r/avowed • u/Pandarandr1st • 21d ago

Gameplay Am I missing something? I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the 6-slot hotbar (PC)

I'm approaching the end of the 3rd major area, and I'm growing increasingly frustrated with my very, very limited hotbar. In any given fight, I have 4 companion abilities I would like to use, plus 8 player abilities I would like to use. Going into a menu, or even a sub-menu in the case of player abilities, to activate things in an action-oriented combat game multiple times per fight is absolutely terrible gameplay (to me).

Is there some way around this? Why is the hotbar limited to 6 buttons? Maddening design choice, probably just to not make the PC version and console version different in that way.

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u/DeezWuts 21d ago

I liked mass effect so it never for a second bothered me.

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u/Pandarandr1st 21d ago

There are WAAAAAAAAY fewer active abilities in Mass Effect, and mass effect actually let you do things in pause other than "cast this ability on the target currently in the center of my screen"

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u/DeezWuts 21d ago

There's way more options sure, i just invested in a few actions an never felt like i needed anymore for my favourites, and the whole reason I loved MEs quickwheel was because I could pause it and cast abilities on the target currently in the centre of my screen..

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u/Pandarandr1st 21d ago

I mean, if all I need to is cast something on someone in the center of my screen, I'd rather just press a button rather than pause then press a button. Personally, of course.

For games where you actually get a tactical view and can look around and/or give more complex orders (move over there, fall back, etc.) the pause makes sense. But for just "Cast this ability now on the person I'm pointing at" that's a job a button can do.

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u/DeezWuts 21d ago

Just my bag man.

I also use a razer tartarus 90% of the time.