Using macros for ratting - allowed?

It may not be visible to your naked eye but there are a huge difference when you count the milliseconds (ms) it takes to press all 4 buttons and sending the commands and receiving a reply from server.
For the sake of this argument, let’s say it takes you 10ms to hit all 4 (F1, F2, F3 and F4) buttons, and it only takes you 5ms to (just) hit the F1 button. so certainly you can agree that 10ms does not equal 5ms, so clearly the one using the macro will have an advantage over someone not using it.

This allows macro-users to play the game at an accelerated rate compared to the ordinary player.

I’m pretty sure that this was before you could group Guns and Missile Launchers. I will try dig up some info on when the Grouping of guns/launchers where implemented.