Playing an MMO with a controller

[AreeyaJaidee]

I use keyboard w/ naga mouse. WASD movement, cycle enemy targets left or right with Q and E while ctrl, alt, and shift w/ numpad on mouse (shift+alt+1-8 for party member selection) . Once I got used to this setup it felt more reactive and precise than game pad.

[AlexionSkylark]

After getting used to it, I don't ever want to play with a Keyboard/Mouse Again.

[Nanaho]

I've been forced to do it for a while on my ps4, since my laptop is garbage. When i finally got my hands on a mouse/keyboard i just couldn't do it, i had gotten so used to my controller setup. It's really not that hard once you get the hang of it. The only thing that becomes difficult is typing, which is what i use the keyboard for now. The best part of the controller is that it's impossible to backpedal, your character just does an instant 180.

When i get a new computer, i'll train myself to use the keyboard again, but until then i am content to use the PS4 controller.

If you use the Lock on you back pedal, i just click the lock on button Back pedal, then unlock again.

[Nanaho]

I think FFXIV has a very good controller scheme but it will never be as good as mouse & keyboard.

this game needs at least 3 action bars to play your job to its full potential.

targeting with a controller is no match to mouse & keyboard as well.

I 100% Disagree with this. The controller already has more Button slots then we have abilities, and even more so on some jobs then others because of less useful abilities, etc. my DRG for example has 3 or 4 empty slots, because i just dont have any other abilities to put in them. Why would you need 30 buttons for one job? I just dont see how you would, Unless you have multiple slots with the exact same ability, And that would again make me ask, Why?

[aisustrong]

I 100% Disagree with this. The controller already has more Button slots then we have abilities, and even more so on some jobs then others because of less useful abilities, etc. my DRG for example has 3 or 4 empty slots, because i just dont have any other abilities to put in them. Why would you need 30 buttons for one job? I just dont see how you would, Unless you have multiple slots with the exact same ability, And that would again make me ask, Why?

sch is the only one i have that doesnt have enough space for everything
only because pets

[Lexia]

I mainly use controller but I also have keyboard command also since i have my stuff mixed. All my stuff I use often are on my controller cross bar and stuff I don't use often or less often are on my keyboard hot bar so I don't have to cycle cross bars.

[Bruiser_Cruiser]

I literally just started using my ps4 a lot more often then my PC. Maybe because i have been leveling BLM and I have gotten used to it on my controller. I wont argue it will take me some time to get used to my WHM and WAR since they are both 50 and i havent set up the cross hot bars for them yet but im sure after running a few dungeons with them I will get used to it

[Kosmos992k]

In all honesty, I think a controller is faster and more flexible for a game such as this. I have immediate access to32 possible skills, instant analogue movement control, and no utterly unnatural backpedaling. I've read posts by keyboard mouse players who time and again dismiss the controller as less precise and too slow for skills. Utter garbage. This game does not require the precision of a sniper in an online shooter - which works very well on a controller BTW. and with GCD, I can hit heaven knows how many buttons in the standard GCD time. I can be switching enemy targets or party member, moving to a better location to avoid an AoE and then hit my chosen skill, even if it's on my secondary crossbar and still have time left over to wait for the casting time before moving again.Controller based movement is more fluid, natural and responsive than keyboard/mouse - IMHO.

With regard to the poster that mentioned not having enough skills available and having to spam R1, you can set an extended crossbar configuration to enable secondary Crossbar pages on each side of the controller, so a combination of R2-L2 allows you to have up to 32 commands instantly, rather than the normal 16. If I hold R2, and press-hold L2 I get a 3rd cross bar, and if I hold L2 then press and hold R2, I get a 4th, this is over and above the crossbars already configured on L2 and R2 themselves.

I think FFXIV has a very good controller scheme but it will never be as good as mouse & keyboard.**snip**
targeting with a controller is no match to mouse & keyboard as well.

Targeting is easy, as someone mentioned press L1 and the up/down controlls on the d-pad and you cycle through your enemy list, or press L1 or R1 during combat to cycle through them, use the up/down buttons to cycle through the party list, and left/right to cycle through targets on your current target filter setting. Trust me as a Paladin, when you finally figure out the ease of targeting with a controller you can split your rotation over 3 or more enemies if you must without a problem. And as a healer you can quickly pick an alternate party member to the one you keep targeted (tank) to receive a heal or other spell. Controller targeting is at least as easy and accurate as mouse keyboard. I'd contend that it's possibly quicker and easier to play on a controller than on mouse/keyboard.

[Nanaho]

sch is the only one i have that doesnt have enough space for everything
only because pets

Yeah ill concede to this, Pet classes like SMN and SCH are better off with a lot of hot bar space. and Healing in general is just easier with Mouse over macros, but for the rest of the classes, controller performs just as well if that's what you're used to using.

I just refuse to accept an answer of "you need 3 hotbars to be good at your job"

[RedAntares]

This is the only MMO that I play with a controller and I play better with it than the keyboard.