[dev1123] - Can we have all 3 Action Bars showing up at once?

[Soma]

I dont understand any of you.
I have no problem useing my arrow keys for ability choise.
w and s for forward back.
a and d for camera left and right.
and numpad 8 and 2 for camera up and down.
I use numpad del to take out weapon, numpad 3 to lock on, numpad 0 to change targets, and enter to use ability.

The keyboard is programable enough for you to make your own key config to your liking.

even if we had all 30 abilitys on screen at once, you would still be useing the arrow keys to find the ability u want to use.
unless your dependant on mouse.

I do not... i repeat.. do Not want to see all 30 actions on my screen... then i will feel overcumbered.
I dont want to be crowded with abilities on my screen.

Every player players differant, so the only solution is to make the UI customizable. Makes everyone happy.

yes i agree. no two people play the same. however that is why most of us want these optional.
the ability to move , shrink, stretch add or subtract action bars or even none at all if that how you like it.
most mmo's nowdays have fully customizable ui. and some go as far as having to letting out side programers
make there own.

im not telling anyone how to play. everyone should be able to enjoy it how ever they like.
all im asking for is options.
i really do like what SE is trying to do. but its not quite there yet.

[Aion]

cant they make other optional ui for action bar? instead of 1 x 9 grid I'd like to have 3 x 3 grid and add these functionality:
- "~" key to switch bar on keyboard or other key
-auto run key on controller serve as change action bar also or other button

[Nipa]

Please add an option to use Rift interface. Kthxbye.

[Ilean]

If they removed the dumb action description and replaced the silly shaped action bar with a straight 10x2 or 12x2 bar it would take less screen space than it does now. You can't even drag the actions to the bottom of the screen at the moment because that would hide a portion of the stupid blue spike on the left side and OMG that would be terrible for gameplay!

[Serio]

If they removed the dumb action description and replaced the silly shaped action bar with a straight 10x2 or 12x2 bar it would take less screen space than it does now. You can't even drag the actions to the bottom of the screen at the moment because that would hide a portion of the stupid blue spike on the left side and OMG that would be terrible for gameplay!

Yes, Please! I don't need to read a big ol' description of the abilities that i'm using in the heat of battle -- abilities that i've used hundreds of times and know what they do. It would make lots of room for an optional 3x action bar. It would also be great to have optional sizes for the action bar.

On a side note, how about drag and drop ability setting? It's like a damn puzzle trying to move abilities around. I guess these are all part of the major issue of UI clunkyness.

[Alkoun]

I vote a yes for the option of displaying all 3 action bars, and for drag/dropping abilities, and for options for reducing ability descriptions and/or options for removing them.
I understand that SE has to keep in mind that people will be playing in 3 different ways, but you simply cannot be everything to everyone. You can't have everything you can do on a keyboard also available on a gamepad (without having to access a main menu option), and I think gamepad players realize this. SE should just give options where they can, and if they can't fit them on a gamepad, oh well, that's the trade-off.
And btw: I play on a gamepad.

[Lahru_Hukurou]

Having the ability to customize your action bars just the way you want to will be incredible. I enjoyed the macro system on FFXI, but my game also ran very smoothly. Not to mention, I didn't know any other way to play. I have played other MMO's and have found ways that work better for me. Doesn't help that my computer doesn't run FFXIV as smoothly as I would like.

[Archadius]

Since the devs haven't had the chance to respond to this yet, I'll do it for them lol


"Greetings kwestro!

Thank you for taking the time for this post. We would like to inform you that the concept of this feature has indeed been addressed, and will be implemented along with the 1.19 patch. Please look forward to this in the near future, and happy hunting in Eorzea!

Regards,
The Dev Team"

Not bad, huh? :P

[Chain]

How about just having the action bar on the screen at all times instead of popping up and down constantly, so annoying

[Lumidus]

How about just having the action bar on the screen at all times instead of popping up and down constantly, so annoying

I think you can do this under the Menu config