Wow, if I read this thread too much I'm going to believe macro doesnt exist and anyone who think the contrary is a conspiracy theorist!
Autoblock ban waves should tell us something about cheaters: they will always try to get the advantage on others, and use their advantage the longest possible without getting banned; those that arent still banned are either counting their time, or
smarter than the rest.
Nice of you to get all elitist and assume that I'm an inexperienced player because I think differently to you (been playing warband since mid 2011).
I didnt mention myself if you re-read, what I said in the introduction message is a general truth.
So again, your argument is "I can only feint 3-4 times in a second, someone else can do more than me; they are cheating". Maybe you're using a shitty mouse that isn't registering your clicks correctly, or maybe you're simply not capable of clicking as fast as some other nerds are. Also, Why wouldn't you use the same combos over and over again if that's what was most effective?
No, the argument is: you cant do more than X attack/parry/attack/parry in a specified timeframe, whatever is your mouse quality or fine motor skill. Whenever you exceed that number, you are using something else than a mouse and a hand. I put numbers in my example to illustrate that, not to show the exact truth...
I personaly still didnt accuse publicly anyone of macroing... the border between excellent skill and macro use is not that big, so there is a niche where they can hide, and if they are smart they will not overuse them nor will they record themselves using it, and it doesnt forbid them from having a legit skill with which they can beat other people.
Call me paranoid but there is some clues to be find:
- exact same combo pattern all the time, especially when its 3-10 different attacks done in a extremely short timeframe
- 100% of combo are done perfectly and with 0 execution difference
- camera pitch of the fighter barely moves at all despite the extreme change of weapon attack directions in the combo
- the fighter has problems canceling his combo if you harass him midway
Those clues are easy to pinpoint, as long as you have a big enough recording without the guy noticing, because its very easy to manually fail on purpose, adding to the exceptionally nerdy investigation job. Who will do it frankly anyway? If there is no software detection possible, it will be pretty hard to get someone red handed, because ultimately they can always rely on the doubt.
TL;DR: macro exist, we gotta find it and kill it.
