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[Kirito]

YAY! ^^ can't wait to play!! :3

I just hope raising it to an adult is a little bit faster than it was in ffxi... and that our chocobo's don't retire if we decide to not play for a couple of months...

[Nez]

I played all of XIV and for several years on XI using a normal PS2 controller and a simple USB adapter. NO need to worry about drivers or dead controllers mid fight and i never had any problems with the shoulder buttons like i know many xbox gamepad users did.

PS2 USB adapters cost under £5 and are readily available. I assume they would be similarly cheap and easy to purchase wherever you are from.

Question. While you played with a controller on your pc did you at anytime meed your mouse? Because i dont want to feel the lack of a mouse when i play on my ps3 of course i can connect my keyboard for any extra chatting i want to do. & another thing i have a 46inch plasma tv... Is it going to suck playing on a screen that big?

[Andrien]

bets on when the video is going to air?

I say Monday.

[Kirito]

i just want to know how would it work from the look of it you can only have 16 action two of them would be spirt and chocobo mount. But i'm guessing you can press TL and TR and the D-pad to show more action but i guess we have to wait and see on that video and then test it out for our self i really do enjoy controller more over keyboard/mouse so i hoping they do it right.

Oh wow... maybe they made it so you press you L or R on your controller to toggle between plus's, press up, right, left, down on you d-pad to actually start the move. Or press up, right, left, d-pad to high light the move button and confirm with the x or a button. Both would end complaints that people who use controllers can't play good enough for highlevel end game content, but the former would be best option because we won't need to confirm it. I personally would love a toggle between highlighting the move for selection or pressing the move for selection with the d-pad.

Now that I think about, I'm probably wrong unless they want to do with triangle, square, cross and circle since how would you target.

[Zenaku]

Question. While you played with a controller on your pc did you at anytime meed your mouse? Because i dont want to feel the lack of a mouse when i play on my ps3 of course i can connect my keyboard for any extra chatting i want to do. & another thing i have a 46inch plasma tv... Is it going to suck playing on a screen that big?

The only time i use my mouse was to change the UI but i bet you once you hit to change the layout you can use the thumbsticks as a mouse.

Oh wow... maybe they made it so you press you L or R on your controller to toggle between plus's, press up, right, left, down on you d-pad to actually start the move. Or press up, right, left, d-pad to high light the move button and confirm with the x or a button. Both would end complaints that people who use contollers can't play good enough for highlevel end game content, but the former would be best option or best option because we won't need to confirm it.

Agree i myself had no issue doing endgame with the controller it was just pain in the ass to get to most of my buff spell that why i just made macros when i was going to do a big WS with STR pot so that did not bug me much seeing how FFXI we use noting but macros lol.

bets on when the video is going to air?

I say Monday.

ya i have a feeling we going to see that video this monday.

[Nez]

The only time i use my mouse was to change the UI but i bet you once you hit to change the layout you can use the thumbsticks as a mouse.



Agree i myself had no issue doing endgame with the controller it was just pain in the ass to get to most of my buff spell that why i just made macros when i was going to do a big WS with STR pot so that did not bug me much seeing how FFXI we use noting but macros lol.

@Andrien ya i have a feeling we going to see that video this monday.

I see, makes sense. I hope that pS3 players have no type of disadvantage at end game content/dungeons /pvp

[KiraHime]

Question. While you played with a controller on your pc did you at anytime meed your mouse? Because i dont want to feel the lack of a mouse when i play on my ps3 of course i can connect my keyboard for any extra chatting i want to do. & another thing i have a 46inch plasma tv... Is it going to suck playing on a screen that big?

I never used my keyboard except for typing and never needed to use my mouse. A PS3 controller and Xbox 360 controller have same number of buttons so you can easily map all the functions. I personally left off mapping the first/third person camera toggle so I could use my R2 as my push to talk button on voice chat but that is just personal preference.

While I personally have never used my TV as my monitor My LS (and main tank) used his 42" TV as a monitor for several months and had no issues with it. (As a side note he uses the same controller setup that I do)

[Uriahnool]

Baby chocobo? I'm finally bigger than something. Ever since those marmots and rats grew up, I've not seen much things smaller than me I could beat up.

[Nez]

I never used my keyboard except for typing and never needed to use my mouse. A PS3 controller and Xbox 360 controller have same number of buttons so you can easily map all the functions. I personally left off mapping the first/third person camera toggle so I could use my R2 as my push to talk button on voice chat but that is just personal preference.

While I personally have never used my TV as my monitor My LS (and main tank) used his 42" TV as a monitor for several months and had no issues with it. (As a side note he uses the same controller setup that I do)

Hmm interesting, i hope an extra 2 inch won't hurt jaja. & if your button layout is most comftt im going to keep that in mind for when the game releases.

[KiraHime]

Hmm interesting, i hope an extra 2 inch won't hurt jaja. & if your button layout is most comftt im going to keep that in mind for when the game releases.

Well it will change a bit as they are actually designing an second action bar layout for controller users (you can kinda see it in the picture here)

Will be interesting to see but we will be able to try it out in phase 3 I believe of beta.