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    Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
    It is a proven fact that macros are worse in combat. It's not debatable.
    Actually, that "fact" was based on a widely propagated misunderstanding and has since been debunked.

    The big problem is that most players don't understand how FF14's macros work, what a macro is capable of, or how to write a macro properly; and it makes perfect sense that most players don't know these things because the macro system is both incredibly unintuitive and in no way explained. So it's common for players to try to get macros to do things they can't do, or to try to use them in ways that prevent them from working, or to simply fumble a macro's implementation in some way that undermines it. If you hold a handsaw from the wrong end, you're going to have a bad time, and it's not because handsaws are bad at what they do.

    I wrote a massive post on this topic that contains a lot of nuanced information — including the scientific demonstration that debunks this commonly misunderstood idea that macros are bad in combat — so I encourage you to check it out: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-or-Lost-Casts
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    Last edited by LilimoLimomo; 03-19-2024 at 07:23 AM. Reason: phrasing