msetten wrote: »

I always wondered why they never thought of using one of the console’s L or R keys as a kind of a shift key. That way you could add a skill to the regular buttons (square, triangle, circle and other thre keys) and another three to those when that particular shift key is used. That would even give you possible 10 skills + ultimate.

Yup, that's the right way to do it.

Fluidity of controls on console games is all over the map and there are abundant examples of ports to console from PC that did a rubbish job figuring it out. Among the best are those which use a toggle like this. The player holds down, for instance, the left trigger/bumper and it switches what skills are activated upon pressing other buttons. It is easy to access the abilities this way and is very fluid. We could easily have 5 skills mapped and a toggle that switches them to a different 5... plus bar switching for 20 skills mapped total. But the D-pad needs to be left alone.

Jabbs_Giggity wrote: »

jecks33 wrote: »

on console we can barely swap bar, imagine magage skills between 4 directional keys.....

Fair point, but if your buffs last average 15-20 seconds you wouldn't be managing as much IMO and this would give some leeway to overcrowded bar setups and allow more build diversity in battle when fighting different enemies that require different mechanics/counters

Imagine being able to range one bar and melee another without sacrificing slots for buffs (which ZOS is starting to spread out over multiple skills now)

I read further and it appears OP’s motives are merely to make it easier for them to play the game by limiting bar swaps.

Further, I’d suggest their experience in the game is limited as the best builds for stam have melee weapon on one bar and range on the other but use both weapons/bars for single target damage. What OP seems to be suggesting would not change that.

I agree with Tale that adding more skill slots doesn’t mean there is real improvement for game play. It works well with the current design.