Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
CTRL and ALT + 0-9 > flipping through the macro bar with the dpad. I don't know how anyone with the gamepad even does it, its such a huge advantage, especially on a keyboard with macro keys that seems to eliminate the slight bit of lag in pressing the buttons seperately.

Even if you don't use all the keys as gameplay buttons, there's also the obvious advantage of not having to constantly pick up and put down the controller to type out messages- because whether you use a controller or not, you still need the keyboard for chat. Why use both when just the keyboard can do both jobs?

The controller's primary advantage comes into play with the analog sticks (and in some cases, the analog butotns). But neither of these is really needed for FFXI.

What do you want them to do about it? Getting SE to update the game to 2012 tech standards is like getting Ford to retrofit the model T for today's market. e.g. integrating xinput into their PS2 emulator or whatever you want to call the game engine is probably easier said than done, and they're busy with a whole new expansion right now. I totally agree with you in the sense that something that's broken should be fixed- But it took 10 years for them to come up with a PC-friendly UI...

If I had no choice but to use keyboard, i would never play this game. Love the gamepad, only way I will ever play.