Game pad vs Keyboard

[Zenaku]

I use GamePad i can switch target quick and also switch target type really quick so i can click on the teleport in CC/AV then go back to only targeting mobs. I hope the PC UI for game-pad is good i like it to stay about the same as now going from bar 1-2-3 because it's quicker with gamepad.

[fusional]

i only use gamepad to craft & gather, or when i'm feeling lazy.

[Exn]

I actually just bought the Logitech G600 and the Nostromo today in preparation for trying out GW2 next week. I've never used anything like them before (always controller or kb/m) so I just got both cuz I dunno how they will work yet. Does anyone use either currently for XIV? I was planning on just sticking to controller and hoping that the improvements in 2.0 will give it justice, but I'd consider using these if they work well. Might be to early to ask considering we haven't been able to try 2.0, but if people are already doing OK with them now, it should only get better right?

[Dzian]

Gamepad all the way. so damn quick to do anything you want to do. I tend to beat any whm to heals/esunas and i find its so much easier to tank and combo etc but i have action bars laid out in such a way that im never more than 2 presses away from an ability. for example my first bar is weapon skills my second bar is abilites but its organised that i can be on bar 2 hit aegis boon press up and im on phalanx, and then press right and im on spirits within. and with monk i have like featherfoot on 2 with haymaker next to it then i can press up and have pounce. and the back combos ready.

as for targetting modes i use mode a. switch with L1 +
x enemies
o party
s friendlies
t all

my only wish is that it would target in priority of range closest mob first regardless of camera angle.

[Irohuro]

I used keyboard+mouse. in XI i played on ps2 for a long time, so when i switched to pc i just couldn't get the hand of using the keyboard to play. so for XIV i didn't want that to be an issue, so i went straight with keyboard+mouse. the only thing i notice is the general UI lag, which has gotten better little by little since i started playing.

[Altanas]

Use a gamepad, but scrolling across the action bars feels so clumsy I feel like I have to macro a lot of stuff, but then either the macros dont fire off fully or I end up clumsily scrolling across my macro bars lol. i never had this issue with 11, granted combat was a lot slower paced.

[Exn]

You can increase the camera turn speed sure. But you cant be as precise with a gamepad as you can with a mouse. That is not user error that is just the way it is. Flicking the mouse in a direction to spin the camera is infinitely faster than holding the analog stick in the direction you want the camera to go. This is also an FPS argument and it's been proven time and time again. For camera controls mouse > gamepad.

Also, I didn't use any third party mouse programs and camera speed was always default in WoW.

Oh you say its been proven time and time again.. ah ok... that must sum it all up then...

You also seem to have missed the point, or maybe I missed yours.. Why would you use a 3rd pt mouse program? I was talking about a 3rd pt controller/gamepad program for WoW. You said that the speed at with you can rotate the camera on controlller/gamepad is significantly lower than you can on a mouse... so I assumed you actually tried WoW with a controller/gamepad to "know" this.. ie you used a 3rd pt program (apparently incorrectly..). And if you didn't even try it with a controller.. well then PFFFFFFFFFFFT to you sir!

[TimonLoon]

Oh you say its been proven time and time again.. ah ok... that must sum it all up then...

You also seem to have missed the point, or maybe I missed yours.. Why would you use a 3rd pt mouse program? I was talking about a 3rd pt controller/gamepad program for WoW. You said that the speed at with you can rotate the camera on controlller/gamepad is significantly lower than you can on a mouse... so I assumed you actually tried WoW with a controller/gamepad to "know" this.. ie you used a 3rd pt program (apparently incorrectly..). And if you didn't even try it with a controller.. well then PFFFFFFFFFFFT to you sir!

Now why the fuck would I use a controller in WoW? And yes that's what I said because it is a fact. Jesus, why is that so hard to comprehend?

If you want to test this out yourself go ahead and play CoD or BF3 and switch between mouse/keyboard and gamepad at the highest sensitivity. It's pretty obvious which one is the winner.

[KingLala]

Thank you everyone for the input.

[Kio]

I'm only a casual player and only have ever used a gamepad for gaming. If this game didn't have UI compatible with a gamepad I wouldn't have bought it. Really hoping for a new UI system that works even better! Really hoping we get to see it in action soon.