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

[Aegis]

I agree the crossbar take a bit of getting used to, but I prefer it over 1.0 or FFXI's control. But as a PC gamer using a controller I use the crossbar for combat skills and line bars for skills that you I use less often like buffs Protect and Stonekin, as well as things that you don't use often unless necessary like Raise or Resurrect. I should show a Screenshot of what my cross and hot bars look like to make total sense of it.

I do the same, I think.

I have a normal bar above the cross hotbar for infrequent actions (protects/raises, food, items etc) that varies by class and I can access by taking my left hand off the controller long enough to hit Ctrl+#.

I also have a vertical bar on the left for stuff I almost never use (or use in out of combat scenarios) such as target marking, gysahl greens, chocobo stances etc that is shared across all classes. I generally mouse click this.