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[Lisotte]

idk as a controller user i would take the "clunky" 1.0 controller setup again in an instant over the current.

That's just it. Same as in FFXI; with mouse and keyboard the UI and controls were quite clunky, but on pad they got the job damn well done (considerably better in FFXI than XIV 1.0 though; FFXI was a slower game and most of the macros you had to hit were mostly gear swaps).
My main issue with the UI was how godawfully slow everything was... you'd click the button to sell an item, you'd wait a few seconds, you'd click the button to sell something else... etc.
Game ran like shit on my pc, but I really love the lighting from the screenshots of players who had better comps.

[darkstarpoet1]

That's just it. Same as in FFXI; with mouse and keyboard the UI and controls were quite clunky, but on pad they got the job damn well done (considerably better in FFXI than XIV 1.0 though; FFXI was a slower game and most of the macros you had to hit were mostly gear swaps).
My main issue with the UI was how godawfully slow everything was... you'd click the button to sell an item, you'd wait a few seconds, you'd click the button to sell something else... etc.
Game ran like shit on my pc, but I really love the lighting from the screenshots of players who had better comps.

yes, but we also dealt with the slow response because they stated those were parts of the issues with the servers and part of the reason they were adding regional servers. in 1.0 i played the game completely on the controller unless i chose to switch to mouse/keyboard, but in arr there are many times in which using a mouse/keyboard are so much better. in 1.0 you could completely set the game to run whatever is most effective for your tastes while in arr they set your keys and if you change one you pretty much change everything related to the controller. this comes from the fact so many keys are used in the multiple button presses required to do a simple action in arr. the 1.0 setup was more efficient in that aspect by far in being able to customize the controller to work the correct way for you.

the controller setup and usage in arr is vastly inferior. if you want one example just try swapping items in your fc chest back and forth between the chest and your inventory and have to go in and manually scroll back to where you were after each transfer compared to just drag and drop.