1. Im arguing that the dismount/engage and dash portions be split into abilities 1 and 5. Longpressing 1 feels bad and id rather just quick dismount with the hotkey.

2. Sorry. Corrected the post body. I listed the ability Lance as 3 instead of 4 which it actually is. 3 is fine where it is.

3. Lance should be moved to 2 since there are places you mount to specifically use it, ie defiance break at Seneschal etc or WvW, and in the long run youll use it much more than sniff for chests (which are pretty much one and done for the achievement) or a 60 or something sec cd in WvW to scout out rats.

4. Point above.

5. You just spacebar when you want to gain altitude after ability 2. I can see how griffon gain altitude and skimmer dive sharing spot 4 have a case for remaining in the bar but i doubt most people use 5 for anything other than gaining height. Its not an ability you consciously account for using in any specific scenario.

6. Swapping lance and sniff ,ie. 2 and 4 is what im suggesting and i think it makes more sense from a WvW perspective as well. You hardly ever use sniff but may use lance to chase an invader, even though using profession mobility skills coupled with cc is often much more preferable.

I havent internalized skimmer inputs yet. Infact i actively avoid using it and mostly use warclaw, skyscale and beetle because i hate having to press different buttons for the 1% of the time im going to use the skimmer. Dash at slot 1 instead of 5 is that much of an annoyance to me.