Add icons to macro buttons?

[rog]

What use does the mouse have in this game? I played WoW aswell and found it obnoxious having to take my hand off the keyboard to click the dead body and obtain my loot or trying to click on character to heal them etc. Someone give me some insight here,
thx

Mouse does nothing but get in the way in ffxi.

[Rhianu]

What use does the mouse have in this game? I played WoW aswell and found it obnoxious having to take my hand off the keyboard to click the dead body and obtain my loot or trying to click on character to heal them etc. Someone give me some insight here,
thx

That's why in WoW you always leave one hand on the mouse at all times. In fact, most PC games have you keeping one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. FFXI is really an oddity in that department.

Mouse does nothing but get in the way in ffxi.

That is true, but only because FFXI's mouse controls are so bad. If FFXI's mouse controls were better, I don't think they would get in the way at all.

[RabidSquirrel]

What use does the mouse have in this game? I played WoW aswell and found it obnoxious having to take my hand off the keyboard to click the dead body and obtain my loot or trying to click on character to heal them etc. Someone give me some insight here,
thx

This makes a lot more sense. I've always wondered why a lot of FFXI players using keyboard controls didn't like WoW's controls. Yeah, you're not suppose to take your hand off the mouse. You know, like every other PC game out there. Ever since id Software discovered the wonders of controlling the camera via mouse instead of keyboard, it has become a PC gaming staple.

Also peeps: Just because anyone can learn any kind of control scheme if given enough time, it doesn't mean it's an intuitive control scheme.

[Zyeriis]

Also peeps: Just because anyone can learn any kind of control scheme if given enough time, it doesn't mean it's an intuitive control scheme.

This doesn't exclude the mouse last time I checked. Just because it takes some people longer than others to learn a control scheme doesn't mean it's not an intuitive control scheme.

[Rhianu]

Just because it takes some people longer than others to learn a control scheme doesn't mean it's not an intuitive control scheme.

Depends how many people have trouble. If it's a significant number of people, or people who are normally computer-literate, then that's a pretty good indicator you've got a problem.

But even if there are just a few people having trouble, that still means the developers have room for improvement.

[Runespider]

Seriously this is kind of a bombshell, will there be some consultation before they add a new control system?

I don't want the controls to be fugged up, I hate having to use the mouse on other MMO's and im way too used to the controls XI uses now.

[Kaych]

Agreed. I still want to be able to play with ONLY the keyboard. Its more freedom imo.

But a option to a good mouse-setup option could be interesting^^ I like the "fastness" in WoW when it comes to the mouse, but after a while, it can get tiering to sit at the desk/table all the time. So, one of the (many) reasons I quit playing that game, is cos you are linked to the desk. You cant just lean back with the keyboard on the sofa and just "chill-play"^_-

[Greatguardian]

Because it's obvious that any overhauls they make to the control scheme that has been in place for the past decade will not be optional at all.

[rog]

Because it's obvious that any overhauls they make to the control scheme that has been in place for the past decade will not be optional at all.

This is SE.

[Zyeriis]

Because it's obvious that any overhauls they make to the control scheme that has been in place for the past decade will not be optional at all.

Currently the development team is hard at work looking into adjustments for mouse and keyboard controls for the Windows version UI. This is a higher priority for them at the moment, but if they have an opportunity in the future to revamp the entire GUI, they will look into it at that time.

Not alternative control schemes.