[[returning player ~]] hiya i probably need help

Hiya!

So the last time I played a realm reborn was just over a year ago - I can't say i really had much of an idea what I was doing even then but now i feel even more clueless ehe ;

I've literally just finished my first dungeon ever (everever!!) ; ~ ;

I suppose I'm just looking for some pointers,
communication in the ps4 version isn't the easiest for me without a keyboard so I'm a lil lonely. at least I have my carbuncle tho' right!

There are some nice controller options to target things and switch between hotkey sets on the playstation do you know any of these already?

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Originally Posted by OlyverW

There are some nice controller options to target things and switch between hotkey sets on the playstation do you know any of these already?

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Ummm...I'm aware of them, I haven't played around enough to find the perfect set-up though.
It's just knowing what I want there though, y'know? I'm well practised with FF but not with mmorpg's so I'm still getting ma bearings

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Originally Posted by pyxuu

Ummm...I'm aware of them, I haven't played around enough to find the perfect set-up though.
It's just knowing what I want there though, y'know? I'm well practised with FF but not with mmorpg's so I'm still getting ma bearings

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Same I am faily new to it myself it took me a few months to find out some of the tricks

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Originally Posted by OlyverW

Same I am faily new to it myself it took me a few months to find out some of the tricks

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What I like though, is despite not really knowing what I'm doing, I can still enjoy myself & get by :) I'll get there

To be frank. Get a keyboard, any usb wire or wireless one will do. considering its an mmo being able to quickly communicate with ease is an absolute must.

But as for your situation. Make sure you keep up on the story line, all the story quests have special markers (so insted of the reg quest mark its one that looks like its kinda on fire.) thatll pretty much get ya through the areas and help ya learn everything unscathed.

Or start a new char on Leviathan and bolster my FCs ranks lol =P thats some good advice right there if i do say so myself.

Ya it is much easier to do everything with a keyboard and mouse. I have plenty of friends that play with a controller, but when I tried to play with it I found it was annoying trying to cycle target through things when you can just click on mouse lols.

The main thing is to just play and have fun with people!
Enjoy Eorzea :D

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Originally Posted by PenelopeWinn

Or start a new char on Leviathan and bolster my FCs ranks lol =P thats some good advice right there if i do say so myself.

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Hahaha c: ~

I know that communication is well important in these sort of games & keyboard are cheap enough - maybe that can be my mission on my day off n_n

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Originally Posted by Miyukama

Ya it is much easier to do everything with a keyboard and mouse. I have plenty of friends that play with a controller, but when I tried to play with it I found it was annoying trying to cycle target through things when you can just click on mouse lols.

The main thing is to just play and have fun with people!
Enjoy Eorzea :D

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It can be quite frustrating - especially when I can't remember what button combination I've pressed :o
Either way though, it's cosy thus far

=P that was another thing about it was having too many actions and not being able to see them all at once.

Now that I think about it, when I see people playing with a controller they usually also have their actions on a straight bar so they can see when the CDs are up. Hope it helps!

Keyboard for chat is a must. But the rest the controller experience is great(and I hope other RPGs that get ported to consoles steal it). You don't need to target party members on screen just up/down on dpad to select them in the party list(X to confirm if you want to switch instead of "mouseover"), once you have aggro on mobs you can cycle through them with l1+up/down on dpad(X to confirm), you can go left right on dpad to cycle through targets on screen(and hit X to confirm your target) and you also have tab targeting with r2+l1 or l2+r1.

Beyond that I use vertical bars usually half full to show me CDs that are on the second crossbar - or that I want to see at a glance. There is more than a year old post with some very good ideas for controller users(like turn off auto sheathe weapons and have shared and non shared crossbars so you can have common things on shared and class/job specific actions on non-shared.