You simply need to enable gamepad to work for inactive state. You don't even have to make macros for most activities (again endgame instanced areas are pretty much impossible); FATEs or farming hardly require a lot of complex manuveurs. I move with the WASD keys and sometimes the mouse for my main. I only use like 4 buttons for the most part: 1 chocobo, 1 auto-follow, 1 normal action, and 1 DPS macro rotation (and yes, they do go off at the same time because it broadcasts). The gamepad is simply for those actions. Want to end auto-follow? Hit up on the joystick. Jump, reset camera, menus, confirm, cancel: it's all already there on your pad. For direct movement controls, switch to that character's window. Just dual-boxing, you can just assign that one pad and control that alt directly. I can keep going on and on...