Auto Combo Buttons in PvE

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

The issues with hotbar space were never that major for me, and I even play on a controller. I had 3 for battle (1 just for PvP skills), 1 for emotes, 1 for gearsets to change quickly between jobs, and I made hotbar 7 my "I use these on every job" hotbar (Return, Teleport, Sprint, etc.) #8 by default was the "system" hotbar, and I left it that way, but never used it. I didn't even use the WXHB.

Then there's all the standard hotbars, including the vertical ones.

I ran very few macros, at the worst, buffs I used together every time, and for MCH/BRD had my finishers (Heartbreak/Misery's End) on a macro with my "1" attack. With melee jobs, I often had room left over on hotbar 2. My PvP hotbar had duplicate skills from the first two for quick access. I didn't NEED an emote hotbar, nor a gearset one.

Where are people having all this trouble with hotbars?

[Skivvy]

Where are people having all this trouble with hotbars?

The issue isn't the fact that we don't have enough hotbar space, because we do, it's more that there is skill bloat and hotbar clutter. There are plenty of skills that could be condensed to a single hotbar button vs. taking up 3 individual spots.

I'd much rather have difficulty come in the form of knowing when to weave in an oGCD skill, or how to deal with the actual in-game mechanics vs. 'difficulty' coming from the dance your fingers have to do in order to fire off skills.

[Shihen]

Where are people having all this trouble with hotbars?

It's more about inefficiency, really. Like having a sort of messy room. It's not totally messy, there's still room for other stuff, but why have the clutter there at all if it can be cleaned up? It's still possible to bring more stuff into the room now, but eventually it will fill up and something will have to be done. Just take care of it now before you have to put off new furniture because the room needs to be re-organized first.

There just isn't a reason to have ability A on one button and ability B on another button, when B is the only GCD you want to press after A. Weaving oGCDs will still exist, branching combos will still exist, and people will still screw up both of them. All it does is consolidate the very few abilities that have no business being separate in the first place.