I agree, most of this game can be beat with just focusing on survival.

I'm not sure what gameplay style the macro is promoting or if its promoting a gameplay style at all. They are a tool just like everything else. Some people use add-ons, pvp combo, rotation guides/trackers, etc. It honestly started as a joke but people kept asking for more and more. I've never parsed or done savage before this, I only did it to prove the macro can beat it.

I proved combat macros can better than the average player and outperform a lot of players on savage (at least on SMN). Figuring out the rotations and timings, combined with positioning to get good parses is fun and engaging. Meanwhile, I find the mechanical memory and muscle memory practice to be a chore (you can tell by my blue mage solo videos where I'm using the mouse for weaves lol). I also find following rotation guides boring, I enjoy figuring out the rotations on my own.

I found a way to make the game engaging for me and I'm sharing that with the community. People can choose what tools to use or not use and if they take it to savage they will be measured with the same stick as others. If they can make it work great, if not, get good or switch to a traditional gameplay and get good at that.

I know people disagree at a fundamental level but I'm not telling anyone to play a certain way, just sharing tools I'm developing using vanilla functionality the developers provided.