Bah! AFK, not AFK, macro or no macro, bug or not a bug it doesn't change my original statement.
No matter what your stance on the macro system is, I still guarantee you that this will cause player drop off. You have to be blind not to see that. The game has declined over the years, hence why there are only 3 servers left. Just open party matching throughout the day. There are reduced party rooms for actual XP. As of right now there are 9 party rooms open and only 3 of them are legit parties. Since this has become so popular over the past couple of weeks, most of the time there isn't even