Manually crafting on ps3 with controller is slower now!

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We're trying to use / have the bar function as before - in the hold (or mixed) mode you don't need to press & hold shoulder L2 / R2 buttons every time you need to press one of the action buttons there, you just pull it up once and then use the button without holding it which is much more convenient and less stress on your hands as you don't need to cramp it around the controller to press two buttons at the same time. Prior 2.1 patch "fix" it was possible to have the bar up constantly independent of anything else happening on the screen (and even use the functions while bar was not visible / covered by other windows, which might be hassle at some times but benefit some other times). So - as OP mentioned - you can chain crafts without contantly (re-)pulling the bar up between each craft, simply by selecting recipe in the list, pressing triangle to craft (in such case indeed the triangle button would remain unassigned - a small "tax" for the convenience") and then continue using the craft actions or macros right away. Now - after each craft completes the bar will close forcing you to re-open it by pressing the shoulder button again - unnecessary button push for each craft. The same if you use hold bar for DoW / DoM action - since patch we need to keep to re-open it so often that the whole "hold" option practically lost it's meaning. In a short - badly implemeted "fix" screwed over hard the users of controllers.