Help needed with controls (PS3)

Hey everyone :)
I am looking for some help, been playing since a week i think ( time flies :p )
My problem is, i am trying to level up the conjurer abit to get the unicorn, but something is making it very difficult for me.
Have problems with switching between characters in battles, it seems only to work between enemey characters. It's pretty much impossible for me to select other players and heal them eventually.
Am i missing some important setting or is it an bug?

Sorry if i posted in a wrong section.
Hope someone can help me :)

Press up and down on the D-pad. That defaults to party members.

If you are trying to heal out-of-party players in FATEs, go to your character config options and look in the "Filters" tab. There is an auto-filter that makes it so you only target enemies/npcs while your weapon is out that is preventing you from targeting players. Just mess around with the options in there until you find something that suits you.

Keep in mind, even if you do enable the manual filters, the auto-filter will override them when you pull out your weapon and put it away so you will have to disable the auto if you want full control.

Thank you both very much for the help :o
Up and down on the d-pad worked after the character configuration.
Just need to get used to this now^^

I prefer using keyboard for selecting party members: F1 - F8 will quick select the members - this is very usefull if you play with controller in toggle hold / mixed mode where your crossbar is constantly up so it would be much more cumbersome to switch between players using up / down ...

Also, for getting to priority targets faster, you can open up the Party list, highlight a name, and then select the up/down arrow on the bottom-left corner of that window to re-order the party list. This way you can tab up and down quicker between names.

I usually go Tank > Melee DPS > Ranged DPS, and if I have two of each, I switch orders between whoever takes the most damage on trash pulls.

...get a PC.

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Originally Posted by Rhime

...get a PC.

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You're "funny" ... you know that there is many people playing on PC with controllers (including PS3 and Xbox ones), right? Independent of that (and fact that OP actually plays on PS3) - I saw many players performing better on PS3 (or with controller on PC) than some players on PC with KB + mouse.

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Originally Posted by Dotsusama

I usually go Tank > Melee DPS > Ranged DPS

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As healer I sort the parties as below

1. Healer (me)
2. Healer (other)
3. Tank ("stronger")
4. Tank ("weaker" - easier and faster to select / find by touch F4 than F3)
5. Bard (if present - again easier and faster to select / find by touch F5)
6. - 8. Remaining DPS (prioritizing Bards)

I don't really bother much resorting the list in 4pl parties but if I do I place tank on 4. position - again for "easier" selection on standard keyboard.

I was taught to use targeted healing macros and it has made things soooo much easier!
/micon "Cure" (or Physick)
/ac "Cure" <1>

Make one for each party member (<1>-<4>) and set these to one of your crossbars along with other spells you use often in dungeons. You can stay targeted on the enemy and still heal your party. :D

hth

Thanks everyone for the help :)

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Originally Posted by Sadana

I was taught to use targeted healing macros and it has made things soooo much easier!
/micon "Cure" (or Physick)
/ac "Cure" <1>

Make one for each party member (<1>-<4>) and set these to one of your crossbars along with other spells you use often in dungeons. You can stay targeted on the enemy and still heal your party. :D

hth

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This sounds really good and have to try this :)

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Originally Posted by Sadana

/micon "Cure" (or Physick)
/ac "Cure" <1>

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While this is indeed "fastest" and most direct approach it becomes a bit cluttered later on with 8 pl parties especially when you need to use combinations of the various heals / cures / (de-)bufs as just 8 basic heals would take one whole (half L2 or R2) or one cross bar. Considering the casting times and anymations it's not a problem to select targer using F1 - F8, cast the relevant spell and while still in animation select already another target using again F1 - F8 keys to be ready for the next spell once the current cast completes. Those minimum 2.5 seconds of GCD gives a plenty of time to do that with ease. Sayning that - I do indeed have one extra bar full of heal / buff spells for 4 pl. parties so when I participate in lower level dungeons I can play it with minumum interaction with the keyboard (basically only for chat).

I have seen it suggested elsewhere online (but have yet to try it myself) to macro the targeting part only and then tap each spell button. This method would take up way less space on the xbar.

eta: I am also becoming more used to swapping between xbars by holding R1. This way I have a solo xbar, a 4 man party xbar, and a buff xbar. Of course they get tweaked as I unlocked more spells. I am contemplating what to do about 8 man parties.