Game pad vs Keyboard

[KingLala]

What are you guys using? I still feel like I am wrestling with this games UI, especially on AV, CC, and Garuda speedruns. I have yet for find a targeting setting and setup that I feel comfortable with and not clumsy... Maybe it's because I play on a 42" TV and have more realestate to travel. I felt like I did back in Darkhold speed run days. Right now I use keyboard + mouse, but switch over to controller when I'm doing non intensive stuff. Mostly play WHM, BLM, MNK.

[TimonLoon]

For standard MMOs I'm more comfortable with mouse/keyboard... but this game's default setup is so god awful and the lag is just unbearable that I just use my PS3 controller to play. Controller is far superior in FFXIV 1.X.

I'll definitely go back to mouse/keyboard for 2.0 and compare it to the new controller scheme. Theres a lot of things you can do with m/k that you can't do with a gamepad. One thing that comes to mind is:

While running - Jump -> Spin camera 180 degrees -> Disengage (WoW Hunter) - to leap forward in the same direction you were running. You cannot spin the camera fast enough for this with a gamepad.

For those that don't know or just can't figure it out from that scenario above... Disengage makes you jump back like Elusive Jump. <-- this is probably first thing I'm going to try to do and I do think it's possible since in one of the videos you can see him jump then use an ability while falling. lol

[Dhalmel]

DD/BLM Gamepad

PLD/WHM Keyboard + Mouse

[KingLala]

Yea, I almost feel like you have to use a keyboard and mouse for healing endgame stuff.

What target settings you using on game pad for BLM?

[NefarioCall]

I use the controller almost 100% of the time.
My reason is simply that the keyboard is analog.
There is no slow and fast, there are no directions other than Left, Right, Up, down.
The joystick allows my character to move more like a human being and less like some digital glob.
Plus, i find the action bar easy to navigate in battle with the D-pad.

[TimonLoon]

We were talking on BG about what the PS3 UI would look like and I shopped these really fast while at work:



Personally, the top one seems more likely.

[Rau]

I prefer kb/m. Despite the UI, controller still feels sluggish to me.

My Naga is awesome

[Niko_Kishiko]

For healing I use mouse and keyboard. I feel like I am able to get heals off faster this way. I must say that DD feels awkward w/ this setup though.

[ArkNova]

Keyboard and mouse all the way for me, most of the time I don't even use the mouse. Tried using game pad once and didn't enjoy it.

[Zezlar]

I personally use Gamepad. I can't play with keyboard effectively at all.