Suggestion: Attack combos just like in PVP but in dungeons

As a person with carpal tunnel and arthritis, it's hard to play because of sooooo many keys I have to press that are far away from each other. It would be nice to be able to make the combos like in PVP. I know I still have to press them but reducing it to fewer keys instead of having 3 hotbars full of skills. I have done the best I could to put my skills in good order but I have problems cause I can't do shift + 1 for example. I have to use the mouse for that. My mind reacts quickly but my hands don't (arthritis causes joint stiffness). I do take breaks from playing to rest my hands but I still like to have fun. Idk if I'm explaining this right. I just would like that instead of having 1 through = full of skills, just have 1 through 5 with combos. It would be easier on my hands or anyone else with health issues.

PS: Tried using the gamepad but it still doesn't help.

If you have any suggestions for me I would appreciate it.

We can't tell you what it is, but if you google it you'll find what you need.

That said, I feel for you, I really do, but on an official level I'm completely against this idea because eventually square would make that setting a requirement. I would outright quit the game if they add that setting to pve due to sheer boredom because it definitely wouldn't be an optional setting.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. That wouldn't be fair to others.

I understand what you mean. It would be nice to have both options though.

I'll keep it in my dreams xD

Here is a non-illegal workaround. This macro advances the combo on a timer. The first press is a macro but it will replace that slot with raw action buttons so there is no delay as with typical macros. You can activate this macro even during animation lock; however, due to the /mlock you cannot activate any other macros while this macro is running. If your combo is interrupted due to downtime, it will continue to advance regardless, so you will lose DPS if you cannot maintain uptime unless you also have the rest of the combo on your bar anyway.

Code:

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/mlock
/hotbar copy current BARNUM share BARNUM
/hotbar action "ACTION 1 NAME" BARNUM SLOTNUM <wait.2>
/hotbar action "ACTION 2 NAME" BARNUM SLOTNUM <wait.2>
/hotbar action "ACTION 3 NAME" BARNUM SLOTNUM <wait.2>
/hotbar copy share BARNUM current BARNUM
/micon "ACTION 1 NAME"

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Ex.: Rage of Halone combo on bar 1 slot 2:

Code:

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/mlock
/hotbar copy current 1 share 1
/hotbar action "Fast Blade" 1 2 <wait.2>
/hotbar action "Riot Blade" 1 2 <wait.2>
/hotbar action "Rage of Halone" 1 2 <wait.2>
/hotbar copy share 1 current 1
/micon "Fast Blade"

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Replace BARNUM and SLOTNUM with the bar and slot numbers. Adjust the wait times if the actions are changing too early or too late, but note you can only wait in whole seconds. The first copy line backs up your bar before it starts rewriting the action slot. The last copy line restores the macro to it when the macro finishes. If using cross hotbars type this in game to see the changes you need to make:

/? chotbar