Two suggestions: 1) Since there are two hands, it's almost impossible to select an item for each hand quickly enough even though the items often come in pairs. Like short sword + shield should often be swapped to 2 pistols, 2 grapples should often be swapped to a block to build a platform and such. The easiest solution for me is to have two one-handed items bound to every hotkey slot, or a single 2-handed. Another solution is to bind currently selected items in both hands to a single hotkey(different from hotkeys that are used to select items on the hotbar itself). For example I hit shift + "X" and currently selected items are bound to "X" hotkey and next time I hit it they both will be selected. Even 2 such hotkeys will help greatly. 2) Some items should be used either very quickly or very often. Examples are: grapples, heals, lights, diggers. What if we make separate hotkey for quickfiring such items? Like hit "F" and you use a grapple without even selecting it.
I think this is a great idea! I've been hoping for something like this for awhile!! (Particularly Point #1)
You do know you can just right click one hot key the left click the other to get them equipped together?
Yeah, I already know how to do that. But the problem is when you have to constantly switch between a two-handed item configuration and two one-handed item configuration. For example: Switching back and forth between a two-handed gun, and a one-handed gun plus flashlight Switching back and forth between a two-handed sword, and a one-handed sword plus a shield Each time you switch from a two-handed sword to the two one-handed item configuration, you have to press multiple buttons just to get the second configuration. This is distracting when in a battle, for example. It would be nice to be able to place to one-handed items into a single hot-key slot, or make it possible to link hot-key slots so when you select one, the other is automatically selected. Anything to make it easier to quickly move to a two one-handed item configuration.
