Positions

Once party is assembled, players will state in party chat the position that they will take.

Some players have preference to a specific position, which should be mentioned in the PF description. This will be denoted with the 〆 symbol to indicate that a position has been taken. (e.g. D1〆 → D1 taken)

Tanks

• MT : Main Tank
• ST : Sub-Tank / Secondary Tank

Healers

• H1 : Pure Healer (WHM, AST)
• H2 : Barrier Healer (SCH, SGE)
• In case that there are two of the same type of healers, player will state accordingly

DPS

The standard composition consist of one melee, one physical ranged, one caster, and one flexible DPS (normally a second melee/caster).

• D1 : Melee (MNK, DRG, NIN, SAM, RPR, VPR)
• D2 : Flexible DPS (Melee or Caster)
• D3 : Physical Ranged (BRD, MCH, DNC)
• D4 : Caster (BLM, SMN, RDM, PCT)

Macros

Macro Guides are integral in the JP Data Center as they are used to indicate what strategies that will be used for a particular content, using the above role notation to explain positions for mechanics in a visual way. Here is an example for M5S:

/p 【ジングル固定】|【ナイトフィーバー】|【ウェーブオンウェーブ】 /p 　　H1　　　　 |　　MT　 ST　　　　|　　MT　 ST /p MT　　遠D　　 | 　H1　　　　 H2　　 |　　D1　 D2 /p ST　　 近D　　 | 　D3　 　　　D4　　|　　 H1 　H2 /p 　　H2　　　　|　　　D1　 D2　　　 |　　 D3　 D4 /p 【ディスコ1回目】西:MT組 東:ST組 内周:近接 外周:遠隔 /p 【音響爆弾】北から秒数短い順にペア整列 /p 【フロッグダンサー1回目】|【ディスコ・ダンサー2回目/後半ダンシング】 /p MT組:北西 ST組:南東 　　| 　(扇誘導) TH→DPS /p 　ペア頭割り:横隣り　　　| /p 　　　　 ★　　　　　　　|　MTD3　　H2D4 /p 　MT/ST　 D1/D2　　　|　　　　　★ /p 　H1/H2　 D3/D4　　　|　　H1D1　　 STD2