GNB from controller player perspective

[Izsha]

I appreciate the good advice here but I'm already taking advantage of most of the above mentioned. It would be easier to show than tell, so I'll post a pic later when I get home. However, I do enable the hidden hotbars (L2 + R2, R2 + L2), so I'm already working with 32 buttons, this is what I referred to as "prime real estate." I then have half of the double cross hotbar (L2 L2, R2 R2) on either side, giving me 8 more total. Also, I have some dummy bars to show cooldowns. With 40 available actions I can do most everything I want with ease and comfort on most jobs, so I guess I'm just nit-picking, but when I see an ability like continuation I cringe a little. It's not that it's all bad design imo, it's just that the ability doesn't do anything until you hit gnashing blade and then it's the every other button.. button. I dont think it would turn GNB into a WAR clone by borrowing that philosophy of Gnashing Blade turns into Ready to Rip, ala Fell Cleave into Inner Chaos. Personally, I rejoiced the day they made Inner Beast the same button as Fell Cleave, you should have seen my complicated-as-hell change hotbar/change stance macros back in the 3.x days. Maybe I should have titled this thread: "Why is Continuation? A controller player's plight to satisfy his OCD."

PS: Macros are not optimal (almost always) and so I use only the most necessary of macros. Keep in mind also things like potions, ready check, limit break etc as actions occupying precious space that are not necessarily GNB actions.

Not sure if its an option for you but i have a few things hotkeyed to my arrows on keyboard. Notably sprint, mount, teleport, home point. Tank lbs are always watching the cinimatic attack anyway with tons of time to hit it.

If hybrid doesnt work, you can always make use of a 3rd hotbar for transportation, ready check, non combat etc and check the box to have that hotbar turn off when your weapon is drawn. I ised that for a while before i hybrid stuff on my keyboard. Any non-combat action you can just have unavailable during combat but there when youre not.

Although i i just hit ready checks and countdowns from the menu. Not everything needs to he on a hotkey :P