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

[Rivienne]

This seems like a good thread to ask the following question. Can you mark targets using a PS3?

Of course.

target -> square -> mark -> select icon

For ease it is often simpler to have a mark bar however, with macros that set the currently target, so you don't have to click through the menu.

But if you actually are doing things ahead of time, the extra time isn't that big of a deal.

No big deal but I say "Please mark the targets."

He responded "I can't I am on PS3"

I kind of thought the guy was full of it, but I thought I would ask.

Yeah I come across PS3 tanks who mark just fine all the time.

But that said, the PS3 interface doesn't always do a good job at explaining where things are. If you know how to examine/follow/friend/tell another player, you should have seen Mark in the same menu, but I have come across a few players who had never pulled that menu up.

[Lstkaws]

Of course.

target -> X -> mark -> select icon

For ease it is often simpler to have a mark bar however, with macros that set the currently target, so you don't have to click through the menu.

But if you actually are doing things ahead of time, the extra time isn't that big of a deal.

Okay thank you, I was running AK with a tank the other day and he said "please focus DPS"

No big deal but I say "Please mark the targets."

He responded "I can't I am on PS3"

He rage quit a few minutes later after he felt first boss took too long due to low DPS. I kind of thought the guy was full of it, but I thought I would ask.

[Thaliss]

This seems like a good thread to ask the following question. Can you mark targets using a PS3?

Yes..
Various solutions :
1/while target selected press square [], select "mark", choose which mark
2/put mark/s you want in slot/s on crossbar
3/create macros, either for targeting or linked to an ability
eg of a sleeping macro
/ac Repose <t>
/mk Ignore1 <t>
/p target <t> is asleep

I play on PS3 and very happy about it.
Sure there is some delay when areas are crowded to display players or some mobs.
But there is sometimes an advantage, you can access the summoning bell like there is nobody in front of it

[Lstkaws]

I have two gaming PCs and I cannot see playing on a console, but I certainly do not get down on people that do. I played XI on PS2 for a few years. I have an ASUS G73 laptop and a desktop that I built. They handle the game great. SSD in desktop Samsung 8 series pro 256 is just unbelievable.

Basically I was just wondering if this tank was full of crap, because I could not see SE gimping PS3 users in that way. Anyway, I say play on what is most comfortable for you, both financially and experience wise.

[CatholicFan]

I play cross-platform. I leveled up mostly on my PS3, but now I mostly use that for gathering.

As I see it, pros/cons of each:

PC
+ More shortcuts available on the hotbar.
+ Quicker target selection with mouse if needed.
+ Quicker drop-targeting AOE reticles with mouse.
+ More options for play-style (kb/mouse;controller;monitor;tv;etc.).
+ Potentially higher graphics settings.
+ Ease of VoIP use.
- Expensive real-life investment.
- Potential for occasional hardware/software issues.

PS3:
+ Cheaper real-life investment.
+ Game optimized for the system.
+ More potential for comfortable play-style (some people can't/won't setup their PC's in a living room).
- VoIP require 2nd device.
- Lower graphics settings.
- Locked into crossbar usage.
- Keyboard use potentially more awkward.
- Requires tab-targeting.
- Slow/awkward drop targeting.

Some of those items are personal. You might be a pro at drop targeting your aoe reticle; I could never get used to it in 50 levels. You might have an awesome PC room with super comfortable chairs that blow away your living room. Who knows. I think there is greater potential with the PC, and that's absolutely part of the design philosophy of this game. PS3 always will be the lowest common denominator when it comes to designing mechanics and game architecture. I think PC users should be thrilled the team is supposedly building a Direct X 11 version of the game, as it will give people who love making high-end PC's something to go crazy with. You should never need a high-end system, though, to tackle any game's mechanics. That would just be poor design from the start, as there would be much too small of a market for the product.

Overall, I think SE has done a smart thing by catering to multiple audiences. I believe we will run into far fewer "PS3 limitations" problems over the next few years than we ever did with XI. Even many of those issues were worked out by the development teams in time.

To be perfectly frank, the people that are screaming about the PS3 holding the game back strike me as the kind of players that will move on to a new games quite quickly because newer games will likely be "better" in the ways they seem to care about. Fighting to keep such people in the game may be an exercise in futility.

[Gilraen]

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.

That's as simple as pressing left or right on the d-pad or tapping L2 and L1. As has been said, controllers are not harder to use. I played every phase of the Beta and hated mouse targeting, half the time I would be clicking the tank or the DD than the intended mob. When they restored controllers I was on that like white on rice and haven't looked back since. Yes, I used a controller in 1.0. An old Logitech Dual Action. Used it for the Beta, too, with no issues. Once the game hit the PS3 I moved to that without hesitation and have yet to have a problem that isn't a problem shared by the PC (occasional rare freezing when logging out).

[Soukyuu]

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.

Mouse clicking is extremely glitchy, you have to hold your mouse perfectly still when clicking or it turns into a sliding click and ignores you trying to target. I've been playing mouse+kb before switching back to gamepad and to be honest targeting isn't perfect with either.

[KiritoAsuna7]

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.

except if you dont like playing games on a pc or your ones processor isnt fast enough to handle it, or your friends are all on ps3 so you can use the chat, or your graphics card is bad, or your memory is full..... i think you get the point now

[Firescorpio]

The main problem I have with ps3 players is their unwillingness to get on TS/vent/mumble/raid call most peps have one of the following a laptop, a smartphone, or a tablet. I honestly don't mind if you are unable to speak I just want you to listen.

I can understand if you don't have a wireless router or a router period but most peps playing online games now adays have at least some type of router.
I know plenty of good players out there that play on ps3 and are willing to bring up a VoIP chat up on an alternate device. That is all I am really arming most of the time

This a million times over

"i'm on ps3 i can't get on ts,mumble etc" Let me get this straight so just because youre on PS· you are unable to get any modern mobile device available in pretty much every household that has the luxury of paying for a subscription fee game on a video game console? I find it hard to believe you don't have the money for a smartphone. laptop etc but do indeed have the money for a subscription based MMO 60 dollars to shell on a videogame and the console?
They don't do it because they are lazy annoying people, who can't be bothered.

Then somehow i'm the elitist for not wanting them in my coil party because they are the one's who aren't willing to meet the basic requirements.

[Firescorpio]

except if you dont like playing games on a pc or your ones processor isnt fast enough to handle it, or your friends are all on ps3 so you can use the chat, or your graphics card is bad, or your memory is full..... i think you get the point now

"your memory is full" LMAO