Quote Originally Posted by Rinsui View Post
- People would have to re-do all their macros. Which is not just a hassle, but impossible for players with several jobs at max level, because there simply is no macro space left to accomodate all the gearswaps, ability settings and different battle-macros. Counter argument: Since both abilities and gear scale down to your level anyway, you don't need to make any more macros.
This Counter-Argument is just false.

Weapons do not scale. Abilities do not scale. Gear and weapons degrade significantly faster; that's not scaled.

Right now, my Marauder macro includes abilities like Disorient II, Maim, Storm's Path, Defender II, Fracture II, Brandish II, and Bloodbath II. Those are all abilities you can't use at level 30. Those don't scale down to my level. You simply wouldn't be able to equip them on a r30 character. Go ahead; try equipping them on a r30 Marauder. They won't equip.

So you would need to make more macros. Because the old macros wouldn't work. If you use your old macros, you're going to have lots of blank spaces on your abilities bar, you're going to have gimped weapons, and you better be carrying lots of repair mats because you're going to need to repair all your gear and weapons halfway through the dungeon.