are macros important or a waste of time

[LalaRu]

When dealing with a number of conditional triggered spells, macros will literally "gets in the way" on the field of damage dealing, if you know how use all your skills.
Yes, for some custom lazy-mode things are useful, but aren't so much game breaking, imho.

I found them very useful to let party know what you are doing. Just to make an example, I macroed BRD's Ballad to let mana users know I am casting that, making a notice in party chat and putting a X mark over myself, to let them find me immediate.

Another good use is "creating" a new spell that is a mix of some others. Pet micro-management rocks!

[krazyrs]

I found them very useful to let party know what you are doing. Just to make an example, I macroed BRD's Ballad to let mana users know I am casting that, making a notice in party chat and putting a X mark over myself, to let them find me immediate.

yet i still get brd ballad!
when i use
/macroicon "Mage's Ballad"
/ac "Mage's Ballad" <me>
/wait 3
/p {Mage's Ballad}{Just used it.} <se.7>

and i just :headdesk

[OSUBuckeye4]

I mainly play as Paladin on PS3 (much more limited space on my bar):


I macro the following:

- Mercy Stroke/Bloodbath/Fight or Flight are all macro'ed along with Fast Blade. I always want those skills on.

- Awareness/Foresight are macro'ed together. I constantly forgot to use awareness, so, combining it with a skill that I constantly used like Foresight made sense. They both have 120 second cooldowns as well.

- Convalesense and Rampart are macro'ed together. Only thing that I really have to keep an eye on, is the fact that Conval is 120 seconds, and Rampart is 90 seconds.

- I macro my Hallowed Ground to let my party know when I use it.

- I also macro'ed by Shield Lob to always mark the target I'm lobbing as Target 1

I've found this setup to be very useful. I have everything on one hotbar, rather than having to constantly scroll back and forth.