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?