Quote Originally Posted by Nora_of_Mira View Post
probably because they didn't want people to use 3rd party programs to play music.

edit: i went back and re-read your post again, I was a bit confused with the wording. I like the new system as the old system required that I royally mess up my bard's hotbars for the sake of performing, which I dont like to do.
Again, the hotbar option would be included with the performance UI. Since the performance UI is a separate entity of its own, having a hotbar option during the performance mode would not interfere with your pve hotbars. ^^