I did a quick search through the forum for threads related to this subject, but I could not find anything. Please pardon me if I am bringing up an old idea.
Anyhow, after getting a controller to work with the game I have noticed something that should have been obvious to me ahead of trying the controller out. There is a severe lack of buttons on the controller. What I mean is that Secrets of Grindea has 24 abilities, 1 primary attack, 1 block, and a bow. Not to mention the button necessary for quickly changing gear upon receiving it, and the buttons used for bringing up the menu and selecting things (esc and enter by default). That's 30 buttons. My controller has 8 plus the D-Pad. Now, I'm sure there are other controllers I could use that would give me more buttons, but I'm not sure that there are any that would give me 30+. And I'm even less certain that such a controller would be comfortable and practical to use.
So, I propose that a new type of functionality be added. A button to quickly swap between abilities. A lot of games in the past have done this and it works quite well. I imagine using the left and/or right bumper button(s) on the controller to cycle through abilities that my character possesses instead of having to wait until the area is clear in Arcade Mode to go into the menu and switch abilities around to different quickslots.
Anyhow, after getting a controller to work with the game I have noticed something that should have been obvious to me ahead of trying the controller out. There is a severe lack of buttons on the controller. What I mean is that Secrets of Grindea has 24 abilities, 1 primary attack, 1 block, and a bow. Not to mention the button necessary for quickly changing gear upon receiving it, and the buttons used for bringing up the menu and selecting things (esc and enter by default). That's 30 buttons. My controller has 8 plus the D-Pad. Now, I'm sure there are other controllers I could use that would give me more buttons, but I'm not sure that there are any that would give me 30+. And I'm even less certain that such a controller would be comfortable and practical to use.
So, I propose that a new type of functionality be added. A button to quickly swap between abilities. A lot of games in the past have done this and it works quite well. I imagine using the left and/or right bumper button(s) on the controller to cycle through abilities that my character possesses instead of having to wait until the area is clear in Arcade Mode to go into the menu and switch abilities around to different quickslots.