Last night I tried the !Auto Shot Steady macro and observed DPS increase, just like everyone else. However, I noticed that some Steady Shot has a very shot cast time, which is similar to what is reported with "instant" Aimed Shot, as well as multiple Autos showing in combatlog.
While I want Steady unlinking from Auto, this doesn't look anything like I envision how it would be implemented. So, I did some test tonight. Instead of spamming the Steady Macro, I timed it similarly to the Aimed/Multi report.
With a paperdoll 2.13 speed,
1/11 19:49:58.640 Your Auto Shot crits Dr. Boom for 1419.
1/11 19:50:00.000 Your Steady Shot hits Dr. Boom for 607.
1/11 19:50:00.796 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 702.
This part looks normal.
1/11 19:50:01.859 Your Steady Shot hits Dr. Boom for 604.
1/11 19:50:03.437 Your Steady Shot crits Dr. Boom for 1420.
1/11 19:50:04.031 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 570.
1/11 19:50:04.140 Your Auto Shot crits Dr. Boom for 1386.
1/11 19:50:06.671 Your Steady Shot hits Dr. Boom for 602.
1/11 19:50:07.234 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 573.
1/11 19:50:07.390 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 565.
1/11 19:50:09.484 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 603.
1/11 19:50:10.609 Your Steady Shot hits Dr. Boom for 534.
1/11 19:50:12.078 Your Steady Shot hits Dr. Boom for 591.
1/11 19:50:12.593 Your Auto Shot crits Dr. Boom for 1430.
1/11 19:50:12.859 Your Auto Shot hits Dr. Boom for 598.
The number of Steady is less than optimal since I was timing it. However, within a 12 sec period, I had 7 Auto Shots.
My timing is not quite what I want it to be. Anyone else wants to test this?