Quote Originally Posted by Hierro View Post
Honestly, yeah, macros aren't very good in this game. If it can be done manually, do so every time. For whatever reason, there's a bit of lag when using a macro, so if you press a macro and press another button, the sequence gets easily interrupted. When I use a salted earth macro, you better believe I'm mashing it several times before it goes off.

Macros with text? You could very well give off the message, but not perform the action.

Your best bet is to just communicate with your party at the start of the instance and say what you'll do and what to watch out. I tell my healers I superbolide first thing in a mass pull, for example (which btw i recommend since it cuts out the confusion of timing and HP bars and such.)
I've noticed that it isn't really lag, but more that macros do not adhere to the skill queue like actual skill so. So you have to hit it exactly when the gcd is up for it to fire, along with what feels like a wait period between between macro inputs of anywhere between .5-1 second.