I'm randomly complaining

[Alberel]

Anyone on PC wanting to do this I would advise skipping the backup tool and simply setting up a dropbox account that syncs your character data folder. I do this and all my settings and hotbars are automatically synced between the various PCs I play on. This wouldn't work for consoles though.

SE did offer a tool of this nature for the initial PS3 to PS4 transition. In theory that could be re-implemented to be used as a backup/sync service as the OP wants but it would require quite a bit of space. My character data is 21MB in total now and it continues to grow as I create new armoury sets or new customisable features are implemented. That would be pretty hefty if every player stored a backup of that folder for each character they had.

[Derceto]

This feature would tax the servers too hard. lol Well, that's what I would expect SE to reply with anyways.

"Our server hardware just can't take the astronomical demand!"

[AsteriaStarfall]

Moral of the story OP, just play PC and you won't have a problem. PC > any console system

[Caitlinzulu]

Moral of the story OP, just play PC and you won't have a problem. PC > any console system

Please cut it out. PC is equal to a console system.
Its just as easy to backup console settings if the game allows it. You just have to backup game data/character data in the menu (at least for playstation, cant comment for xbox systems)
You dont even have to have a separate program to even find the settings.

I switch from pc to ps4 all the time, yes not having macro's carried over is a pain but what annoys me most is the inventory sorting is different between the two, and you can only sort on one system. If you sort on ps4 the sorting on pc is all over the place and vice versa

[Aivi_lo]

Sadly I don't always get the option of what I get to play on. The gear sets and hotbars wahhhhhhhhhh

[JediFirefly]

As someone who plays on PS4 at home and laptop while away, I fully endorse the suggestion to be able to upload/download settings to the server (ala FFXI)