Request: Any video or written guides on Tanking/Healing END GAME using only Gamepad?

[Soukyuu]

yea it hinders us.. no it doesn't make us bad healers..

It doesn't even hinder me to be honest. Unless it was sarcasm, I'm getting sleepy.

[Anera]

here my video on Coil Of Bahamut using only Gamepad (white mage)

Binding Coil Of Bahamut Turn 1 HD 1080p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqUvh9CCSjY


Binding Coil Of Bahamut Turn 2 HD 1080
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhOP0e05Vk

Binding Coil Of Bahamut Turn 4 HD 1080p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2CAzauzo-8

Healers shouldn't play with a gamepad... no matter how good you can use it.

(I don't know how to answer that question.)

[Soukyuu]

Guys, Evangela screwed up, we know that. Posting witty replies gets redundant after one or two posts.

[Genevive108]

The only 2 pet skills I use are heel and place.

I'm still getting used to SCH at 34 and I have been trying to use "place" on my gamepad, but it's really awkward to target (since it moves your camera at the same time). I've used the same system with BLM lbs but since using "place" is so frequent, I was wondering if there was a way that other SCHs on gamepads deal with this. Thank you!

[Soukyuu]

There is, you can also switch to virtual mouse mode (l1+r3) and place the circle with the right stick. This leaves you immobile and unable to quickly switch back to gamepad mode should you suddenly have to move though. All I can say is give it some time, it will become your second nature. I usually have my camera pre-positioned so that I can quickly place a Sacred Soil around a tank, this becomes important around titan HM.

edit: I think I read somewhere they considered allowing to place the circle with a mouse, however that would be PC only, so they don't want that. They are currently unhappy with the way the placement is done on gamepad and are looking for a way to improve it

[Ryans]

And why not? I solo heal Titan on SCH with a gamepad. People always diss gamepads for no good reason.

I use a gamepad, I have in every MMO I've played that offers gamepad support since FFXI. I say this so you can't argue that I'm blindly hating gamepads. Keyboard and mouse is just more effective for healing than a gamepad. When you have you change target between 8 party members on a second by second basis, gamepad is just slower than a mouse. I'm not trying to say that gamepad can't work just fine as the game was designed with it in mind, but it's still slower to switch targets than a mouse. I love it as a DD. You can probably do longer rotations, such as Dragoon, with less effort than with a keyboard as all your actions are compacted to a few button combinations, but DD aren't constantly switching targets. As a tank, you only really switch targets when you are fighting three or four monsters and the R2+R1/L1 target switching is very handy in that situation.

[Sylkis]

I'm still getting used to SCH at 34 and I have been trying to use "place" on my gamepad, but it's really awkward to target (since it moves your camera at the same time). I've used the same system with BLM lbs but since using "place" is so frequent, I was wondering if there was a way that other SCHs on gamepads deal with this. Thank you!

Usually the group that I want to limit break is in front of me and I'm facing it, so the circle that appears will appear very close to the group.
I think they are going to make it easier to place the circle with the next patch.

[Ri_ri]

I like how you only have to highlight something to cast a skill on it.

Up/down for party members, left/right for monsters. If a person in the last party slot needs healing, you can just press up two times, heal, and you never lose your current target.
On the keyboard you'd have to press F8, cast, then F2 again (back to tank) just to heal a person. The physical distance between F8 and F1 is huge.
Also, between the CTRL/ALT keys and the numbers, there's a lot of space. Using Alt + 7 for example is quite a chore. While on controller there's no physical distance to travel. You have 16 skills under your thumbs. 16 more in a mere R1 press.

Personally, I've never got used to playing on a Keyboard. Even with one and half years of WoW, I adapted to FFXIV's controller scheme and I think it's almost perfect.

[Sephirah]

I'm on turn 5 in coils as a pld tank with a controller, not sure if you were looking for WAR specifically but if not, I'll be happy to upload my UI when I get home.

[Thatispookins]

I'm on turn 5 in coils as a pld tank with a controller, not sure if you were looking for WAR specifically but if not, I'll be happy to upload my UI when I get home.

Kudos to you man and, please do share!