How many Macro Books do YOU use?

[layoneil]

3, one of these days i'll get it down to 2.

one for mage jobs, one for melee jobs, don't need more than that.

[Lexa]

Five.

PLD
NIN
BRD
DNC
MNK

Got a ton of varous setups for a couple of those jobs in each book, though some of them (DNC BRD MNK) are just too low to bother with different setups... yet. It's sad, I barely have time to play anymore, but I did manage to squeeze in time to fix my fuckin' macros. x.x

[Xanthe]

For organizational purposes, I can see why people would use one book per job, but seriously... one book of macros for WAR??

I have 5 pallets for DRG alone at the moment... >.> I use one for each sub job (WAR SAM THF WHM BLU). The gear/main JA/WS macros stay the same between sets, but other tiles vary depending on what SJ it's for e.g. Berserk vs. Hasso vs. Sneak Attack vs. Poisona + Healing Breath gear swaps vs. Foot Kick + Healing Breath gear swaps, etc. It sure beats the cut and paste jobs I had to do before macro books were added. One pallet was full of extra JA/spell macros I'd swap whenever I used a different SJ.

[Ehran]

For organizational purposes, I can see why people would use one book per job, but seriously... one book of macros for WAR??

I have 5 pallets for DRG alone at the moment... >.> I use one for each sub job (WAR SAM THF WHM BLU). The gear/main JA/WS macros stay the same between sets, but other tiles vary depending on what SJ it's for e.g. Berserk vs. Hasso vs. Sneak Attack vs. Poisona + Healing Breath gear swaps vs. Foot Kick + Healing Breath gear swaps, etc. It sure beats the cut and paste jobs I had to do before macro books were added. One pallet was full of extra JA/spell macros I'd swap whenever I used a different SJ.

So what do you do with the other half of your DRG macro book?

[KainMinter]

One book for each job, using the different sets for each sub i use plus level caps. I used to have to rewrite macros when i changed subs or when leveling new jobs (since all 10 sets were full), so I really appreciate having the 20 books now. I've never used windower macros though, so I might be missing something there.

[Eaglestrike]

One book per job and Windower macros.

This is how I play it too. I'll add macros to each book as I get to playing the job (I copied over my main macro set for THF/PLD/DRK since I had macros for those saved). Eventually I'll have macros set for every job I ever feel like playing.

[Evelyn]

4, two books for RDM because I use different sets of macro lines depending on my setup. then one for WAR and one for SCH. Also use windower macros.

[ASG]

1 Book. havent even used 3 or 4 sets yet in the first book windower macros of course.

[Alleya]

1 book of windower macros.

I would use standard macros if they gave us a sane amount of lines (at least 1 line for each gear slot) and fixed the issues with lag and speed on standard macros.

[ringthree]

I use 1 book per job, but I use many of the sets because I really like to not have to adjust macros for events. Like I have a MNK set for /WAR, /THF and /NIN, but I also have multiple /NIN for XP, Salvage, Def+, etc. There are now so many macro sets I have no problem being wasteful about them.

And you can use multiple macro books and windower macros, they are not multiple exclusive.

[Meepein]

I use 1 book per job (THF, SAM, DRK, RNG), with each set being for a different possibility (different subs, zerg sets, dynamis sets, etc.) I do not use Windower macros since I do not want to rely on Windower for something like macros. Many of the macro sets are empty in each of these books, but that gives me room for future expansion.

[Xanthe]

For organizational purposes, I can see why people would use one book per job, but seriously... one book of macros for WAR??

I have 5 pallets for DRG alone at the moment... >.> I use one for each sub job (WAR SAM THF WHM BLU). The gear/main JA/WS macros stay the same between sets, but other tiles vary depending on what SJ it's for e.g. Berserk vs. Hasso vs. Sneak Attack vs. Poisona + Healing Breath gear swaps vs. Foot Kick + Healing Breath gear swaps, etc. It sure beats the cut and paste jobs I had to do before macro books were added. One pallet was full of extra JA/spell macros I'd swap whenever I used a different SJ.

So what do you do with the other half of your DRG macro book?

The other 5 pages are empty at the moment. Even though I could probably squeeze most of my macros into that book as well, I still prefer separating out into books for the sake of being organized and also preventing potential flub-ups like accidentally moving from my WHM pallet to my lowbie RDM pallet and casting Bio instead of Repose. It's also nice not having to delete/rewrite any macros when I want to level on a lowbie job. I figure I've been given the functionality, so I might as well use it.

[Yuri-G]

I like to separate them into a ton of different books, even if I'm not using the full book (and I don't). I like having things organized and categorized, even if it means a few extra clicks to switch between macros. I have a lowbie/sub job book, a RDM main book, a traveling/coffer hunting/etc. book, and even a Besieged book.

I still use Windower macros for gear swapping though.

[Atlasion]

One book with windower macros. I have 4 75 jobs and am lvling NIN..

[theo]

I'll echo the Windower macros + One book per job mantra. I like to be able to have an entire palette for each sub rather than stuffing it all into one. So I have a book for SAM, and that book has a /THF /WAR /NIN palette etc (zomg /nin sucks debate! jk).

I like to use the standard macros with /console exec lines, rather than binding the number keys like some people do. Using it in that manner means 6 lines is more than enough to get the job done, and it allows me to make quick palette changes to access other spells that I couldn't fit onto the main palette.

Another cool thing I found was to use the new /macro commands with the AutoExec Windower plugin. When I change jobs, AutoExec sets me to exactly the right book/palette so I never have to fumble around with it

[Fiofio]

I use one book per job, with book 1 being my first job, book 2 being my second job, and so on. Then I set it up so that Palette 1 is the main palette, with Palette 2 being the buff palette, Palette 0 being the /WHM palette, Palette 9 (for BLM only) for ancient magic, -ga spells and stuff. This way its more or less consistent across the books and makes it easier for me.

[Tsutsumiko]

I'm pretty much following the general trend of what everyone else is saying. 1 Book Per Job (WHM, MNK, RDM, DNC) that I have at 75 or intend to take to 75. I might open up a 5th book just for crappy subjob leveling. I do like the idea of keeping my macros organized now. My WHM macros began to feel incredibly cluttered.

[Julian]

I used to use a batch file to basically do the same thing books are doing now: switch my 10 macro sets from BLM/SMN/BRD macros to MNK/PLD macros.

Even with the batch files, I was extremely lazy to actually put them into use and make more macros ._.

And that laziness still reflects now, as I'm still using just one book for my BLM/SMN/BRD macro lines, hopefully I wont have to play PLD or MNK anytime soon <_<

(windower macros... obviously)

I need to stop being lazy one day and do macros

[Meepein]

One other thing I do is use Book 20 set 1 (ie, a book I will never ever use) as a 'menu' set. CTRL-0 on each macro set points to the 'menu' set, and all the macros in said 'menu' set points to a different book and set depending on what I want to do. Basically, I am 2 macros away from any macro set I want. Works great now, but whenever I add another job I might have to rethink things. >.>

[yrpaine]

1 book for tanks, 1 book for melee dd, 1 book for mage. all those 3 using windower macros, and 1 book with standard non-windower macros as a backup incase w/e fails. I'll probably be making new sets for ballista soon if i ever get dragged to do ballista.