Quote Originally Posted by MalitiasTT View Post
Hi there.Personally I don't find pressing 1, 2, 3 for a basic combo to be very engaging.
I've seen and played other games, where you automatically progress through each stage of a combo with the same button
This actually happens in FFXIV for PvP and quest instances to help people on consoles, who don't have time to setup a hotbar in these modes. It's not used otherwise because it does mean we are just pressing one button, and that makes you wonder why you don't just spam the same attack like healers do.

The combos we do in this game take some getting used to and I think a lot of new and casual players struggle to do them without breaking the combo or refreshing things efficiently, but if you commit to getting good with it and adjusting your settings so it's easier, you get used to it.

Quote Originally Posted by MalitiasTT View Post
When I tried to make this work I noticed it's not possible to set a macro to your hotbar with a macro, you can only swap between different presets.
Yes, so you would need to use the hotbars on other classes and make use of the hotbar copy command to cycle through slightly different setups. It would be some kind of masterpiece to do it and you already know you are one of the few to ever expend the effort.

The cross-hotbar looks like an interesting way to make it simpler even on a keyboard, it's just hard to get used to as a keyboard player.