Mouse/Keyboard vs. Controller: Your Thoughts

[Asiaine]

I still think Keyboard only is best if you like to chat... I can't chat on a controller... and what's the point of being here if I can't chat? O.o!

Also, I have ALT 1-8 and CTRL 1-8 mapped to heals so I can instantly hit ALT-5 to heal the 5th member of my party the moment they get hurt! I even have my ALT key pressed down and finger hovering over the '5' ready to PRESS it.

[Arcell]

I still think Keyboard only is best if you like to chat... I can't chat on a controller... and what's the point of being here if I can't chat? O.o!

Also, I have ALT 1-8 and CTRL 1-8 mapped to heals so I can instantly hit ALT-5 to heal the 5th member of my party the moment they get hurt! I even have my ALT key pressed down and finger hovering over the '5' ready to PRESS it.

You can anticipate it, which means a gamepad user could do the same thing. They could hit the skill, select their subtarget and wait to confirm the heal, none of that takes more than a second. If you anticipate the actions of battle, which isn't that hard to do, you can be ready for anything no matter what control scheme you're using.

[Asiaine]

You can anticipate it, which means a gamepad user could do the same thing. They could hit the skill, select their subtarget and wait to confirm the heal, none of that takes more than a second. If you anticipate the actions of battle, which isn't that hard to do, you can be ready for anything no matter what control scheme you're using.

Fair point, but let's take this scenario:
I wish to switch from Cure (ALT-5) to Cura (CTRL-5) when I see my little tank has gotten hit very badly unexpectedly.
For me, I just right away release ALT and press CTRL and then 5. This is a very fast action. Is it possible to do that fast on controller?

Note: Not saying one is better than the other, and I'm sure its very situational and how used to each you are. I could never use a controller as I am not used to it ^.^;

Although I think we ALL have to agree that if you want to chat ALL the time, then keyboard is the best? (Hard to imagine putting down controller and typing out sentences then picking up controller).

[Krausus]

Fair point, but let's take this scenario:
I wish to switch from Cure (ALT-5) to Cura (CTRL-5) when I see my little tank has gotten hit very badly unexpectedly.
For me, I just right away release ALT and press CTRL and then 5. This is a very fast action. Is it possible to do that fast on controller?

Note: Not saying one is better than the other, and I'm sure its very situational and how used to each you are. I could never use a controller as I am not used to it ^.^;

Although I think we ALL have to agree that if you want to chat ALL the time, then keyboard is the best? (Hard to imagine putting down controller and typing out sentences then picking up controller).

if you already have your target targeted (which your scenario implies) then yes *cancel* *move* *confirm x2* most healers will have cure and cura next to each other so its 4 very fast pressed actions I have gotten very fast with a controller myself. I also very rarely use cure I tend to wait until the tank needs a cura, it gives more time in between cures to regen MP. the exception is if the tank needs a heal while cura is on cooldown which isn't very often. I also set my hotbars up for controller use so that I'm not having to move to many spaces for my most used abilities, I utilize left right and up and down and if an ability is on the 1 slot and the next ability I need to use is on the 10 spot i move left instead of right to get to it quickly.