I main DRG and leveled DRK to 60 next. Then I switched to level my 50 WAR. Boy did war feel so much slower. Everything is on gcd. Even now that I have WAR at 59, the hotbar watching that I do with drk vs war is evident.
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One thing I will say to the op, yes DRG does have button bloat. BUT, it flows so smoothly that once I got used to it, it really wasn't a problem. Not that I want se to add to it further lol
Monk. It's the only dps job where I've been able to comfortably keep everything on 2 crossbars on controller. A lot of their skills are so situational you could get away with leaving them off entirely (Haymaker, One Ilm Punch, maybe even Featherfoot) or shoving to obscure places. Their core rotation only uses 7 gcd skills, 8 if you count Rockbreaker, and they have fewer off-gcds to weave too in comparison to others.
Instead of gimping yourself by not having all of your abilitys available, why not learn to use modifiers/F keys etc. Practice makes perfect.
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Still easy mode just put up 3 dots then Aetherflow > Fester (Swiftcast - Shadowflare) > Fester again > Energy Drain :)