For those that keep asking "Why the **** do you play on PS3!?!?"

[Sterob]

im a ps3 player & i dont use keyboard for coil
i do have a keyboard but it is mainly use for fc/pt chat

did you ever try using it?

[erikdaae]

i only use keyboard for fc/pt chat

[Sixmp]

did you ever try using it?

Have you ever tried it with pad?

[Sterob]

Have you ever tried it with pad?

tried with xbox pad, not enough key to press/ easiser to screw up, awkward targeting (you have to cycle through the entire list instead of just using the mouse to click) which make it extremely annoying for last phase nox in turn 4.

[Sixmp]

tried with xbox pad, not enough key to press/ easiser to screw up, awkward targeting (you have to cycle through the entire list instead of just using the mouse to click) which make it extremely annoying for last phase nox in turn 4.

I play with pad. There are plenty of spaces, i admit targeting does take a little practice BUT you can filter out NPCs, Other players etc so you just go through a list of enemies. That simple fact means you can easily be on the correct target just as fast as anyone with mouse. Also there is less chance of messing up due to moving targets. I played MMO's for years with mouse and kb and i would have agreed with you on most other games but FFXI and FFXIV ARR both play just as good on either M&K and Pad.
It is just down to the user.

[ish007xx]

PS3 power :P lol, im ps3 and i enjoy it

[mindful]

As a console gamer for the last 35 years yes i played the intellivision (astrosmash), pong, and atari(pitfall) I Play on PS3 also. Ps3 works ok, But it is not that great for online play for this game. No sugar coating. Flaws are takes to long for mobs to pop up on fates, skipping CS still takes 3 second longer then the cpu players. The PSN network causes additional lag that effects the game more then the pc players. Do to the design flaw in the game with .3 second delay out of red circles. Ps3 players seem to be afraid of using any 3rd party voice chat systems. I use them all from xbl,TS,Vent,Mumble,skype,raid call and the KB. You hardly talk to just a ps3 player and if you find one it like pulling teeth to get them to use one them systems that does help out everyone.
Game is ok on the ps3 to play, but just that people on the cpu do Got advantage. You can SSDD ,but why spend more money on one when ps4 around the corner. With direct 11 and a new client for cpu and ps4 players.

[Mezolitik]

It's not always a choice: I play on PS3 partly because I can't transport my PC and I can't fit a desk in my flat.

And, as an early 1.0 player, I can't tell you how terrified I was of buying another broken FFXIV game that wouldn't even work properly on my PC. I was at least guaranteed that the game would be optimised for the PS3, and I wouldn't have to wait two minutes for NPCs to load.

[Avalon_Albrook]

Cool story inc...

ADS boss in coil turn 2 @ 5% with only a bard (aka Dan) alive.

Ventrilo Convo (word for word):

Me: "Dan! Limit break!"
Dan: "I don- I don't have limit break on my PS3 controller" (dies)
<Everyone on vent were shocked then started laughing and facepalming>
Dan: "I don't ever have to use it guys. I'm a bard. (Brief pause) Hold on. Let me put it on the bar real quick."

/coolstory


TL;DR - Unless you're on dat dere poverty time, then there's no reason to not play on a PC.

So, a bard's stupidity in not being prepared means PS3 players are idiots? Your logic astounds me. I'm an effing TANK and I still put my LB on a hotbar before I did my first dungeon because I didn't know what to expect (and have been sorely disappointed by its lack of use ever since).

Also, no, thank you, I'm quite happy to not spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars for the purposes of playing a single game that I already play on a system that has yet to give me troubles (doing Coil, btw).

TL;DR - at you.

[Sterob]

I play with pad. There are plenty of spaces, i admit targeting does take a little practice BUT you can filter out NPCs, Other players etc so you just go through a list of enemies. That simple fact means you can easily be on the correct target just as fast as anyone with mouse. Also there is less chance of messing up due to moving targets. I played MMO's for years with mouse and kb and i would have agreed with you on most other games but FFXI and FFXIV ARR both play just as good on either M&K and Pad.
It is just down to the user.

I was talking about selecting a specific mob that need to be tagged, killed asap or wipe; inside a cluster of 8 other mobs. So no NPC filter can help you.