Anybody else use a controller and keyboard at the same time

I use the Controller for movement and almost exclusively out of battle. I use the keyboard/mouse for battle because I find I have aquired to many abilities for the controllers cross to have all my abilities present at 1 time. Which is to bad because I find the controllers targeting easier to use than keyboard/mouse targeting.

I'm in the same boat, mostly. Keyboard and mouse for any 4 or 8 mans. Controller for everything outside of that. I'd like to get as good at controller as I am at keyboard/mouse, but I just started using controller for this game about a month ago, so it's going to take awhile to catch up since I've been playing MMO's since EverQuest.

Controller is so good on the wrists.. especially my left wrist. I guess I'm getting old but my left wrist gets uncomfortable after a few instances of mashing buttons. I am grateful that the GCD is longer than it is in WoW. It allows a lot more rest time. So if I can get good at controller, I'd like to just switch to that 100% of the time.

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I guess I'm getting old but my left wrist gets uncomfortable after a few instances of mashing buttons.

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Are you using a gaming mouse? I personally use a Logitech G600, it has a ton of extra buttons so I don't have to use my left hand for abilities at all, I just use it for movement. I've never been good with controllers, I rarely played console games so I haven't even tried it in this, but with so many abilities now I'm not even sure how it works on a controller with so few buttons.

I use controller and cycle between 2 hotbars. I only use keyboard for menus, sometimes mouseclicks, and huds.

I don't have a gaming mouse Niraves. But I fear i would not be very good at it. I am getting older and my memory is not that good. I fear I would have a hard time remembering which button did what.

I use the controller for my main gaming, I use the keyboard&mouse for menus and 10 extra hotbars

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Originally Posted by ArcanoJones

I don't have a gaming mouse Niraves. But I fear i would not be very good at it. I am getting older and my memory is not that good. I fear I would have a hard time remembering which button did what.

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It does take some getting used to, but it might be an option to consider to make mouse/keyboard set ups a little easier on your bad wrist. :)

Only use the keyboard to chat, when I chat I am usually anti social. Have all skills on the first 2 bars, access the second one with the double trigger presses. I have a couple of hot bars to monitor cool downs on the second bar and it is much easier to grab a cheap mouse to set up that hotbar.

Controller in left hand for movement, right hand on my keyboard for Action/Skills. Mouse/Button for placement AoEs. This has worked for me since ARR.

I use KB/M but sometimes use a controller for gathering a large amount of mats from nodes. Gamepad has cursor memory on nodes so it's pretty easy to gather with it.

Controller for everything and kb for chat. It's pretty fun trying to throw in words between global cds.

I use a controller (nintendo switch pro controller) for everything but chat. I use my pc keyboard for that.

I use a PS4 controller with an attached keyboard to it. It's not perfect for chatting but in a pinch during a battle, saying anything at all is better than not being able to say anything unless I drop the controller for a minute to do so on a regular kb.

I use the keyboard solely for chat purposes. After 4.0 hit I'm using only three crossbars opposed to four for combat and still have empty slots.

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Originally Posted by ArcanoJones

... because I find I have aquired to many abilities for the controllers cross to have all my abilities present at 1 time.

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Do you use the extended and W cross bars? With those you have 48 ability slots at once before even needing to cycle to a different crossbar (which would give you even more if you can get used to cycling them). And out of combat can be another 16 (or more if you cycle).

My current setup:
• crossbar 1: main combat bar
• crossbar 2: designated to be a second combat bar I could cycle to if needed, but currently not used
• crossbar 3: main out-of-combat crossbar
• crossbar 4: extended crossbar, used for extra combat skills
• crossbar 8: W crossbar, will become an additional combat bar once I reach the point where I need the space, but for now is just shortcuts to various main menu windows.
• straight hotbar 1: used on some jobs to display icons for skills activated through the extended crossbar, if I want their cooldowns always visible.

I have my settings set to cycle between crossbars 1 & 2 while my weapon is drawn (though without skills on 2, it just stays on 1), and crossbar 3 while it's sheathed. Bars 4 and 8 aren't included in either cycle, but are assigned as extended and W, respectively. (Bars 5, 6, and 7 I'm not using at all so far.)

Up through level 50, all my combat skills fit on just crossbars 1 and 4 (main and extended), with space to spare. For many jobs, it looks like that might be enough all the way to 70, but SMN and SCH will need another for pet skills. I'll probably use the W crossbar for that when I reach the point where I need to.

The only thing I use my keyboard for is chat.

Outside of party content i use controller 100%

Inside party content i use controller with my left hand for movement and
Keyboard with my right hand for actions.

Extended crossbar is EXTREMELY helpful. Even if your bad with memory or scared you will press the wrong button first L>R or R>L... You can set both L>R and R>L to be the same half bar and then it don't matter which you press first. You will have half a hotbar disposable to you at any given time + your 2 cycleable hot bars. I usually put my emergency things in the L+R extended bar so I have no trouble getting to them or missing a cycle que and hitting the wrong skill.

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Originally Posted by FallenArisen0990

Controller in left hand for movement, right hand on my keyboard for Action/Skills. Mouse/Button for placement AoEs. This has worked for me since ARR.

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Off topic, but I keep seeing your sig and its cool, what is it from?

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Originally Posted by OMega_ARcane

Off topic, but I keep seeing your sig and its cool, what is it from?

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http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Prishe/Dissidia

I use a keyboard for chat only, though I do have a horizontal hotbar to track CDs. I have a main out of combat hotbar, then a main combat crossbar plus the expanded secondary crossbar. I use the WXHB as SCH for HW for awhile, but to be honest, I hate it - it's way too easy for me to accidentally activate it, yet have trouble activating it on purpose (if you use an expanded bar, release to normal bar, then go back to expanded, it can activate the W bar without a double tap, even if you do it slowly).

I raid savage (not world first progression) without trouble. Only SCH is a pain due to so many buttons.. I had to move a few skills to a fourth bar that I access manually.

I have a pretty cool controller hooked up to my pc... and really never use it :D

I don't have issues playing dps on a ps4 though. (controller only)

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Originally Posted by Mycow8me

I use controller and cycle between 2 hotbars. I only use keyboard for menus, sometimes mouseclicks, and huds.

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Same as me.
Play with controller and use keyboard only for chat, UI hotkeys and small stuff i don't put to the crosshotbar (like emotes, crafting macros or calling the companion)

Combat and general in-game shenanigans on controller, with KB for chat and when it can offer better functionality than controller, always seem to be faster at most games with controller. Also it let's me lean back and relax while playing.

Controller on PC since I found out you could use one. Xbox Elite controller (so expensive but so nice!)
the 6 different full crossbars are sufficient for everything I do, though i'll admit I've popped sprint by accident a few times when I forgot whether it was Lt>rt or RT>LT.
I don't even know if I could play with keyboard at this point.
I also have extra hotbars up on the sides of the screen just for keeping track of procs and summoning particular mounts/minions.
I like being able to walk places just by gently moving the stick instead of toggling it with keys.

While I do what you do, on a rare occasion ill use the controller for combat, but i found myself oddly using a controller for PvP, and to such an extent, I forgot how to use the keyboard in PvP when my controller stopped working lol.

I use controller I don't remember what the options were called but I got mine set to RT>LT LT>RT and double tap RT or double tap LT this setup gives me 48

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Originally Posted by Niraves

Are you using a gaming mouse? I personally use a Logitech G600, it has a ton of extra buttons so I don't have to use my left hand for abilities at all, I just use it for movement. I've never been good with controllers, I rarely played console games so I haven't even tried it in this, but with so many abilities now I'm not even sure how it works on a controller with so few buttons.

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I read this, and that:
http://gaming.logitech.com/en-ca/pro...o-gaming-mouse

Then, right after work, went to a store to buy it.

Case closed!