macros: bad for DPS?

[Billzey]

Another big problem with macros is that they cannot be queued like regular actions. This is particularly pertinent to BRDs who use the all-in-one macro. Heavy shot by itself can be pressed before its recast is up and fire immediately/automatically the moment its recast hits 0. Macros on the other hand cannot be pressed before their recast is up and fire immediately in the same way. No matter how amazing you are at spamming macros, there will always be a slight delay before a macro can fire a second time.

However, b/c you do not need to queue off-gcd abilities, using macros for things like buffs, abilities like bloodletter/misery's end, etc. is perfectly fine and can actually improve your dps. For example, I find it helpful to macro misery's end and bloodletter together, misery's end on the first line, bloodletter on the second, so that I never have to worry about accidentally hitting bloodletter before misery's end. I do the same for repelling shot.