Tactics Discussion -- Hotbars and Screen Management

I love profit UI, I can get everything I need on my screen-without clutter!

Couldn't find any pics with my new dirge in it, so i'll show my ranger

As a fellow scout brigand soon to be a dirb, here is my layout.
Trying to maximize screen space, even though I mostly stare at hotbar for CA refreshes.


This pic was an example showing friends how eqmaps and ACT looked.
Not sure why the shading on the chat boxes doesnt cover the top 5%, likely borders that I have transparent.

BTW, if you dont have a widescreen LCD for $300 yet, it's well worth the additional screen real estate.
I use all 3 hotkeyable hotbars, it's showing that bug of default keys, but I actualls use q,e,f,c, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 with all sorts of alt and shift combos.
I like to do the no look triggers to maximize DPS timers.

Icari are you using Eq2's normal UI for your setup, or do you have another UI. I really like your setup. :smileyhappy:

I really appreciate that..however, that was the ui i used about a year ago =( I have changed it about 20 times since then (im one of those people who get bored with uis after a week and then change). The only part of that ui that was the default ui was the hotkey bars and the journal helper
Id recommed to go to eq2interface.com and perouse their selection, they have a lot of full ui sets, as well as individual windows you can peice together to make it something you like, which is what i did with that one.

I like stuff being around the edges if ya can tell Using the new profit.. and I just switched to this setup not too long ago so don't know how long I'll keep it.

Edit: oh and my Raid window goes along the right spell window while my group window goes under the left spell window right about the hotbars there..
Message Edited by Irolas on 11-28-2006 02:57 PM

The chat windows fade when not in use. Bottom left is say, tells, traders for the most part. Above that is dirge chat, monk chat, parse channel, etc. Bottom right is combat/heal text, above that is guild/group/raid.
Those four hotbars are my primary hotbars. I have a couple more that I scroll to that have infrequent things on them like tradeskills, masteries and buffs I use rarely like nox/tombs.
Right underneath my target window on the right is my implied window.
My group window is a bit above the persona bar and fills in pretty well in a full group.
I like it
Message Edited by Gaige on 11-28-2006 11:56 AM

My raid window fits neatly under the top bars - I have everything I cast once then forget about up there- buffs, fluff spells, teleports (CoQ ect), rez once I get it...

The first bar is all my attack skills, alt bar is debuffs, and Ctrl bar is the other misc stuff I might want but don't use as much.

I play using the keyboard as much as possible, with all my movements mapped out to the num keypad, so I can just leave my right hand there.

It works for me. =)

<img src="http://www.cheekitty.com/fielanscreen.jpg">

Here's mine




I like my stuff organized and efficient and am a macro junky - have 11 macros total on my hotbar. On the right bottom side I have my standard buffs with the smiley face being the CoB macro and the CoB spell ontop (a bit to the left of the macro) to monitor recast. with the AA buffs on the top right hotbar with some gear changes and my shard/heart macros.

Middle bottom are my debuffs and spells in general and then they move on the melee/ranged attacks, with the "HO" debuffs thrown in.

Then on the top left are my rezzes, OoS, Bladedance and mastery strikes all roled comfortably into 1 macro. Also have a bunch of macros there for assist, Bladedance announcment, AE call (I usually call any AEs IF needed of course - currently there's only 2 encounters I call AE) and rezz macros.

I used to use Profit UI, and I loved the way it was setup....especially on my widescreen flatpanel. BUT, I also duel box from time to time and my second monitor isn't widescreen. Both my accounts run off of the same program so it was always a pain in the **** when I moved my second account to the smaller screen b/c the UI got all squeezed together and it was horrible having to alway move things around again so I just went back to defualt UI. I don't like it, but I'm too lazy to find an alternative to my second account issues. LMAO

Ill post a new screenshot eventually, but im rather happy with fetish nightfall. Has all the big things I like, my only complaint being that I always seem to have map issues, but its been pretty good so far, just have to unclick map fog for indoor zones to be able to hover over the dots w/ eq2maps.

wyoung, what UI are you using please?
Message Edited by ForrestGump11 on 12-21-2006 09:50 AM

I have a wide aspect display, so I take advantage of the black areas top and bottom.
I have 2 rows/columns of hot keys right in the bottom center of my screen so they are not interfering with the display. So I have 2 rows of 24 hotkeys.
The bottom row, from left to right, I have all my attack stuff(melee attacks and spells), starting off with my stealth attack working thru debuffs, snare....etc, stun and shouts toward the right, people tend to run when hit my big shout, so I stun and hit the back attack.
My buffs are in the top right, in the order that i use them the most. I have my owl/butterfly totems just below my buffs and I have situational stuff on the top left.
I'm at work or I would give you everything in order.
Exactly like this, except my hotkeys make more sense to me, but the hot bars are the same in the 4 stack:
http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eq20001177il.jpg
Message Edited by Jaggid on 01-31-2007 03:14 PM

So here's how i have mine right now.
I pretty much only pvp with this char, so it's important to know what i can cast while moving and what i can't in a pinch. This char is lvl 30 so the hotbars will fill out as i go.
The empty bottom right is for PIP TV for my monitor as i run a 24" with the game in 1600X1200
The box in the middle bottom of the screan is my Detrimental Spell Effects.

here is mine.

Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to the game. Love getting my UI just right. Does anyone know if there is a way to get more hotkey toolbars... I have the base EQ2 UI, but feel like i need some more hot key bars (3 just isnt enough, i have plenty of keys left on the board haha). Thanks