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I don't know about you but i got very bored end-game constantly boosting 12 times and chi blasting over and over. So anyway, a friend of mine made this while he was bored:

http://hosted.filefront.com/kranx

You will need the latest version of the .NET framework to run as well as azaril's windower but here's what it can do:

Displays your current boost number towards the bottom-right of the window

Boosts automatically every 15 seconds

Has an option to auto-send a tell to whoever you want asking for an invite at a specific boost as well as auto-accepting invites

Has an option to auto-send tells to other monks when you hit a specific boost if you are being cycled through party and need to space yourselves appart

Changes text color to blue at boost 9, and red when you are ready to blast

It is currently in beta so if you find any bugs let me know, I will be updating it soon when a final version is made but it works very nicely for me

Link to what the main program looks like : http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4423/boostbot8ni.jpg

Link to how the boost numbers are displayed on-screen: http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4233/boostbot29wn.jpg

I hope some of you find this useful ^^

Well, you can make a macro to boost 3 times, and manually count(not that hard), you can make a macro to press when your at 9 boosts or so which will automatically send a tell to whoever is inviting you, and you can also set your settings so you automatically accept any invite thrown your way. So basically that bot is fairly worthless.

It's fine if you want to stick with macros, this isn't really for everyone. I just personally got very bored of hitting the same macros all the time for a yeard and a half. This also activates boost much faster than a macro and I end up with much longer to chi blast if a kited mob speeds out of range or i get a late invite etc.

I get shuffled around pts with up to 6 other monks sometimes so I find the second tell box useful for letting the next monk in the chain know he should start boosting.

Another feature should be added soon with customizable buttons to auto-switch between melee and chi-blast gear too (i know it's another thing you can do with multiple macros)

I know it's easy enough to do all of the things this program provides with game settings and good macros. This really wasn't made because chi blasting is too hard, just because it's repetitive, but I can see where you're coming from with macros being easy and effective enough.

So if there is anyone else out there like me, I hope it can help you out :D

That's a fair enough view too. I am only against utilities that directly effect competition (claiming bots and speed hax etc).

I would rate this on the same level as the TParty that comes with the windower

Not really, TParty doesn't perform actions for you without your intervention.

You could almost "play" without doing a damn thing with this program. Pathetic.

I've gotta say, in terms of work we prolly have one of the easiest jobs when it comes to Gods, and you are seriously trying to make it even easier?

I applaud the effort but I feel it could've been spent working on something more meaningfull.

peace,
CR

Um, no.

Can openers turned something from a very frustrating process into a very simple one. Further revisions of the can opener turned that simple process into a simpler, safer one.

This is taking a completely simplistic process and making it fucktardedly lazy. It doesn't improve anything, except keep you from having to count.

And we won't even mention what might happen if your bot were to fuck up. I can improvise when **** happens...can the bot do that?

I disagree, not that i think counting your boosts and using macros is a difficult task that needs simplifying. But, this does make it easier. Not having to count your boosts means it easier for you to pay attention to when someone gets bound, paralyzed, or whatever else happens that your minute mana pool might be able to help with while you sit there boosting.

Personally I can't even use this because i'm on PS2, but I think the OP had nothing but good intentions at heart and this should be viewed as yet another tool at the disposal of mnks.

As the old saying goes...the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Please, don't bot something as simple as Boosting for Chi Blast. If you want a counter that's great, but do your own Boosting, tells, etc. during the process.

I always found boosting hard due to the amount of lag fighting gods/hnm's while on a dial-up connection. Usually by the time your echo line pops up saying to fire the next macro you have lost some time and then you end up having your boost effect wear off. Quite embarrassing.....

And then if you are watching your abilities menu to see when you can fire boost again without using a macro you will notice the lag screws you up there too. It will not be at zero and yet you can boost OR it will be at zero and you cant use boost.

Now boosting is not hard but managing to get all 12 and fire it off before it wears on a BAD DIAL-UP CONNECTION with a screen full of people is PROBLEMATIC. Not impossible by any means but problematic. If this macro could get the boosts off on time regardless of your network connection that would be quite convenient. At the same time allowing you to do other things like cure your party/alliance members.

Cheap, lazy, all those things, but still convenient.

Some of you guys posting aren't even of the level where you do gods yet. Kirin, oh boy, how fun for monks. fighting him 3x means hours of sitting there, hitting a button every 15 seconds, doing absofreakinglutely nothing to him for 2:59 out of 3 minutes. I've gotten all I need from sky but I still go to help my linkshell. I think this is a good tool for people who dont enjoy the fast paced thrill of hitting control+1 every 15 seconds.

Um, yes.

You can think of boosting as opening a can. Doing it the most basic way would be to continuously select it from your JA menu every 15 seconds. Boring and frustrating for longer fights. Enter the macro, aka can opener. Now you can boost 3 times and see when your next is ready with the press of a button.

Now here is this program, which does the same thing only even simpler. Instead of mindlessly pressing the same macro many times you are mindlessly pressing it once.

This isn't some malicious bot designed to steal NMs or speedhack. You aren't gaining any advantage over everyone else. You still have to be there, you still have to blast the mob and you aren't getting any more boosts in. All this does is eliminate some monotonous button pushing.

If you think it's lame and pathetic and lazy, that's fine I'm quite sure the OP really doesn't care. All he was trying to do was design a helpful program for monks. If you don't like it then ignore it. If you're not using it then it won't affect you in any way.

However it is of course a third party program, which is against the ToS and yes you can be banned for it. It also has the potential to ***** up if the user isn't paying attention. But if someone is willing to take that risk and it is making life easier for them I say go for it.

One more thing:


Make this work over the internet (lag free), so I dont have to tell anyone...

Make it /assist the main tank, lock targets, hold the forward key.

Then make it auto repeat.

Now make a script to automatically level MNK to 75. Level 6 MNK to 75 using this script. Give this to a BRD friend, who uses the BRD version of this program (which automatically sings songs). Now you have a 2 slot, 6 MNK 1 BRD team. And you only play ONE character! The rest are automatic!