Thread: WAR lvl 50 help with crossbar/Hud

You have 16 skills displayed (8 with L2 and 8 with R2). I personally only use 2 sets of cross-bar. Leave your main combo stuffs (Butcher's Block, Storm's Eye, Storm's Path, Berserk, Inner Beast, Overpower) on the first one, the buffs/Defiance on the second one. You'll find it easy enough, just need to play more to get the muscle memory down.

that's how i have mine. i have inner beast and other stuff on 2nd crossbar.

When i used a controller I grouped similar skills into macros.

Featherfoot / Foresight
Bloodbath / Internal Release / Convalescence (does not effect bloodbath but its related to healing)
Thrill of Battle / Second wind (if you're using it)

Doing that mixed with a second crossbar set I was able to manage.

I like to set up 2 cross bars. 1st bar has the Butcher's Block combo on the right side (R2+AXBY). 2nd bar has the Storm's Eye combo on the right side (R2+AXBY). Then I try to keep any emergency skills on both bars (thrill of battle, convalescence, provoke, second wind). This allows me to swap at controlled intervals. So my rotation is usually BB combo -> BB combo (swap) -> SE combo (swap) -> repeat.

Also, I have the full combo on both bars. So Heavy Swing is duplicated on both bars. If for some reason it will be difficult to swap before starting the next combo (need to use an emergency off GCD ability or 2), I also have the option to swap after the Heavy Swing if necessary.

This is what my HUD layout looks like explained here

http://urbanq8.com/ffxiv-my-hud-layout/

you definitely need to use a second hot bar.