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Party order independent FTL using "enemysign" marks
The party sorting in XIV doesn't sit right with me, so I tried to come up with something more predictable using enemysign.
It comes with some trade offs, but I've found it to work well so far.
Cons:
- Each time you change areas (Teleport, enter/exit dungeon) you need to re-run a "Mark me" macro.
- Some folks may not like having marks over their characters heads all the time.
Pros:
- Party sort order independence - doesn't matter what role a character is, slot 1 is always slot 1.
- Marks over your characters heads for finding your team members in a crowd / head of battle.
How it works
We use the 4 'shape' enemy marks to identify our four character slots:
- square
- circle
- plus
- triangle
In the "Individual" macros section for each character, create a single "Mark me" macro, using the shape for that slot:
Code:
/micon "square" enemysign
/mk off <0> <wait.1>
/mk square <0>
Put this macro on a hotbar with a broadcast hotkey you find convenient to press, or broadcast click it when needed.
The purpose of the wait is to make the macro idempotent. Normally, marking an already marked unit will toggle the mark. As written, you'll clear your mark, then mark yourself.
In the "Shared" macros section for each character, create follow and assist macros for each shape:
Code:
/micon "square" enemysign
/follow <square>
Code:
/micon "square" enemysign
/merror off
/assist <square>
"merror off" suppresses the macro errors you'll get when assisting a character who doesn't have a valid target.
Put these macros on hot bars with the appropriate FTL modifiers for your character set. For example: I use F11 for follow and F12 for assist, with FTL modifiers of Shift (Slot 1), Alt (Slot 2), Ctrl (Slot 3), and Alt+Shift (Slot 4). So on each character, my hot bars for follow and assist look like:
| Shape |
Slot |
FTL modifiers |
| Square |
1 |
Shift |
| Circle |
2 |
Alt |
| Plus |
3 |
Ctrl |
| Triangle |
4 |
Alt+Shift |
Screenshots
"Mark me" macro - different for each slot
https://www.dual-boxing.com/attachme...tid=2423&stc=1
Follow and assist macros - same for each slot
https://www.dual-boxing.com/attachme...tid=2424&stc=1
Hot bar FTL keybinds
https://www.dual-boxing.com/attachme...tid=2421&stc=1
Hot bar macros
https://www.dual-boxing.com/attachme...tid=2422&stc=1
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