Controller & Hotbar possible? Cross-Hotbar, No Thanks. :(

[Bedford]

I'm hoping at least to get the keyboard for ps3 to work with this. Currently the number bar has no input on action skills, despite what the manual says. And as mentioned earlier in post, the keybinds to controller just don't work correctly. Right now this is stopping me from even considering to tank/heal.

[ApacheChef]

Come on SE, take my money and build this thing!
Anything even remotely similar would be better for me...

Looking at this setup, it seems so much easier for battle. Playing on the ps3 my first hot key set is all used up and having to switch sets to use other actions is a huge pain in the back side. I would like to have this set up with the cross bar just for things like food buffs and things like that.

[Formedras]

I personally like the Cross Hotbar, but I wouldn't mind this option being available as well. Actually, I'd even more prefer to be able to fully script my own UI, like is possible in World of Warcraft. (One of the few things about that game that's still right.) Seriously. Give us a Lua or Python API for us to overhaul our interfaces. I already know some Python, but I'd learn Lua just for this.
Oh, and SQEX, letting us sell UI mods for the PC version through your systems could be a good way to make some money.

[Dreaming]

They responded to the same thread on the beta forums that they wont implement anything like the 1.0 Gamepad style. They only think about adding additional triggers and a better way to switch between sets.
btw scrolling between skills like we had todo in 1.0 is way too slow and it was the reason why gamepad was in a huge disadvantage....

I think it's silly of you to say that. I never had any slowdown when using the gamepad in 1.0 switching between bars. It was very fast and responsive and I could keep up with any keyboard user with ease.

[Tu101uk]

I personally don't mind the crossbar system too much, I usually remember what hotkeys I set to which keys pretty well...

...however, they should add another set of crossbars for when you hold down BOTH triggers. That way, we get access to another 8 hotkeys without having to do an awkward switch in the middle of a heated battle...

...or just let me bind control pad combinations to the traditional hotbars so we can leverage them instead.

[Melanchor]

I play with a Mouse + Keyboard on PS3 and i would really love an option to use PC mouse + Keyboard layout. key-binding the controller to the keyboard ends with so many problems (or heck at least an option to hokey the crossbar to the keyboard directly (the slots themselves and slot changing buttons)

[fallacies]

Right now, it takes about this number of commands set on the menu bar to competently play any of the Arcanist-descended classes. With the current set-up, controller users can only quickly access 16 commands without the hassle of set cycling, and the pet menu bar simply does not work.

Please, just let me have a controller-controllable cursor for the bar like in 1.0.

[KCr]

I think it's silly of you to say that. I never had any slowdown when using the gamepad in 1.0 switching between bars. It was very fast and responsive and I could keep up with any keyboard user with ease.

I think it's silly of you to compare instantaneous keystrokes to scroll-and-select controller commands.

[LeoDeSol]

I think it's silly of you to compare instantaneous keystrokes to scroll-and-select controller commands.

Keyboard maybe faster, but what we lacked in twitch skill mashing speed, we make up for in movement and camera control, IMO. Also, this is not a twitch game, the GCD is 2.5 seconds, and even Off-GCD has animations. Combined the GCD and animations with the fact that you can make macros and there is no real reason a Gamepad user is not just as effective as a keyboard user and this worked fine in 1.0 end game as well.

I am doing my best to get used to the cross-bar, but it is not nearly as fluid as the 1.0 system. Targeting seemed better towards the end of 1.0 as well, but I think FFXIV ARR targeting will get improvements as clicking, tab targeting, and controller based targeting all seem to have their issues right now.

[KCr]

Your text here.

Typed a long ass thing but it logged me out so nuts to that.

Definitely agree. GCD and animations are a limiting factor when using the keyboard and brings the controller to near equal footing. However, I feel camera and movement would be limited since you would have to devote button presses to manipulating the dpad with the controller + hotbar control scheme whereas with a mouse and kb it's something most pc players should be familiar with.

Other than that, I just thought it was a bit harsh of Dreaming to dismiss moriandrio's comment as silly when they were making a general statement and not targeting anyone in particular.

tl;dr I support the addition of this control scheme but I feel the XBar is more efficient in terms of button presses.