No keyboards

[Carighan]

Nah, in-game I don't say anything at all, there's no point.

Well, then it's hardly surprising no one socializes with you /shrug

[NekoGakurakugai]

The new Gold Saucer event is the worst thing I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely fun, but it’s really annoying that people don’t type anything, and then you get monster names like “Aye, Aye, Sir!.” What the hell is that shit? It’s bad enough that nobody can type properly, and now we have this. Couldn’t the developers come up with some normal names?

[Garruss]

The new Gold Saucer event is the worst thing I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely fun, but it’s really annoying that people don’t type anything, and then you get monster names like “Aye, Aye, Sir!.” What the hell is that shit? It’s bad enough that nobody can type properly, and now we have this. Couldn’t the developers come up with some normal names?

Well, it's stated that the FF7 remake team had a hand in making this typing game. It explains a lot to me, given most of the ff7 remake/rebirth mini games are awful in my opinion

[SarriaKadijah]

You do not need a keyboard to play the game normally. You DO need a keyboard for this *limited time only* mini-game. That is just inherently exclusionary.

Yes, consoles support keyboards, but not everyone has one, not everyone can just "move it from the computer" (some people only use laptops!), not everyone can just pick up one, even for cheap. It is, at the basic level, exclusive to people with keyboards. Period. And that sucks and is a serious flaw in this mini-game that I really wish they had considered before rolling this out (not to mention the other related issues).

[CCheshire]

It's because Aidorouge who is like a spin-off of the classic forum troll, as in they only pay the sub so that they can post on official forums vs in-game activities. They already cleared ShB and should be in early EW but actually spend hours posting here than clear the MSQ or side content now they moved to Primal since Dynamis was too empty.

Also, oddly, they motivated me to clear all old content tasks to be a mentor and unlock mentor rous too because they said it was impossible, and now I've been a mentor for almost 1.5 years now but they remain here saying the same thing that no one wants to talk to them for some mysterious reason along with FFXIV in decline because of this fact.

Then, if you can't buy a KB, maybe you can borrow one from a friend or family member for this event too.

[Kirutsuki]

I would not care one bit if console players were able to use auto-fill for this event.

[Obi-one]

You do not need a keyboard to play the game normally. You DO need a keyboard for this *limited time only* mini-game. That is just inherently exclusionary.

Yes, consoles support keyboards, but not everyone has one, not everyone can just "move it from the computer" (some people only use laptops!), not everyone can just pick up one, even for cheap. It is, at the basic level, exclusive to people with keyboards. Period. And that sucks and is a serious flaw in this mini-game that I really wish they had considered before rolling this out (not to mention the other related issues).

Its absolutely mind blowing that they would alienate/exclude 30-40% of the player base from an event, because of a peripheral - no wonder 60% of the runs are people afk...

Also event itself was only designed with Japanese in mind (writing japanese is 3-5x less inputs on the keyboard per sentence) , the English text is way too long and borderline impossible at times.

[CCheshire]

@Aidorouge: That's incorrect since I've done any of that until I decided to be a mentor since I only ever ran very old ARR/HW content unsync'd for rewards forever. Then, I've always avoided hardcore content like on patch extremes or anything beyond that for ages like I consider myself a super casual MMO player since I don't chase anything time-consuming or stressful since I play FFXIV to relax from IRL so all the old Ex's were unsync'd when I was in DT.

The main concern is why are you so worried about failing them? I'll never see the same folks in my DF/PF on a giant DC as long as they're not harassing me, then it doesn't matter their thoughts on my gameplay.

Yes, I have def run into rude randos during my glam farming, normal content, or rous, but over time, I just report, blacklist, and take a break from the game for the rest of the day. The majority of time I've died a lot in new ARs, trials, raids, or even old ones since I've forgotten mechanics over a decade ongoing, esp for old dungeons if I'm tanking.

Also, for solo/RP duties, they have a Very Easy setting, and as we get new content, SE is constantly adjusting or nerfing the old expansions as they will streamline them for everyone. I've played all 3 roles, so I've never had a healer or tank be rude towards me for failing mechanics or dying too much since it's just a game, and I lose nothing for failing them except for the Weakness debuff.

[Carighan]

I mean I would have thought they do it with a completely separate queue + system for controllers, utilizing what is essentially the piano system from FF7R2 for it.

Weird that they didn't...

[Clerith]

Are there really players on consoles outside, who play FF14 without additional mouse and keyboard? D :

I play the Switch 2 version at the moment. And I am using controller, mouse and keyboard. I would go crazy with just a controller. xD

I play on controller but use the keyboard to write in chat (and for this mini-game). ^^
Wouldn't like this game if it was keybord only.