Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
As a controller player you have 16 slots on 8 pages with immediate access to many of them through the multitude of shortcuts to access those pages without needing to manually flip through them. You actually have more space on a single crossbar than a keyboard player has on a single hotbar. I don't wanna hear that crap about lack of real estate for controller users. If you can't juggle face buttons and the dpad in a game with a 2.5s GCD then that's a you problem.
and you ignored what I said about execution through movement mechanics

to press the directional buttons "naturally" requires the momentary removal of the thumb from the left analog stick
depending on the actual dance involved with the movement mechanics sometimes momentarily stopping movement isn't an option
not impossible to do but requires fast reflexes and/or enough knowledge about the fight to pre-plan everything

also saying controller has access to 8 pages is a stretch bigger than the Grand Canyon
in combat you have quick access to 3 pages with:
L1 and R1 (which most use as their default bar)
L1 + R1 and R1 + L1
double tap L1 and double tap R1
and while that is 48 buttons total only half (24) are face buttons

and each of those pages I personally have either 'often used buttons' or 'oh crap buttons' on the face buttons and I still have things also living on directional buttons that I wouldn't mind having on face buttons