Volezlol Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Like the title says, when your companion is active, you dont have enough slots to fit in all your abilities..... This is beyond ridiculous and it makes me feel like insta unsubscribing... This needs to be fixed right away because anyone who is slightly serious about gaming will find it impossible to take this game serious with flaws like this going on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackalDark Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I dunno man I'm good, I've got the 2 side bars and the extra center bar up. I put the Pet bar on the left so I've got 3 bars for myself and I haven't filled, I still have an entire open bar and I'm level 40, I've got a few new skills coming so I'll have to shuffle some lesser used ones to the right but I think I'll be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discotech Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Agreed Although if we had UI customization abilities we could move the companion bar to wherever we wanted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eegore Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I wonder about this myself. Do people have Instant Travel and such in those bars too? Or am I missing a lot of abilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buur Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There is a lot of skill bloat. I dread getting new abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangarrage Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There is no class that can fill up 4 bars with their abilities so you are doing something horribly wrong Either you think you only get one bar, which you need to go into your options and enable all 4 and put your companion to the left I have 2 50s atm and my left bar has 7 slots open and my right bar has 4 and I even have the dumb stuff like quick travel, fleet pass etc on bars along with stims and med packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sesnir Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 "When your companion is active"? You're not supposed to have the companion bar up while you play... for the most part, the companion will auto-use abilities. But even with that, you'll have maybe 4 slots free at 50 which is a bit tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volezlol Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 I wonder about this myself. Do people have Instant Travel and such in those bars too? Or am I missing a lot of abilities? As an imperial agent i am not even abled to have both relics in my bars (i dont have mount or anything else). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshmellowdude Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Would like a 3rd center bar. I can't rely too much on the side bars since they are in my blind spot. Also all bars need an option to have a cover bar not just the main. Edited January 10, 2012 by marshmellowdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregorstar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 As well as the fact that once you reach your specialised class, you should play according to that style. My sorcerer for instance, has her lightsaber abilities on the left sidebar since they do almost no damage, unlike the lightning and dot abilities, and are very rarely used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariuszPol Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Simple. Turn on second line of quickslots. And left bar. Then you should: set F as companion bar, option 1 (default -attack) 1-9-= for first row of skills CTRL + 1-9-= for second row SHIFT + 1-9-= for left row. And you have quick access to all skills. So I really don't see a problem. Even if you are mouse clicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Flin_ Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There is no class that can fill up 4 bars with their abilities so you are doing something horribly wrong No, you just haven't found the bar for your companion yet. But then, maybe, you do not use Corso Riggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zootzoot Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Would like a 3rd center bar. I can't rely too much on the side bars since they are in my blind spot. At minimum I'd like this as well. I like to mimic the first 3 rows of keys on my keyboard. One thing that would help Stealth classes with some of the bloat would be a Stealth Bar. Not only would it free up 3 slots but we could re-use 3 easily reached keybinds. Part of my issue is not the number of Hot Bars but the number of Keybinds required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomag Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Bioware cramped up 85 levels worth of abilities into 50 levels and didn't give macros for it either. The fail is strong with Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Flin_ Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I want up to 12 bars. I want to make them smaller, and bigger, and attach them left, right, up down, center. And I want to hide my ugly face. And the target image. And I want bars for buffs. And sizeable warzone masks. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeblesTV Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I could go for an extra bottom center bar. Monitoring cooldowns on the sidebar slows reaction time and is terrible for anyone who wants to play at a high level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpTheHotrod Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm just making sure that you are aware under interface you can end up having 4 hotkey bars. I wish you had more control over where they go, though. I'd much prefer a third hotkey bar at the bottom, as two of them (one on each side of the screen) is rather "out of the way" to click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipwrek Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) ctrl 1-11 and shift 1-11 are your friends. Edited January 10, 2012 by shipwrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volezlol Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Simple. Turn on second line of quickslots. And left bar. Then you should: set F as companion bar, option 1 (default -attack) 1-9-= for first row of skills CTRL + 1-9-= for second row SHIFT + 1-9-= for left row. And you have quick access to all skills. So I really don't see a problem. Even if you are mouse clicker. Switching between bars is too slow for serious gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzik Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 A third middle bar would be all I would want if they do not implement UI customization through addons (Which if bioware were smart, they'd put them in.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEnsign Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There is no class that can fill up 4 bars with their abilities so you are doing something horribly wrong Either you think you only get one bar, which you need to go into your options and enable all 4 and put your companion to the left I have 2 50s atm and my left bar has 7 slots open and my right bar has 4 and I even have the dumb stuff like quick travel, fleet pass etc on bars along with stims and med packs Next time do some research. As a Gunslinger I have 43 skills, yes they all have a use, Speeder, Huttball pass, 2 PvP consumables, relic, and a stim pack I need to slot. Add in the fleet passes you can buy from the security vendor, simple Math says I need more than the 48 slots currently available. Right now I have 1 open slot with 2 more class skills to get. That means Huttball pass is the odd man out so "Sorry about your damned luck" to any team mates if I happen to get the ball. Sure, I can stop what I'm doing, open my inventory, and click a consumable assuming I haven't died. Some irrelevant forum jockey who didn't bother to research class skills telling us we're "doing it wrong" will not change the cold hard facts that some classes need more slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinkitink Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) "When your companion is active"? You're not supposed to have the companion bar up while you play... for the most part, the companion will auto-use abilities. But even with that, you'll have maybe 4 slots free at 50 which is a bit tight. That'd be fine if you dont want to control your companion's abilities, but I need to. Sometimes I need to turn off his AE when I'm CC'ing, I cant even leave it off and then minimize it, because a bug turns the abilities back on regularly. I'm not going to open up the options menu constantly to toggle back and forth. What harm would there be in extra quick slots anyway? How could anyone possibly be against this idea? You're just all a bunch of flaming trolls. If you don't want to use extra quick slots, don't, but those of us who need it, should have the option. Edited January 10, 2012 by Rinkitink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychodad Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There is no class that can fill up 4 bars with their abilities so you are doing something horribly wrong Either you think you only get one bar, which you need to go into your options and enable all 4 and put your companion to the left I have 2 50s atm and my left bar has 7 slots open and my right bar has 4 and I even have the dumb stuff like quick travel, fleet pass etc on bars along with stims and med packs Then maybe YOU are doing something wrong. Or to be more specific and less rude, you are doing something different. My main is 36 and I have both center bars full, the right one is nearly full and the left is using four or five spots. And I dont even have every ability available to me on a bar because there are things I simply do not use. Whether it effects you or not, the fact is there are a lot of people being effected by the UI and lack of macro support. A customizable UI and/or macros would go a long way to alleviating a lot of the stress people seem to be feeling. Not to mention bringing the game more inline with a modern "next gen" MMO. And before someone cries "macros are cheating", I just want to say, No they are not. All a macro does is allow us to maximize our effectiveness and to clean up the clunky hot bars. I want to watch the battle, not stare at my hot bars waiting for a particular ability to activate. Less immersion and less effectiveness IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivn Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We definately need a 3rd hotbar at the bottom of the screen. My sidebars are filled with medpacks, stims, quick travel, speeder, Buff, Rez, 20min ability and other non essential bits. And yes IMO there are too many rarely used and too situational, limited mob selection on 1min cooldown abilites like Pommel strike, shoulder slam etc that need to be tweaked to be more useful and not as restricted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybrdroyd Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 As well as the fact that once you reach your specialised class, you should play according to that style. My sorcerer for instance, has her lightsaber abilities on the left sidebar since they do almost no damage, unlike the lightning and dot abilities, and are very rarely used. I think having 4 bars in the center would be better than 2 in the middle and one on each side. My monitor is fairly wide and it would be nice to shrink the bars down too, make the buttons smaller. Let me customize it, resize the buttons how I want them, and move the bars around where I want them and then lock them in place. That would be most helpful to me. Also, I just discovered my trainer has a seperate tab for all the advanced skills, I just happened to notice it because I wondered where all my shotgun skills and healing skills were. I know most people will call me stupid but if you don't know to ask, then you aren't gonna ask, or look for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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