[Request] Multiple hotbars (like in WoW)

Benie

Here I was complaining on how bad Wildstar does it by giving you only 9 slots. ESO is worse and gives you only 6. It doesn't feel enough to really give myself a good rotation that I can work with.
Is there any mod that I can have more hotbars (and can also be switched when I hit the switch button)?

Ayantir

You cannot add a 7th/8th ability on a skill bar, you cannot switch abilities while in fight, but you can use an addon to preset skill bars and load them in a single click while being out of combat.

so you can have your skillbar pvp, resto staff, tanky, pve , solo, xp bar, etc.

few addons do this jobs, SWAPS or Wykkyd Outfitter

Benie

Hmm. A pity I can't switch while in combat, but this is as good as anything. At least it gives me more build options for specific fights.
Thanks for this.

Kova

I do have to assert that this is the style for eso. A lot of people were turned off immediately by it, but even with all the progressively inserted cooldowns it still retains an relatively active combat system. Do I wish I could've had my mines when I went with a heal instead? Heck yeah, but it's fun to be unprepared and learn from it. Besides, the skill bar is the only choice dynamic that makes it feel like what I do alters my gameplay.

Easily_Lost

One way to work around this is if you are lvl 15+, you can equip the same weapons in both slots and load each bar with different abilities.

The drawbacks you only have one weapon to use, and any long term abilities will stop when you switch from weapon 1 to weapon 2.

thunderwell

This method was implemented because of the way the console controllers are used.
(Correct me if I'm wrong.)
I've heard Final Fantasy 14 did it better, but I've never played either on anything but PC.

BloodWolfe

thunderwell wrote: »

This method was implemented because of the way the console controllers are used.
(Correct me if I'm wrong.)
I've heard Final Fantasy 14 did it better, but I've never played either on anything but PC.

It has nothing to do with the console, that was how the game and combat was designed. It was meant to be different from the traditional MMO with a half-dozen hotbars full of abilities. It's to make you think and choose what you want/need. GW2 had limited abiltiies usable at any given time and that doesn't have a console adaption so this has NOTHING to do with controllers, it's the game design in general.

If someone wants 3-6 hotbars full of abilities go play WoW or EQ2, etc.... stay away from ESO! I like the hotbars and abilities like this not the old way.

newtinmpls

hagermanj wrote: »

One way to work around this is if you are lvl 15+, you can equip the same weapons in both slots and load each bar with different abilities.

The drawbacks you only have one weapon to use, and any long term abilities will stop when you switch from weapon 1 to weapon 2.

IF you don't have them loaded onto both bars. So for example my Sorc/tank has hardened ward & twilight matriarch as 4 & 5 on both bars, which limits what else I can give him.