Quote Originally Posted by Rukkirii View Post
Bump for UI changes!


In the current version of the game, the action bar and macro palette are independent from each other; however, in A Realm Reborn both the action bar and macro palette will be unified as a hot bar.

It will be possible to set actions, user macros, emotes, and other things and execute them by clicking on the hot bar. We are also planning to have a large amount of slots available for you to play with!

Sounds good, huh?
Hi Rukkirii,

Thanks for the update.

If you could pass along some feedback to Yoshida-san and the Dev Team regarding this UI change:

  • As a Keyboard-Only user, I hope they consider a fast method to access Macros vs. your Action Bar Abilities with a Keyboard Only for this change:

    Right now, I can hit any number (e.g., "1" or "5" etc.) and directly use an Action on the Action Bar, *and* I can quickly hold "CONTROL" or "ALT" key + any number and very quickly fire off a Cure Macro or whatever is needed in battle.

    I fear that if we combine Action Bar and Macro Bars together... we'd get, say, 5 - 10 ROWS of Slots to use, but to get the equivalent of what I described above in 2.0, I would have to then:

    Hit a number key for whatever Action / Weaponskill I need, then press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW (presumably to move the active Action Bar) until I got the right ROW of buttons I needed with my Macro on it, and then hit the corresponding Number on the keyboard.
This is much slower than just hitting, say, "7" on your keyboard, and then quickly holding "CONTROL +7" to fire off a Macro on the Macro bar and get back to your Action Bar.


Not all PC players use Mouse; some use Keyboard Only, so I hope the UI / HUD Team takes this into consideration when they're redesigning 2.0's UI!


Thank you!