I like how your guides are considering "combos", e.g. putting PoM on the same face button as Glare as a WHM, and Emergency Tactics on the same face btn as Adlo. You're thinking about how the user will want to use their abilities' synergies, and building a control scheme that makes it easy to execute on these synergies. Good thinking!
Very informative video, but if I may make a suggestion for Ruin II, I'd recommend putting it on a face button instead of a D-pad button because it'll be easier to move whilst pressing one of those instead of the D-pad button.
I see your point but I rarely have to use it, since slide casting is a thing which is why its not on a face button. Too many other important abilities for scholar. But nice tip!
I'm just leveling everything to lvl 50 now with the ARR MSQ being on the trust system. Meaning I'm lvl SCH. Myself, the basic damage button will always be R2+O. Usually, I move abillities around as I level, depending how comfortable I feel. Also, I have single and aoe skills in different sets, 1 for singles, 2 for aoe, 3 for the (I know there's a name for it) the one you access by double tapping L2/R2. Because of that, I have a lot of overlap between set 1 and 2. (they cycle with the R1) AoE skills/spells are also accessded with a R2+L2. One thing it is worth noting: the trust dungeons are really good to try setups/get used to changes. Sure you can practice on target dummies, but they will never make you panic when suddenly the tank died and all the aggro is on you XD
Love all these vids! It's so helpful to make my controller play easier to manage :D One suggestion though if it's not too much work, would you mind turning on the skill/spell names when you're going through the placements? I'm still a noob so have to keep flipping back between my actions screen to match the icons to the names you say. If not no big deal, thanks again for all the hard work :D
Oh that’s a good idea! I won’t be able to do it for my last two healers as the egg are already recorded and editing but I will do it for all the dps :)
Thank you for this and your cross hotbar guide. I've been maining white mage on controller but some jobs I've been having trouble with because they have so many buttons. I would just toggle between the two crossbars. I've been trying out scholar and ast but I've been put off cause I can't get an easy layout but I'm going to give this a go later :D it might make extreme trials easier! Lol
I was a healer main from ARR-ShB and I play on controller. playing SCH on controller in ARR before the W cross hotbar was pain The thing I miss the most about SCH though was being able to command your fairy while casting, even if it was super jank
nice guide! I'm a returning healer after a long hiatus and I have to admit I forgot not only my muscle memory but the importance of many skills. So I thought it would be a nice time to re-organize my UI.
Amazing guides, as always! Question now that Dawntrail is out. Where would Seraphism go? Hotbars are a bit full at the moment. Im thinking about putting Limit Break on the same hotbar as sprint to make room. Thoughts?
I think u messed up the left trigger 2 d pad you said deployment tactics but it’s actually indomitability if anyone else noticed that it’s missing from the list
personally keep lt1 with emergency and prog as up and down, and heals to Shapes/XYBA. RT1 PAD for healing abilities pertaining to aether and XYBA to attacks. the second hotbar keep defensive/pets on the left and right is offensive buffs/panic buttons
Lol love the title “Not that hard!” 😂like it’s a lil hard but not that hard 😂 poor scholar still one of the hardest classes to play lol but your controller guides haven’t let me down yet for my whm, rdm, blm or sum so I have faith here lol❤
Thanks for the video, it helps a ton for a newbie like me. And if I may ask, is there a summoner guide to compare the 2 jobs ? Peolple always tell me to play scholar and summoner at the same time, how do you setup the crossbar to make it work then ?
I main SCH, went from console to PC but still use controller. It's actually really not bad, the only thing I can't fit on the front is rescue but I rarely use that and just have all buttons on one crossbar to swp to as reacue so I can just swap and press if I must pull someone. Controller gets a bad rep but honestly, even AST isn't bad if you mess with the layout to feel comfy playing cards while moving so you can always weave in a pinch.
How do you do to move and control tye fairy with a controller? I usually dont move it at all, but at certain bosses I'm starting to see that positioning is important. I just think on a controller, pets are hard to handle.
For casual content or anything except savage you can just keep your self in the middle which usually healers need to be stationed well anyway for there aoes to hit everyone. You can also set up a pet hotbar that you can access on controller by pressing r1 and place for like boss battles in the middle of arena.
Wait how did you get l1 and r1 on seperate hotbars? All im seeing is the double tap option Edit: I jusy realized he was saying left trigger 1 not L1. Confused my weak little PlayStation brain.
I actually don't honestly. I am usually centered in the middle of the arena, and just have the fairy on me. But you can just move your limit break to the third cross hot bar for all jobs and put it there
@@BunBossFFXIV Oh awesome, i've been having a hard time finding a spot for them and it's been stressing me out constantly haha. I'll leave them off until maybe Savage content. Thanks for the reply!
Scrambling the skills together is apparently enough for a "good hotbar layout". I guess i should also make a video... Sry but your layout looks really bad to me. Medica, healing, mana regen and damage all in one quarter, you mention using the third hotbar for cross-class actions... why is LB and the mana regen all casters get there on bar 1 and 2 then? You don't seem to follow any rule on where to place healing skills and also where the group heals are... they are just somewhere
First off, ewww with the attitude. There is no rules, it’s personal and this works for me. People ask and I give. Hot bar 3 is for all jobs, dps healer and tank. I usually don’t have the time to respond to these types of comments but today I made time. Also I don’t really like your tone if this comment and your condescending so have a super blessed day. #bewell
@@BunBossFFXIV Currently having a bad time. Shouldn't take it out on you. My bad. if page 3 is for all jobs than why don't you put LB on there? Skills you can use while moving and spam shouldn't be on the directional buttons imho. Do you have "rules" across jobs? Like "this spot for the dot"?
@@doomoftheend No worries, thanks for apologizing. I could potentially do that, yea and it is actually a great tip, I just have had it this way for along time and it doesnt really impede anything for my gameplay and I play ever job. but again, that is a great tip to move limit break to cross hot bar 3 and free up another space, but mostly using cross hot bar 1 for the main main abilities, so then there is less button pressing. these are just to be my personal setup which people can adjust to what they. I have a whole range of cross hot bar setups for all my healers and tanks right now and dps are coming soon so you have seen multiple, I explain that each section is for similar abilities and such
I like how your guides are considering "combos", e.g. putting PoM on the same face button as Glare as a WHM, and Emergency Tactics on the same face btn as Adlo. You're thinking about how the user will want to use their abilities' synergies, and building a control scheme that makes it easy to execute on these synergies. Good thinking!
I really appreciate this too! I'm trying to figure out a controller setup that keeps combos in mind for Dragoon as my first job.
Very informative video, but if I may make a suggestion for Ruin II, I'd recommend putting it on a face button instead of a D-pad button because it'll be easier to move whilst pressing one of those instead of the D-pad button.
Yeah, considering the ONLY use case for it is for movement, that makes a lot of sense
I see your point but I rarely have to use it, since slide casting is a thing which is why its not on a face button. Too many other important abilities for scholar. But nice tip!
@@BunBossFFXIV I do agree for sure, but there are instances where slide casting isn't gonna be enough for movement, but you are right .
This is such a fantastic series! Thank you for making it. More people will find it over time. It’s super helpful.
I love you, you seem to read minds. Beautiful cross hotbar layout. Thanks and keep them coming!
So happy they are helping 💜💜💜 that’s all I want
I'm just leveling everything to lvl 50 now with the ARR MSQ being on the trust system.
Meaning I'm lvl SCH.
Myself, the basic damage button will always be R2+O.
Usually, I move abillities around as I level, depending how comfortable I feel.
Also, I have single and aoe skills in different sets, 1 for singles, 2 for aoe, 3 for the (I know there's a name for it) the one you access by double tapping L2/R2.
Because of that, I have a lot of overlap between set 1 and 2. (they cycle with the R1)
AoE skills/spells are also accessded with a R2+L2.
One thing it is worth noting: the trust dungeons are really good to try setups/get used to changes.
Sure you can practice on target dummies, but they will never make you panic when suddenly the tank died and all the aggro is on you XD
Love all these vids! It's so helpful to make my controller play easier to manage :D One suggestion though if it's not too much work, would you mind turning on the skill/spell names when you're going through the placements? I'm still a noob so have to keep flipping back between my actions screen to match the icons to the names you say. If not no big deal, thanks again for all the hard work :D
Oh that’s a good idea! I won’t be able to do it for my last two healers as the egg are already recorded and editing but I will do it for all the dps :)
Thank you for this and your cross hotbar guide. I've been maining white mage on controller but some jobs I've been having trouble with because they have so many buttons. I would just toggle between the two crossbars. I've been trying out scholar and ast but I've been put off cause I can't get an easy layout but I'm going to give this a go later :D it might make extreme trials easier! Lol
I was a healer main from ARR-ShB and I play on controller.
playing SCH on controller in ARR before the W cross hotbar was pain
The thing I miss the most about SCH though was being able to command your fairy while casting, even if it was super jank
nice guide! I'm a returning healer after a long hiatus and I have to admit I forgot not only my muscle memory but the importance of many skills.
So I thought it would be a nice time to re-organize my UI.
Amazing guides, as always! Question now that Dawntrail is out. Where would Seraphism go? Hotbars are a bit full at the moment. Im thinking about putting Limit Break on the same hotbar as sprint to make room. Thoughts?
I think u messed up the left trigger 2 d pad you said deployment tactics but it’s actually indomitability if anyone else noticed that it’s missing from the list
personally keep lt1 with emergency and prog as up and down, and heals to Shapes/XYBA. RT1 PAD for healing abilities pertaining to aether and XYBA to attacks. the second hotbar keep defensive/pets on the left and right is offensive buffs/panic buttons
Lol love the title “Not that hard!” 😂like it’s a lil hard but not that hard 😂 poor scholar still one of the hardest classes to play lol but your controller guides haven’t let me down yet for my whm, rdm, blm or sum so I have faith here lol❤
I hope to see you again my friend
I managed not to watch the other controller videos as I use keyboard and mouse. But the moment I read scholar I had to click on this video xD
This is great, thank you!!
Thanks for the video, it helps a ton for a newbie like me. And if I may ask, is there a summoner guide to compare the 2 jobs ? Peolple always tell me to play scholar and summoner at the same time, how do you setup the crossbar to make it work then ?
Wow this is literally what I need right now. I'm brand new to the game and my first class is scholar
Yay welcome!!!
This guide is so helpful. So many little tips other guides just don’t include or brush over
I main SCH, went from console to PC but still use controller. It's actually really not bad, the only thing I can't fit on the front is rescue but I rarely use that and just have all buttons on one crossbar to swp to as reacue so I can just swap and press if I must pull someone. Controller gets a bad rep but honestly, even AST isn't bad if you mess with the layout to feel comfy playing cards while moving so you can always weave in a pinch.
Your voice is so soothing!! 😂
Thank you bro I really appreciate this
How do you do to move and control tye fairy with a controller? I usually dont move it at all, but at certain bosses I'm starting to see that positioning is important. I just think on a controller, pets are hard to handle.
For casual content or anything except savage you can just keep your self in the middle which usually healers need to be stationed well anyway for there aoes to hit everyone. You can also set up a pet hotbar that you can access on controller by pressing r1 and place for like boss battles in the middle of arena.
@@BunBossFFXIV oh nice, thank you very much!
Wait how did you get l1 and r1 on seperate hotbars? All im seeing is the double tap option
Edit: I jusy realized he was saying left trigger 1 not L1. Confused my weak little PlayStation brain.
#ScholarGang
Hey I’m new to the scholar job and I was wondering how come i don’t see the resurrection or ruin on the crossbars ? If you mind me asking
Will this work for PlayStation? Not sure how to get the 4 sections you have on screen? I only have the 2 sections along the bottom
How do you walk and cast ruin 2 at the same time, it's on dpad right
Where do you put Place / Heel? Maybe I missed it because i was just listening
I actually don't honestly. I am usually centered in the middle of the arena, and just have the fairy on me. But you can just move your limit break to the third cross hot bar for all jobs and put it there
@@BunBossFFXIV Oh awesome, i've been having a hard time finding a spot for them and it's been stressing me out constantly haha. I'll leave them off until maybe Savage content. Thanks for the reply!
Could you make one for folk like my wife and I who cannot use expanded crossbars?
Is there a reason you can’t use the expanded?
It’s “recitation”, not “resuscitation”. You have an extra syllable in there.
Do you have controller guide for ninja?
working on it ;D
what if im just a new arcanist =[
skills still apply as they will down sync no matter what
I just macro sprint to L3
Astrologian isn’t that hard on controller:3
actually every single job isn't hard on controller
😑
Scrambling the skills together is apparently enough for a "good hotbar layout". I guess i should also make a video...
Sry but your layout looks really bad to me. Medica, healing, mana regen and damage all in one quarter, you mention using the third hotbar for cross-class actions... why is LB and the mana regen all casters get there on bar 1 and 2 then? You don't seem to follow any rule on where to place healing skills and also where the group heals are... they are just somewhere
First off, ewww with the attitude.
There is no rules, it’s personal and this works for me. People ask and I give. Hot bar 3 is for all jobs, dps healer and tank. I usually don’t have the time to respond to these types of comments but today I made time.
Also I don’t really like your tone if this comment and your condescending so have a super blessed day. #bewell
@@BunBossFFXIV Currently having a bad time. Shouldn't take it out on you. My bad.
if page 3 is for all jobs than why don't you put LB on there? Skills you can use while moving and spam shouldn't be on the directional buttons imho. Do you have "rules" across jobs? Like "this spot for the dot"?
@@doomoftheend No worries, thanks for apologizing. I could potentially do that, yea and it is actually a great tip, I just have had it this way for along time and it doesnt really impede anything for my gameplay and I play ever job. but again, that is a great tip to move limit break to cross hot bar 3 and free up another space, but mostly using cross hot bar 1 for the main main abilities, so then there is less button pressing. these are just to be my personal setup which people can adjust to what they. I have a whole range of cross hot bar setups for all my healers and tanks right now and dps are coming soon so you have seen multiple, I explain that each section is for similar abilities and such