PS2 players please get xbox 360 lol

[Alkalinehoe]

screw GAYBOX 360 so hard,

You sir, are the most clever man..... I have ever met.

[rog]

who in there right mind would play this game with a controller. Why are we comparing the ease of the game with its controls when they are exactly the same. When i play on my PS2, i use a logitech mini keyboard that actually came as a giant controller with a mini keyboard in the center of it, in which, idk where the big controller went, i just have the mini keyboard. Point is, if ur playing with controller to begin with, then u fail, plug a keyboard to ur PS2 or XBOX and throw that stupid controller away, its useless and nothing is faster than keyboard macros ALT+Number or CNTRL+number, BAM ALT-E equip screen open, BAM ALT-i inventory open, ALT-J right to my job abilities, u get the picture here, everything can be done instantaneously on the keyboard, and not 1-2 menus away.

And if you dont play with compact settings then you just really really fail, the most comfortable position is the WASD movement, standard to all people who are familiar with FPS games, and most games that utilize movement for PC games

Of course it's faster, but pure speed means nothing while you wait 5 seconds for a spell to cast.

[Mordanthos]

oh i forgot, all melee casts spells too, darn, sorry. Actually the flow of battle isnt where most of the speed is required, but saving your friends is.

Being able to access a spell via alt or cntrl number command and push the corisponding F1-F6 to them is very very fast compared to a controller. Initiating combat is much faster when your mage friend got agroed and is getting his faced kicked in while you press the R1 target button to get to the mob thats hitting him only to press it too many times and have to cycle through everything again, where as a keyboard, BAM F8 auto target closest agroed mob, and BAM ALT-A to initiate combat, and u can save ur buddy. All in all in terms of battle speed, nah, keyboard makes no difference, but saving peoples butts, and initiating combat as quick as possible is where its all at.

Next time ur low lvl friend gets agro and u fail to target the mob killing him, u wish u had a keyboard!!!

[Vivik]

Next time ur low lvl friend gets agro and u fail to target the mob killing him, u wish u had a keyboard!!!

Uh...what?

[rog]

oh i forgot, all melee casts spells too, darn, sorry. Actually the flow of battle isnt where most of the speed is required, but saving your friends is.

Being able to access a spell via alt or cntrl number command and push the corisponding F1-F6 to them is very very fast compared to a controller. Initiating combat is much faster when your mage friend got agroed and is getting his faced kicked in while you press the R1 target button to get to the mob thats hitting him only to press it too many times and have to cycle through everything again, where as a keyboard, BAM F8 auto target closest agroed mob, and BAM ALT-A to initiate combat, and u can save ur buddy. All in all in terms of battle speed, nah, keyboard makes no difference, but saving peoples butts, and initiating combat as quick as possible is where its all at.

Next time ur low lvl friend gets agro and u fail to target the mob killing him, u wish u had a keyboard!!!

Fyi, it's possible to use a keyboard at the same time as a controller. It's not hard to reach behind the controller and tap f8, ctrl+a, etc.

[Runespider]

If they wanted to update the game they could of added a massive update which was ps3/xbox/pc only, people will upgrade if there is a good reason to.

Square decided people would not do this or it wasn't worth the effort then released another MMO and expected people to still buy a new platform to play it. Duh?

[PizzaTheHut]

The 360 is the worst version of the game. The bright text that irritates the eyes, that split second delay in controller input reaction, not to mention how terrible the 360 controller is for this game, the manual adjust you have to do in the Xbox settings for screen res. and the lag. PS2 doesn't suffer any of those.

If you play on 360 I can tell you, you're not playing to your full potential.

I own all. PS3 yes. Xbox can be retired for this game and it would be no loss.

[Harukusan]

The crappiest part about all this is that FFXI was released exclusively for PC. That's the way it was, that's the way it should always have been.

[rog]

The crappiest part about all this is that FFXI was released exclusively for PC. That's the way it was, that's the way it should always have been.

It was released on the ps2 in japan first actually.

[Zyeriis]

Everyone arguing over the control scheme of xbox 360 controller vs. keyboard is wrong :/ I use both, just a fluidly as the other. Stupid argument is stupid. If anything, using BOTH simultaneously is the fastest as you can que up the next macro in non-dire situations with the 360 controller and switch to the keyboard (if you really feel that's better) during dire situations. I absolutely hate ASWD controls, i'd much rather being using my left hand for macros and my right hand on the numpad to move.