Tips for marking with a gamepad

[Shemhazai]

I use a xbox controller and to me it seems like a waste of bar space to have marks on it. I simply target the enemy and press X (Square for playstation) and press up once and select Mark then choose the mark. I've gotten good at this and it takes me like 3 seconds to have a group marked without having extra sets.

[Nonlinear314]

I use a xbox controller and to me it seems like a waste of bar space to have marks on it. I simply target the enemy and press X (Square for playstation) and press up once and select Mark then choose the mark. I've gotten good at this and it takes me like 3 seconds to have a group marked without having extra sets.

I've tried this method as well and if that works for you then great, it is more a matter a what you condition yourself to do, but I didn't like it and personally find it faster and easier (i.e. what I'm used to from previous games where I marked with hotkeys) to mark by assigning them to hotkeys/buttons instead of navigating the menu. I also don't really like switching bars at all and have much more bar space than I use do bar space isn't an issue for me.

[SunTzu]

I use a xbox controller and to me it seems like a waste of bar space to have marks on it. I simply target the enemy and press X (Square for playstation) and press up once and select Mark then choose the mark. I've gotten good at this and it takes me like 3 seconds to have a group marked without having extra sets.

I too have changed to this as I couldn't afford that many slots on one hotbar. I like to operate off just one hotbar for all my WAR actions. I only use a second hotbar for occasional stuff (Sprint, food, defiance and storing other macros for swapping).

Once you get used to it - its reasonably quick, although I realise it does add a little delay on trash. You only have to mark 1 sometimes, then mark the second when in a macro combo if you like.