[dev1097] Newly Added Control Config.

[FrankReynolds]

Dual boxing is not a "fact of life." Many players do not dual box, in large part because most players only have one account. Sure, if you want to dual box, I can agree that using a controller isn't a bad idea- but dual boxing is not a requirement or necessity to play this game. Just because *you* do something, doesn't mean everyone does.

Playing the game at all is not a requirement or necessity. What's your point?

It also doesn't mean that the people who are PC gamers previously played on a console.

No, it doesn't.

But we both know that most of them have played on a console and / or still do. A lot of people who don't even game still own a console for the other multimedia functions. The point is that most people already have a controller laying around regardless of whether they play FFXI or not, so it really isn't an additional cost for them.

Well, if you want to talk about money, it's a multi billiion dollar industry that has been in a declining trend for a while now, as many of today's generation put down both their controllers and keyboards and go mobile.. But that's another subject, really.

This is quite true.

Well, maybe you play solo a lot. When you play with a linkshell, in parties, etc., communication is an important part of gameplay, and beyond that, there are people who enjoy the social aspect of the game, playing it specifically to be around other people and chat and have fun. Yes, a keyboard is not the only means of communication, but you can't coutn on everyone in every party your join to have all of the possible alternatives (xbox party chat, ventrilo, mumble, teamspeak, skype, etc)

Perhaps we should agree that we both have our own opinions on these issues, and that while we both like to think that "most people" do things the way we like to do them, it may or may not be the case.

Each kind of input device has its own advantages and disadvantages. In my subjective opinion, for general purposes the pros of a keyboard outweigh the pros of a gamepad for this game. You may not agree, that's fine. But neither of our opinions actually make one or the other "the winner."

I agree that it might be easier to play keyboard when you are chatting heavily, but I don't feel like heavy play and heavy chat happen very frequently together. When you are in the thick of an intense event, chat typically consists of 1-2 word blurbs like "Sleep the addds!!!!" or "Stun <t> dumbass (you're up next)" or "someone heal me!!!!".


None of that really matters though. I don't really want to win so to speak. I just want them to update controller support so that I can get rid of these wonky JP drivers that I have installed on my machine. I use this thing to VPN into corporate environments and I feel very guilty knowing that I have something that shady installed on my computer just so that I can play a video game in comfort. There really is no reason for them not to support it fully.