Is delay allowed?

[sharpMouse]

no.

Why? It doesn't break the rule "one press - one action". Any blue post about it?

* Step 2 (key up); set option to "Do not progress to the next step for 0.5 seconds"; send to leader only = /cast Devastate (or whatever spell you want)

Your step 2 is exactly like mine. It does a delay after real event. Why do you think that yours is better?

Also, splitting key event into down and up looks to be self-deception. I cannot find a bluepost now but I am pretty sure that Blizzard doesn't agree with this split. One key press is one event, with both down and up. You are not banned just because, as Lax said, multiply sendings are allowed if done at same time.

[Sservis]

Why? It doesn't break the rule "one press - one action". Any blue post about it?

Blizzard does not care about what tools players use and how they do things, they only care about what happens in terms of in-game behavior. Each broadcast action should have an immediately preceding user action at the time of the broadcast. A good specific quote on this is at https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...lues-on-Boxing (read the whole thread)

The moment that single keypress initiates a string of actions not normally possible via our base macro system for an individual character, then that is a different matter. It is also a separate offense.

Specifically, delays are not part of the base macro system. There are other similar quotes in that archived thread that pretty clearly call out delays as automation.

Your step 2 is exactly like mine. It does a delay after real event. Why do you think that yours is better?

Also, splitting key event into down and up looks to be self-deception. I cannot find a bluepost now but I am pretty sure that Blizzard doesn't agree with this split. One key press is one event, with both down and up. You are not banned just because, as Lax said, multiply sendings are allowed if done at same time.

Solutions I can think of

• Pausing the recognizing of events for a duration and spamming your single key. This is Ughmahedhurtz's solution, note that they could be successive downs.
• Leader on Down and rest on Up. This avoids the question of if Up/Down on the same character is one or two actions as there's a console option in game for which type of Key event fires the default bars. This is quite definitely legal as it simply mimics something you could configure in game.
• Two keybindings that you manually do in sequence. (or one you spam as in Ughmahedhurtz's solution)
• Loot-a-Rang for your specific example, only requires Engineering(1) If you were asking about something else, like chain CC, anti-afk or other things doable with delays, then this won't work.

Also, the linked thread of Blue quotes has a quote that clarifies keypress and release. Also not clear if specific policy has changed since then.