Controller vs KB/Mouse

[Xaruko_Nexume]

I play on pc and also use controller.

Controllers easy. A well setup party list can be scrolled very quickly for example.

I have mine set as tank dps healer. And what that means is the most Important people within 1 or 2 taps of the dpad. Down for tanks up for healers. Makes it that much faster.

Then with all the settings and options such as expanded hotbars and wxhb you can play just as quickly on controller as you can with kbm.

The bit about the "important" people being within a couple clicks is brilliant and I need to learn to sort it that way. The wxhb I understand of course.

I also struggle with targeting sometimes if there are "non-combat targets" in the area. I usuall left or right on DPad to cycle through enemies. If there is a treasure chest or a door in the area sometimes I cycle through targeting those and really dont need to see those usually when im in combat and can cost precious seconds.

[Dzian]

The bit about the "important" people being within a couple clicks is brilliant and I need to learn to sort it that way. The wxhb I understand of course.

I also struggle with targeting sometimes if there are "non-combat targets" in the area. I usuall left or right on DPad to cycle through enemies. If there is a treasure chest or a door in the area sometimes I cycle through targeting those and really dont need to see those usually when im in combat and can cost precious seconds.

filters help here.
for example i have L1 + X as literally enemies only.
L1 + square. is npc + objects only.
L1+ triangle is everything
and L1+ circle is friendlies only.

the square one is usefull in certain older dungeons where you need to activate something surrounded by adds. or pick up a key or something.
the X one is good because it still allows up and down to cycle party memebrs while left and right will only target monsters.

if you havent set them up check it out.

[Picker]

I don’t think it’s a controversial subject at all and your not a rare breed for playing controller on pc, I think it’s like 50/50 (anecdotal evidence from statics over the years)

An optimized controller setup might take some time to figure out, but once you do it feels amazing.

I dunno how it would work in WoW, I haven’t played since early wrath but as a healer you had to have every rank of every heal on your bars for mana management so that would be impossible on controller xD

[Vahlnir]

I play most PC games with a mouse/keyboard, even games that I have previously played on a console. But whether I'm playing FF XIV on my PC or on my PS5, I always use a controller to play and keyboard to type.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

I use an N52 Nostromo and a Elecom Huge trackball. I'd replace the Nostromo with an Azeron if I could justify spending $150+ for the small upgrade it would give me. That's basically my setup for all PC games unless I'm using an emulator.

[angienessyo]

I think most jobs work great on controller, my main 2 jobs are NIN and RDM and I don't have problems playing either on there. DRG+MCH feel a little awkward to me on controller but that's just because I can't find a layout I'm happy with on either job. Overall I never really feel like I'm at a disadvantage by preferring to use controller, though there's the occasional rare mechanic that can be finicky due to analogs being less precise vs WASD. (elusive/spineshatter jump in DSR, the teleporting portals in E7S, slides in E12S)

[TaleraRistain]

For XIV and any MMO, PC with keyboard and mouse. I learned long ago in EQ to target party members with function keys and it's second nature and since I'm a WHM main, it's very important to be able to target quickly.

I enjoy consoles for other types of games but MMOs, Diablo, and Borderlands feel odd to me on anything but PC.

[AlyaNimfa]

Razer game pad + Corsair mmo mouse, I don't use the keyboard unless its to type a message to someone.

[Alleluia]

I’m primarily a keyboard and mouse player of my games, and I played 14 like that from ARR’s launch. But then I had an issue where I had to stay on a couch for most of the day for several weeks and I couldn’t get to my PC. Wound up playing EW on my PS4 and I hope the cross hot bar system earned whoever came up with it a promotion cus it really is amazingly robust. Especially once I created the macros I wanted for my ui and learned that you can essentially create nested menus using unshared, base class hotbars. I set up some targeting macros to let me easily select party members 1-8 with just two button presses instead of cycling thru a list, for instance.

Keyboard + controller is now my go to mode, except for jumping puzzles which I still find much easier with a mouse and wasd movement.

[NekoMataMata]

PC with controller. I also sometimes use my mouse in some fights(alliance raids the most). I feel like I have better movement with controller, although sometimes hitting certain crossbar buttons while moving is difficult(feels like you're trying to drive while doing anything else at the same time).

Targeting is also sometimes annoying, although not as much as people suggest. Usually if I have trouble targeting something with controller then there's enough of a crowd of people/npcs that I'd have trouble clicking it with my mouse too.