PLD Advice - Skill bloating?

[Seraphor]

Using multiple XHB’s is just as cumbersome as using the WXHB (and you still keep using the term WXHB incorrectly) and it has the exact same problem, you cannot know for certain which XHB you have active at any one time, without looking down at it, which removes any capability to rely on muscle memory.
If you’re not relying on muscle memory, then you are not playing efficiently enough to even care about the 0.5s potential delay of a macro.
And I'm not convinced all macros will suffer from this. Please take another look at my rationale for the Flash/Circle macro. You may suffer the 0.5s delay on an initial pull, where it doesn't matter, but it will not be present whenever you're activating Circle of Scorn unless you're attempting to double-weave.

XHB (Cross Hotbar)
Your standard set of 16 actions, split into L2 and R2 activation, and you have the option to set up to 8 of these.
(However, using more than just 1 of these in combat result in the problem I've just described above, so you will set only 1 XHB to be displayed when your weapon is drawn)
(16 combat actions)

WXHB (Double Cross hotbar)
This is a distinct feature, where you can set the function of double tapping a trigger button to toggle on or off one half of an existing cross hotbar.
(+8/16 actions)

Expanded Cross Hotbar
This is a distinct feature where you can set the function of pressing and holding L2 and R2 in conjuction, in either order, to set up to two variants of displaying one half of an existing cross hotbar. This is marginally less cumbersome than the other options, because once you release the triggers, you revert back to your main XHB, so you will always be certain of which XHB is currently active. But, as I explained, some people can get confused between L2>R2 and R2>L2.
(+8/16 actions)