Quote Originally Posted by Deathgiver View Post
Pretty sure what's happening based on your description is either you're occasionally not depressing the trigger fully when using a d-pad up or down skill or you have a dead spot on the trigger. This will cause you to cycle through the party list rather than using your skill. I do this occasionally when I'm not really paying attention in fates or side quests, almost exclusively with d-pad up + l2 in my case due to hand postioning.
Hmm.. I did not think of that. I have another controller that I rarely use, so I will test on that one when I can. I did not even think about worn out hardware though. Thanks for the idea, when I have had a chance to test, I will post.