Quote Originally Posted by Kimura410 View Post
i didn't want to add anything to my cross hot bars because they are full and i operate off of a number of click throughs to tell what bar I'm on without looking. if i added a 4th set it would screw me up lol.
I used to do the same thing, just tap the R1 (or RB) button to go to bar two, then tap it twice to get back to bar one. I eventually set up several bars for various needs (like a cross bar to change class/job quickly) and learned to hold down the button and hit a face button or dpad direction to get a certain set. It's actually more efficient once you get used to it.

You don't need to, but I'd suggest learning hold and hit a button method. Bars 1-3 are class/job specific, while 4-8 are universal bars. If you have the marks on bar 4 or your mounts and companion commands on bar 8 they will be there for everything. If you play arcanist controller only you'll get used to it pretty quickly since the pet hotbar is default as tap R1 to switch to it.