A lot like Zhronne says, I tried 2 different controllers, an Xbox wired for PC & a Logitech F310, both reacts exactly the same way for FFXI & both works perfectly fine for FFXIV.
The problems I get are that no matter the settings I pick in FFXiPadConfig or FINAL FANTASY XI Config , they are different in the game. Also, any change to the inputs does not carry over in the game.
There clearly is a conflict problem with the config & the game.
The only setting I got close to work is E but then the "confirm/select" & "cancel" are inverted in the game. & still, there is no way to change any configurations that would carry into the game.
This problem occurred because I wanted to change my settings after the November 10 2015 update, because my settings from prior this update were just fine for playing after the update... until I tried to change something.
I played FFXI for 13 years & its a mess to deal with that, but because I am a Final Fantasy Tactics fan where O was accept & X cancel, I can try to deal with it but as soon as I come back to FFXIV I get so messed up again! );
Please fix this fast SE! Thank you. (=