Why do "Standard Controls" players still need to face target but not "Legacy Control"

[BluexBird]

Yes. Do yourself a favor - switch to Legacy.

On Legacy, you still face the target after using your ability. The only difference is that when you press S, you immediately turn 180º and start walking backwards.

Even if you play on keyboard, I just literally can't go back to how it was before.

Also, as a non-legacy user, ask yourself how often you use the S key - a key that literally makes you walk away backwards slowly, while facing the target. Let me go ahead and tell you - YOU NEVER USE IT, IT'S USELESS!!! You use your mouse to turn the camera around, and then either walk forward or strafe sideways!

Well, here is the beauty of using legacy - YOU CAN STILL DO THE EXACT SAME THING IF YOU WANT! It doesn't lock you out. But after a while, you're going to ask yourself: "What is the point of this when I can literally just press S to get to where I want, while at the same time keep my eyes on the boss?"

Long story SHIRT - PIPE DOWN AND TURN ON LEGACY MODE!

[Waliel]

Also, as a non-legacy user, ask yourself how often you use the S key - a key that literally makes you walk away backwards slowly, while facing the target. Let me go ahead and tell you - YOU NEVER USE IT, IT'S USELESS!!! You use your mouse to turn the camera around, and then either walk forward or strafe sideways!

As someone who has only dabbled using legacy: every day. I just like backpedaling in general and doing small adjustments with it even if it's more or less the same with legacy. I actually can't for the life of me just hit S and run towards the camera to dodge something and instead just strafe out like i was on standard.

My wish is that there was some kind of hybrid mode where the movement would be standard out of combat and legacy while in combat and also would allow me to change where my character is facing with my mouse. I've eaten so many stare attacks because I try to look away with the mouse.

[nelothi]

As someone who has only dabbled using legacy: every day. I just like backpedaling in general and doing small adjustments with it even if it's more or less the same with legacy. I actually can't for the life of me just hit S and run towards the camera to dodge something and instead just strafe out like i was on standard.

My wish is that there was some kind of hybrid mode where the movement would be standard out of combat and legacy while in combat and also would allow me to change where my character is facing with my mouse. I've eaten so many stare attacks because I try to look away with the mouse.

i was used to strafing out of mechaincs also - But it kept getting me killed in FF. Because in FF if you strafe out and continue to attack.. it will auto face you to your target and you will not longer be moving in the same direction..
Legacy was a must for me in FF.

[Talinthis]

I have been using standard for 5 years, and after i started going for the necromancer title it was really causing me problems and caused me to almost die a myriad of times. I was wondering why people streaming weren't having this issue until someone told me. I didnt even know about it. If anyone wants to know how my run went, my computer froze at floor 181 and i have not reattempted because i dont know why it happened. Dont want to go through 8 hours of floors to have it freeze again.