Playing an MMO with a controller

[Niwashi]

You just stated the process which is press L1/R1 and cycle through or hold L1 and press up and down and cycle through and I think ultimately that is the point, you have to cycle. I make one single click on a mouse, that I can move over the mob/enmity list within a split second and it is done.

It's fewer button presses with a mouse, but with a mouse it's both moving the mouse across the screen to the position you want to click on and then pressing the button. With a controller it's a few presses of buttons your fingers are already resting on anyway, without the need for that movement first. Either pattern can be done in a split second when you're used to it.

Nor was I ever against controllers. I like it when I want to chill out on the PS4 and lay on the sofa while playing instead of being sat at the PC.

That's the biggest reason I got the game on PS3 (and PS4 once available) in the first place. I don't mind playing games on PC if that's the only way they're available, but I sit at a computer desk all day at work. I'd rather kick back and relax when playing a game.