Hotbar Help, and other tips

[Zeargi]

I recently returned to the game again after a LONG break. I play on the PS4 now, and have been working on Rogue/Ninja. I just got my second hand sign, Chi. I wanted to put the Ninjutsu and the Mudras the second set Hotbar, but every time I use one of the signs it moves me back to Hotbar Set 1; which is really counter-productive. Is there a way not to do this?

[repoe]

Im assuming you acess your second set via l2/r2. I have mine set to hold. You can set it to toggle so that releasing doesn't take it back to your first set.

[Zeargi]

I actually figured it out. I went through all the options and finally found one that said something like: "Cycle Hotbar when drawing weapon" Now I can use them and not worry about it shifting.

[Carvaka]

Not sure how you are doing it, I use xbox controller on pc, I use the cross bar setup extended. I have one main, then L2+R2 gives me extended, and R2+ L2 gives me a different extended. Depends on your style of play, If you have found something that works well, go for it :-)

[Urthdigger]

I actually figured it out. I went through all the options and finally found one that said something like: "Cycle Hotbar when drawing weapon" Now I can use them and not worry about it shifting.

FYI, you can set which hotbars can be choosed when the weapon is drawn and which can be choosed when the weapon is not. When you draw or sheathe your weapon, you'll automatically go to the first applicable hotbar. So, for example, I have mine set up so hotbars 1 and 2 can be accessed while drawn, while hotbars 3 and 4 are when sheathed. The trick is to just get in the habit of manually drawing your weapon with L3 before combat, and if you need to first use something on hotbar 2 then press RB to switch to it. Also, this setting only controls what RB cycles through. So, I can still do RB+A to go to hotbar 3 if need be (for instance, I have protect and other out-of-combat buffs on there. If I need to protect someone after raise, force it to hotbar 3, then cast protect, then press RB to go back to hotbar 1)