Button Bloat: Data for discussion

[Renathras]

A quick note, considering people talk about how things "used to be" as better. In ARR:

CNJ:

Stone
Cure
Aero
Cleric Stance
Protect
Medica
Raise
Fluid Aura
Esuna
Stone II
Repose
Cure II
Stoneskin
Shroud of Saints
Cure III
Aero II
Medica II

Total:17

WHM:

Presence of Mind
Regen
Divine Seal
Holy
Benediction

Total: 5

Cross-Class: 5

Grand Total: 27

NOTE: Classes could slot 10 Cross-Class actions, Jobs could only slot 5 but also got their 5 Job actions for the same total; that is, a CNJ slotting 10 Cross-Class actions would also have a total of 27 because they’d be losing out on the 5 WHM actions in exchange.

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That is, in ARR, WHM had as many Hotbar abilities taken as SMN does today. And some of those (particularly Repose and Stone 1, arguably [in some content] Cure 1, and OFTEN Fluid Aura in fights where the Knockback was undesired) weren't even 100% required for a spot, though you would need to slot them when doing lower level synced content in the case of Stone 1 and Cure 1.

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Oh, forgot to add Sprint, LB, and Potion. So that brings us up to 30 buttons, even. With 2 to spare (so you might also carry an Ether and have an extra slot for Mount so you could leave that on your hotbar instead of having to swap it with Potion all the time), too.