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

[Burrmanchu]

Holy kinda-necro-bump batman... Had to take a hiatus until I built a new pc (finally done). Jumped back into FFXIV and this thing pisses me off just as much as it did when I quit. Is there a way to use 1.0 style (XI style) hotbars yet? Have they addressed the issue? I played thru every phase of beta and 1.0, stayed loyal, paid for a year up front when it was available... Why can't I use the setup they made me learn this game on? Xbar is total garbage. To each their own, I just cannot get used to it. It's effecting my gameplay to an extent that it isn't fun, and I'm constantly hitting the wrong things after months of using it. Wtf..

[Maelwys]

Is there a way to use 1.0 style (XI style) hotbars yet? Have they addressed the issue?

Nope.

But as mentioned above, I've been playing with GlovePie since release now and am quite happilly gamepadding away on my PC.
I find it a LOT easier to just use the gamepad buttons as keyboard presses (with/without modifier keys) to trigger bound actions directly, instead of using that silly crossbar setup.

The setup is a matter of personal taste, but personally currently my Gamepad has a d-pad, 12 buttons and two analogue axis (PS2 style).
My Glovepie Script uses one of those buttons for a "Trigger" key (Ctrl), one for "Jump", and the other ten to give direct access to Hotbar commands (two full rows across HotBars #1 and #2 due to the trigger key).
One Analogue Axis does character movement, one does camera positioning/targetting (depending on the trigger key state), whilst the D-Pad does target marking (meaning I can mark targets whilst running or using other abilities).

I supplement the above with my keyboard's numpad (covers party member direct targetting and full access to the 24 commands across hotbars #3 and #4 via the joypad's trigger key) and a 5-button mouse (covers fine camera adjustment and a few commands on Hotbar5 such as mouseover Healing macros or "Provoke")

The above setup is a little involved, but basically it lets me target enemies/teammates and activate a little over 50 hotbar commands with my right hand (usually involving only one button press) whilst having my left hand permanently resting on the [movement/jump/enemy marking] controls. It considerably reduces my dodging reaction time and means I very rarely need to spend time looking for/clicking on things.