Originally Posted by
Jinna
Considering how there's no white damage in SW:TOR, then the correct and timely use of abilities becomes paramount. If you have a rift system, then you remove thought out of dpsing completely. You can then go to a forum and get a copy of the best dps talents, gear weights and macros and then skill becomes less and less important.
But yes, Rift had too many abilities in the class rotations.
I think WoW's macro system is far superior, where you knew that one player cannot have an advantage over another because they have better macro. You know that when someone uses an ability, it's because they chose to use it. The VAST majority of WoW's macros were quality of life macros, for swapping gear, spec, selling junk, moving UI elements, stacking multiple [mod:alt] abilities onto one button for ease of use, or for putting mouseover, conditions etc into play.
Just looking at the macro section of MMO-Champion's forums and you can see how much macros added to the game without breaking it.
It may be wishful thinking, but it would be great if BW went to Blizz and asked nicely if they could borrow the entire macro system from them, all the APIs etc. But it's not likely.
EDIT: Does anyone know if the WoW API is fully open source?