I really don't know what to take away from this... In FFXI the keyboard controls were the way they were because of the optimization for controller use.

Ideally they should find a way to accommodate the mouse for people inclined to use it, but they shouldn't try to force mouse use on everyone.

I'd much rather have keyboard only controls that hearken back to FFXI controls than mouse integration similar to WoW.

The main issue right now is that the controls are somewhere between the two, meaning the keyboard only controls aren't as deep as they should be and neither are the keyboard/mouse controls.

Really, I don't see why they can't have both. And hopefully with the upcoming UI overhaul they can figure out a way to integrate them both.