Re: Stance on Macros - Is this macro allowed?
@stevencloser
Are we talking about the same kind of macro here? The macro I know is just a pre-recorded set of key presses that gets executed on a button press.
That is exacly what aim macro or rapid fire macros are.
It's just a pre-recorded set of inputs that gets executed on a single button press. But it's still cheating as a code is executing mechanics for you, or in some cases it breaks the game mechanics - like Hemlock is either a single or burst fire weapon yet people have rapid fire macro where they full-auto with it due to macro repeating fire action for the duration of button press. Or Peacekeeper being used as a automatic-shotgun it's not supposed to be with animation-cancelling.
Normally you'd have to press LMB and re-align your aim again which makes it harder due to input lag and so forth - having it automated in a code of a macro negates it and gives you clear advantage over normal players in one button press.
And rapid-fire macro is not even intrusive... Auto-aim macro's, bhop macros, auto-dodge macros, etc.
Cheats are macro's itself, in form of external .bak file that have lots of more lines of code to bypass the anti-cheat systems in place.
But in reality they are the same thing.
