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    Milia Fanel
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    Warrior Lv 70

    Did Stormblood fix abilty bloat? What is your opinion?

    Hello fellow Eorzeans,

    now that Stormblood is in full release and many have at least one charater at lvl 70 i thought it would be a good time to talk about ability bloat again, and whether or not it is fixed.

    We all know the opinions on this are widely different, but i wanted to look on this topick from the keybind side of things.
    Therefore we have to first agree on what abilitys realy need a keybind.
    In my opinion this is ultimately defined by the abilitys potential use in a bossfight. If we go by this notion all class and job skills would need a keybind to be quickly accessible.
    It is important to note here that i play on pc with mouse and keyboard as well as that in my opinion no of the above stated abiltys should be klicked. I know that some might for example consider to switch tank stances by klicking instead of using a keybind. And in some cases this might be ok, but for the sake of this discussion i will presume that those have to be keybinds as well.
    This for example leaves me with 31 keybinds as a DRK.
    This is obiously not point of this discussion since everyone uses different keybinds, but for the sake of completeness i include mine below:
    I can manage this by using the following keybinds:
    Q,E,R,F, 1 to 8 (5-8 on mouse)
    Shift+Q,E,R,F, 5 to 8 (5-8 on mouse)
    9,0,ß (on mouse)
    Alt+(5-8 on mouse)(9,0,ß on mouse)

    So do you think, from a keybind point of view, that:
    - there are still to much abilitys.
    or
    - we are fine for Stormblood but need another prune in the next expansion.
    or
    - we are fine regardless.

    Regards
    Smexynerdy

    edit: i compleatly forgot to include my own opinion...
    As a keyboard and mouse user i think we should not exceed 24 keybinds. I know this sounds very specific, but in my opinion this is a number a keyboard and mouse user can manage without using special hardware (like a razer naga) and without more than two abilitys on the same key via shift.

    edit2: As stated in some responses i should have phrased the title better. It appears my original attention was more targeted towards hotbar bloat caused by ability bloat. Based on my experience in other mmos i am also an advocate for consolidate combos, when it is possible to not lose the functionality. This would be the case for most of the tanks aggro combos, but NOT for the dps combos, since they end in two different finishers!
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    Last edited by Smexynerdy; 06-27-2017 at 09:01 PM.