Game is so much better with a Gamepad...but

[Viper]

At least it is for me. The big issue is when you get up to higher levels like 60. There are just to many skills you need in battle to have them all displayed at the same time. Theres not enough buttons. . And switching between setups is not only a pain its confusing. Might have to go back to keyboard and mouse. Although that is going to slow me down and take relearning since I have always used a gamepad.

[Mikaru]

You can use the normal pc hotbars while playing on controller, which helps to disaply all your back and side skills(tRT+LT combos setup 2nd hotbars for back, double tap RT or LT setup 3rd hotbar for sides)

[Viper]

Yea thats a good idea. Although that involves moving one of my hands off my gamepad . Moving the pointer to the correct skill and clicking it.

[Mikaru]

Your front hotbars gives you 16 slots that you can see, this should be mainly used for your combat type skills,
The hotbar extension with holding down RT+LT or LT+RT is your back button which should be setup to your 2nd hotbar which is another 16 slots and be used for your buff and other type skills more.
You then also have the other type of extension which requires you to double tap and hold either RT or LT which should be setup to your 3rd hotbar, giving you your side 16 slots, these can be used for stuff like LB, Sprint and certain role/job skills that aren't really used that much.
This in total gives you 48 slots you can access with your controller. Cause you can't always see your cooldowns in your 2nd or 3rd hotbars, you can setup pc hotbars purely to keep track of them without having to constantly having to check your back or side hotbars.

[Elazul]

Enable the double click function gives you access to another 16 buttons. You can also do the RT+LT and LT+RT to add more buttons. The only job that I have problems fitting is Summoner because of all the Pet mumbo jumbo. However, if you can get used to quick switching back and forth from the pet hotbar you can save some space.

[Viper]

okay thanks for the help. That did make it a little easier

[『Niffily』]

learning macros are your best friend and setting up the hotbars on your controller help a lot,
depending on the class you can usually find some around and some guides on setups on youtube around! i was able to set up my SCH that way.

[Matt & the Cat]

I agree that gamepad is better than m&k if you’re a clicker or you don’t have a naga(or equivalent) mouse.

However, if you learned to keybind on the keyboard, you do get a lot more options. If you put your movement keys bound to tfgh, you virtually have the whole keyboard set for your whole hand. The only issues I see with this is that modifiers(shift,ctrl,alt) might be hard to get to if you have super small hands.

Everyone has a different play style preference. In my 10 years of WoW, I’ve seen really good clicker, keyboard binders, and mmo mouse users.

I personally have used every method and with that said I recommend using a mmo mouse like the razer naga. But if you want to kick back a chillax then the gamepad is a viable option. I would get a scuf or Xbox elite though, that’s just me though.

[RopeDrink]

Can't beat M&KB for any game involving this many buttons. I'd strangle myself with the controller cord sooner than actually use it for an MMORPG, but I realize that's a personal preference.

I still use WASD for pretty much all games, followed by-
1,2,3,4,5 (typically buffs and hard cooldowns / rarely used abilities).
Shift + QWERT (common abilities 1), top-bar.
Shift + ASDFG (common abilities 2), bottom-bar.
CTRL + QWERT / ASDFG (uncommon buttons 1 & 2), wherever.

Reason being that you can still move forward just by holding down LMB + RMB and turn with the mouse, so you lose nothing by binding a movement key to spells. Fancy multi-button mice are fine and all but they're a QOL rather than a mandatory feature. I have MB4 for auto-run and MB5 for sheath - no real need to have them for anything else when all spells are pretty much immediately next to my movement.