Quote Originally Posted by Eorzean_username View Post
Currently, this is what I have to do every single time that I switch Jobs in XIV:
https://imgur.com/a/2LHz2lB
This also means setting all my general / nonspecific HUD and Configuration settings again... on every Job... every time something changes. Yes, it's as tedious and frustrating as it sounds.
And here's examples of most of my other Job HUDs, if this matters:
https://imgur.com/a/gH5vvs9
This ... seems excessive. While I recognize that having unlimited hud layouts and keybind saves would technically solve your problem, I think your problem isn't what you think it is.

I think your problem is a lack of planning.

Listen, I get it, I play a bazillion jobs too. On other MMOs I'm a severe altoholic. I like playing everything if at all possible. The primary thing I learned when I started doing that was that I had no possibility of remembering 36+ different button layouts for all the classes I was playing. I had to standardize it, and so that's exactly what I did.

Now I use a Razer Orbweaver for this, so this exact layout wouldn't apply to most people, but you take this and get the idea.

1-4: Base rotational
5: Basic AoE
6: Execute
7: Interrupt
8: Snare
9: "Big" rotational button (think things like Apex Arrow)
0: Major cooldown
-: Mobility ability
=: Basic ranged ability

And then I have shift, ctrl, and alt-modified bars too. They're all set up the same way. Shift is more rotational stuff, healing abilities go here. Ctrl is personal buffs, stances, tanking cooldowns, that sort of thing. Alt is party/raid buffs or things that are primarily intended to effect other people. I'd say on average each class varies in its button placement by less than 5%. Some classes have a few more rotational buttons, some have more buffs, but the job gets done. This way I can play any class and even if the whole thing isn't exact on every class, it's close enough that I can be functional while I remember what's different about the one I'm playing that day.

This is the only way I've found that I can keep sane, but damnit it works.