Cross Bar IS NOT good!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aegis]

there is no way the 1.0 method would be fast enough for 2.0 gameplay.

A 2.5s GCD? Oh, I think I'd struggle through somehow...

Seriously, I prefer the Crossbar, but that's just ridiculous. You don't think you can press left or right dpad once or twice every 2.5 seconds? You could hold down the dpad left or right and get all the way across the bar in half that.

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[illriginalized]

there is no way the 1.0 method would be fast enough for 2.0 gameplay.

I'll take you up on that challenge. We're both on Excalibur. Give us 1.0 bar and you stick to your cross bar.. and we'll PvP.

Deal?

It not even that the Hotbar itself is bad it comes down to when you have so many skills and when some boss battles are so intense trying to dodge AoE's, switch to adds, move from the back to the flank of a target all while trying to use abilities is a pain in the butt. To me having a straight bar is just more practical I guess 8years of ffxi and that's what I'm use to. TBH the combat is the one thing that is keeping me from getting into this game. I had myself so hyped up about this game and if they cant add the option to allow us to choose Straight bar or crossbar for PS3 then I think myself and other are out.

Ugh... seriously. I'm a fast paced player. Trying to be quick with this cross bar setup is just killing me.

Even more hilarious is.. the abilities are uneven..

So you have abilities that buff up your dmg dealing, abilities that buff up your defense, and attack abilities.



If I try to mix and match my buff up abilities with my attack abilities.. I end up having a few attack abilities set on another location of the cross bar.

If I have all my buff abilities on one location of the cross bar.. they don't even fill up the cross bar.

Defense buff abilities are very limited so it would be stupid to give them a whole different location on the cross bar.

If I put defense on one side of the cross bar and try to add my buff abilities on the other side of the cross bar.. I end up having to put a buff ability or two on a whole new location on the cross bar.. lol

Ish is just ridiculous.

[aziiz]

So you have abilities that buff up your dmg dealing, abilities that buff up your defense, and attack abilities.



If I try to mix and match my buff up abilities with my attack abilities.. I end up having a few attack abilities set on another location of the cross bar.

If I have all my buff abilities on one location of the cross bar.. they don't even fill up the cross bar.

Defense buff abilities are very limited so it would be stupid to give them a whole different location on the cross bar.



Ish is just ridiculous.

i have the same problem that i can't put everything in 1 cross bar i need to switch which leads to hit wrong button sometimes

the only thing u can do by now put ur attacking buffs in 1 macro with 1 sec wait and just press it to use all the buffs u need then go on for attacking

and same for defense buffs

[SkyeWindbinder]

I like crossbar better than the long bar layout. It's made specifically for your controller, is smooth, works well, and feels natural as a naked baby bottom. Sorry OP, but can't agree with you on this.

[Petrified]

I like the Crossbar. Even it's a bit limited compared to keyboard and mouse, I'm surprised that the devs put a lot of functionality on a controller and made it easy to use.
There are peripheral choices (controllers, keyboard+mouse) and lots of options for other players to tweak to suit their playstyles.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

I have to say, I'm enjoying the cross hotbar on my PC.

I'm wondering if any of the complaints have to do with diving into starting withthe hotbar at level 50 with a full set of skills...


As you level you assign your skills the way you want on your bar, I can see if you get dropped in how you may be confused with what to press for your skills.



On the filters resetting, Have you tried turning off auto sheathe? I'm guessing when the weapon gets sheathed it defaults back to the 'all' filter preset, since sheathed has it's own set of filters iirc.

[Seig345]

I'd say I enjoyed 1.0's action bar... on 1.0... primarily because battle was slower paced than it is now. I don't think I'd be able to keep up at all if my D-pad got locked to moving around the action bars instead of scrolling through party members and targets.

[Sho86]

At first the cross bar was annoying to me too, but easily adapted to it since beta and now work extremely fast with it; since I know where I put things on different sets (kinda the same as knowing where you put your stuff in straight bar style). In essence its like comparing XI's straight bar macros for controller to this version; and now that I know how to work it, I'll keep the cross bar as its way faster.

Plus they've already said time and time again they are still looking for ways to further improve it and make it more seamless, which as it stands feels pretty good already. My only complaint is the lack of full customization, for example, R3 is locked to 3 different menus/skills etc etc.

[Niqote]

I really like the cross bar, I disliked the pet bar but it was just a few mins to look through the options and now I have it turned off.
I also changed the option to have the bars be left hand trigger for D-pad and right hand for Face buttons rather then the default.

It's very fast and comfortable in my hands, I feel in control and can lean back while playing which is great for my posture ^_^

[Kyriea]

i don't know if anyone has mentioned but you can also make it so only 2/3/4 or however many bars you switch through by just tapping R1 in combat. You shouldn't need more than 2 sets when fighting so it'll simply be a case of tapping R1 to get to the next set rather than memorising R1+circle or whatever. Personally I love this cross hotbar and love that I can play using a controller. Most mmo's will not allow that at all and if they do it's incredibly clunky and just terrible.

OP I think you just refuse to try and get used to it which is silly if you then go and complain about it on a forum. I mean it's common for people to just run to the forum and complain because apparently that's all forums are for now, but really nobody can ever help you. The only chance you'll get the 1.0 bar would be as said in addons later in the year/next year. And that thread title - it's not good for YOU.