Healers Controllers or keyboards

[NintenPyjak64]

Back in 1.xx, I was strictly keyboard for White Mage.
Now: I use Controller. Feels so much better then back in 1.xx.

I tried healing with Keyboard by clicking the people's names in the party window, but that lead to several deaths because for some reason, you needed to click the CLASS ICON instead of the name. And clicking that was also incredibly off. I'm sure it's better now but I'm not giving it another chance after playing with Controller for so long

[indira]

Controller. Movement is just so much better with it IMO.

Now that we can choose what hotbars show up in R1 cycling, can have macros move us to different hotbars to easily move through combos, and can have our hotbars change depending on if we are in or out of battle, I'm immensely enjoying creating a custom controller setup for all the options they give you.

They are also discussing giving us a 3rd set of 8 actions by holding both triggers down, which would give us 192 action slots.

a 3rd bar i would love i can toss all my buff & long timer skills on it.

[Xikeroth]

Just so anyone's aware, on a controller, all you need to do to target your party members is up and down on the D-Pad, there is no difficulty in targeting party members at all.

Target ting enemies is similarly easy, as all you need to do is press the A/X button, and it will instantly select the closest enemy target. Sometimes carby can get in the way, but all you need to do is move forward, or move to the left or right. I just like being able to kick my feet up and enjoy a dungeon instead of getting swass and hunch-back syndrome.

You realize many players who use keyboard don't hunch over keyboards at all, right? lol Many of us sit up strait or lean back just like controller users.

Yes the controllers offer the scroll option. But it is just as fast if not faster to use the F keys. You can specifically target players rather than scroll through them.

No ones saying what is better. They are saying what they like to use.

[Alleviator]

I use both controller and keyboard. Most of the time I stick with the controller because it's what I'm used to as I played XI for nearly ten years. It's really easy to target most of the time using the D-pad. Sometimes though, especially in a light party like a dungeon, if things get a little bit rough and I need to target someone super-quick, I can do it faster with the F-keys.

[KenshinHimura]

Played FFXI for the longest with controller but not the only reason I'm using controller, the other reason is say I'm stuck for some time on playing it on PS3 or PS4 at least I am already used to the controller.(I have the game on PC and PS3 currently).

[Thalamant]

I played FFXI and 1.0 exclusively with a gamepad. Ever since ARR Alpha I've used mouse/keyboard. Probably because I've spent so much time playing other MMOs since FFXIV 1.0.

However, I fully intend to adapt to gamepad again, as I plan to play on both PC and PS3 and there is something very relaxing about kicking back in my recliner or on my bed to enjoy an MMO.

[Zumi]

I use a controller. Beat the last boss in 1.0 with a controller.

[Tooy]

I use controller with the KB on backup set with macros on my ps3 that way i have easy way to heal 24 man/girl raids an FATEs

[DoctorPepper]

I prefer controller myself, although I use keyboard/mouse once in a while. I find that using up/down on the dpad to select party members is very quick and I can hit a larger set of abilities quickly with the controller than I can on the keyboard. I do however find the mouse very handy for targeting in large group events such as FATE.

[SkyeWindbinder]

Controller.

Because the X-bar and party layouts make it super easy!