When were macros added into the game?

[Shialan]

ah interesting so what did they change about them to make them more useful for combat?

Nothing. They are still pretty useless for combat classes.

[StouterTaru]

ah interesting so what did they change about them to make them more useful for combat?

The only changes that I'm aware of since 2.0:

• Late ARR (?) - "/wait #" no longer needs its own line, can be "<wait.#>" at the end of a line
• SB (?) - Added account-wide macros