PS3 or PC?

[Shadowtrek]

I play on PC but have wondered how it is on PS3. Are there any really noticeable differences in loading, graphics, etc? Are the controls easier or more difficult to manage? Which do you prefer?

[makii]

Considering ps3 has 7 year old harware there's bound to be some differences in loading time and graphics, unless you're on some god forsaken old pc to begin with.

[eyloi]

Pretty much what Makii said.

Also, I'm told it's harder to heal using a controller, so if you plan on picking up the PS3 version, check and see if you can attach a m&kb.

[DenzelTaru]

Pretty much what Makii said.

Also, I'm told it's harder to heal using a controller, so if you plan on picking up the PS3 version, check and see if you can attach a m&kb.

it is harder yea but i use gamepad on pc lol.. i used to be able to do m+k on ffxi but 5 years break took that out of me lol

[Sub-Xero]

Pretty much what Makii said.

Also, I'm told it's harder to heal using a controller, so if you plan on picking up the PS3 version, check and see if you can attach a m&kb.

That'd be an opinion and mine is in stark contrast to it. I find it SUPER easy to heal on a controller.

[Billzey]

That'd be an opinion and mine is in stark contrast to it. I find it SUPER easy to heal on a controller.

It's not an 'opinion'; it's fact. It is both easier to target PCs and use abilities with a keyboard/mouse. Keyboards can target players directly instead of having to scroll, and MMO mouses (look them up if you don't know what these are) make hitting abilities extremely easy.

[Trife]

It's not an 'opinion'; it's fact. It is both easier to target PCs and use abilities with a keyboard/mouse. Keyboards can target players directly instead of having to scroll, and MMO mouses (look them up if you don't know what these are) make hitting abilities extremely easy.

That's all opinion.

I grew up on consoles and HATE, HATE, HATE m/k play. I'm pretty clumsy on the keyboard, so effectively I'm a "clicker" when forced to use a keyboard in MMO's. I love that SE realizes that gaming with a gamepad is always so much more fluid and intuitive and that there will always be people like me who prefer to game with anything but a keyboard/mouse. Ofc, this is what works for me.

It's always been a mystery to me why other games don't support a gamepad, which is a device that is made and better designed to "game" with.... I'll also never understand the PC elitist mentality that some PC gamers have. I respect console gamers just as much as PC gamers.

I have the best of both worlds, PC with a gamepad.

[makii]

And, well, not that it matters to everyone, but I run this game on 2560x1400 resolution, and when I checked out my friends ps3 copy, well let's just say it wasn't enjoyable. It looked like someone had smeared butter all over the screen.
But it all depends on what you're used to I guess.

[Rivienne]

My take playing on both: I much prefer healing on controller on PS3, whereas I moderately prefer DPS on keyboard. I am told many people are the opposite, though I don't know why. Tanking on either scares me.

The controls are different, but I find them very natural for me once I get a good layout. The only annoying thing is how when you upgrade from CNJ to WHM it resets all your bars so you have to spend 10 minutes resetting them up before you save your new gear set.

Also, absolutely you still want a mouse and keyboard. Mouse for the configuration UI and the occasional odd things. Keyboard for setting up macros, and of course chat.

Load time is slower than on PC if you are using the stock hard drive. I haven't tried on the 12GB PS3 which uses flash so I don't know if that one has the same issue but others report SSD solve the loading problem in any case. That said my PC also has crappy load times, so it would not surprise me at all if at all came down to the old harddrives.

My PS3 is better quality graphics than my PC which is at low settings, but of course it will be worse graphics than the PC if you have any graphics setting above midline. The PC high end graphics are amazing compared to the low end PC graphics I have, so I usually stick with my PS3. But I am really looking forward to PS4 so I can get the awesome.

[ShackledDreams]

My take playing on both: I much prefer healing on controller on PS3, whereas I moderately prefer DPS on keyboard

This is basically my take on the keyboard/controller argument. It might be a little easier to heal people at random fates on a keyboard and mouse, but it most certainly easier to heal people in groups with the controller (it did take a little getting use to it though). Working as a Scholar, this comes in handy because we don't have the big AoE heals like White Mages, so you have to switch targets often to keep everyone alive.