ok let me start by say i love this game sooooo much. it is everything i wanted it to be. i do have one major problem though. an it is pausing when using the hotkey in the mddle of battle. i mean i know they had good reason to add the up on the d-pad hotkey but pausing the game every single time i want use magic, switch to my shield, or use another weapon is really annoying and it takes away from the battle intensity. idk maybe its just me but i like having it all happen without the pausing of the action.

Make the items your favorites, then hotkey them from the favorites to the 1 - 0 keys. Then you don't need to bring up the menus for those items you hotkey

yea i think i should have worded it differet. all the items i use alot are all hotkeyed to the d-pad. its when i go to the hotkey menu in the middle of a fight is what i meant to say. the hotkey pauseing when i press up on the d-pad is annoying but its not really a huge problem. thanks though.

I hate to say I told you so, but a lot of people waved off this concern as being stupid, and now a lot of people are complaining about it

yea i didnt know it would be this annoying but i can deal. plus to reply to the earlier post, i play on xbox 360i cant do all that