Using !autoshot or /startattack will do the same thing exept..... /startattack will also have you melee when targets are within range

/startattack will not toggle off if it is spammed

The whole clipping autoshots really has not been an issue for me as I dont do 10 mans or larger yet.... so dps comparisons with other classes is not an issue. In pvp with 5 hunters focus firing you, clipping an auto shot hasn't seemed to make a difference as the burst damage is insane from a hunter, and from five is just awsome. If I do start running 25 mans with my guild I will probably just spam the steady shot macro with arcane and multi inserted here and there.