Is the Double Cross Hotbar anywhere close!?...

[Felis]

There are already 16 cross-hotbars ingame

8 cross-hotbars shared and 8 cross-hotbars not shared.

If this is still not enough, or writing a macro that switch the cross-hotbars between "shared" and "not shared" mode to be a hassle, there are still the normal hotbars to use stuff like emotes and gearsets with a keyboard on PC and PS4.

[Morbid]

I'm not sure how you're using all 128 spaces tbh. I have one hot bar dedicated to combat jobs and chocobo commands, another devoted to my gatherers/crafters with a couple materia related things as well, a hot bar to bring up different macros, Sprint, Ethers and potions, and another for other misc items like maps and minions, with 4 hot bars locked off to a job... I actually have one hot bar completely empty.

It's not the amount of slots for skills the OP is talking about. It's the cross hotbar quick access or normal access w/e function that is used i.e Holding R2 -> Pressing L1 etc.

It was mentioned pre-HW release that they were looking into adding additional button combos for the cross hotbar. I believe that is specifically what the OP is asking about. Not actually adding on to the 128 available slots.

[Blindheart]

It is possible to run out if you put the same command on multiple hotbars. Like my combat classes have basic actions on multiple pages because it's just easier to access the commands then having to swap back and forth between bars. Especially as healer, heals need to be quickly accessible for emergency, not having to flip through pages to find the heal while trying to do other actions.

[Kore_Hyperion]

I use two hotbars per job which are set to toggle back and forth during combat, in addition to a 3rd hotbar using the expanded controls for shared actions. I don't have a need for anything more than that except in PVP, in which case I have a 4th hotbar set up that I have to manually switch to.

[Kaiser-Ace]

It is possible to run out if you put the same command on multiple hotbars. Like my combat classes have basic actions on multiple pages because it's just easier to access the commands then having to swap back and forth between bars. Especially as healer, heals need to be quickly accessible for emergency, not having to flip through pages to find the heal while trying to do other actions.

This becomes a non issue when you developed muscular memory for the class skills.

I always know which bar my skills are on.

[SigmaOZ]

There are already 16 cross-hotbars ingame

8 cross-hotbars shared and 8 cross-hotbars not shared.

If this is still not enough, or writing a macro that switch the cross-hotbars between "shared" and "not shared" mode to be a hassle, there are still the normal hotbars to use stuff like emotes and gearsets with a keyboard on PC and PS4.

You are wrong, sadly, the total number of Cross Hotbar Sets is 8, no more, what the very confusing option of "Enable customization for when weapon is Sheathed/Drawn" does is simply allow you to cycle through the selected Cross Hotbars (defined under Sheathed or Drawn) by pressin RB (Right Button/R1)!...

[Imoen]

Im not opposed to it was just curious how anyone is using all their slots as it stands currently.

I do however feel there are more important things as of now that could be done but I wouldnt complain if i saw it in the patch notes.

Nope, don't need to use all slots, It should be noted though that on controller it is easier to double up some commands on each bar, for example I have provoke/stun etc.. on both my 2 main bars, so if something fast happens you can react easier without having to switch which bar you are on first. Example: my stun is on R2+triangle for both my hot bars. so Stun is taking up 2 slots for 1 action.

Also you can only see CDs for the bar you are on... so what I do is use a PC bar to see cooldowns when they are ready, the ones I want to see anyway.

[Morzy]

I still don't understand, unless you're sharing all your hotbars between classes (which no one should be doing)

Why exactly shouldn't I? I reserve my 3rd hotbar for shortcuts to mounts/minions, commands, teleport, return and other misc stuff that classes may share.

[Imoen]

Why exactly shouldn't I? I reserve my 3rd hotbar for shortcuts to mounts/minions, commands, teleport, return and other misc stuff that classes may share.

Yes, but you can specify which bar you want to share and which you don't. Which is what Seida was saying "sharing ALL your hotbars between classes"

[Dzian]

I dont think the double cross hotbar means doubling the amount of available slots. I would expect more direct acessible commands without the need to switch sets.

this is what it needs, more commands with less set swapping.