macros: bad for DPS?

[Amberyl]

There are times like already brought up in the thread where you may not want to perform your full macro. <snip> No top tier player will min/max using any sort of macros.

And as has already been pointed out, you don't have to use the full macro just because you've pressed the button. In the client, they can be aborted easily with other skills, or even with a blank echo macro. With hardware macros, you often have the option to hold the button to run the macro, or can also have a separate key or second key press to stop all macros in progress. With the Razer Death Adder, a middling level, incredibly common mouse, it's possible to macro the Dragoon's entire GCD rotation onto one mouse button that is held to progress the rotation, with the player then easily free to weave non-GCD and buffs with a only few keys.

As for no top-tier players using then? That's outright ignorance, I'm afraid. You're kidding yourself, sorry.