DRG spellcast

[GavinBandura]

Hi all, I just recently got 75 drg and I'm curious if anyone has a good drg spellcast I could possibly take and edit? Ideally one with TP, WS, healing breath precast and midcast etc. I've tried editing the ones posted on windower.net but am having 0 luck with them.

Many thanks!

[mallister]

half of the ones posted in that forum don't work. try a couple till you find one that workd BEFORE you edit it (this may take some time...). read the stickies/guides and keep it simple at first till you've got an idea what you're doing. it's pretty straightforward once you get your teeth around it.

[Gunslinger]

You're going to have to make your own.

I used them for awhile but found them to be a bit clunky for drg, especially since windower macros work so well once you have a system down (I found healing breath macros with windower much more accurate than spellcast, and I had a very good spellcast script for pre-mid cast). I'd recommend not using spellcast for drg, but if someone has figured out a 'perfect xml' file, I'd love to see it.

[The Blackrose]

If you're looking for full optimization, I think the Breaths would be the toughest part. Hopefully someone else can answer this for me (probably Aikar or Xanthe), but is there a way for it to work in tandem with your pet (ie when="precast (pet)")? Or is the scripting strictly relegated to the player?

Everything else, such as macro swaps for weaponskill/engage/rest/(pre/mid/after)cast would be a piece a cake.

[GavinBandura]

Yeah sorry, I should explain a bit better. I've made my own spellcast that includes tp, weapon skills, idle gear etc. The toughest part as you've said is with the breaths. Thanks for the suggestion on using a windower macro for the breaths. Would you mind sharing yours with me?

My breath gear is pretty standard really: drg af legs (nq just dinged 75 and dropped my 2 items a while back), jse body, af helm, homam feet, HP gear for me and of course af2 helm for midcast. This is causing me the most trouble and it's giving me a bit of a headache which is a bad thing seeing as this is supposed to be a break from Law studying. Any help here would be MUCH appreciated.

Many thanks once again!

[Yugl]

Send Xanthe a PM.

[Stromgarde]

Here's mine, you may need to adjust timing depending on server lag.

Poison

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input /ma "Poison" <t>;
wait 0.3;
input /equip Head "Drn. Armet +1";
input /equip Ring1 "Bomb Queen Ring";
wait 2;
input /echo <pettp>
input /equip Legs "Drn. Brais +1";
input /equip Ring1 "Ulthalam's Ring";
input /equip Body "Wyvern Mail";
input /equip Neck "Chanoix's Gorget";
input /equip Head "Wyrm Armet";
wait 2.5;
input /equip Legs "Homam Cosciales";
input /equip Body "Ares's Cuirass";
input /equip Neck "Love Torque";
input /equip Head "Askar Zucchetto";

Dia has the same timing.

[noodles355]

Yeah sorry, I should explain a bit better. I've made my own spellcast that includes tp, weapon skills, idle gear etc. The toughest part as you've said is with the breaths. Thanks for the suggestion on using a windower macro for the breaths. Would you mind sharing yours with me?

Here's my HB macro if you're wondering.

//exec Drg/HB.txt
/ma "Foot Kick" <t>
/wait 1
/equip head "Wyrm Armet"

Drg/HB.txt:
input /equip head "Drachen Armet";
input /equip neck "Chanoix's Gorget";
input /equip body "Wyvern Mail";
input /equip hands "Ostreger Mitts";
input /equip legs "Drn. Brais +1";
input /equip feet "Homam Gambieras";

Could put it all in one windower script and just put //exec healing.txt or whatever, I only use extended macros for equip sets though. That's just personal prefferance.

Don't see the need for a Drg spellcast. Most stuff can be done with pretty simple macros. Not as if we have ele obis to worry about or such.
I guess you could use it to know when to use virtue stones or diablos earring or something but eh.
//equip range "Tiphia Sting"
/equip range "Virtue Stone"
just double slash whichever one I don't need.

[Sekundes]

I highly recommend against using windower waits and pauses between the 3 sections of an HB macro as if you mistrigger and have to hit your macro a second time all the gear swaps will continue to go off in the middle of your second trigger and you risk having the wrong gear on for each section. If you use 3 script files separated by standard in game waits further parts will not proc if you have to hit your macro multiple times.

[Marcicus]

I would think the only thing you'd need to use Spellcast for is if you macroed in Drake Ring no? I don't know too much about Spellcast, so yeah.

[GavinBandura]

I basically use it because after having it for whm, sch and blm I'm a bit addicted to it really. Thanks for some of the ideas. I'll send that chap a PM in a while. I basically went to Lv70 drg through East Ron (s) so never actually had the chance to use healing breath, so I'm getting to grips with all of it now.

[Stromgarde]

I highly recommend against using windower waits and pauses between the 3 sections of an HB macro as if you mistrigger and have to hit your macro a second time all the gear swaps will continue to go off in the middle of your second trigger and you risk having the wrong gear on for each section. If you use 3 script files separated by standard in game waits further parts will not proc if you have to hit your macro multiple times.

Aye, I agree but unfortunately you can't do that with G11/G15 macros... I really should get around to doing both, but this works well enough for me

[AzazaelFenrir]

for healing breaths here is what my spellcast uses.

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<set name="Pre-Heal" BaseSet="Standard">
<head>Drn. Armet +1</head>
<lring>Bomb Queen Ring</lring>
<ammo>Angon</ammo>
<lear>Loquac. Earring</lear>
</set>


<if CommandPrefix="/magic">
<action type="DefaultTarget" target="&lt;me&gt;" />
<action type="CastDelay" delay=".2" />
<action type="equip" when="precast|midcast" set="Pre-Heal" />
<action type="equip" when="aftercast">
<head>Wyrm Armet</head>
</action>
<action type="command" when="aftercast">wait 4; sc set Attack</action>
</if>

I haven't gotten the other HB gear because I have been rather lazy. However once I get it I would just put it beneath Wyrm Armet. This works pretty well for me on any mage sub.

[Xanthe]

By popular demand, here is my drg.xml. It's a few weeks old since this is the only copy I have on hand at work and I've been going back and forth on various equipment choices, but you're mainly interested in rules anyway. For the record, with how I have it set up now spellcast handles healing breath better than windower macros ever did. The only way I could improve it if there was a party member hp % condition available to avoid unnecessary equipment swaps (there hasn't been one that I've seen at least as of 2.22). It's only set up for /whm triggers at the moment, but it's simple enough to add other spells. Let me know if you have any questions.

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<spellcast>
	<config
		RequireVersion="2.17"
		ShowGearSwaps="false"
		Debug="false"
		ShowSpellInfo="false"
	/>
	<sets>
		<group default="yes" name="Offensive">
			<set name="Melee">
				<main lock="true" />
				<sub lock="true" />
        			<range lock="true" />
				<ammo>Tiphia Sting</ammo>
				<head>Ace's Helm</head>
				<neck>Love Torque</neck>
				<lear>Assault Earring</lear>
				<rear>Brutal Earring</rear>
				<body>Aurum Cuirass</body>
				<hands>Homam Manopolas</hands>
				<lring>Rajas Ring</lring>
				<rring>Toreador's Ring</rring>
				<back>Forager's Mantle</back>
				<waist>Swift Belt</waist>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
				<feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Penta Thrust" BaseSet="Melee">
				<head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
				<neck>Shadow Gorget</neck>
				<body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
        			<hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
        			<rring>Flame Ring</rring>
        			<waist>Warwolf Belt</waist>
        			<legs>Ares's Flanchard</legs>
        			<feet>Hecatomb Leggings</feet>
			</set>
      			<set name="Skewer" BaseSet="Melee">
        			<head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
				<neck>Light Gorget</neck>
        			<body>Zahak's Mail</body>
        			<hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
        			<rring>Flame Ring</rring>
        			<waist>Warwolf Belt</waist>
        			<legs>Ares's Flanchard</legs>
        			<feet>Hecatomb Leggings</feet>
      			</set>
			<set name="Drakesbane" BaseSet="Melee">
        			<head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
				<neck>Light Gorget</neck>
			        <lear>Assault Earring</lear>
        			<body>Zahak's Mail</body>
			        <hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
			        <rring>Flame Ring</rring>
			        <waist>Warwolf Belt</waist>
        			<legs>Ares's Flanchard</legs>
			        <feet>Hecatomb Leggings</feet>
		 	</set>
			<set name="Wheeling Thrust" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
			        <neck>Light Gorget</neck>
			        <lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
			        <body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
			        <hands>Alkyoneus's Brc.</hands>
			        <rring>Flame Ring</rring>
			        <waist>Warwolf Belt</waist>
			        <legs>Ares's Flanchard</legs>
			        <feet>Hecatomb Leggings</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Impulse Drive" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
			        <neck>Shadow Gorget</neck>
			        <lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
			        <body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
			        <hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
			        <rring>Flame Ring</rring>
			        <waist>Warwolf Belt</waist>
			        <legs>Ares's Flanchard</legs>
			        <feet>Hecatomb Leggings</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Leg Sweep" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Ares's Mask</head>
			        <hands>Wym. Fng. Gauntlets +1</hands>
			        <waist>Wyrm Belt</waist>
			        <legs>Aurum Cuisses</legs>
			        <feet>Ares's Sollerets</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Jump" BaseSet="Melee">
				<ammo>Bibiki Seashell</ammo>
			        <head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
			        <body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
			        <hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
				<rring>Iota Ring</rring>
			        <waist>Wyrm Belt</waist>
			        <legs>Aurum Cuisses</legs>
			        <feet>Drn. Greaves +1</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="High Jump" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Hecatomb Cap</head>
			        <hands>Hecatomb Mittens</hands>
			        <waist>Wyrm Belt</waist>
			        <legs>Wyrm Brais</legs>
			        <feet>Ares's Sollerets</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Resting" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <body>Drn. Mail +1</body>
			        <feet>Wyrm Greaves</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Angon" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <ammo>Angon</ammo>
			        <lear>Dragoon's Earring</lear>
			</set>
			<set name="Weapon Skill Mid" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Wym. Armet +1</head>
			        <lear>Dragoon's Earring</lear>
				<rear>Sapphire Earring</rear>
			</set>
			<set name="Ancient Circle" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <legs>Drn. Brais +1</legs>
			</set>
			<set name="Spirit Link" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Drn. Armet +1</head>
				<feet>Aurum Sabatons</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Call Wyvern" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <body>Wyrm Mail</body>
			</set>
			<set name="Idle" BaseSet="Melee" />
		</group>
		<group name="Hybrid" inherit="Offensive">
			<set name="Melee">
				<main lock="true" />
				<sub lock="true" />
        			<range lock="true" />
				<ammo>Tiphia Sting</ammo>
				<head>Ace's Helm</head>
				<neck>Love Torque</neck>
				<lear>Assault Earring</lear>
				<rear>Brutal Earring</rear>
				<body>Aurum Cuirass</body>
				<hands>Homam Manopolas</hands>
				<lring>Rajas Ring</lring>
				<rring>Toreador's Ring</rring>
				<back>Forager's Mantle</back>
				<waist>Swift Belt</waist>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
				<feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Fast Cast">
				<main lock="true" />
				<sub lock="true" />
        			<range lock="true" />
				<ammo>Smart Grenade</ammo>
				<head>Walahra Turban</head>
				<neck>Evasion Torque</neck>
				<lear>Ethereal Earring</lear>
				<rear>Loquac. Earring</rear>
				<body>Nuevo Coselete</body>
				<hands>Homam Manopolas</hands>
				<lring>Rajas Ring</lring>
				<rring>Toreador's Ring</rring>
				<back>Boxer's Mantle</back>
				<waist>Swift Belt</waist>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
				<feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Healing Breath Pre" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Drn. Armet +1</head>
			        <neck>Chanoix's Gorget</neck>
				<lear>Ethereal Earring</lear>
				<rear>Loquac. Earring</rear>
			        <body>Wyvern Mail</body>
				<hands>Alkyoneus's Brc.</hands>
				<lring>Bomb Queen Ring</lring>
			        <legs>Drn. Brais +1</legs>
			        <feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Healing Breath Mid" BaseSet="Healing Breath Pre">
				<head>Wym. Armet +1</head>
			</set>
			<set name="Idle" BaseSet="Melee" />
		</group>
		<group name="Defensive" inherit="Hybrid">
			<set name="Melee">
				<main lock="true" />
				<sub lock="true" />
        			<range lock="true" />
				<ammo>Smart Grenade</ammo>
				<head>Ace's Helm</head>
				<neck>Love Torque</neck>
				<lear>Ethereal Earring</lear>
				<rear>Brutal Earring</rear>
				<body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
				<hands>Homam Manopolas</hands>
				<lring>Rajas Ring</lring>
				<rring>Toreador's Ring</rring>
				<back>Forager's Mantle</back>
				<waist>Swift Belt</waist>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
				<feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Stoneskin" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <head>Drn. Armet +1</head>
				<rear>Loq. Earring</rear>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
			</set>
			<set name="Angon" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <ammo>Angon</ammo>
			        <lear>Dragoon's Earring</lear>
			</set>
			<set name="Idle" BaseSet="Melee">
				<body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
			</set>
		</group>
		<group name="Campaign" inherit="Defensive">
			<set name="Melee">
				<main lock="true" />
				<sub lock="true" />
        			<range lock="true" />
				<ammo>Fullmetal Bullet</ammo>
				<head>Ace's Helm</head>
				<neck>Love Torque</neck>
				<lear>Ethereal Earring</lear>
				<rear>Brutal Earring</rear>
				<body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
				<hands>Homam Manopolas</hands>
				<lring>Rajas Ring</lring>
				<rring>Blood Ring</rring>
				<back>Forager's Mantle</back>
				<waist>Swift Belt</waist>
				<legs>Homam Cosciales</legs>
				<feet>Homam Gambieras</feet>
			</set>
			<set name="Angon" BaseSet="Melee">
			        <ammo>Angon</ammo>
			        <lear>Dragoon's Earring</lear>
			</set>
			<set name="Idle" BaseSet="Melee">
				<body>Ares's Cuirass</body>
			</set>
		</group>
	</sets>
	<rules>
		<if Status="Engaged">
			<action type="equip" when="AfterCast" set="Melee" />
		</if>
		<else>
			<action type="equip" when="AfterCast" set="Idle" />
		</else>
		<!--action type="equip" when="Resting" set="Resting" /-->
		<action type="equip" when="Engaged" set="Melee" />
		<action type="equip" when="Idle" set="Idle" />
		<if area="Leujaoam Sanctum|Mamool Ja training Grounds|Lebros Cavern|Periqia|Ilrusi Atoll|Nyzul Isle|The Ashu Talif|* Remnants">
        		<action type="equip" when="AfterCast|Resting|Engaged|Idle|Precast">
        			<rring lock="true">Ulthalam's Ring</rring>
       			</action>
     		</if>
		<if mode="AND" type="WeaponSkill" NotTPLT="100">
			<action type="castdelay" delay=".4" />
			<if spell="Penta Thrust">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Penta Thrust" />
				<if BuffActive="Minuet">
					<action type="equip" when="precast">
						<lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
					</action>
				</if>
			</if>
			<elseif spell="Skewer">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Skewer" />
				<if BuffActive="Minuet">
					<action type="equip" when="precast">
						<lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
					</action>
				</if>
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Drakesbane">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Drakesbane" />
				<if BuffActive="Minuet">
					<action type="equip" when="precast">
						<lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
					</action>
				</if>
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Wheeling Thrust">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Wheeling Thrust" />
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Impulse Drive">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Impulse Drive" />
			</elseif>
			<elseif spell="Leg Sweep">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Leg Sweep" />
				<if BuffActive="Minuet">
					<action type="equip" when="precast">
						<lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
					</action>
				</if>
			</elseif>
			<if group="Offensive|Hybrid">
				<action type="midcastdelay" delay=".5" />
				<action type="aftercastdelay" delay="5" />
				<action type="equip" when="Midcast" Set="Weapon Skill Mid" />
			</if>
		</if>
		<if Type="JobAbility">
			<if spell="Jump">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Jump" />
				<if mode="AND" HPPLT="75" TPLT="100">
					<action type="equip" when="precast">
						<rring>Drake Ring</rring>
					</action>
				</if>
			</if>
			<if spell="High Jump">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="High Jump" />
			</if>
			<if spell="Angon">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Angon" />
			</if>
			<if spell="Spirit Link">
				<action type="castdelay" delay="1" />
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Spirit Link" />
			</if>
			<if spell="Ancient Circle">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Ancient Circle" />
			</if>
			<if spell="Call Wyvern">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Call Wyvern" />
			</if>
		</if>
		<if type="*Magic|Ninjutsu">
			<if mode="AND" group="Defensive|Campaign" spell="Stoneskin" SubJob="WHM|RDM">
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" Set="Stoneskin" />
			</if>
			<elseif mode="AND" group="Hybrid">
				<if HPPLT="33">
					<action type="castdelay" delay=".4" />
					<action type="midcastdelay" delay="2.5" />
					<action type="aftercastdelay" delay="5" />
					<action type="equip" when="Precast" set="Healing Breath Pre" />
					<action type="equip" when="Midcast" set="Healing Breath Mid" />
				</if>
				<else>
					<action type="equip" when="precast" set="Fast Cast" />
				</else>
			</elseif>
			<elseif Mode="AND" group="Defensive|Campaign" Spell="*na|Bar*|Erase">
				<action type="castdelay" delay=".4" />
				<action type="midcastdelay" delay="2.5" />
				<action type="aftercastdelay" delay="5" />
				<action type="equip" when="Precast" set="Healing Breath Pre" />
				<action type="equip" when="Midcast" set="Healing Breath Mid" />
			</elseif>
		</if>
	</rules>
</spellcast>

[The Blackrose]

I noticed that you're using the WS names for your sets, but then you're using if branches for every weaponskill to adjust your sets. Couldn't you just simplify that a fuckton by doing (still using 2.2 conventions)

<if mode="AND" type="WeaponSkill" NotTPLT="100">
    <action type="equip" when="precast" set="%Spell" />
    <if mode="AND" spell="Penta Thrust|Drakesbane|Skewer|Leg Sweep" BuffActive="Minuet">
          <action type="equip" when="precast">
		<lear>Minuet Earring</lear>
          </action>
    </if>
</if>

Mind you, I'm doing this off the top of my head at the moment, but either way should work.

EDIT: Thanks though, this should help a ton when I start setting this up for DRG.

[Xanthe]

Yeah, I could simplify it that way. I really need to clean up a lot in my xml, I just haven't taken the time.

[Conrad]

I'm using your version of the Healing Breath for my own, and I'm finding that it's not equipping the Wyrm Armet fast enough to get its benefits. Could that be based on lag?

EDIT: Scratch that, found errors otherwise.

[GavinBandura]

Hey thanks for the spellcast. Quick question. What sort of healing breath numbers am I going to be looking at with very similar gear to yours? Main thing I am lacking is af legs+1. I'm seeing some 510s right now but that seems kind of low. Not sure if the delays are working for me etc.

Many thanks.

[Sekundes]

One problem with macroing in wyvern hp gear is that it sometimes procs and sometimes doesn't. This is especially true if you macro in full hp gear first then go for wyvern hp as the gear has less time to fully proc. You can see this by watching your wyvern's hp bar as your macro progresses and notice that it can sometimes take a pretty long time to display a change.

If your curious what your hb's should be doing you can compare your gear on the wiki page. Healing Breath - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia Gaming wiki

This will explain some details about exactly how hb's function and how much each one affects your HB's.

[Yugl]

One problem with macroing in wyvern hp gear is that it sometimes procs and sometimes doesn't. This is especially true if you macro in full hp gear first then go for wyvern hp as the gear has less time to fully proc. You can see this by watching your wyvern's hp bar as your macro progresses and notice that it can sometimes take a pretty long time to display a change.

If your curious what your hb's should be doing you can compare your gear on the wiki page. Healing Breath - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia Gaming wiki

This will explain some details about exactly how hb's function and how much each one affects your HB's.

I think the biggest issue is with the AF+1 legs since it has to calculate the HP bonus. I don't know about spellcast, but from what I know, macroing HP+ items before HP+% items is more reliable.