Movement settings - Standard or Legacy Type?

Just wondering which setting most people prefer to use for the more difficult endgame stuff like Titan-Ex and Turn 5. Legacy type seems to provide faster twitch movement in all directions including moving backwards but just wondering if there are pros and cons to each movement setting.

I'm using Standard Type, and just adjusted my Character Turn speed to 100 so I can turn easily without much problem.

I prefer legacy, because my characters movements are less controlled by my camera.

At least, on the PS3 they are.

If you use WASD to move in standard, you can perhaps try this setting

Change to legacy
Set A and D key to turn camera left and right (instead of move left and right)
Set your character to auto face mob when using action

I did something like that, and it feels 99% like standard (accept it tries to move out of a wall instead of running into a wall when it hits it), but i do not have issue with back pedalling anymore

When I changed to legacy it made dodging 200% more efficient.

I cannot see a reason to use Standard. Legacy makes dodging so much easier. Considering Dodging is 80% of the endgame in XIV... I highly suggest everyone use it.

Legacy with K/M and Gamepad.

On my BRD I play standard and when I switch to WHM I use Legacy type.

Legacy all the way. I can't stand back peddle

I played as standard forever, but.... legacy is soooo awesome once you get used to it. You'll never have issues running from AOE's again since there's no back peddling at all. Plus, being able to move the camera around is invaluable for me as a tank.

Legacy is by far the best way to play in my opinion. Standard is just painful when you need to get out of AOE's, that backpedaling.... Also I prefer the rotation of camera vs character for things like Titan for bird's eye view. Makes keeping track of everything while still moving the right way easier. I do typically play healer, so this may be part of it. But that backpedaling killed me too many times on aoe's in tight spaces.

ITT: Many people using 'peddling' instead of 'pedaling'.


/I know, I know

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Originally Posted by Aegis

ITT: Many people using 'peddling' instead of 'pedaling'.


/I know, I know

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It is a legitimate complaint, people butcher the English language constantly, and the meaning of the two words is totally different :x

for anything caster i go legacy because they wont loose anything by legacy
for others i go mostly standard
i would like some combination of boths, or modified standard/legacy as i have issues with both, or third mode specially designed for me XD
for example i dont like to have extra keys for strafe with legacy, why it wont change "go left" to "strafe left" while holding right mouse key ?
or standard, as we doesn't have 180 degrees "action/view radius" "auto face on action" is both good and bad as it messes up your movement at times

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Originally Posted by Geobryn

for anything caster i go legacy because they wont loose anything by legacy
for others i go mostly standard

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I use legacy on Monk, but play with the right mouse button depressed at all times for mouse look, and strafe round targets/out of AoE whilst adjusting camera to maintain facing.

But might not be everyone's cup of tea.

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▽with rebinding as below

I use Legacy and then rebind Move Left to Strafe Left and vice versa. Best of both worlds.

Legacy with KB&M.

Seriously. Do it.

Why? When you press 'S' your character does not walk backwards at a snails pace. They turn around and run. This is basically required to get out of the way of AOE's.

Legacy camera was designed for legacy players, and standard for non legacy. You should choose based on which you are.

Use a controller

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Originally Posted by MurakumoMillennium

Legacy camera was designed for legacy players, and standard for non legacy. You should choose based on which you are.

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Doesn't really matter if you're legacy or not, it's just a control type. Legacy controls don't lock the camera behind your character and allow you to run in any direction. It all depends on what you feel most comfortable with using.

Personally, legacy is the way to go in my opinion. But I use a controller.

I found my character would miss auto attacks between my weapon skills when I was on Legacy (since the facing only corrected each 2.5 seconds). But it was handy for learning Titan HM dodges.

Legacy. No contest.

Legacy for sure. Back pedaling is atrocious.

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Originally Posted by necrosis

This is basically required to get out of the way of AOE's.

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Strafe and mouse turning is all one needs to get out of AoEs efficiently. I'd hardly call Legacy's movement necessary. I'll say one thing though - I'm surprised at the number of people who... apparently think backpedaling was/is the only way to move with standard controls? o.0

The Legacy settings weird me out. They play like TERA's controls, so I feel like my mouse should be locked but it's not and then I just get sad.