I had the wireless version, it constantly shut off and would not reconnect unless you resbooted the game. Oddly enough it had no issues resyncing on the title screen but never anywhere past that for some reason. I tried the wired adapter but it was more of an annoyance in itself.

I ended up purchasing the wired version which has been much nicer. It has a cord long enough to reach the end of any room, or wrap the slack around a desk leg if you're trying to avoid tangling. Although I do warn that some versions of it have a safety catch that will disconnect if the wire becomes taut. In which case once again the game has to be completely shut down in order for the controller to reconnect once you plug it back in.

I'm really hoping that the controller reconnect issue is somehow resolved in 2.0 but I doubt it will. It's likely to be more at fault regarding Microsoft than SE.

Logitech also has a Sony styled controller you could use, I've tried that but they broke every 3 months. There are probably a lot of obscure branded controllers out there on the market, there's even an official FFXIV one.