Automated tasks - Cheating?

[Grim Lightning Gate]

I want there to be a distinction.

Those that are doing this to walk away and just "phantom level" should be hog tied and tossed on the side.

I know plenty of people that have macroboards that are using them for gameplay, it is not an unfair advantage over anyone.
The weapon combos are easy enough to do with or without a macro, so instead of going through the monotony, they programmed a key to do them
I have seen this fail as often as if you were pressing the key on your own.

"You" should not lump all macro users into one pile and tell them they stink and are terrible.

I agree with you wholeheartedly that, what phantom players are doing is blatant cheating. Pirates or no, they need to be deleted and banned.