Quote Originally Posted by Canadane View Post
Don't macro battle abilities.

Quote Originally Posted by Brannigan View Post
Macros don't queue properly, even for non-GCD actions. Generally you want to avoid using them, except with awkward stuff like Cover/Intervention/party TBN where you can use a mouseover macro to make things more convenient. Shirk is another one I use because I generally do it a time where it won't conflict with my other off gcd stuff.
Using shirk without a macro requires detargeting your target, which is a hell of a lot worse than using a macro for an off-gcd party-targeted ability.

In general I agree, don't macro anything you can avoid macroing. Not macroing shirk is a mistake.