Microstepping mostly is just to reduce noise and vibrations. The motors tend to fall to the nearest full step when loaded hard. Most people I have discussed t

Microstepping mostly is just to reduce noise and vibrations. The motors tend to fall to the nearest full step when loaded hard. Most people I have discussed this with believe there is little resolution gain (if any) past 4x microstepping but it certainly is a lot quieter to use x256.