As a PS4/PS5 user how will you manage so many new skills on a controller?

[Andy_T93]

Anyway to answer the question every job I play fits across 28 Slots.

So crossbar 1 holds 16 and crossbar 2 holds the other 12

If you consider that each cross is split into 4. On the 1st part I have my main combo, 2nd part, additional damage weaponskills/dots etc 3rd part Buffs, 4th Part OGCD's (this is also just a general guideline)

Then crossbar 2 - holding down L2&R2 gives me slots 1&2 on the 2nd bar 1 holds any healing or defence buffing skills and 2 holds my AOE skills, The expanded hotter gives me access to slot 3 by double tapping L2 which holds sprint, LB and 2 remaining lesser used skills

So there we have it 28 skills without ever having to switch the cross hotbar

[PlushyprincessMusa]

Tbh i could fit and work with 80 differnt ability's on controller plenty of space quick changing without akward keybinds

Pc is more if a torture with abilitys and keybinds become akward.. Y ppl think controller cant handle many abilities is kinda dumb and behond me lol

[_Pigzig]

I gotta try controller sometime it sounds fun

[Iscah]

If RDM only gets one more skill then that's good, because I have one space free in my comfortable current layout.

[WhiteArchmage]

As a controller player, I can certainly say some jobs are easier to map out than others. As DNC and RDM I can have most of my usual skills in Set 1, with my AOEs in Set 2. I also keep copies of some skills (Fan Dancesand Flourish) in Set 2 so if I'm in a dungeon and thus using lots of AoEs I can still keep up with procs. For most of my DPS jobs I also try to keep ST and my most used buffs on Set 1 and AoE and less used buffs on Set 2 (So stuff that I don't need to activate as much like Summon I, II, or III).

Healers and tanks is where it gets tricky, because AST needs 6 buttons just for card-related skills. So I can still keep my more commonly used buttons on Set 1, and bigger heals/buffs on Set 2. Tanks... phew, but the bigger problem is I play them so rarely that I forget where my CDs are...

[M0rrigan]

If RDM only gets one more skill then that's good, because I have one space free in my comfortable current layout.

Yep, RDM is getting upgrades for their normal combos and only 2 new spells. One of them takes the same skill slot because it transforms after a chain (Jolt transform to Scorch after Verholy or Verflare, and then Scorch transforms into the new one so it doesn't take any slot). The other new spell is the defensive buff.

[Iscah]

The other new spell is the defensive buff.

I don't want to have to remember to use defensive buffs. :/

There is absolutely no appeal to me at all in being given one.

It doesn't even seem like a red mage thing.

[KaTnIs]

Tbh i could fit and work with 80 differnt ability's on controller plenty of space quick changing without akward keybinds

Pc is more if a torture with abilitys and keybinds become akward.. Y ppl think controller cant handle many abilities is kinda dumb and behond me lol

As a new pc/keyboard player I must admit, keybinds are really torture...

[DiasFlacOg]

Tbh i could fit and work with 80 differnt ability's on controller plenty of space quick changing without akward keybinds

Pc is more if a torture with abilitys and keybinds become akward.. Y ppl think controller cant handle many abilities is kinda dumb and behond me lol

This is all kinda news to me.
You would be surprised with how many of my PC friends have told me "Wow! How can you even play this game with a controller? There's so many buttons to press....Jesus" XD

Some have even tried to play with a controller and they think it's the dumbest way to play and not enough slots etc etc.

I've seen the PC layouts and I can see why they feel this way. They literally have access to everything. Like they have a giant cross hotbar so to speak.

We on PS4 don't have that luxury. Ive watched tutorials, ive done everything to increase my slots but nothing feel "right". It feels clunky and just not good to play.

For example on ps4 the only TRUE way to increase your slots is to simply make a brand new cross hotbar set. We have a total of 8 cross hot bars, but let's be real here its an absolute chore going past 2.

Imagine playing a savage raid and having to cycle through say 3-4 cross hotbars just to find your skills for each situation?

I can only comfortably play with 2 cross hot bars only because number 2 is simply one button press away (R1). Anything past 2 and its basically a nightmare haha and just not fun to play at all.

[Silver-Strider]

Well, as someone that has played SCH in the past on control, I'll probably put Protraction where Eye for an Eye used to be and Expedient where Virus used to be.
I still have spots for Bane, Miasma, Miasma 2, Aero, Blizzard 2, Cleric Stance, Rouse, Sustain, Shadowflare, Stoneskin, Protect, Fey Covenant, Fey Wind, Fey Caress, and Silent Dusk available for future skills.