get RID of the extra buttons to press when engaging please

[Hikozaemon]

On the back of the box, it says a gamepad is recommended. I think most people that had complaints about the controls (like the recent mmorpg.com review) never bothered to try it with a gamepad. I usually play on a PS3 control, which I find easier to use than M/KB. Sometimes when it comes unplugged I have to use the KB, I don't mind it, but I'm terrible with the camera controls being mapped to IJKL.

If this was setup as a true action hack n slash a gamepad would work but its not....... U know u can control the camera very easy w/ the mouse... just hold the right clicker and whoopty dooo u can move it anyway u want way better than rotating 2 different knobs on the gamepad.

I tried to play this game many times on a gamepad and i found it too be too clumsy overly complicated and un-natrual feeling MMOs hve always used the keyboard its a PC game at this point and thats wht most RPG/MMO PC games function best w/.

[Charismatic]

I play just fine with kb/mouse even though the UI isn't very intuitive. I can't think of any way a controller would be better for... well, anything.

[Rowyne]

Id be a happy camper if they just added a icon to the #1 slot for all jobs for auto attack. Should solve some issues some of us are having at least.....

I was actually puzzled when I logged in on patch day and didn't see this, considering it's an action bar standard in... well, every other MMO I've played. Target what you want to attack, hit the auto-attack button, and you enter active mode and start attacking.

I'd love to see action bar slot #1 an auto-attack icon!

[kAhn360]

I USED to be able to walk up to a monster, and press 1 (light attack)

NOW I have to walk up, press "F" to pull out my weapon, "C" to lock on, then ENTER to start auto attacking.

I assumed they were trying to REDUCE the number of actions we had to take to do things.


Guess not...

Can we PLEASE just get an action at level 1 called "Auto attack on/off"

This whole "not sure if my character is attacking or not" thing is BS

Agree entirely.

[Soma]

sorry i am an old fashion mmo player. keyboard and mouse. im a clicker!

i mentioned something in another post. but can we please just have tab target, click skill to use on target?

inc wall of text!!

although im very happy with the new action bar and ui in 1.8
i read somewhere that the dev team plans on getting rid of the multiple click it takes to cast spells.
im sorry but i dont want a classic ui from FF. i am a key board and mouse player. i dont want to use a controller
which right now i am forced to use.

right now im using a ps3 controller with crappy drivers. i have to shut down my pc to start it.
i know i could use a xbox controller but i shouldnt have to.

anyway. Yoshi p said he wanted to check out rift. lol rift, wow and eq2 were all basicaly the same as far as ui.
when i target a mob (tab) it doesnt untarget until it dies or i target something else. even if that means im healing myself or someone else. combat would be alot faster if you could tab target mob. click on ability and it effects mob. if you need to heal. click on player, cast heal. but your still locked on to the target. and i dont have to click twice on targets or myself to do these things. target mob, start attack,build tp, use skill, hit mob. start to run low on health, click on cure and it heals me with out untargeting mob. also if i have to use a pot. why do i have to open bag click on pot then target self, then have to retarget mob? thats clunky and slow. we need a spot on action bar to use items. click on them and there used. (self)

is this not what people want? do people want to use controllers on pc? do the devs just want to use ui on ps3?
if SE doesnt want to do these things then please just let me know and i will have to adjust.

my advise to SE is. please give us some options. options to set up our ui how we like it. please let us bind buttons etc.

im really loving the game now, i like the new patch and the content. i really wouldnt even mind starting to pay,
but please SE give us some options. i know there a million ways that people like to set up there pc's.
can i please atleast lock the widgets >.>

thank you

[Lyndis]

I'm not sure if this has been stated already, and this post will probably go overlooked but anyways...

Don't you just have to target and draw your weapon to begin auto attack? Which is just about the same with your average mmo and I'm having a hard time seeing how they could cut this down without getting rid of active passive mode. Which would make me very sad ; ;

[Airget]

I honestly see no issue with it, if you are good with they keyboard the simple action of f, c, enter takes mere seconds to input and ready yourself to battle lol. The whole point of why it's setup like that is so you don't accidently hit the wrong mob by accident. Once you target a mob you haven't engaged it yet so if you need to change you have time, however once you hit enter then the battle begins. If anything it should go like f, enter, run in, c since that's how the flow of it feels and even the multiple times I've done it it feels right.

[bojangles]

Just a quick note guys. As of 1.18 we can map our buttons to whatever. I press I for inventory K for gear and J for journal.

I assume that 1.19 will improve on it.
Give it some time guys.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Funny story pertaining to this. While doing some 10 leves on lowbie jobs weak pulled way mire then we could handle. One of the marauders who recently returned was getting used to the game when we got to our last mob everyone except him died.

The mob had 1% health left, he had 60%. We were all in vent yelling "SWING! SWING!" while he stood there in active crying "ITS NOT WORKING!" In the end he died, mob one and I went back to finish it and start raising ppl.

Definitely would prefer an alternate way to trigger auto attack

[Renshi]

Heya!

Problem:
Targeting monsters is a pain in the ass with a keyboard and/or mouse.

Causes:
You have to select a target with TAB (or Mouse), press ENTER (or click it again) and then go into Active mode, go near the enemy and hit 'im.

Suggestion:
What about make the targets already "engaged" (you see a Y shaped 3-arrows to the enemy) already when you click on it or TAB? So you just have to turn into Active mode and kick his ass.
And maybe, after the first attack, if there's an option like "Target Lock-on On/Off" you can automatically lock-on an enemy after the first auto-attack attack.

Temporary Solution:
Buy a Gamepad.