What if I don't WANT skills on my bar?

[Arkine]

I understand up to "attack" & "magic" but I don't get the "speed engage".

What do you mean? Is it something like the menu in Final Fantasy XI?

By "speed-engaging" (I'm not great at creating game terms bwahahaha!) I mean that alot of players will target a mob and hit enter which activates the action bar then enter again to use an ability like Heavy stab, that will automatically take you into battle mode and engage the mob.

Basically you hit enter twice and you do whatever action you have set as No.1, instead of switching to battle mode, running to the mob and hitting it.

Its faster and more streamline and its a work around the regular slower method and it just makes you wonder, how come we cant engage a mob by clicking on it twice like every other game?

Just like how in FFXI you'll get a battle menu with all your spells, abilities, weapon skills, pet commands and ranged attack and you macro'd the abilities that you used the most, you can just set them up on the action bar which solves the thread issue, makes battles more streamline and if we ever got the level cap increased and got more abilities than the bar can hold we'll still be able to use them.

And it solves other issues like needing to open the main menu to return when you die, trade with people or use items.

I'd call myself a genius if it wasn't such an obvious solution.

[Seyra]

I'd call myself a genius if it wasn't such an obvious solution.

Haha!

Yea, when I first jumped on Eorzea during Bêta it took me some time to get used to the menu system where you have to open it to interact with other players and environment.

I kept clicking twice on people in hope to see the little menu with the "Chat" button. But I got used to the Final Fantasy XIV system and whatever system they chose I will be happy with. But I like your idea, I don't know if it is more nostalgy or if it actually is one of the solutions, I don't know =)
As you said, the Action Bar could be a "pre-macro" area (and you said you were bad at creating names).

And I think we kinda moved from the original topic ^^ At first it was "allow people to remove lame Actions from Action Bar but we don't know what those actions are yet".

[Darte]

I tend to remove spiritsong anytime i'm on conj / thm during moving fights, mainly cause i know im gonna hit it by accident and kill myself :/

[Alerith]

Yes, how dare SE force skills onto our bar that we might use in SOME situations instead of letting us make them blank and empty and totally useless in ANY situation.


/sarcasm


"It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."

[quantumsaint]

I have a blank spot in the middle of my bar. +1 for blank spots.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Re: OP, I do see the concern from the interface standpoint. Players should be allowed to remove abilities from their action bars regardless of MMORPG, whether there is something to replace them or not.

At least for the work around while your suggestion is being considered, place the abilities that you are less likely to use on an action bar you are less likely to visit.

[nibelunc]

For me a traditional FF battle menu, please