Playing an MMO with a controller

[vp_cmc]

I'm using Razer Nostromo + mouse. Think it's better than keyboard or controller. Still have no idea how to move using wasd and doing skills at the same time on keyboard.

[Clarkamite]

Read through the first page and then I decided to just skip right to the last page to see if this dissolved into another "PC vs. Console" debate. Did not disappoint. I love my controller. I love being able to walk in any direction I want as fast as possible without having to spin the camera. I can tell you with absolute certainty that having a controller has helped me and my friends out immensely when we were doing progression in T13 and other turns with Divebomb mechanics as opposed to our "MASTER RACE PC PLAYERS LOLZ" getting hit by bombs every other run.

That's not to say the Keyboard and Mouse doesn't have its advantages. I can tell that targeting for healing or tanking (and even to some extent switching targets for DPS jobs) would be easier with a mouse but at the same time I think any competent controller user would have found ways around this. I had one of my PC friends watch my stream once and he was amazed at how fast I cycle through things with a controller.

Whatever you are most comfortable with is the best option. I don't feel hampered at all with my controller. I see only Pro's to it; I see no Con's. My achievements speak for themselves.

[Eye_Gore]

dissolved into another "PC vs. Console" debate

More like KB/M vs controller. Seeing how you can use either one on either platform, its pretty much turned into 12 pages of posts ending with "whatever your preference is". Pretty much like arguing whats the best side of the road/car to drive on. It'll just come back to what we're use to.

[seekified]

The whole "having loads of buttons to press instantly" thing doesn't apply for FFXIV because of global cooldown - I can easily hit a GCD move, switch crossbar, pop a buff and check the cooldown situation on stuff on that bar, switch crossbar again and hit next GCD in less than 2.5 seconds and it's not a problem. It's even fun, to be honest, having more stuff to do. I main DRG in FCoB and I've never felt like a keyboard would improve my play. Our BRD uses a controller as well and agrees.

Pet jobs, though, can be slightly more tricky even for someone who's as used to a controller as me. Pet positioning and waymarking is a little slower than it would be with a mouse, I reckon.

[Dread]

[Ultear_Milkovich]

Listen Ooshima;

You seem to be the ONLY guy who have consistant difficulties playing with a controller in FCOB.
Maybe you have some disease or a prosthetic arm, or maybe you just suck at video games . Maybe you re just one of these bards capping at 450 dps with a group of awesome friends cutting the dps checks for you. Who cares?

That doesn\\'t give you the right to be condescendant with others or to make perfectly wrong assumptions based on NOTHING but your stupidity like you did for me. You dont know me.

A LOT of other forum members have already proved that they feel perfectly comfortable with a controller in FCOB.

A LOT of other forum members have already understood that, as long as you play with the interface you prefer, you should be fine whatever you do.

I already said that i do prefer KBM for my PVP activities because i can target faster when there is more than 10+ potential targets on screen (do you even PVP? i\\'m rank 44 what about you)

[Ultear_Milkovich]

As far as i know, in FCOB, i spend like 80% of the fight targeting the same boss and during this 80% timespan i'm prolly using a maximum of 10 actions.

Dodging with an analogic stick is extremely easy. With a 2.5s GCD that's plenty of time to switch crossbars. FF14 isnt Shootmania Storm.

Now if you want to remain the only special snowflake who is the only person running coil and still believing that KBM is mandatory well its up to you but
be prepared to look like a bad player regardless of your titles / achievment / look / whatever. Attitude makes you interesting, not the shinys.

On a footnote: we are in April 2015. Betting that a random player "dont even final coil" like you did for me, without any proof prolly worked back in Nov 2014 maybe but now it's a risky bet.*
You don't know me. Keep your shitty assumptions for yourself.
Almost everybody is on final coil. Just wake up.

[Adrian74]

Hi, even if I had the unafortunate event (I only play weekends now) of loosing my raid group, I also got into t13 and stuff, not with for example my monk or SCH... RAther easy jobs such as PLD (Infernal boredom) and BLM...

But still, FCOB is more than doable with gamepad I must say, don't know how some people says about gamepad.... Because I think exactly the opposite... "How the hell can they move and still doing actions with keyboard + mouse?!... " I just would never be able to do so... I imagine trying to use my monk in keyboard... I'd die, but I don't know if of laughter or because monsters first.

[Anarnee]

I feel the same way about Keyboard and mouse XD

Course I have a keyboard for typing... but I always loose my mouse, don't really need it with the PS4 controller though. I have the mouse pad and mouse mode if I need it.

[Izsha]

Ooshima,
My fcob static (beaten 13).
2 controller users on PC (I'm one)
1 keyboard ONLY (no mouse) user
1 keyboard and touch pad (laptop) user
4 keyboard and mouse users. Some just use mouse for camera. Some use for movement. Some just for targeting. Huge variety just within kb/mouse.

Your argument is invalid.

This game is extremely well designed to support an amazing variety of interface options. That is one of the underappreciated gold stars of ffxiv. It is extremely flexible in control schemes and they are all completely viable.

There's also a vid of a solo heal sch t13 somewhere on a controller. Even healers can be played at the top level with controller.

Ffxiv has one of the most flexible interface systems of any mmo I've heard of.