Can the PC players give the PS3 players a break a little?

[Keiichi81]

*lots of ignorant feel-good garbage*

I'm not being hypocritical in the least.

Is the PC the end-all-be-all of gaming systems and is always better for gaming than consoles no matter what? No. Is designing a modern MMO to fit within the confines of an 8 year old system with 256MB of RAM going to severely limit the development path of that title and negatively affect the end experience of PC and PS4 players? Yes, absolutely. No hypocrisy there. I can accept that all platforms have their place while also recognizing that the PS3 is a poor fit for FFXIV, especially with the PS4 right around the corner at the time of it's release.

Are there players who are proficient with a gamepad and can keep up in the most demanding of content? Yes, of course. Does that mean that gamepad controls aren't a handicap? No, don't be silly. No hypocrisy there either. Just because there's someone out there who can win an Olympic sprint with 2 prosthetic legs doesn't mean that being a paraplegic isn't a handicap. It just means that some people are capable of overcoming that handicap. I'm sorry, but needing to press 2, 3, 4 or more buttons in various combinations to navigate the crossbars and activate an ability is a handicap compared to a method that requires you to only push 1 key. A control method that forces you to scroll through a list in order to select the desired target is a handicap compared to a control method that allows you to click on your target directly. A control method that takes several seconds to rotate your camera 360 degrees is a handicap compared to a method that let's you snap your camera 90, 180, 240 degrees or any direction in between instantly. There is no avoiding this. Hence why I say that the gamepad is a handicap. Maybe you personally are good enough that you're tanking Turn 5 and Garuda EX with your gamepad no problem. Good for you if you are. Congrats on winning that Olympic medal. But don't go around telling people that they should chop off their feet because prosthetics are totally every bit as good as flesh and blood legs.