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.