, E, R, F, G, Z, X, C, and V are my go to's, from WoW). Small hands mean that I try to keep everything close by (and I rebound A and D to strife left/right).
I was one of those people asking for this video and after seeing it, I have more questions... I'm sure this video is super helpful to a lot of people watching, but to me it didn't answer a lot of questions. All the things outlined in this video are things I already do: * Have crucial cooldowns front and center in your UI * Modifiers on your mouse side buttons which let multiply the easy to hit keys next to WASD. 1,2,3,4,5,e,r,f times 4 (plain, ctrl, alt, shift) = 32 * Have similar skills for similar jobs on the same place on your hotbars You use an MMO mouse with tons of side buttons, YES... that was useful. So how did map those side buttons?? Specifically, which ones did you reserve for modifiers, and which ones did you map directly to skills/spells... *and why*? What's comfortable to do you?
Funnily enough, I have like 2 dozen UI/glam macros but never thought to make any for skills (other than the few crafting macros I have. This is so smart! Also really love the hotbar for seeing important skill cooldowns! Think ill that as well for my raiding HUD. Awesome video! :D
These are very handy to have for gamepad users, too, to keep track of actions you have on another x-hotbar. I'd probably say they're integral for improving gamepad play, as it reduces the amount of toggling you do; it sucks to find an action isn't ready to use yet and you've wasted time and energy looking.
@@TheSlayer117 You can build a muscle memory for looking at them instead of your hotbar by hiding your hotbar for a day while you go about usual activities, hitting dummies, etc.
I use the same mouse and I barely use any keybinds on my keyboard outside of Shift/Ctrl modifiers. Investing into a great MMO mouse especially the Corsair Scimitar Pro will help a ton especially if you're newer to using keybinds in general. I also find it funny that we have the same exactly layout for Defensive CD keybinds lol.
A Naga mouse is really helpful. It comes with 3 different options: numpad side, 7 button circle side, and 2 button side. I use the 7 button circle mouse. It frees up my left hand for the F keys and to move over to the right for my lesser used keys. I digress. My screen layout is entirely different than the majority because it helps me pay attention to other players instead of looking at the floor.
Just please don't use them on GCD actions. GCD actions, no matter how it's set up, are always hindered by being in a macro. If you use macros - ONLY use them for oGCDs.
1:25 What changed my gaming experience a fair bit was swapping caps lock and escape in the registry on Windows. Made caps lock no longer a big "dead" key so close to WASD (I press escape so much, and not just in games, while barely using the actual caps lock function). And freed up an adjacent macro key I'd previously bound to escape for easy access.
I ran into a Red Mage and they used in their Verraise macro. So now I use this, /macroicon "Verraise" /ac "Verraise" /p Verraise ＊MP Another is that because I have a small screen, I actually have a UI toggle for the party/alliance lists keybinded to my X.
With a FPS type mouse, I make the hotbars to be 4x3 with the idea of three rows of four slots to three rows of four keys from 1-4; but since WASD are in the way, the modifications are: first row as intended, 1-4. second row is q+key left of 1+e-r, third row z-c+f as v is not comfortable for me. Then thumb buttons are Ctrl the one behind and shift the one in front, to keep the relative position from keyboard. That is enough for everything. Alt is for things I have that I like to activate with keys but aren't needing superfast reaction. For now that just means summon the mount and the ultimate. I have the ultimate in Alt to avoid a finger slipping into it when I meant to activate the slot beside it or the slot that's with another modifier.
This is a hotbar guide that anyone who plays an mmo should watch. And going from 15 years of wow using this method into FFXIV shows just how homogenized WoW is now adays. Between all the classes and combos and oGCDs, it's been a learning curve to add new binds and new skill types in different spots.
Just wanted to say, there has been a reason in the current savage tier to shirk someone other than the other tank. In E7S adds phase, the player with 2nd aggro will always get the stack marker. It's worthwhile to shirk a DPS other than the other tank or Samurai so that the Samurai can expend their tsubame and leave to spread DoTs on the adds without getting the stack marker. Alternatively, if one player (Most likely Summoner or Bard) gets shirked by both tanks, you can put both stack markers on one player, making stacking the full party in both easier, if you're playing a strat where the whole party stays together.
Quick PSA on macros, but it's also better to include /micon at the END of the macro, rather than the beginning. The game still takes time to read that first line even if it's just the icon for the macro, so putting it at the end means your macro can activate that little bit faster.
I have huge hands to Ctrl/Alt modifiers and mmo mice are a bit of a pain to use. So instead I bound a hotbar of less-used letters. Namely Q, E, R, T, F, G, V, X Moved things like focus target and target focus target to macros so I didn't lose them. Works ok so far!
I know this is like almost a year later, but thank you for the mouseover macros. I haven't found many of those and I plan to play a healer most of the time, so targeting is always an issue. Mouseover macros were so helpful in my time playing WoW, but I know that that language doesn't translate necessarily to ff14. Thanks again! Also, that tip about adding another hotbar JUST to track CD's is genius. Haven't seen that much either.
while I do have a gaming mouse, it only has 5 mouse buttons (mouse wheel [3], thumb up [4], thumb down [5]), which mainly control camera and focus targetting, ALL of my skills are accessible via the (regular) keyboard. I have an ESDF movement setup, standard movement, and all my skills are based on using AQWRTG and shift+AQWRTG. All hotbars are set 6x2, and accessible via 1-5 (combat hotbars) and shift+1-5 (emote/misc hotbars). My ESDF hand placement allows me to even reach 6, which I use as keybind to reach my pet/mount hotbar I'm hoping to make a video on how my setup works, because it allows a person like me with only basic, non-gamer equipment to play super-well cause everything's within reach of my left hand. (slightly editted to include pet hotbar)
@@tencatogaming1927 A year late but it is true and very easy to test. Use 14 lines of /micon "Ability" /ac "Ability" vs 1 line of /micon "Ability" /ac "Ability". Time both and the one with a single line of /micon will activate the ability faster due to the delay that /micon adds. If /micon had no delay at all then they would fire at the same time but they don't which means /micon HAS a delay - however small it is.
Just going to say in ANY game you should have similar abilities on the same button. In ESO when I play tank my 5 key is always my taunt regardless of its its the melee or ranged one, that way all I need to think is "Am I holding a staff or sword right now." Not that plus "What button is my taunt again?" I like to arrange my bards in the 3x4 to match the mouse keypad as well in this game, so if I for some reason don't know off the top of my head or muscle memory whats where all I have to do is look at my hot bar, and its laid out as four 3x4 grids so I know whats on what button and what modifier it is.
To extend on when Lynx says, "where you actually place them isn't the important part", of you're using a 12 button mouse and modifier keys the. It's not really important because all of your buttons are in easy reach. However, if you're using more keybinds on your keyboard then you should absolutely keep in mind where you place important and often used skulls so that they are comfortably within reach. Meaning don't place a skill with a short cooldown that you use often in an awkward to reach keybind. Like a healer putting a cure spell on a Shift+G keybind. You'd want that spell easier to reach (possibly without having a modifier as pressing keys with modifiers can lead to hand cramping and sometimes mistakes) So do put some thought into how you use spells and where to place them a spell or ability with a 2 minute or longer cooldown that you don't use often would be better for something out of the way like shift+g, and doesn't belong in a spot like keybind 4 where it is using a hotbar slot that could be put to much better use for you to play comfortably and react quickly. With a 12 button mouse it's not as big of a deal because all keys are within the reach of your thumb and modifiers are within reach of your other hand. Some players move WASD movement keys over to the right one space ESDF, to have access too more keys to keybind while still reaching modifiers like shift alt ctrl with the left hand. (I tried couldn't get used to it lol. But recognize the benefits)
You've got a very similar layout to mine. I try to keep all essential information near the center of my screen, and all non-essentials like quests, mount, emote bars, menus, etc to the sides. I think it's especially important for the party list to be always visible so you can track buffs and debuffs across the party, especially as healer so you can catch anything the tank might be doing out of the norm like a clutch SB or LD or any DPS that might have got clipped that needs spot healed.
I use similar keybinds for different jobs based on the skill types, like you do examples: ALT+1,2,3 on healers are the oGCDS like lilys spells , for tanks Sentinel, rampart, reprise Q E F on melle default combos , healer hard cast damage and aoe heal X shift+x on tanks aeo default and aoe combo , on healers dot and cleanse , on magic dots shift+e,shift+f is always for my healers swiftcast+ revive or for tanks damage or defense buffs on short cds i have 23 keybinds that i've used across years of mmos (24+ if an mmo allows capslock binding), i hate having to click things so any thing needing clicking thats circumstantial and has long CDs is put on a hot bar below to the right eg thinair or tank immunity
I honestly just use the number pad and the adjacent 6 keys such as page up/down etc, that's usually more than enough to cover everything I've needed for every class I play.
Yup, MMO Mouse, and your left hand should be ASDW, ctrl, alt or shift (Modifiers which change which row you are activating with your buttons). Even if you find the MMO mouse awkward to use, most people can comfortably use at least 6 of those buttons, 3*6 is enough for most scenarios. And having some that you might want to click in odd scenarios doesn't hurt (like putting your "Start fight Macro" somewhere you click on as you don't need it in a fight). MMO Mice (Razer) often come with software that allow you build Macros that act as actual key presses, and work differently (better) than Macros built into FF. FF Macro's follow different rules than button presses, such as queuing up actions while the current one has some (less than .5 seconds) time still on it on key press, vs. FF Macros needing you to be clear of actions to work. Good advice on Macros, its good to note that you can add or subtract which Macros you will need to be using for the content you are playing. Salted Earth is usually set to dump onto ground at your feet, but that's just a personal preference.
Hey, I'm just curious. Are you able to do a video showing your hotbars for all of your classes? I'm starting to level up the rest of my classes and I really like your setup, so I was hoping to make sure I have things optimized the same way. Thanks and love the videos!
Excellent video, had no idea you could holmgang yourself! If I may add something: in your macros move the /micon line to the bottom of the macro. This shaves off some time and allows the macro to fire faster as the game won't have to read that line during every key press.
Since I don't understand the use and description of these end-game abilities, most of the talk of macros flew over my head. But I get that it can be very useful, but as a PS4/console player, I am going to have to experiment and read up online to figure out how.
Official. I will no longer be in the 80%, subbing. I was actually just hoping that you would make this video, as macros/hotbars can be a huge hindrance to playing better.
Just want to say an ultrawide display for ffxiv is super nice. You have so much space for your ui and its a totally different experience especially in dungeons and raids also I never recommend using alt as a modifier unless its for super niche spells. This is to avoid alt + tabbing out of the game and killing your toon in the process
Loki the Cat yea i can do that but the process is tedious and I usually alt tab in between ques. I wish there was a built in keyboard shortcut for that but I need to learn more about how to macro or script. Such a process and bind it to a key. For me its just simpler to not use it. I just end up putting other keys into my rotation such as Q,E,R,T,F,Z,X,C. Those in combination with Shift + Ctrl modifiers feel much more comfortable for me than using alt. Although I do get the appeal.
I also bought an MMO mouse and although I'm only level 50 and so only have two combat hotbars max, it's incredibly useful. The only problem I have is that I still need to build muscle memory of which buttons are 7-12. Right now I sometimes have to spend a second brushing the buttons and counting to make sure I hit the right skill. All that being said, I'm still far away from the real content, and have no idea how macros are going to work in the future.
good chunk of information. only think you should be a little clearer on how the macro is read. it processes the lines top to bottom trying out each line and jumping to the next one if it fails. someone in discord said the game can do 15-20 frames a second == 1 second and the macro read through all 15 lines. by repeating the command it will retry within these milliseconds. it won't always work because skill macros interfere with skill-chaining == only work when no skill is being processed
I actually don't like having my stuff around my character, since I like keeping an eye on the whole field. So I try to keep the middle of my screen as clean as possible. I just glance at one thing I need and swap my attention back to the fight. With that said I've grown up playing MMOs so I usually only need to glance between my health bar, my teammates health bar and the boss' health bar. Very rarely at my skills.
You made a casual mention of controllers, but when you were talking about Astro you didn't mention how relatively easier it is for them. What I mean is if you play on controller you can cycle through the party list with up and down on the d pad, letting you quickly get to a person to use Play or Minor Arcana on. And the game remembers whichever hostile target you previously had for Malefic. Though if you need to retarget you can get left and right on the d pad to immediately swap to hostiles.
@@NamesLynx Thats fine! I just wanted to bring it up because I've heard almost the exact same sentiments from the KBM players I raid with, and wanted to inject a bit of a controller perspective so other controller players don't feel discouraged .
Thank you very much. Very useful! That info about Holmgang... well i am glad i didnt learn it from the cold floor :) How do you manage that "secondary" stuff like "Return" and maybe icons to change job? Do you use something to un/hide some hotbars, or do you solve it differently?
The solution is just not putting it on your hotbars. You can use /return and change job from the character menu. The hotbars are for actions that you need to use quickly in combat.
Tfw the more I watch your videos the more I realize I already do all the things you're talking about 😅 I guess my 9000 hours of playtime haven't been a waste? Lol!
For the ninjas out there- you can macro hide so that it cancels immediately after you activate it. I actually forget the macro right now so if you wanna know specifically how, hit me up and I'll reply with what it is.
I actually use WASD for abilities and move my character by holding down both mouse buttons, I just reached level 50 so I don't know if there will be any significant drawbacks in harder content.
I'm on controller so all the mouse over wont do me any good, but I have a keyboard and use the num pad to pick part members and swap between targets target. Mostly for healing because I can waste a lot of time picking a party member otherwise.
how can i make one macro use a skill depending on whether i press Shit and the hotkey the macro is on or alt and the same hotkey to cast another skill... i know this is possible in wow but how do we do it in ff14
Hey man, quick question. How did you set up that macro for when you used the blackest night just by clicking on them in the party list? Thank you I appreciate it!
Fun fact: It is possible to remap Control/Alt onto Caps Lock to make things easier to press. It's not a game-specific change, but rather a windows/other os update
I've seen people mention this before, but sitting at my keyboard I'm having trouble picturing it. Maybe its a hand size thing, bust ASD with middle fingers (Center finger reaches W) leaves pinky sitting on Ctrl with an arch, or flat onto Shift. Moving up to Caps requires arching all fingers slightly to reach and minor wrist twist, so smaller hands (most people) would find caps more awkward than I do. Thumb on space reaches Alt fairly easily. Those presses are 100% of what my left hand is doing unless I'm chatting and that barely changes "proper" finger placement.
I love the scimitar, though it can be a bit buggy at times. It relies super heavily on it's software so every once in a while I need to restart my pc if there's a glitch. Other than that, perfect mouse.
Just my personal exp: I did use this mouse too and my mouse broke like 2 weeks before waranty expired... yeah and then I got to "experience" the wonderful corsair warranty service. It would take too long to write the entire story here - so tldr I will never ever buy anything from corsair again after my experiences with their "customer service". Apart from that the mouse was "ok-ish" when I used it - it is buggy sometimes though.
@@KeiEnd I play a lot of CoD so I use an FPS mouse. I don't find that FF 14 has as bad of button bloat as other MMOs that I need a mmo mouse. Can rebind the dpi buttons and there are 3 on the side so definitely less than mmo mouse
Is it possible to update one macro with another macro? I.E. Macro 2 is going to target a party member as well as cast a heal on them. Macro 1 will update Macro 2 with the party members name. I am not a coder, macro maker, etc so am not sure if this is possible. So the flow would be: I target a party member then press macro 1, this will then update macro 2 with the party members name that is part of the targeting command. Then when I click macro 2, the target command will target the party member and cast the heal command. Otherwise, I realize I can just edit the macro with the party members name. But if there is a special character or other potential issues in spelling, having a macro be able to update with the accurate spelling would be much much easier. lol :)
The Balance is very anti-macro for astrologian, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. BUT, if you don't want to risk macro failure, there IS a 3rd party mouseover plugin you can use. It's more useful for astrologian than other healers I think, but it's nice for all of them. Not that I would know. I would never do something against the terms of service, of course.
I wouldn't suggest using rescue on one unless they will die. They are the DPS. the other DPS are supports. I always run outta time on my aetherial fire and ice and I can't imagine a healer using it on me on a tiny aoe that'd chunk a bit of my health. I'd be mad but wouldn't say anything lol
I'm new to FFXIV and I believe I messed up badly however I'd like your thoughts. During a battle with a Lady-Bug I hovered over my `stone` attack move and held onto it for awhile- I somehow dragged the move-icon off the Hotbar area. Now I can't find it. Did I permanently delete it?
Psa: if you have small hands and can't press ctrl, shift etc reliably, you should set up a macro on your mouse side buttons (you need 2 minimum one for shift and one for ctrl) that way you don't need to use your left hand at all to press shift and ctrl. And on the same note, i suggest only going up to 4 or your wrists are going to hurt trying to reach 5, sucks but it is what it is.
You can also move your movement keys one or two keys to the right of WASD. That way, there are a few more keys you can reach on the left side of your hand as well. Of course, that only works if you have your modifier keys on the mouse.
I don't know how many extra keys you can reach with smaller hands, but I got at least my little finger resting on a key I can press all the time, and then I move my ring finger to reach other keys.
Dude you save my life ill try to train that way,i was resting for week now because my wrist hurts as hell when i go full tryhard
I have small hands so the keys I generally set is 1-5, q for interrupts, r, v for taunts, f, x, e, and if I really need an extra button, T. Of course I also have shift and mouse bindings for additional button slots but that layout is generally pretty easy on my hands
get smaller keyboard they are making these = keys are closer.
Can you explain how to do this to someone who is technological illiterate?
I’m just glad I didn’t learn “Holmgang falls off if the target dies” the hard way
Thanks for this!! I play AST a fair bit and always found the targeting to give a card thing really bothersome, I had no idea mouse over macros existed!! This will help me out a ton. You're the best!
Glad I could help!
As a tank player who started raiding in a savage learning group recently, I appreciate the section on macros, as I wasn’t entirely sure where and when they could be helpful to me. Gonna get that shirk macro setup ASAP, keep making great content man!
talk about timing! I just got lvl 60 and was already dreading the skill bloat. Thanks a lot
Dude, thank you so much. I have been using the target macro on Salted Earth for years, but I would always have to switch to the manual placement for wall bosses. I had no idea you could put both methods on one button.
I'm so glad I subscribed a while back!
Glad I could help!
Nice video as always man. For keybinds I use the basic 1~5 / Q~T / A~G and Z~V when needed with SHIFT and CRTL as modifiers placed as macros on 2 of my mouse buttoms. I tried without success get used to a MMO mouse and after some trial and error found this solution that worked best for me.
This is a great idea. I have a MMO Mouse and cant get used to it as my fingers seem to big for the keys. So i also bought a Razer Tartarus Game Pad. Its better for me than the mouse. Takes practice using it. Yet the idea to keybind a Shift and Alt to the mouse is a good idea as i can separate the keys well for that. Thanks for the tip.
Great video, it helped me a lot. Even as a veteran gamer with 30+ years of experience under my belt I was overwelmed by the number of possible keybinds in FFXIV. It was like playing an old X3 game. Even worse to be honest... I really don't mind learning curves, but spending hours trying to figure out keybinds and layouts before you can actually start playing is such a drag. Your video made more sense of it all, so thanks!
Mmo mouse was a game changer for me, combining that with a Razer Tartarus is god tier helpful!
I can't play any game without a mmo mouse anymore.
@@camma12 how do you mash buttons with your mouse hands thumbs and not have hand tiring or pain issues?
Greg Vizzacco It takes time to get used to. At first, when I started playing SWTOR with Naga, after an hour of gameplay it usually began to feel like I’d done pull-ups with my thumb only. Weak points in your muscles adjust and get stronger the more you use a gamer mouse.
@@terrorshard2916 in my case the buttons on my mouse are bound to cooldowns and other infrequently used skills and my main rotations are bound to buttons on my Keypad, but however you bind them it does take a little adjustment period to feel comfortable!
@@terrorshard2916 i used to work where you used ur whole hand in different weird angles so i never really got any odd strains with naga
I usually have a hard time understanding videos like this bc I’m a sprout and 14 is my first mmo so I’m still picking up on a lot of the jargon + being on PS4 so a lot of videos end up not even talking about playing on a controller and only on mouse. But this video I actually basically completely understood! Plus it’s clear what to do if your on controller! Thanks so much for the video!
A very useful BLM macro:
/micon "Aetherial Manipulation"
/mlock
/merror off
/ac "Aetherial Manipulation"
/ac "Between the Lines"
Will use Manipulation if an ally is targeted, and Between the Lines otherwise, creating a single teleport button that will default to your Ley Lines unless a friendly target is specified. Between The Lines has such a short cooldown (3 seconds) that not being able to see it has never been an issue.
I use because I play on controller and soft target it, but K+M players can use .
Black Lives Matters macro?
I was literally just having this conversation! I do use a mouse with side buttons (SteelSeries moba mouse, 6 side buttons). I didn't care for the 12 button mice I've tried, so I use a bunch of keyboard binds too (Q, E, R, F, G, Z, X, C, and V are my go to's, from WoW). Small hands mean that I try to keep everything close by (and I rebound A and D to strife left/right).
Liked and subbed just for telling me about mouse over macros
I play this game for like 4 yrs now and just found out this exists
thx a lot
I was one of those people asking for this video and after seeing it, I have more questions...
I'm sure this video is super helpful to a lot of people watching, but to me it didn't answer a lot of questions. All the things outlined in this video are things I already do:
* Have crucial cooldowns front and center in your UI
* Modifiers on your mouse side buttons which let multiply the easy to hit keys next to WASD. 1,2,3,4,5,e,r,f times 4 (plain, ctrl, alt, shift) = 32
* Have similar skills for similar jobs on the same place on your hotbars
You use an MMO mouse with tons of side buttons, YES... that was useful.
So how did map those side buttons?? Specifically, which ones did you reserve for modifiers, and which ones did you map directly to skills/spells... *and why*? What's comfortable to do you?
I agree. I'm struggling so hard with this.
Funnily enough, I have like 2 dozen UI/glam macros but never thought to make any for skills (other than the few crafting macros I have. This is so smart! Also really love the hotbar for seeing important skill cooldowns! Think ill that as well for my raiding HUD. Awesome video! :D
I never even thought about keeping track of cooldowns with the unused skillbars... Holy hell that’s gonna change my life
These are very handy to have for gamepad users, too, to keep track of actions you have on another x-hotbar.
I'd probably say they're integral for improving gamepad play, as it reduces the amount of toggling you do; it sucks to find an action isn't ready to use yet and you've wasted time and energy looking.
I always tried it but it never worked for me. I just never look at them and still look at my hotbar,
@@TheSlayer117 You can build a muscle memory for looking at them instead of your hotbar by hiding your hotbar for a day while you go about usual activities, hitting dummies, etc.
I came here to look at the keybinds...ended up watching the whole thing and damnnn i was impressed
I use the same mouse and I barely use any keybinds on my keyboard outside of Shift/Ctrl modifiers. Investing into a great MMO mouse especially the Corsair Scimitar Pro will help a ton especially if you're newer to using keybinds in general. I also find it funny that we have the same exactly layout for Defensive CD keybinds lol.
Many thanks! I was always worried because people talked about Markos but I really never know the reason for it... Cool stuff.
4:50 shots fired on Corey
Thank you for the thorough explanation. It's really helpful. It can be so overwhelming with the amount of stuff I gotta organize 👀
A Naga mouse is really helpful. It comes with 3 different options: numpad side, 7 button circle side, and 2 button side. I use the 7 button circle mouse. It frees up my left hand for the F keys and to move over to the right for my lesser used keys. I digress. My screen layout is entirely different than the majority because it helps me pay attention to other players instead of looking at the floor.
I came from WoW where I loved mouse over macros. I didn't know ffxiv had the same thing until now. This makes healing and tanking loads better for me.
Just please don't use them on GCD actions. GCD actions, no matter how it's set up, are always hindered by being in a macro. If you use macros - ONLY use them for oGCDs.
@@NokoFace Thanks for the tip.
1:25 What changed my gaming experience a fair bit was swapping caps lock and escape in the registry on Windows. Made caps lock no longer a big "dead" key so close to WASD (I press escape so much, and not just in games, while barely using the actual caps lock function). And freed up an adjacent macro key I'd previously bound to escape for easy access.
I ran into a Red Mage and they used in their Verraise macro. So now I use this,
/macroicon "Verraise"
/ac "Verraise"
/p Verraise ＊MP
Another is that because I have a small screen, I actually have a UI toggle for the party/alliance lists keybinded to my X.
With a FPS type mouse, I make the hotbars to be 4x3 with the idea of three rows of four slots to three rows of four keys from 1-4; but since WASD are in the way, the modifications are: first row as intended, 1-4. second row is q+key left of 1+e-r, third row z-c+f as v is not comfortable for me. Then thumb buttons are Ctrl the one behind and shift the one in front, to keep the relative position from keyboard. That is enough for everything. Alt is for things I have that I like to activate with keys but aren't needing superfast reaction. For now that just means summon the mount and the ultimate. I have the ultimate in Alt to avoid a finger slipping into it when I meant to activate the slot beside it or the slot that's with another modifier.
This is a hotbar guide that anyone who plays an mmo should watch. And going from 15 years of wow using this method into FFXIV shows just how homogenized WoW is now adays.
Between all the classes and combos and oGCDs, it's been a learning curve to add new binds and new skill types in different spots.
Just wanted to say, there has been a reason in the current savage tier to shirk someone other than the other tank. In E7S adds phase, the player with 2nd aggro will always get the stack marker. It's worthwhile to shirk a DPS other than the other tank or Samurai so that the Samurai can expend their tsubame and leave to spread DoTs on the adds without getting the stack marker.
Alternatively, if one player (Most likely Summoner or Bard) gets shirked by both tanks, you can put both stack markers on one player, making stacking the full party in both easier, if you're playing a strat where the whole party stays together.
That shirk macro blew my mind. How did I not think of that it seems so obvious but so clevee
Thanks for the vid. I had a bit of trouble with hud and macros.
Quick PSA on macros, but it's also better to include /micon at the END of the macro, rather than the beginning. The game still takes time to read that first line even if it's just the icon for the macro, so putting it at the end means your macro can activate that little bit faster.
I have huge hands to Ctrl/Alt modifiers and mmo mice are a bit of a pain to use.
So instead I bound a hotbar of less-used letters. Namely Q, E, R, T, F, G, V, X
Moved things like focus target and target focus target to macros so I didn't lose them. Works ok so far!
I'm new to MMO's so this should be helpful.
Have fun in FFXIV!
I know this is like almost a year later, but thank you for the mouseover macros. I haven't found many of those and I plan to play a healer most of the time, so targeting is always an issue. Mouseover macros were so helpful in my time playing WoW, but I know that that language doesn't translate necessarily to ff14. Thanks again! Also, that tip about adding another hotbar JUST to track CD's is genius. Haven't seen that much either.
while I do have a gaming mouse, it only has 5 mouse buttons (mouse wheel [3], thumb up [4], thumb down [5]), which mainly control camera and focus targetting, ALL of my skills are accessible via the (regular) keyboard. I have an ESDF movement setup, standard movement, and all my skills are based on using AQWRTG and shift+AQWRTG. All hotbars are set 6x2, and accessible via 1-5 (combat hotbars) and shift+1-5 (emote/misc hotbars). My ESDF hand placement allows me to even reach 6, which I use as keybind to reach my pet/mount hotbar
I'm hoping to make a video on how my setup works, because it allows a person like me with only basic, non-gamer equipment to play super-well cause everything's within reach of my left hand.
(slightly editted to include pet hotbar)
man playing with the hotbar is a game itself
Gonna start my journey into FF14 tonight, thanks for the concise and useful video.
Have fun!
For your macros if you write /micon "Name Of the Ability" on the last line of the macro it will make the macro faster by some 0.20s
Is it true or only a speculation?
not sure if true, but it would make sense. Since the macro would read off each line in the sequence
it'll save 0.20s if you play on 5 frames per second perhaps.
@@tencatogaming1927 A year late but it is true and very easy to test. Use 14 lines of /micon "Ability" /ac "Ability" vs 1 line of /micon "Ability" /ac "Ability". Time both and the one with a single line of /micon will activate the ability faster due to the delay that /micon adds. If /micon had no delay at all then they would fire at the same time but they don't which means /micon HAS a delay - however small it is.
First time I see someone thinking exactly the same as me. Feels good to share same thoughts with a rank 1 player. Nice video btw.
Hey, thanks!
Just going to say in ANY game you should have similar abilities on the same button. In ESO when I play tank my 5 key is always my taunt regardless of its its the melee or ranged one, that way all I need to think is "Am I holding a staff or sword right now." Not that plus "What button is my taunt again?"
I like to arrange my bards in the 3x4 to match the mouse keypad as well in this game, so if I for some reason don't know off the top of my head or muscle memory whats where all I have to do is look at my hot bar, and its laid out as four 3x4 grids so I know whats on what button and what modifier it is.
To extend on when Lynx says, "where you actually place them isn't the important part", of you're using a 12 button mouse and modifier keys the. It's not really important because all of your buttons are in easy reach. However, if you're using more keybinds on your keyboard then you should absolutely keep in mind where you place important and often used skulls so that they are comfortably within reach. Meaning don't place a skill with a short cooldown that you use often in an awkward to reach keybind. Like a healer putting a cure spell on a Shift+G keybind. You'd want that spell easier to reach (possibly without having a modifier as pressing keys with modifiers can lead to hand cramping and sometimes mistakes) So do put some thought into how you use spells and where to place them a spell or ability with a 2 minute or longer cooldown that you don't use often would be better for something out of the way like shift+g, and doesn't belong in a spot like keybind 4 where it is using a hotbar slot that could be put to much better use for you to play comfortably and react quickly.
With a 12 button mouse it's not as big of a deal because all keys are within the reach of your thumb and modifiers are within reach of your other hand.
Some players move WASD movement keys over to the right one space ESDF, to have access too more keys to keybind while still reaching modifiers like shift alt ctrl with the left hand.
(I tried couldn't get used to it lol. But recognize the benefits)
You've got a very similar layout to mine. I try to keep all essential information near the center of my screen, and all non-essentials like quests, mount, emote bars, menus, etc to the sides. I think it's especially important for the party list to be always visible so you can track buffs and debuffs across the party, especially as healer so you can catch anything the tank might be doing out of the norm like a clutch SB or LD or any DPS that might have got clipped that needs spot healed.
I use similar keybinds for different jobs based on the skill types, like you do
examples:
ALT+1,2,3 on healers are the oGCDS like lilys spells , for tanks Sentinel, rampart, reprise
Q E F on melle default combos , healer hard cast damage and aoe heal
X shift+x on tanks aeo default and aoe combo , on healers dot and cleanse , on magic dots
shift+e,shift+f is always for my healers swiftcast+ revive or for tanks damage or defense buffs on short cds
i have 23 keybinds that i've used across years of mmos (24+ if an mmo allows capslock binding), i hate having to click things so any thing needing clicking thats circumstantial and has long CDs is put on a hot bar below to the right eg thinair or tank immunity
My Salted Earth Macro is . so that it will always spawn under me. Really helpful in Dungeons.
I actually have 3 salted earth binds. One for , one for and one is just the regular target one which I really should just change to tbf.
I honestly just use the number pad and the adjacent 6 keys such as page up/down etc, that's usually more than enough to cover everything I've needed for every class I play.
you also can write macros with Auto Translate, that way you can use your Macros on All Clients.
Yup, MMO Mouse, and your left hand should be ASDW, ctrl, alt or shift (Modifiers which change which row you are activating with your buttons). Even if you find the MMO mouse awkward to use, most people can comfortably use at least 6 of those buttons, 3*6 is enough for most scenarios. And having some that you might want to click in odd scenarios doesn't hurt (like putting your "Start fight Macro" somewhere you click on as you don't need it in a fight).
MMO Mice (Razer) often come with software that allow you build Macros that act as actual key presses, and work differently (better) than Macros built into FF. FF Macro's follow different rules than button presses, such as queuing up actions while the current one has some (less than .5 seconds) time still on it on key press, vs. FF Macros needing you to be clear of actions to work.
Good advice on Macros, its good to note that you can add or subtract which Macros you will need to be using for the content you are playing. Salted Earth is usually set to dump onto ground at your feet, but that's just a personal preference.
Lotta good stuff in this vid I'll be using for myself, thanks a lot
6:13 "having to target the player, retarget the boss"
Me on controller: 👀👀👀👀 that's exactly what I do 😭
Hey, I'm just curious. Are you able to do a video showing your hotbars for all of your classes? I'm starting to level up the rest of my classes and I really like your setup, so I was hoping to make sure I have things optimized the same way. Thanks and love the videos!
Excellent video, had no idea you could holmgang yourself!
If I may add something: in your macros move the /micon line to the bottom of the macro. This shaves off some time and allows the macro to fire faster as the game won't have to read that line during every key press.
If I wasn't already subbed, you'd have earned an instant sub when I saw your Chocobo name. I too, love my Nugget. 🥰
I pretty much just copy+pasted my WoW keybinds. Works very well.
Since I don't understand the use and description of these end-game abilities, most of the talk of macros flew over my head. But I get that it can be very useful, but as a PS4/console player, I am going to have to experiment and read up online to figure out how.
Yeah I use the same mouse, had it for nearly two years and it's in a STATE oh boy. I will never change it
3,4,e,r,c,v are prime keybind locations. These keybinds are easy to press while also moving. Put your most used abilities on these keys.
Official. I will no longer be in the 80%, subbing. I was actually just hoping that you would make this video, as macros/hotbars can be a huge hindrance to playing better.
Thank you!
And nothing about this persons keybinds are going to help you lol
EliTiSToXiC Content CrEaToR, stop giving up what we ask for, STOP GIVING US THE ANSWERS LYNX
just in time when i was thinking i might need some macros.. thanks :D
that... that mouse is not just godly, but legendary holy shit it make me go crazy seeing it holy shit!
Just want to say an ultrawide display for ffxiv is super nice. You have so much space for your ui and its a totally different experience especially in dungeons and raids
also I never recommend using alt as a modifier unless its for super niche spells. This is to avoid alt + tabbing out of the game and killing your toon in the process
You can disable Alt tab, and (thank god) windows key. That thing sitting in the middle of all the fun buttons is a death sentence.
Also, having an ultrawide is basically having a legit zoom hack. You see more of the arena if you use it compared to typical 16:9 displays.
Loki the Cat yea i can do that but the process is tedious and I usually alt tab in between ques. I wish there was a built in keyboard shortcut for that but I need to learn more about how to macro or script. Such a process and bind it to a key. For me its just simpler to not use it. I just end up putting other keys into my rotation such as Q,E,R,T,F,Z,X,C. Those in combination with Shift + Ctrl modifiers feel much more comfortable for me than using alt. Although I do get the appeal.
ウィーアブー in a way yes. And its glorious!
I also bought an MMO mouse and although I'm only level 50 and so only have two combat hotbars max, it's incredibly useful. The only problem I have is that I still need to build muscle memory of which buttons are 7-12. Right now I sometimes have to spend a second brushing the buttons and counting to make sure I hit the right skill.
All that being said, I'm still far away from the real content, and have no idea how macros are going to work in the future.
good chunk of information. only think you should be a little clearer on how the macro is read. it processes the lines top to bottom trying out each line and jumping to the next one if it fails. someone in discord said the game can do 15-20 frames a second == 1 second and the macro read through all 15 lines. by repeating the command it will retry within these milliseconds. it won't always work because skill macros interfere with skill-chaining == only work when no skill is being processed
most of the "guides" i see on youtube are so basic, your one of the only ones i watched so far that u can get real advice from thanks for that.
your vdo came on my recommend so often that i didn't realize i haven't subscribe yet lol
I actually don't like having my stuff around my character, since I like keeping an eye on the whole field. So I try to keep the middle of my screen as clean as possible. I just glance at one thing I need and swap my attention back to the fight. With that said I've grown up playing MMOs so I usually only need to glance between my health bar, my teammates health bar and the boss' health bar. Very rarely at my skills.
You made a casual mention of controllers, but when you were talking about Astro you didn't mention how relatively easier it is for them. What I mean is if you play on controller you can cycle through the party list with up and down on the d pad, letting you quickly get to a person to use Play or Minor Arcana on. And the game remembers whichever hostile target you previously had for Malefic. Though if you need to retarget you can get left and right on the d pad to immediately swap to hostiles.
Yea I’ve literally never ever played with a controller before so i am very ignorant to anything controller related
@@NamesLynx Thats fine! I just wanted to bring it up because I've heard almost the exact same sentiments from the KBM players I raid with, and wanted to inject a bit of a controller perspective so other controller players don't feel discouraged .
Bro what a guide thank you so much! I'm still learning how to tank properly and it's so awesome that you're sharing all of this.
Thank you very much. Very useful! That info about Holmgang... well i am glad i didnt learn it from the cold floor :) How do you manage that "secondary" stuff like "Return" and maybe icons to change job? Do you use something to un/hide some hotbars, or do you solve it differently?
The solution is just not putting it on your hotbars. You can use /return and change job from the character menu. The hotbars are for actions that you need to use quickly in combat.
i once died because the enemy i used holmgang on died and i got absolutely lost lol
Tfw the more I watch your videos the more I realize I already do all the things you're talking about 😅 I guess my 9000 hours of playtime haven't been a waste? Lol!
just bought the game, thanks for this!
Your videos is so helpful! thank you! +1 sub!
Lynx, do you know what the metal intrumental in the background is made by TY
Great vid! Also totally unrelated but can you make more PLD vids? Like a PLD tips and tricks vid.
For the ninjas out there- you can macro hide so that it cancels immediately after you activate it. I actually forget the macro right now so if you wanna know specifically how, hit me up and I'll reply with what it is.
Got you fam! Subbed for gold content
I actually use WASD for abilities and move my character by holding down both mouse buttons, I just reached level 50 so I don't know if there will be any significant drawbacks in harder content.
Can you make all of this but for starters xD great video btw.
I'm on controller so all the mouse over wont do me any good, but I have a keyboard and use the num pad to pick part members and swap between targets target. Mostly for healing because I can waste a lot of time picking a party member otherwise.
Why dont you have your combos skills right next to each other ? Is there some greater purpose? Great vid btw :D
how can i make one macro use a skill depending on whether i press Shit and the hotkey the macro is on or alt and the same hotkey to cast another skill... i know this is possible in wow but how do we do it in ff14
Mouse over macros 🤤
Omg this 7 min video is about to take up 9hrs of game time
LMAO
Is it possible to only make a Hotbar show on mouseover of the area?
Hey man, quick question. How did you set up that macro for when you used the blackest night just by clicking on them in the party list? Thank you I appreciate it!
Fun fact:
It is possible to remap Control/Alt onto Caps Lock to make things easier to press.
It's not a game-specific change, but rather a windows/other os update
I've seen people mention this before, but sitting at my keyboard I'm having trouble picturing it. Maybe its a hand size thing, bust ASD with middle fingers (Center finger reaches W) leaves pinky sitting on Ctrl with an arch, or flat onto Shift. Moving up to Caps requires arching all fingers slightly to reach and minor wrist twist, so smaller hands (most people) would find caps more awkward than I do. Thumb on space reaches Alt fairly easily. Those presses are 100% of what my left hand is doing unless I'm chatting and that barely changes "proper" finger placement.
I've been healing for years and I did not know mouse over targeting existed. Feels bad lol.
Great vid!
Thanks for the quick guide. How the performance of Corsair scimitar? I've been using the old Logitech G600 and love it so far
I love the scimitar, though it can be a bit buggy at times. It relies super heavily on it's software so every once in a while I need to restart my pc if there's a glitch. Other than that, perfect mouse.
Just my personal exp: I did use this mouse too and my mouse broke like 2 weeks before waranty expired... yeah and then I got to "experience" the wonderful corsair warranty service.
It would take too long to write the entire story here - so tldr I will never ever buy anything from corsair again after my experiences with their "customer service".
Apart from that the mouse was "ok-ish" when I used it - it is buggy sometimes though.
@@Agarokk this is why I buy Logitech products. No questions asked when something breaks.
@@stevewalker6340 i love logitech stuff but too bad they no longer produce new MMO mouse. Thanks goodness the G600 is still around
@@KeiEnd I play a lot of CoD so I use an FPS mouse. I don't find that FF 14 has as bad of button bloat as other MMOs that I need a mmo mouse. Can rebind the dpi buttons and there are 3 on the side so definitely less than mmo mouse
I've got almost 500 hours into this game and I still feel like a noob sometimes
Me too :)
@@NamesLynx how much game time do you have atm?
@@MultiArrow123 Steam says 9853 hours
@@NamesLynx wow that's wild!! Have you been playing since release? I only just got into the game last year
@@MultiArrow123 I started in March, 2016
Is it possible to update one macro with another macro? I.E. Macro 2 is going to target a party member as well as cast a heal on them. Macro 1 will update Macro 2 with the party members name. I am not a coder, macro maker, etc so am not sure if this is possible.
So the flow would be: I target a party member then press macro 1, this will then update macro 2 with the party members name that is part of the targeting command. Then when I click macro 2, the target command will target the party member and cast the heal command.
Otherwise, I realize I can just edit the macro with the party members name. But if there is a special character or other potential issues in spelling, having a macro be able to update with the accurate spelling would be much much easier. lol :)
I'm on PS5 with keyboard and mouse using a logitech g502 and for whatever reason I can't use my side mouse buttons sadly 😔
Did you take down your pastebin page? It says it is not there. Was wanting to look at your macros.
The Balance is very anti-macro for astrologian, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. BUT, if you don't want to risk macro failure, there IS a 3rd party mouseover plugin you can use. It's more useful for astrologian than other healers I think, but it's nice for all of them. Not that I would know. I would never do something against the terms of service, of course.
I wouldn't suggest using rescue on one unless they will die. They are the DPS. the other DPS are supports.
I always run outta time on my aetherial fire and ice and I can't imagine a healer using it on me on a tiny aoe that'd chunk a bit of my health. I'd be mad but wouldn't say anything lol
Really wish I could use an MMO mouse too, but as a lefty it's so hard to find one with buttons on the right side :(
im curious on what the sprint marcro icon can do.
Obligatory comment to help the channel!
I'm new to FFXIV and I believe I messed up badly however I'd like your thoughts. During a battle with a Lady-Bug I hovered over my `stone` attack move and held onto it for awhile- I somehow dragged the move-icon off the Hotbar area. Now I can't find it. Did I permanently delete it?