Why are their no macro's again?

If they are OPTIONAL and "Plenty of people get tops on the leader boards, tops dps meters, and overall win without them", then we don't need them and you can "get tops on the leader boards, tops dps meters, and overall win without them". Unless, of course, you NEED them to be competitive, in which case they would cease to be optional. .

I'm glad we were able to clear that up.

If you read my first post, you would see I said we don't need them, they are just nice to have. Kinda like your speeder, sure you can around with out it, but it is pretty nice to have. The game works fine, but that doesn't mean we can't and shouldn't ask for features we would like to make it more enjoyable.

So lazy

Analogy:

Fast food worker works at McDonalds 35 hours a week making 200 dollars a week. He is a hard worker using his "skills".

Stockbroker short sells stock making 1200 in less than an hour. He is "lazy".

Here is a example of why macros are a bad idea, and the unfair advantage they can give to certain classes or specs.

A sharpshooter gunslinger activates trickshot every time it procs, and it procs once other abilities in the rotation complete their cast/channel. But it cannot be activated before it procs, so the ability queue is useless with it, which means I am spamming my trickshot key as quickly as possible near the end of a cast that will proc it, to ensure it fires as soon as possible. At best, I can spam that key every 100ms-120ms. With macros, I could simply code the ability with the optimized delay amount and trickshot all with one keybind. The net result would be about 5% higher damage potential of macros over not using them. That's in the range of creating a class balance issue all by itself.

I don't think personal attacks on ones character are really needed or helpful here.

I'm just pointing out how macros are just tools to make the game even easier than it already is.

If you need macros to function in this game, you're terrible at it.

If you want macros, as opposed to 'needing' them, then you're not bad, you're just lazy.

So, pick your poison.

Well, it actually works both ways. You can believe all you want but it will not make it true. You can also try to quote some fictional reports but it will not convince savvy customers.

Most of my mmo time has been spent with games that had macro systems. It was a normal thing to do. On the same level of convenience and customization as changing settings, changing your UI, keybinding, etc. All this anti-macro talk is interesting. I haven't seen that often.

Some people are dedicated to this game because it is based on Star Wars. Something hard to find in other games. This group of people hopes this game will never become another WoW. It is wishful thinking, I know.