Screenshot request: WAR hotbar

[Thistledown]

Howdy folks. Name's Mignon and I am levelling MRD at the moment.

My basic hotbar setting is to use 1-=, shift+X, alt+X and Q, E, F and Z for things that need popping on demand (provoke, brutal swing, tomahawk for MRD, Ruin II and Rouse for SCH).

As a MRD, I tried putting all my buffs on alt+X hotbar. But I can only extend as far as alt+5 before straining my fingers.

How do you keybind your skills, O Brave Warriors of Light?

Screenshots with a short explanation/algorithm would be much appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!

[SpookyGhost]

Most of my cooldowns/Wrath-related skills are clicked because with a 2.0-2.5s GCD I don't really have a problem manually clicking them. But, for the ones I have keybound (don't have a SS b/c PS4):

1-3: Heavy Swing -> Skull Sunder -> Butcher's Block
4: Tomahawk
5: Overpower
6: Flash
F1/F2/F3: Maim -> Storm's Eye -> Storm's Path
F: Brutal Swing
R: Provoke

Rest are the ones I click manually, though I think it's better to have your Wrath abilities keybound, just never bothered personally. IR -> Berserk -> Second Wind should be near eachother, IB -> SC -> Unchained -> Infuriate I have on my third horizontal hotbar seperate from everything else. My setup is pretty basic and wonky but it's never caused me any problems. One setup I would recommend for BB/SE/SP combo is:

Q: Heavy Swing
E: Maim
1-4: Skull Sunder / Butcher's Block / Storm's Eye / Storm's Path

I'm way too used to my current setup, but this is how I would do it if I wasn't.

[Kitfox]

Use the mighty power of G600 mouse and be forever freed of keybind problems.

[Alphras]

Here is a screenshot of my current setup: http://puu.sh/cOVPJ/ea4bc82f95.jpg

I set up my mouse in a way that I can switch the top left bar in the screenshot with my mousewheel:

- mousewheel down switches to bar 1 (1 - Heavy Swing, 2 - Skull Sunder, 3 - Butcher's Block, 4 - Fracture)
- mousewheel up switches to bar 2 (1 - Heavy Swing, 2 - Maim, 3 - Storm's Path, 4 - Storm's Eye)
- pressing the mousewheel switches to bar 3 (1- Inner Beast, 2 - Steel Cyclone)

Other than that the second row is bound with the alt modifier, the third row uses the ctrl modifier.

Edit: Found a better screenshot.

[stoxastic]

I absolutely hate having to stretch my fingers super far so I only use the numbers 1-6 for my skills and instead make sure to utilize Q,E,R,F as well:

1-6: HS, SS, BB, Maim, SP, SE
Ctrl 1-6: Tomahawk, OP, Flash, Fracture, Awareness, Bloodbath
Shift 1-6: Berserk, Vengeance, Thrill of Battle, Internal Release, Foresight, Convalescence
QERF: Brutal Swing, Inner Beast, Unchained, Streel Cyclone
Ctrl QERF: Infuriate, Provoke, Mercy Stroke, Holmgang

For my Hotbars, I have 3 stacked for the 1-6 skills and a vertical hotbar to the side containing the QERF skills. I also bind my thumb mouse button to Ctrl to make it MUCH easier to hit the Ctrl skills.

[Ippiki]

[Delorean]

Well comfortable keybindings are something built over a lot of practice... Everyone has their own. As you can see in the post above mine, that player uses a lot of keys that I don't use.

Just find a range of keys you are comfortable pressing and try expanding on them. =) Remember to make your most essential, core skills easy to reach/use.

[Asheilin]

Here is a screenshot of my current setup: http://puu.sh/cOVPJ/ea4bc82f95.jpg

Just wanted to say thanks! I'm always on the lookout for a better layout because I cant reach 7-=; using your layout I was able to map things 1-6, Alt 1-6, and Shift1-6 as well as reducing some of the clutter/chaos that was going on.

Now to just make the right side go down. lol

[WanderHowl]

I'm a little late to the party, but I wanted to share my layout. My hotkeys are 1-7, QERTFZXC, and then once again with shift +.

[castillle]

Ummm....

The heavy swing is just a GCD meter for me so I know when I can queue my next move without spamming buttons.

Bars are Shift+#, #, and Ctrl+#
Big buttons on left are Shift+Q, Q, and Q
Big buttons on right are Shift+E, E, and Shift+V