Healers Controllers or keyboards

[parkerjones]

Controller. Only because of my experience in FFXI. Running, turning, panning has always seemed natural - that includes targeting. All cross-over games, from the XBOX and PS3 on the PC like Border Lands 2 etc... work very well using the controller.

[Estellios]

Keyboard and mouse... wanted to try it on the PS3 controller during P4 but I couldn't get the game to download to the PS3

You can connect a PS3 controller to a PC with the USB cable you use for charging. Just download and install the Scarlet Crush Drivers and you're set.

The PC client even has options to have your button layouts be shown as either the Xbox 360 or PS3 controller buttons.

[Galione]

man for a healer it needs to be keyboard all the way! screw the controllers they offer half the speed for casting. now for damage dealers (melee specifically) I see no reason a controller wouldn't work but casters are a must for the elite.

[Rage89]

keyboard plain and simple but then im used to using the F1~ keys to change group targets.that and i dont have a very compatible controller (the PS3 controller on a PC requires a third party driver program to run properly). but i can see controller working just fine with the setup they have.

[Wilksha]

I find the best controller to try is the Wired 360 Controller as it has native support as it's a Microsoft product. I've had the controller knocked out on a few occasions because of my cats and just plugging it back in it works fine, no need for rebooting the game. 3rd party drivers to use the PS3 controller are finicky and are not supported by MS. Logitech used to have good controllers but I'm not sure if they are any good anymore as I'm using my wired 360 controller and it does all I need it to do.

[DivineAyumi]

Keyboard/Mouse.
You can swap targets WAY faster and accurately with it.

[Capita]

I use controller for leveling and doing some easy dungeons.

But anything that needs attention goes to KB/M. The targetting is just far and away better.

Target an enemy without randomly aiming at someone's carbuncle? I got that. Scrolling through enemies? I got that. Scrolling through party list? I got that. Mouseover heal without losing my initial target? I got that. Click someone who's low HP and about to die, instead of having to cycle through a bunch of other people? I got that. Controller's just way too slow.

All of those things are possible with the controller if you configure the settings properly and are familiar with using it.

I used a controller most of Beta. When I set my "target only enemies" filter, it still kept targetting Carbuncles. Mouseover isn't possible. Directly targetting someone instead of cycling isn't possible. Best you could do is a target tank macro, unless you plan on macroing all 24 players in your raid.

But this isn't a KB/M vs gamepad argument. It's what works for you. Gamepad had a lot of shortcomings for me.

[Petori]

Gamepad in my left hand and mouse in my right. Yes a bit strange combination but it's surprisingly comfortable and works rather well.

[Len]

Target an enemy without randomly aiming at someone's carbuncle? I got that. Scrolling through enemies? I got that. Scrolling through party list? I got that. Mouseover heal without losing my initial target? I got that. Click someone who's low HP and about to die, instead of having to cycle through a bunch of other people? I got that. Controller's just way too slow.

All of those things are possible with the controller if you configure the settings properly and are familiar with using it.

[zoa01]

keyboard/mouse for me.