What the hell happened to the Pet Hotbar?

Issue has been resolved, was about where the mandatory pet hotbar went, but that's taken care of. We'll just turn this into a thread about more efficiently using Pet Classes I guess.

Apparently if you use controller you can change this back.

I can't fathom using controller on smn though

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Originally Posted by Madoka

Apparently if you use controller you can change this back.

I can't fathom using controller on smn though

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I'd love to know where that option is then.

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Originally Posted by Huntington

I'd love to know where that option is then.

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Character Conifg > UI > Hotbars > Use Pet Hotbar

Smn with controller is really really easy, not that hard at all

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Originally Posted by PriyaJugulataris

Smn with controller is really really easy, not that hard at all

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This. The controller isnt causing me any problems when i play smn.

I use R2+L2=Commands (stay, obey, place, etc.) and L2+R2=Pet abilities (contagion, shockwave, aerial slash) By doing this I never have to actually tab out of my main hotbar even while giving commands.

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Originally Posted by MercuryD

I use R2+L2=Commands (stay, obey, place, etc.) and L2+R2=Pet abilities (contagion, shockwave, aerial slash) By doing this I never have to actually tab out of my main hotbar even while giving commands.

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^ Listen to him! This is THE way to play Summoner and Scholar. L2R2 + R2L2 are musts for pet jobs.

I play on PS3 as well and I have actually just picked up ACN/SMN myself. (One day before 2.2 dropped.) And I must admit it has been very awkward so far. My main is a DRG and I've also been used to just cycling through my hotbars with R1. The problem I'm having is that when I summon my pet, the pet bar automatically pops up in my second hotbar and I can only cycle through that and my first hotbar and not past it to my 3rd and so on. Does anyone have any tips of changing this around to something like I'm used to or do I just have to grin and bear it? And if so do you have any tips in that case? Thanks a bunch!

@Jayce

It does take some getting used to, but it's probably the most effective way to use the class if you're on the PS3, it makes transitions very simple and once you pick up the muscle memory for your rotations and abilities, you'll love using it. If you want to get rid of that manual hotbar, go here:
Character Configuration > UI Settings > Then find the Pet Hotbar option in one of the tabs and either enable, to have it be up, or disable, to get rid of it. With it gone, you can tab between everything like you normally would depending on how many actions you have in your hot-bars.

Has anyone noticed a strange issue where while using a PC gamepad and the crossbar, the normal keyboard & mouse HUD petbar will dispay instead of being disabled? I have tried disabling it under the normal character configuration settings, but they don't seem to work as well as tried to disable it from the HUD alltogether, but the option to "purple it out"(I.E disable it from view) is not even allowed.

This doesn't occur when I'm using my normal pets, however it happens whenever I'm in a dungeon using mount abilities(Praetorium) and whenever I'm doing the same on Beast Tribe daily quests. Anyone know how to get around this?