Thought Process

• melee and spells separated
• Tried to place ogcds near their rotation/burst gcds (e.g. embolden near melee combo, pot near spells for opener, etc)
• Fleche and C6 duplicated to make drifting harder
• spell relevant actions near spells (e.g. lucid, instants)
• macro icon is placeholder for pots
• Expanded XHB on HB 2 shared with WXHB to see cooldowns, use whichever you feel comfortable using. I just think double tapping is annoying :)

Updated for Dawntrail

Buttons consistent for similar job actions (Dye = Potion)

Pot goes on Bar 3 Down D-Pad Raise uses Macro

Pot goes on Bar 3 Down D-Pad Raise uses Macro

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)

Might change this

Lvl 100 Red Mage XHB made by a ps5 player

Up and down on the Dpad are the left and right back paddle respectively.

XHB 3 can the accessed with either LTRT or RTLT

Hotbar 1: White mana on the left side, black mana on the right side. Single target above, AoEs below. Both/neutral down the middle. I used to put acceleration on Hotbar 3, but it's better this way for quick succession to the relevant actions.

Hotbar 2 (ctrl): The 1-2-3 melee combo on top. I usually have my gap close/make on those two middle positions. Sleep, lucid, cure, and the DPS buff are just rollovers from my old hotbar as Summoner, my first job, and that was before I put more thought into hotbar setups. AoE and run+gun spenders on the bottom row.

First attempt to make panels for MMO mouse with 2 3x4 hotbars and 1 6x2 for utility

this layout works for levelling from RDM unlock through Dawntrail. main crossbar is your single target spells & burst rotation, and the 2nd has your AOE spells

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.

Similar to SCH and SGE layouts, role actions in the same place, DPS, solo and group heal actions easy to find.

WiP Based on BunBoss and SGE/WHM hotbar layouts

Machinist hotbar inspired by bun boss on YT, but made some changes to align better with my DNC layout

Machinist hotbar inspired by bun boss on YT, but made some changes to align better with my DNC layout

Single Target on the right, AOE on the left, movement on LT > RT

Crosshotbar for fire and ice phases with single target on the right and AOE rotation on the left side

BLM WXHB with ice and fire rotations on separate sides.

Full Fisher WXHB I ran out of space to add other gatherer skills, but this is easy use for spear fishing on the 1LT and general fishing on all the other XHBs.

Full gatherer setup, identical to the BTN one. Left side XHB 2 is missing the following skills: Fathom Truth of Oceans Shark Eye Shark Eye 2 Triangulate Truth of Forests Arbor Call Arbor Call 2 (I have these on for Diadem gathering)

Basic WXHB Setup. Missing the following skills on 2LT: Fathom Truth of Oceans Shark Eye Shark Eye 2 Prospect Truth of Mountains Lay of the Land Lay of the Land 2 (I have these on for Diadem gathering trips)

Progress actions on the right, quality actions on the left, specialist actions on the expanded hotbar. Crafter skills are the same across all classes, this can be used by all crafters

Draft for potential crossover between other tank jobs by keeping similar skills on the same buttons