ASTAstrologian

7.0 AST Crossbar

Right hotbar is mainly damage oriented and commonly used ogcds.

Left are mainly utility and cards. Play are on face buttons as it's personally more comfortable for me.

Sprint is set to R3.

Valen Bree

Hotbar 1: My healers tend to follow this format, with the exception being Sage of course.

Row 1: Single target, regen, DoT Row 2: The job specific goodies. These are three cards. Row 3: Stronger heal, weak regen (in case of roulette sync), esuna Row 4: Zoomies, weak heal (in case of roulette sync), sprint.

Hotbar 2 (ctrl): I tend to put the AoE attack in this corner, then the bubble, then some sort of special AoE. Down along the left side tends to be my two oGCD heals, then the "cure harder" button. Down the middle would be two job-special AoEs, then the "turn regens into shields" button. Down along the right side, these are carry-overs from my SMN sprout days: sleep, lucid dreaming, team DPS buff.

Hotbar 3: Let's begin with the legacy carry-overs from my sprout SMN hotbar - surecast, swiftcast and raise. I also like to see LB as an advanced raise so it gets to stay on that row too. The leftover spots on the left side tend to be the tank assists. I'm not sure where else macrocosmos can be swapped in to so I've left it here. It's not used that often either.

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.

Shift - Shortened to S for the sake of readability, So shift-1 would be s1.

Ctrl - Shortened to C for the sake of readability, So ctrl-1 would be c1.

Bar 1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Q, E, T, sT, R, sR

Bar 2 - s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, sQ, sE ,F, sF, G ,sG

Bar 3 - c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, cQ, cE, cF, cZ ,cR , cX

The + on Bar 2 is an hotbar display on/off button for my other bars with emotes and such.

The heart on Bar 3 is placeholder for Mana Potions.

Macro1: Earthly Star<t>/Earthly Star <me>

Macro2: Synastry<t>/Synastry<2>

Macro3: Exaltation<t>/Exaltation<2>

Replace skill locations with Macros Refer to In-Game Macro commands

DT 7.0

Macro Info

1 = Play I Macro
2 = Play II Macro
3 = Play III Macro

Macro Documentation Use macro documentation as a guide, will need to 3 bars reserved for the 8 other icons to be mapped to each "Play I / II / III"

RT Action Down = Astral/Umbral Draw

LT->RT Action Up = "/ac Earthly Star <t>"
LT->RT Action Right = Normal Earthly Star
LT->RT Action Down = "/ac Earthly Star <me>"

Sprint is a macro for the right thumbstick (R3) and is placed in a hidden hotbar

/macroerror off /macroicon Sprint /actionerror off /recasterror off /action Sprint /pvpaction Bolt

Left thumbstick toggles the weapon and changes the main bar from 4 to 1

LT > RT Dpad Down is Star macro (/ac "Earthly Star" <t>) LT > RT Top Face button is placeable Star

Healer macro Icon 1,2 & 3 are the new single target cards

Dye icon is the Tincture

MNK-type hotbars are used to show CDs hidden in the LT > RT WXHB (Div, Macro, Star, LS, Swift, etc)

Pre 7.0

Modded from Boss Buns to fit my playstyle

AST Layout Pre-7.0

6.55 Layout (Removed after 7.0 launch) : Here
LT>RT remapped from Set 8 Left to Set 8 Right, only right half of Set 8 is used
Set 1 - Primary Heals/DPS / CDs ; Set 2 - Utility + Raise ; Set 8 - Cards / Heal CD

UPDATES

Numbers correlate to Macros
0 Umbral Draw
1 Astral Draw
2 Play I
3 Play II
4 Play III
5 Minor Arcana
6 Microcosmos
7 Oracle
Set 8 Left - Removed Abilities

:CAT_JAM: ASTRODYNE IS GONE :CAT_JAM:

Undraw = Play I

Redraw = Play II

Astrodyne = Play III

AST Layout 6.55 (Not 7.0-Able)
LT>RT remapped from Set 8 Left to Set 8 Right, only right half of Set 8 is used
Set 1 - Primary Heals/DPS / CDs ; Set 2 - Utility + Raise ; Set 8 - Cards / Heal CD

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.

Play/Redraw/Undraw represent Draw 1/2/3 respectively.

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"

90 -> 100 changes:

• OH BOY WHERE TO BEGIN WITH THE REWORK
  • Astral Draw: the new draw (Action Changes to Umbral Draw) [PLACEHOLDER: Draw]
  • Play I/Play II/Play III: plays the card drawn into that slot [PLACEHOLDER: 1/2/3]
• Helios Conjunction: upgrade of Aspected Helios (no change needed)
• Sun Sign: Action Change from Neutral Sect (no change needed)

Other changes:

• Moved Macrocosmos to LT-up, moved Divination to L2-L2-right (to match with other healers), Lightspeed also in L2-L2-up

Lose Astrodyne, Draw, Redraw, Undraw, Play.

Gain Astral/Umbral Draw. (Draw as placeholder.)

Gain Play 1, Play 2, Play 3. (1, 2, 3 macro icons as placeholders.)

My astro crosshotbars. The ! macro is "/target <f>" tank macro is "/target <2>" star macros are for giving card to 2, 3 and 4 in party list.

✨

This hotbar is pulled from Gingergaming's channel and is used for myself with some modifications to remove macro usage.

This layout focuses healing skills on the LT bars and damaging/buffing skills on the RT bars. Special care is taken to consider how inputs flow into each other. For example, the ally-targeted oGCDs are placed on the D-pad because you will already be using the D-pad to scroll through the party list and select a party member.

Face buttons are more accessible while using the left stick to move, so core GCDs and untargeted card actions are placed there, along with Swiftcast and Sprint.

Additional damage buffs and skills are placed on the RT>LT bar. Healing oGCDs are placed on the LT bar so they can be quickly accessed between Malefic casts. Healing GCDs are pushed back to the LT>RT bar, which is slightly more out of the way. However, this is usually not an issue because you are already committing an entire GCD to use them, unlike the oGCD heals which will often be used between Malefic casts.

The less frequently used skills are placed on the LT, LT bar face buttons, mirroring the position of their counterparts.

Notes

• Repose is completely optional.

• Undraw is not included because you should never be in a situation where it is better to throw away a card instead of playing it.

• The potion icon on the RT>LT bar is for Tinctures of Mind.

• The healer role macro icon on the LT, LT bar is for Super-Ethers.

• The chat bubble macro icon on the LT>RT bar is for a party chat macro that you can press alongside Ascend to announce who you're raising. It's not combined into an Ascend macro because abilities used through macros are less responsive, as they do not use the skill queueing system.

  •  /p Raising <t>
    

• The Earthly Star on the RT>LT bar is a macro that improves speed and responsiveness compared to a non-macro version of the ability. It does this by skipping the ground targeting prompt. This will immediately place the ability wherever the ground target circle would be if you brought up the ground target circle. Generally, on a controller, this will be wherever you're looking, roughly in the center of your screen.

  • /merror off
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /ac "Earthly Star" gtoff
    /micon "Earthly Star"
    

  • This is still less responsive than real action queueing, but ground targeted skills don't queue in the first place. The macro allows you to simulate a degree of queueing while also skipping the step of confirming the placement via the targeting circle, which is why it's actually more responsive for placing the ability than the non-macro version.

  • Without any <wait> commands, macros execute one line per frame. By repeating the command 13 times, there is a 13-frame window for each button press in which the macro will send the action command if you finish your previous action within that window.

• The extra Earthly Star on the RT, RT bar is a non-macro version of the ability that you can use to see where your ground target circle is, relative to your camera angle. This is useful if you ever need to be more precise with the placement, and it is a good visual reference to learn how to angle your camera for the macro version. It's also more responsive than the macro for manually detonating Earthly Star because the detonate command is able to use the action queueing system.

Possible White Mage replacement. XIVcombo: consolidate Play and Draw.

Please don't ever use Undraw PLEASE

from Bun Boss video

Hotbar 1 (Back):

1: Main Heals

2: Extra Effects

3 Niche Needs

4 Niche Needs 2

Hotbar 2 (Front):

1 Main DPS

2 Cards

3 Useful Side Heals

4 Backup Heals

Hotbar 3:

Low Level Bar

1 DPS

2 Draw

3 Heal

4 Utility

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

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

Used the following link to add keybinds to the back triggers : https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/vdnmji/advanced_controller_tips_for_steam_deck/

||| L4 -> Target nearest enemy
||| R4 -> Cycle through enemies (nearest -> furthest)
||| L5 -> Sprint
||| R5 -> Inventory

||| L2 + L5 -> Mount
||| L2 + R5 -> Armour chest
||| R2 + R5 -> Chobo inventory

AST as of 6.4

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

18/03/23 - HEALER BASE? NEEDS TESTING

AST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPYNgO9aVQ

Damage on right, single-target heal on left, buff and Arcanum on cross, AOE heal on double-left.

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.