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submitted 4 months ago by maudelix@lemmy.world to c/finalfantasyxiv@lemmy.world
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To my fellow players, how do you handle raids with tons of activity? I’m struggling with keeping up with the on-screen action and not over focusing on the casting bar and timers. Does it just take time to figure out the cadence of the actions?

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[–] maudelix@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Sometimes I find stuff that could be more systematic, like moving ~~surecast~~ Arm's length, and mess up my muscle memory for a while. But I think the general rule should be to make some rules that make intuitive sense to you, and try to follow those. You'll get it wrong from time to time, either not following a rule, or discovering that the rule was a bad idea.

I took this to heart today and played around with different layouts and found one I loved, in unison with the button chord. Essentially all spells that are being used frequently are now always visible for easy access. The rest are a quick LT to RT or RT to LT away. Thanks! The non essentials are on a separate hot bar and I can switch real quick with the right bumper.