Bard Hotbar Layouts and Guides

Valen Bree

I created my chotbars to be comfortable, practical, and aesthetic.(to me anyway) Nearly all same/similar skills are in the same position across all jobs/roles while allowing for as little finger gymnastics as possible.

My XHB is split between chotbars 2(left) and 7(right)

Just copied Nanaki's

my weird layout mapped to 1,2,3,4,q,e,r,t,f,g,c,v

Updated for Dawntrail

Buttons consistent for similar job actions (Dye = Potion)

Lv50 Hotbar for Bard.

MMO mouse setup with modifiers.

Bard

Keybinds for those interested.

I use an mmo mouse so 1-6 on all bars are pressed on the mouse, uisng shift and ctrl for bar 2 and 3. The latter 6 on all bars are pressed uisng the keyboard and shift/ctrl.

I show Cross Hotbar 3 (Left) with both of the expanded trigger controls, so you can easily add in another 8 actions if you prefer, I use XHB 8 as a shared bar between all classes for traversal and general actions outside of combat. Role actions are consistent among my layouts, and so are general actions. The macro icon is a placeholder for a Tincture/Gemdraught.

Single Target (L)

Mobs (R)

Bottom bar has no modifiers Middle bar has control modifier Top bar has shift modifier

Bar 1: 1 2 3 4 Bar 2: Q E R X Bar 3: F C V T

Playing with an LG G600 MMO mouse.

Group 1 is standard 1-9 Group 2 is Shift + 1-12 - (DEX POT is the heart macro) Group 3 is Ctrl + 1-12

No changes

Current WIP for updated hotbars in 7.0, focusing on minimising swapping hotbars in combat and keeping visual clarity on relevant buff cooldowns and maximising consistency across all jobs. Bar 1 is for single target, and Bar 2 for AoE.

The Glamour Plate button is being used in place of the newly added skill as needed, and the dye represents potion. Sprint and LB are macroed to L3/R3 respectively.

Auto-attack is Pitch Perfect. Keep that seperate.

Gain Resonant Arrow as a follow-up from Barrage. (Uncouple as a follow-up. Down arrow macro icon as placeholder.)

Waiting for the new action images to get added in to fully get this good

Make sure to change Double tap L2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Left" and Double tap R2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Right"

Endwalker Lvl90 Bard

Somewhat adjusted in game

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Have Sprint, Peleton, Mount, Return, and Teleport on separate hidden hotbars utilizing hotbars 1-10 for Stream Deck.

Description

Core / Frequent Action items focused on Hotbar 1 (ST 1-6 & AoE 7-12)
Secondary Actions/Buffs/Debuffs found on Hotbars 2 and 3

Keybinds

• HB1: 1-9, 0. -. =
• HB2: Ctrl + 1-9, 0, -, =
• HB2: Shift + 1-9, 0, -, =

From bun boss video but slightly modified

Bars 1-2 are on the number row (1 through =), with 2 being Ctrl+[key]. The general idea being either that the action on bar 1 leads to that on bar 2, or bar 2 is bar 1 but AoE or stronger or something of the sort. Bars 3-4 are on the numpad, and doubly so mapped on the side buttons on my mouse, with 4 being Ctrl+[key], although bar 4 is generally just assorted things for all classes to use.

How I set up my crossbars as a bard on steamdeck (Currently level ~65)

I try to play every classes/jobs, thus I tend to reuse same slots for same "functionality" across jobs.

Bard Cross Hotbar setup based from Bun Boss FFXIV on Youtube as of Jun 30, 2022 (except expanded XHB which I regularly access).

I'm a small streamer that loves FFXIV and many other things. The XHBs I publish are solely how I personally like to organize my Hotbars when on the controller! Feel free to use them if you too like them! Some are thrown together and some are planned out.

BRD as of 6.4

Bard in progress

The XHB setup I use for my Bard. 1-3 are unique to BRD, all else are shared between all jobs. XHB4's LT->RT pane is a selection of emotes. XHB7 is my job selector.

6.3

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