Quote Originally Posted by Ursa_Vonfiebryd View Post
Successful Macro'ing is itself a skill. Just like programming. Figuring out what notes you need in what sequence and what timing then testing it over and over...takes just as much effort. I mean, I get it. Reddit will probably make even that effort superfluous before long but its not stoping people from learning it the other way. Id much rather see more bard concerts which there is a distinct lack of on my server. The old way to do it was horrible but i could at least assign the sequence to my hot bar or even keybind it. As far as i can tell you cant even do that now.
So far the things posted in the performance subreddit require a lot of effort and musical knowledge from the people making the files.

Another game with instruments is GW2, but they have explicitly allowed the use of macros with instruments, and they don't have a console base. For FFXIV I feel like they should allow the use of proper in-game macros for ease of use for console people.