Mages are horrible to play on xbox with only two hotkeys. I have more than two spells that i want to quickly switch between. The favorites menu is ok but it pauses the game and makes it so boring to a mage.

cast spells>open menu and pause game>cast spells>open menu and pause game

Repeat

That is what you get for playing on xbox

Deal with it

bump

Yep I really don't know why they got rid of the 8 way D-Pad hot keys, 8 is better than 2.

And they could add a button you could hold down and double it to 16 hot keys, that would work.

i feel your pain.. :swear:

Ya that would be awesome. Its so boring playing a mage with two hotkeys.

tool :down:

yup

The pay off is that Archer and Melee characters play great, but there were more hot keys in oblivion

beat me to it. If you want the best options get the game on the PC and get a controller imo. I don't think I could play a true mage without hotkeys either. After using the controller...i don't know if I could play a warrior or rogue type without it. I found having direct control of your character's movement speed (not to mention better control) really adds to the feel of the game when exploring caves and the like.



I'm not sure why they decided it necessary to have a button mapped directly to toggle the map instead of giving a function button that served as 'favourites'. You can just open up the character menu and tap down once and..presto you are on the map, why does it need to be mapped to it's own button?
If you did have a function button, you could map every other button to something on your favourites list and it would be usable in conjuction with the function button held down. Hotkey problem solved.

i dont see why left right dpad isnt a hot key.

What are you talking about? They are... In the favorite menu, just hold whichever direction you want ANYTHING to be set to them..... :spotted owl: