I'd prefer 3 more slots for support skills. They could also just add one slot for your armor skill.

Blah voted for wrong one, there already is a delay with weapon switching whether a bug or intentional, doesn't need to be worse.

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If you had as many bars as other mmos it would be near impossible to use them. Go ahead try moving your mouse around while moving with WASD and trying to hit 9 on your keyboard

Lrn 2 type Newb.

I really just want one more slot for a power that stays between weapon swaps. This way you could put a toggle there so that it would stay, or a power that is really helpful regardless of what weapon you're using. Would help to even things up between those who need/want to use a toggle power and those that don't.

I go back and forth on this subject, but in the end I kind of like it. To me it adds a little deeper meaning to my set ups, prevents the one size fits all kind of builds. Then after a bad fight I think "damn it, if I just had 1 or 2 more slots !!"

I wouldn't mind an extra "Toggle" slot like the Ultimate one.
But beside that I like the system as it is. Finding a new combination of skills and test it is part of the fun for me.

Personally, I would like one, maaaaybe two more slots. The current system discourages trying new things once you have a setup that works, although this could be mitigated by allowing respecs of individual skills. I'm still curious as to why I can't choose both morphs of a skill - It's another skill point spent, after all. As long as both versions can't be on the same combat bar, I don't see any major adverse effects.

At minimum, I want a toggle-only type ability slot. Skills that can be either on or off are annoying when they take up 20% of your available slots, resulting in a more spammy feel to combat, especially when you are trying to remain versatile. As a nightblade, I almost require Siphoning Attacks on my bar for longer fights, or when soloing VR6+ content.

I can be successful as a weapon / stam based NB in medium armor, but to remain competitive / versatile enough to stay alive, my bar consists of...

Impale - Ranged finisher for things with obscene amounts of health

Swallow Soul - I like living, and souls are delicious. Used rarely, and usually only at the start of combat

Siphoning Attacks - I can fight with this on full time, and still do fairly well

Magnum Shot - Because punting everything everywhere while bouncing around frantically makes for a hilarious amount of survivability.

Surprise Attacks - From behind as an opener. Don't worry, I always yell surprise first.

Ult:
Flawless dawnbreaker - Because passive weapon based damage bonus


Thats 2/6 passives, a finisher, an opener that gets used once per combat, soul condiments which get used once per combat, and a spammable. It's fun the first 18,000 times, but it's starting to get a bit old. I have a Dual wield offbar for AOE, but that's equally rigidly boring, and weapon swap is unresponsive / laggy / buggy enough that if it takes longer then the 60-70ms of reaction time high end VR combat requires, I become instant kitty paste.

One or two more slots would go a long way, I might actually be able to use strategy instead of spam.

I agree we need a larger action bar but the Dev's have said no it will not happen. Reason is because ESO is a multiplatform mmo we have to be restricted for console players. Since ZOS console release is off track and delayed anything that would slow this down more will be ignored. Its all about sticking new people for another 60 bucks before landing back in the bargain bin.

This may be because Guild Wars 1 was my main MMO for a long time, but I believe that a limited skill bar forces you to think more strategically. It also requires you to have skills and be competent in your character.

If you play properly, there's no reason you should have to throw your whole skill set at one enemy. The fact that they let you swap weapons to go between two sets of skills already seems overly generous to me.

Im fine with how it is now but I wouldn't be against 2 more slots max.

Action bars fine. Only change to Action bars I would make is to allow the same weapon to be slotted for both bars. So when you swap bars only your available actions change.

Give us proper Quick slots. This circle debacle just doesn't work. It's so bad I don't really ever use it and when I do it's just that first slotted potion. Worst implementation of Quick slots I've ever seen

Having played games where you can easily have 30 or more buttons to mash, I much prefer this system as is.

Less cluttered interface and it gets me to plan for encounters in a way that having 30 skills available does not (definitely not saying that there is no skill involved in games with tons of skills available, there is, it is just different).

I remember guild wars 1 and how refreshing it was after playing Everquest and lord of the rings online (LOTRO) where you have 4 to 7 skill bars with 10 skills each (no joke).

One other game that has taken a different approach is DDO (dungeons and dragons online). You can have tons of skill bars, but it is very easy to cycle through them, so you can only have one visible at a time and still get to everything.

I guess I like the simplicity of ESO's system. To be totally forthcoming I do use Wykyd's add-on that lets you set up skill sets. I have a leveling set for skills I am leveling, a set for undead and daedra, and a boss set. Works really well!

Many of the skills are situational. Having them at your disposal when the need for them arises is good.

However, what about build diversity. This is good when the skills are multi-situational that way you can come up with a build you like that can handle any situation you find yourself in.

The current system doesn't really cut it. You can find yourself in situations where you are saying to yourself "man I wish I had X skill slotted right now".

The game already has multiple mechanics in place to create build diversity.

Limited skill points. With only so many to put where you want. You'll have to make choices where you either unlock one skill or the other but not both.

The gear used is another. With only being able to use two weapons out of the six choices. You can only use the skills provided by the weapon you are using. Same goes with armor...sorta. This one can use a change. Access to the active should require wearing 5 pieces. This way you have to make a choice there too.

With all the other mechanics in place, they can easily open up the number of slots on the skill bar. However, I think the intent is to make it console friendly.

I'm ok with the number of skills on the bars, but I would rather see a larger number of bars with some kind of system of swapping weapons as well as being able to easily swap between 2-3 bar sets for each weapon.

With the wide variety of abilities I would like to see more of them available on one action bar. I can appreciate the small UI but combat can get really repetitive with so few skills. Though i do just fine swapping between weapons and will not be overly sad if we never see more skills, if they add a cool down I will have to have more skills on each action bar. As a NB I am quite fragile and timely weapon swaps is the difference between life and death for me on several occasions.