Let's talk about the quick slot wheel

Robbmrp · January 2015

Awesome! I'll check that out. Thanks!

RDMyers65b14_ESO · January 2015

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Should be called a not-so-quickslot.

You do get better at on-the-fly changes to choices after a bit (you have to.)

My favorite is when you get used to having something slotted and don't even look.

You're thinking "Potion...potion...potion!"

The game's seeing "Baliista...ballista...ballista!"

Been there.

You have been watching my game. No matter what potion I need, when I hit the quickslot, it brings up a ballista. Or when I need to set up a ballista, it will use up one of the potions.

UrQuan · January 2015

I agree about how useless the quickslot wheel is. I find it impossible to use effectively in combat, so all I do is equip tri-pots in one slot, leave the rest empty, and hope that I don't accidentally hold down Q slightly too long and switch slots when I'm trying to drink a potion.

To me that's a clear failure of the UI.

Having said that, I can kind of understand why they designed the quickslot wheel that way. Unlike some other MMOs, you're usually moving around constantly when you're in combat, so they wanted you to be able to select different potions using just one key that was easily reached while you're using the WASD keys. In theory it's a pretty good idea. In practice, though, it just doesn't work well.

MissBizz · January 2015

I have updated the OP to include Harven's add-on as well as suggestions found in the thread.

Solariken · January 2015

I hate the wheel too. I normally just set it to tri-pot and only ever use that one potion so that I never have to change it.... until I'm in Cyrodiil and have to switch to siege and get hosed because I can't get back to my potion fast enough.

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