My easy controller setup for WAR

[nssixn6]

Hello. Are all those bazillion new abilities cluttering your toolbars too? Are thinking, "Man how can I possibly play well on a controler?!"
This guide is for you. Note: this is my personal opinion, find what works for you.

I am using the DS4 as a reference, but you can substitute any buttons in the equivilant controller.

Firstly, if you havent already enable "Cross Hotbar" then enable "Expanded controls with L2 & R2".
Set both the R2+L2 and L2+R2 to hotbar "Left 2"
This allows for the pressing of both triggers to add a "third" cross bar,
bringing total slots to 24! plus its clencher resistant, you'll have a hard time screwin it up, trust me.

Second off, the macros: we're gonna make some compound mashcros to condense abilities

"Defense"
/micon "Foresight"
/ac "Vengeance"
/ac "Forsight"

"Healing"
/micon "Second Wind"
/ac "Thrill of Battle"
/ac "Convalesence"
/ac "Second Wind"
/ac "Bloodbath"

"Parry Time!"
/micon "Raw Intuition"
/ac "Raw Intuition"
/ac "Awareness"

"Off da Chainz"
/micon "Unchained"
/ac "Unchained"
/ac "Beserk"

"Toma-Stroke"
/micon "Tomahawk"
/ac "Mercy Stroke" <t>
/ac "Tomahawk" <t>


Part 3: The Face buttons
R2 + _
Circle: Heavy Swing
Cross: Skull Sunder
Triangle: Maim
Square: Butcher's Block

Up: Toma- Stroke
Right : Storms Path
Left: Storms Eye
Down : Parry Time!


L2 + _
Circle: Brutal Swing
Cross: Overpower
Triangle: Fracture
Square: Provoke (GLD cross class)

Up: Equilibrium
Right: Healing
Left: Defense
Down: Off da Chainz


R2+L2+ _

Circle: Inner Beast
Cross: Steel Cyclone
Tringle: Decimate
Square: Fell Cleave

Up: Holmgang
Right: Deliverance
Left: Defiance
Down: Infuriate

With this setup you can use most WAR abilities effectively with a controller.

[_Pigzig]

i thought of swapping to a controller cause i only use 1234 on my keyboard anyway (plus combos keys like shift and such with them) and theres 4 buttons on the controller but does it really work as well as keyboard and mouse or is it just what the consolers are doign cause they dont have a better option
what is actually the best control for this game

[nssixn6]

I prefer the DS4, but the x360 controller is also a solid pick, reliable, comfortable and relatively affordable

[HoodRat]

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Why would you use featherfoot? Why are you putting multiple skills into macros? And why are you setting R2+L2 and L2+R2 to be the same hotbar?

[karateorangutang]

I'll have to post my setup later, but i have condensed to 1 bar plus one half bar with no more than 2 cooldowns on a button. It does recquire some skill swaps via the /chotbar change macro set though. That /chotbar command is practically tailor made for WAR stance macro setups.

[nssixn6]

Why would you use featherfoot? Why are you putting multiple skills into macros? And why are you setting R2+L2 and L2+R2 to be the same hotbar?

Read the Title, this is the super simple way of controller setup, that still allows for all possible WAR actions, in as few pallet swaps as possible, I never claimed the best, nor the most effecient, but pretty fool proof as far abilities go, don't take the nitty gritty to seriously

[Gaston]

I'm using expended hotbar for ngc.

Defensive ngc on right side.
Offensive ngc on left side.

Then you wouldn't even need 2nd cross hotbar layer.

I just placed defience and delievel on 2nd crosshotbar.

[Kumori_Kumo]

Interesting! Kind of the theory of putting stuff together by themes.
I usually group my macros together by what cooldowns I want to group up for maximum synchronicity.

Vengebath
/macroicon "Vengeance"
/ac "Vengeance" <me>
/ac "Bloodbath" <me>

Foresvalescence
/macroicon "Convalescence"
/ac "Foresight" <me>
/ac "Convalescence" <me>

Berkternal Relerk
/macroicon "Berserk"
/ac "Berserk" <me>
/ac "Internal Release" <me>

Fell Beast
/macroicon "Inner Beast"
/ac "Inner Beast" <me>
/ac "Fell Cleave" <me>

Rawareness
/macroicon "Raw Intuition"
/ac "Raw Intuition" <me>
/ac "Awareness" <me>

And yeah, I use a controller too, necessitating a lot of this. It's not necessarily efficient, but it saves me more effort and time switching hotbars so it ends up being way more reliable.

[Freyyy]

Why are you using macros ? It's bad, macro-ed abilities don't queue so you always eat a little delay when using macros. And macro-ing multiple abilities together is even worse.

[karateorangutang]

Why are you using macros ? It's bad, macro-ed abilities don't queue so you always eat a little delay when using macros. And macro-ing multiple abilities together is even worse.

I use macro'd abilities, if you use them without a wait command its completely negligable. I have never seen delay in macros without waits that even merits notice. Especially considering how scripted fights are in this game.

It's either that or mash R1 and get lost in my own cross hotbars. which is a hundred times worse. if you don't put a wait timer on it it still requires 2 presses and takes the whole number only wait intergers out of the equation. It's unfortunately the only real option available for us controller users.