Game pad vs Keyboard

I prefer gp...XI spoiled me I guess...but I'm not very comfortable using kb/m.

Are you guys clicking on mobs and players to taget them? Or using tab and the F buttons?

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Originally Posted by KingLala

Are you guys clicking on mobs and players to taget them? Or using tab and the F buttons?

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I use Mouse and F8

The game feels incredibly sluggish with a controller, and I feel that my overall performance is really poor with a controller. It was the opposite in FFXI, I couldn't stand those keyboard/mouse controls, and the controller just felt right.

The controls for this game are godawful, but they're still better than XI was on the keyboard. Excited for being able to right click enemies to attack, inviting party members, adding friends, etc.

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Originally Posted by TimonLoon

For standard MMOs I'm more comfortable with mouse/keyboard... but this game's default setup is so god awful and the lag is just unbearable that I just use my PS3 controller to play. Controller is far superior in FFXIV 1.X.

I'll definitely go back to mouse/keyboard for 2.0 and compare it to the new controller scheme. Theres a lot of things you can do with m/k that you can't do with a gamepad. One thing that comes to mind is:

While running - Jump -> Spin camera 180 degrees -> Disengage (WoW Hunter) - to leap forward in the same direction you were running. You cannot spin the camera fast enough for this with a gamepad.

For those that don't know or just can't figure it out from that scenario above... Disengage makes you jump back like Elusive Jump. <-- this is probably first thing I'm going to try to do and I do think it's possible since in one of the videos you can see him jump then use an ability while falling. lol

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The speed at which you can spin the camera around has nothing to do with k/m vs gamepad... If you couldn't spin the camera around fast enuff it's because you didn't bother to increase the sensitivity of whatever key you had mapped to your axis control in whatever 3rd pt program you were using (in the case of WoW). User error is user error.

I use a controller now, but I hate the current mouse+keyboard controls. If they can fix them with A Realm Reborn, I'll switch to them...but for now, they way too sluggish for my taste.

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Originally Posted by Exn

The speed at which you can spin the camera around has nothing to do with k/m vs gamepad... If you couldn't spin the camera around fast enuff it's because you didn't bother to increase the sensitivity of whatever key you had mapped to your axis control in whatever 3rd pt program you were using (in the case of WoW). User error is user error.

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No. Even with increased sensitivity, you cannot compare controller to mouse camera movement. It's been proven numerous times that mouse precision is superior to an analog stick. Preference is preference, but don't try to say that the camera speed isn't different. Because mouse controls are undeniably superior.

Gamepad all the way for me since i play on my TV on the couch and Keyboard/mouse would turn me into a hunchback after a while with my setup, also i always kinda disliked gaming with Keyboard/Mouse

KB/M makes me want to stab my eyes out.

The UI is 100% intended for a Gamepad, casting spells is horrifyingly bad with a mouse, especially if the mobs are moving around a lot.

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Originally Posted by Exn

The speed at which you can spin the camera around has nothing to do with k/m vs gamepad... If you couldn't spin the camera around fast enuff it's because you didn't bother to increase the sensitivity of whatever key you had mapped to your axis control in whatever 3rd pt program you were using (in the case of WoW). User error is user error.

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You can increase the camera turn speed sure. But you cant be as precise with a gamepad as you can with a mouse. That is not user error that is just the way it is. Flicking the mouse in a direction to spin the camera is infinitely faster than holding the analog stick in the direction you want the camera to go. This is also an FPS argument and it's been proven time and time again. For camera controls mouse > gamepad.

Also, I didn't use any third party mouse programs and camera speed was always default in WoW.