Need a little help - WAR

[Ehayte]

I play WAR in FCoB, this is my set up:

Set 1 - When holding L2
Up - Unchained
Left - Mercy Stroke
Right - Berserk
Down - Infuriate

Triangle - Tomahawk
Square - Steel Cyclone
Circle - Provoke
X - Brutal Swing

Set 1 - When holding R2
Up - Overpower
Left - Storm's Path
Right - Storm's Eye
Down - Flash

Triangle - Butcher's Block
Square - Maim
Circle - Skull Sunder
X - Heavy Swing

R2>L2
Up - Thrill of Battle
Left - Foresight
Right - Vengeance
Down - Holmgang

Triangle - Inner Beast
Square - Awareness
Circle - Convalescence
X - Bloodbath

L2>R2
Up - Food
Left - Party Macro (Low on TP)
Right - X-Potion of STR
Down - Party Macro (Bennu spawn timer T12)

Triangle - Potent Poisoning Potion
Square - Defiance
Circle - Mercy Stroke
X - Fracture


I never swap sets while in battle, everything is handled by holding one or a combination of the L2 and R2 buttons. Swapping skill sets is trouble when you are doing difficult content because your brain can get pretty darn side-tracked thinking about other things.

[Credor]

My advise: dont use macro. All skills are queued 0.5s before end of current active skill (so u can hit next skill before animation or GCD of previous ends), but macros not.
WAR has large number of used skills (and 3 combos), so I use two sets of skills, with difference only on main 4 buttons: 1 set - BB combo and Overpover, 2 set - SE/SP combo. Rest of buttons are duplicated. And some skills on enhanced cross-hotbar (L2->R2 and R2->L2) with icon on side hotbars (for info about cooldowns, not for pushing - I play with pad only). Then if I play OT - I play on set 2 only. When MT - BB, R1, SE, R1, and so on, this is very easy.
If u must make macro, then macros only oGCD skills. There are two skills only in logic sequence, in my opinion: Berserk and Internal Release. ToB + Conv is bad idea, sometimes I need help healer with Conv, but hold ToB on next big hit. Foresight + Vengeance? No, Foresight is ~8% phy dmg mitygation, Vengeance 30% of both (phy and magic). Some attack needs strong Vengeance. Bloodbath + Conv? I use Bloodbath with Berserk only for HP returns, Conv is not need here (because HP returns from my heavy hits ).

[aisustrong]

extended hotbar
http://youtu.be/kfNxoyPNSdo

[aisustrong]

do poison potions generate any enmity?

[Sleigh]

do poison potions generate any enmity?

Yes but not enough to matter in most situations.