One-Handing Playing Suggestions

[Chibionieko]

Yes you can reassign the controller binds on PS3/4. You will of course want to make the adjustments and get used to it before the surgery. you could level lower level combat jobs would have to set the controller down to rotate the camera or use target lock to turn it. Looking at the lodestone your archer would be a good job to take to 30ish, can do the commands all on the left 4, using L1 and L2 for macro bars indstead of L2 and R2. You'll lose autorun but not a huge loss. Set L3 for target lock so you can use it to turn the camera fast.

[Shneibel]

A 12 button mouse like my razer naga would be perfect for that.

yes I would suggest razer naga as well but the OP is using PS3 and PS3 cannot use that mouse so the OP only option left is using keyboard, as the key are close to each other and don't need any addiction to open up second menu in the hotbar

@OP : I dont think you can do anymore than DoH and DoL and FSH. FSH lvl 50 with full meld can be fun if you want to try to catch big fish, those can consume a whole days continues (lvl up CUL de-sync beside is recommend).

I suggest the OP stay away from combat (alex map with help is another story, you can do alex map or w/e maps, as long as you have ppl to help you)

[Krindor]

When I'm lazy I usually only play with one hand using only the keyboard, it's possible to play most primals, ST and regular dungeons. I can't do Titan as I don't have strafe bound so any direction other than forward takes a while.

[LineageRazor]

I frequently play a second game with my left hand when doing something easy or monotonous in FFXIV with my right hand (gathering, for instance, or crafting a ton of items in one go, or beating up weak mobs for my daily Hunt registry). I've found that it's actually pretty easy to access all the controls on the controller with one hand if I rest the controller on a surface (I use the arm of my recliner) and place my hand on top of it. I manipulate the movement and camera controls with my palm, and press the control pad and buttons with my fingers like they were a keypad. It gets very easy with practice, though I wouldn't recommend trying anything too intense.

The only times things get awkward is when executing hotbar commands that require stretching my hand all the way across the controller - for instance, L2 + square button, or R2 + control pad up. I try to keep frequently used actions away from those hotbar configurations.