[dev1097] Newly Added Control Config.

[odericko]

For me it comes down to the simple fact that even an ordinary keyboard (many gaming keyboards have lots more) has 100+ buttons. It may be bulkier than a gamepad, but it offers far more functionality. FFXI does not require precision analog movement for anything, thus I don't need analog sticks. the new UI coming soon will solve the problem of the mouse input being totally terrible and useless in this game (at least, I hope). Moving with the mouse in XI is 8-directional rather than analog, it's a really clunky system that makes the mouse useless. If it were improved, I would be using both mouse and keyboard, not just the mouse.

I should point out that XI uses first and third person perspective, which falls under what you say a keyboard and mouse is better for.

"feel" is a very subjective term. Functionality is a lot more important to me than "feel."

FFXI doesn't need close to those 100 buttons, just as you don't need the analog sticks. People play with gamepads just fine, as it was designed for one - and because it feels better, it is better (IMO of course, as posting on this forum is for). If we were talking about a game that was designed for keyboard in mind, of course it would be superior. But there is no way I can play a console port (which is what FFXI is tbh) with a keyboard + mouse over a gamepad. Even those with good kb+m controls like Saints Row 3 I still use gamepad over.

And FFXI is in no way a first person game - it's a 3rd person MMORPG. Just because you can zoom in first person doesn't doesn't classify it as a first person game that keyboard/mouse is more suited too, it's entirely different.