UI Problem? Or ME?

Hi all, so I was playing FFXIV to day and i got to thinking, In FFXI I used keyboard only and it worked great, but for FFXIV i use a ps3 controller. Now thats fine and everything but I was wondering why does the mouse feel so sluggish?

I feel if I didn't use the controller I would want to play like WoW, now please dont flame me I only mean with the mouse and keyboard and how fluid it was in WoW.

so I ask is it just something wrong with the UI or is it my computer?

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

Hi all, so I was playing FFXIV to day and i got to thinking, In FFXI I used keyboard only and it worked great, but for FFXIV i use a ps3 controller. Now thats fine and everything but I was wondering why does the mouse feel so sluggish?

I feel if I didn't use the controller I would want to play like WoW, now please dont flame me I only mean with the mouse and keyboard and how fluid it was in WoW.

so I ask is it just something wrong with the UI or is it my computer?

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It's the UI, but go into your Configuration program outside of the game itself and enable the hardware mouse, that should help speed it up for you.

Hardware mouse should be enabled by default, but its worth checking it anyway.

That being said even with hardware mouse on you still can't play this game very well with m/kb, 2.0 should be completely different though.

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Originally Posted by Hyrist

It's the UI, but go into your Configuration program outside of the game itself and enable the hardware mouse, that should help speed it up for you.

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This is enabled by default since they introduced it.

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

so I ask is it just something wrong with the UI or is it my computer?

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It's a bit of both. The UI has native issues but your hardware can also affect it's performance.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

This is enabled by default since they introduced it.

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Strange, as it wasn't on my computer. I had to go in and activate it to get my mouse to move worth anything, such a huge mouse lag before it was turned on.

i started using a controller for the same reason not long after launch. if i was still using a kb/m i feel as though i would have already left because it is slow and cumbersome.

The UI is garbage regardless of your PC build or your configuration. It just sucks.

Yeah, I play primarily on a controller now too. I only use a mouse when I'm trying to manually target something without having to essentially tab target through things.

Thank you so much for the tip, just did it and the mouse isnt sluggish at all! thanks alot!

You're welcome! ^.^ The way you described it sounded exactly like my problem. I'm glad I helped!

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Originally Posted by Elexia

This is enabled by default since they introduced it.

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No. Back in alpha/beta, it was software mouse - you needed a third party editing on the FFXIV.exe to get hardware mouse enabled. It wasn't introduced in the config until way later.

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Originally Posted by Yucie

No. Back in alpha/beta, it was software mouse - you needed a third party editing on the FFXIV.exe to get hardware mouse enabled. It wasn't introduced in the config until way later.

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"Since they introduced it."

As in, since they introduced the option to use hardware mouse, it's always been enabled by default in all of my XIV installations.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

"Since they introduced it."

As in, since they introduced the option to use hardware mouse, it's always been enabled by default in all of my XIV installations.

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Odd. I've always had to enable mine manually.

Either point was irrelevant, as it was the fact that the hardware mouse was NOT enabled, like you assumed it was, Elexia. OP's case was identical to mine - for some reason it was not activated when it was introduced for our computers.

I've found that kb/m is better than controller if you're willing to sit down and customize the keys. Reassigning things like accept, cancel, and cycle actionbar keys really improves the experience. Its still far from great, but I prefer it to scrolling through actions with the dpad.

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Originally Posted by Nazrakin

I've found that kb/m is better than controller if you're willing to sit down and customize the keys. Reassigning things like accept, cancel, and cycle actionbar keys really improves the experience. Its still far from great, but I prefer it to scrolling through actions with the dpad.

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eh it's not bad I was a pro at k/m in 11 that's mainly what i used for years... actually no I should say i would a pro at keyboard control the problem with this game is there is no /target When i would pl as rdm in dunes it was always fun typing that out and the person's name

then again it also helped out a lot with speeding up my typing skills too ^_^ then i'd use the numerical key pad for moving and the the arrows for navigation through menus...

My whole point is though is it could be a lot better though. Now i mainly use controller

mouse and keyboard are optimal for highest level of play. that's not necessarily to say it's overly intuitive (awful key binding options) compared to how well other MMOs use the combination, but it's still the best if you want to heal the fastest and do the best dps.