Game pad vs Keyboard

[Kasathar]

Keyboard + mouse here, but still the targeting is so clumsy, sometimes is just nerve wrecking.

The problem is not what kind of set up is superior for 1.X , the problem is that the game was designed based on a console controller scheme, that's why targeting and pretty much everything else feels even more awkward than in FFXI, which was designed with a controller in mind as well.

[TimonLoon]

Keyboard + mouse here, but still the targeting is so clumsy, sometimes is just nerve wrecking.

The problem is not what kind of set up is superior for 1.X , the problem is that the game was designed based on a console controller scheme, that's why targeting and pretty much everything else feels even more awkward than in FFXI, which was designed with a controller in mind as well.

Thats weird since I always felt that the game played very similar to XI. I think what people are having an issue with is the targeting priority. In FFXI, pressing left or right would cycle through all targets from left/right.. In this game I feel like it hops around wherever it wants to. Also pressing OK (X or O) will not always target the closest target in FFXIV like it did in FFXI.

To add on to what Ispano is saying... This whole debate is similar to the debate that the Fighting Game Community has with controllers vs arcade sticks. It all boils down to preference.. but when you get to the nitty gritty one of the two will always have an edge (obviously arcade sticks). Mouse/keyboard vs controller is no different.