FFXIV Complete Controller Guide - Hotbars, Settings, Macros & More
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Whether you're a new player or coming from mouse and keyboard, this video will help you get comfy on controller in Final Fantasy 14. Join the Discord if you want to see examples of controller hotbar layouts for every job in the game, if you have any questions, or just want to come hang out!: / discord
0:00 Intro
2:36 Movement & Camera
5:01 Hotbar Settings
11:58 Targeting
17:38 Hotbar Layout
23:36 Controllers & Technique
29:35 Macros - Hry
Something that wasn't mentioned in targeting that is particularly useful, especially for tanks, is if you hold LB/L1 and press up and down on the d-pad, you will cycle through the enemy list
I feel like this wasn't working for me unless I'm just stupid, but what did work is holding either trigger then pressing either bumper cycles through ONLY enemies, and it hard targets them so if you don't want to soft target it's useful. Otherwise you can set shortcuts with LB and the face buttons to activate custom targeting.
For now I'm trying out setting the dpad to only target allies for healer, and I use either the hard target to select enemies when I wanna attack or if I'm just fighting and not healing I have an L1+X toggle to just normal target enemies. I also set toggles for targeting EVERYTHING if there's ever a random object or npc that I can't target easily with my settings, so that normally I can target less things and not accidentally target my minion all the time or something.
Iirc correctly from my stint in 2020, isn't LB the limit break button? So that would be crazy if you accidentally set off LB3 when you're just trying to target lol.
@@drcox012 not from my experience, it's just a hotbar item, however I haven't played enough dungeons to be certain I suppose, there could be a shortcut for it
I think I love you
Left bumper/L1 and up/down on the d-pad definitely scrolls through the active enemy list, and is useful for provoking or ranged attacking enemies you see you lose agro for (if the enemy doesn't have a red square next to its name, it's killing your party members because you don't have its agro. Notice for new players)
Played 2k hours with camera pivot on, you sir have changed my life
1k hours lol
I think that was a recent-ish addition to the settings. I still play with it on because I don't play staring at the floor.
5k 🫢
Adding a couple fun ones:
LB+Menu/Select hides ui - LB+Start takes screenshot
LB+RB is sheath/unsheath, meaning you can rebind LS to a macro (like sprint)
rebinding ls to sprint... is actually pog. I need to do that asap.. I normally have it on my left hotbar to triangle lol
I love you dude holy shit this is really gonna help my I frontlines you have no idea
/pvpac “Sprint” works like a charm
Is LS pressing in the left stick? Can we remap the right stick too? (Playstation L3 and R3)
@@edgarlarios4718 yes
I cleared TOP with a controller and I’m a 50 year old who is bad at video games. I was the only person in my group using controller, and the only time it was really any kind of hindrance was during the monitor phase. Getting the line perfectly straight was much more challenging than with a mouse/keyboard.
I've been playing nonstop so I haven't stopped to do this thoroughly, so I'm so glad your video ACCIDENTALLY startted playing on my screen after a different video ended. It was exactly what I needed to watch! Thanks!
I just started playing the game on Xbox, And this set up works beautifully. Thanks for the video
Bro your videos are so chill and easy to watch
This is very helpful. Love your videos! I'm gonna try Controller over K/M!
Really good guide. I just started playing on xbox using a elite series 2 controller and have set my 4 back buttons to the dpad directionals.
With the latest updates to the accessories app, you can actually set the paddles to keyboard keys, and then if you disable "direct chat input" in the keybind menu, you can use those keys as additional binds (without disabling that setting, any keyboard input goes directly into the chat box), rather than just remapping other controller buttons.
The hotbar section was so helpful, seeing all my spells at once is so much better then swapping back and forth. Thank you!
You just made my life so much easier thanks dude ❤
Love this video. Straight to the point
As someone who has come back to FF14 after several years, this was really helpful. Thanks and subbed!
didn't about the auto targetting thing! nice stuff thanks for the upload!
Something I've found useful was switching the triggers to bumbers (LT>LB); also having the double tab wxb reset after using an ability.
I understand it would play very differently, but it's more options.
Sooo much great info thanks for making this video. Keep up the great work.
I played healer while having these settings. It gave me quick access to all my ogcds.
Keep doing what you’re doing man. I am a console to PC player. I built my first PC this year but of course controller feels more natural to me. I love what PC has to offer but gaming on controller is far more comfortable to me. I’m glad I stumbled onto your channel! Excellent video!
Awesome guide, great work. I have a very similar setup. If I may recommend one thing for you: for ground targeting, "press action again to execute" is fantastic. Helps a bunch when you're healing and need to drop a sacred soil or a stellar explosion.
I'm a Ps5 Main on controller, and the tip about Keyboard for chatting is huggeeeee.
I'm glad I just found you. I started on PS3, but also grew up on consoles so controller is more native to me as well. That said I still have the menu and such set up for mouse and keyboard. lol I'm happy to have learned about disabling camera pivot.
Ive been using the elite series 2 controller for about 6 months now and love it. The extra paddles on the back are so handy for quick access to important skills like swiftcase raise, dashes and interupts. I don't use the inbuilt controller mode and instead custom keybind all of keys to better suit. I use the D pad and modifiers to control enemy and ally targeting. Flying on a mount is one of the few things is akward and I switch back to my keybord for that, but I wouldn't go back to keyboard now.
As of an update last year, you can actually set the Elite s2 paddles to keyboard keys - and since FFXIV supports simultaneous controller+key board input, that means you can effectively get four additional button inputs (you just have to disable the "direct chat input" toggle in the keybind menu), rather than just rebinding to existing controller buttons.
I'm also personally using a chat pad attachment, so I also have some basic hotbars bound to keyboard (chat pad) buttons for out-of-combat stuff (UI panels like character sheet, inventory, duty finder, quest journal, etc, job switching, utilities like teleport and return, etc).
Subbed. Perfect for a new sprout like me.
Where controller really shines is when you pair an elite 2 with ReWASD or scuff envision with its default software. ReWASD allows you to not only map keyboard binds to any button or stick, but it lets you do key combinations and additional programming layers. Scuff has the same options. You can squeeze way more functionality than you already are. Such as mapping LT+RT to a back paddle as well as RT+LT. this opens up the second hot bar with 1 button instead of 2 allowing for more effective combos.
My god thank you, this video was so helpful, the QOL feels amazing, especially because I main dragoon. Don't know if you have any plans for it, but i'd love a video in the future of getting to see all your classes cross bars, as a good stepping point to learning them all
Glad it helped! I actually have screenshots of all of my hotbars for every job in my discord under the resources channel. Link is in the description if you wanna check it out
Saving this for later
I haven't even finished the video but just you explaining the hotbars and how they work has changed my life. No, seriously, I tried reading guides on how the hotbars worked but they weren't intuituive. This is the first time I've understood the way to set them up and make use of them. I've instantly started reorganising my skills and making use of shortcuts I never even dreamed of now my hotbars are tidier. Experimenting with macros is probably my next aim. I tried playing keyboard and mouse on PC (after struggling on console with the controller a little) but keyboard/mouse controls triggered my motion sickness so I went back to PS4/5 and just got more used to the controller functions. But I definitely wasn't using the controller to it's full potential or as efficiently as I could.
Just started on Xbox thanks for the info definitely gonna use some of this advice
I use both. Healing is the one role where Mouse and keyboard is better. Having to cycle through 5 people to single target a heal is slow. Plus mouseover macros are great.
Controller is great for tank and dps tho, especially ninja's combo system.
Nice guide! I play with controller and I have a similar setup
You changed my life , I've been on default for 2 years
I’d suggest changing “Switch target circle to target select” as that circle target is weird. Also you can create targeting profiles that you can then select with left bumper plus a face button. I have one so I only select enemies, one for selecting friendly targets (in case I see a fellow adventurer in need of a heal, and finally one for when I am in town and want to interact with everything from players to minions.
I've been playing in controller since 2.3. The only issue has been when I wanted to map every single ability. I use set 1 for single target and set 2 for AoE and that works well.
Great Video. Im also one of the People who hide his Double Tab Bar and has a Seperate bar wirh bigger icons for my Cooldowns ^^. But im not a Friend of the L2 first then R2 extra Bars so i have the same Bar regardles if i press L2 or R2 first. Happened to me quite a time when i was busy that i pressed the Wrong button first. Now i have only 1 Bar where i have the AoE Rotation for all of my Classes.
Also i have my most used Skills always on the Facebuttons since i want to use them without taking my thumb off the Analoge Stick. So we share the same mindset.
Also since youve mentioned TOP Monitors....progging it with a Controller with Stickdrift was so much Fun (not) 😂😂. I bought the PS5 Edge Controller right at the Next Day where you can replace your Stick Modules. Since then i always have 1 replacement Module just in Case.
Just to add as I find this extremely useful. You can rebind the sprint macro to L3 which would actually align with how sprint works in other games too
This is so clean, I wish you could share the HUD layouts and allow others to import
Thanx for this! I love your vid! This helped allot! I copied your Red Mage because that is my Fav job until Dawntrail comes out! I'm going to have to check out all the other jobs on your Discord! I love controller for my XSX & then switching to mouse/keyboard on PC while playing FFXIV always hurt my hands! I am better at using the controller! It is going to take me time to get used to this, but I will get it thanks to you!
I migrated to the tatarus/naga combo and have never looked back, but i do understand how natural controller feels
I'd like to add for targeting you can cycle through ONLY enemies on screen by holding R2 and using L1/R1 to cycle in either direction. Once the enemies are on enmity list.. you can cycle through them with up and down on the d pad while holding L1.
I actually find a gaming keypad with a joystick for a toggler + a 12 key MMO mouse + keyboard to be OP for FFXIV. With that combination, you have the ability to control with comfort 3 hotbars. You can achieve the same by using shift and ctrl as togglers with your pinky. It's just not as cozy. I tried the gamepad way of playing, and while I found it strong, it has a sharp learning curve and it's only 8 abilities per cross hotbar. Hence, by default, you can toggle between 3 bars with a max of 24. That's not enough space for many jobs. If you're a fan of playing a job without using every single ability you have as you should, your DPS etc. will suffer. If you mod, you can unlock a fourth giving you a total of 32.
With that, you have to memorize shoulder button pressing order in order to access all four, and it's too easy to mix these up.
With the keypad+mmo mouse method, you have 12x3 hotbars, a solid 36 with only two togglers! This reduces the time required to access a given ability to the point where battle feels fluid.
To me it feels like a no-brainer which of these two is better. What do you think?
I wanna see an image of that setup, sounds interesting
@@CMReina It's simple. You get a Razer Tartarus or another gaming keypad with a thumbstick on the side (why that matters is while you can use it for a camera if you want, you can also bind up and down to ctrl and shit or alt and toggle which hotbar is selected). Then you get any serviceable 12 key on the side mmo mouse. You don't need to much special binding for it, since it works by default, though you might want to bind a few things to the aux buttons (the middle mouse button) left and right clicks of the wheel, etc, but keep the 1-= default. The keybinding that switches trays based on which held (ctrl, shift or alt) depend on the per tray keybind, so you'd have to set hotbar 2 and 3 to use one modifier each 1-=. The end result is far more powerful than using a gamepad.
@@CMReina Bonus Tip: By holding the right mouse button while playing ffxiv, you can move far more fluidly with AWSD than with a gamepad joystick. I like to bind my wheel click to a sprint macro that uses Sprint first and then Peloton (since Sprint comes up slower). That way if you're on DNC, BRD or MCH, and out of combat, you get peloton in between sprint mashing and stay running as fast as possible at all times. Great for in between mobs in dungeons too. Keeps the whole party moving fast. You might get a commendation or two for that alone sometimes.
I have an elite 2 and play ffxiv it’s very nice!!
Only 3 things that are disadvantage compared to KBM, camera turn speed, party list selection and select specific enemy. It is just purely slower compared to KBM just a click or quickly move the camera by swiping your mouse
4th: chatting.
Menus and inventory management
Thanks for the guide, I've looked at several controller guides now and find yours the best explained so far.
I started with the free trail version a few days ago, I'm currently playing on PC with mouse and keyboard.
I normally play MMORPGS with a MMO mouse, so I have access to a lot of buttons. However, since I also plan to play FF 14 on the Steam Deck from time to time (it runs amazingly well), I'm thinking about switching to a controller so that I can use the same setup on the PC and Steam Deck. Seems to be even easier with your setup than with mouse and keyboard.
At the end you mention the use of macros, which I find very interesting because my old MMORPG RIft that I played benefited massively from these kinds of macros. In RIft, I was able to pack many individual skills into a macro and thus significantly reduce the number of keys required. Theoretically, this should also work for many skills, for example for skills that have no cooldown in combination with skills that have a cooldown.
At the moment I find the combat system in ARR quite slow because of the long global cooldown, but I hope that will improve over time. I decided to go for a monk because it's supposed to have the lowest global cooldown.
Using macros for skills is typically not recommended because it can introduce some weird delay. You can always try them out, but just watch to see if your GCD is rolling smoothly. If it gets hung up at all, the macros might be causing some issues.
Monk is fun. It does have the fastest GCD right now, but it doesnt have too many off-GCD abilities. There are a few jobs that feel a bit busier at endgame. (Ninja, dragoon, machinist come to mind). No matter what job youre on things are a bit slow in the earlier levels. They all get so much better nearing level cap.
@@99_Vit Since you have already played most of the classes with controller, which ones would you recommend or which one do you enjoy the most?
@@BamuxxI mainly played ninja and dragoon for this whole expansion. Cant recommend those enough. I also really like bard, dark knight, red mage and black mage. It's all personal preference though. Can't really go wrong with any job in the game
I play Dark Knight, Red Mage, Black Mage, and Reaper mostly. The key to macros is making sure they are order present based on Proc. For instance my Reaper has a macro that contains a bugg on a long cooldown that also procs plentiful harvest, and then enshroud and communio on the same button because they work sequentially. I haven't seen any lag on it since none of the skills use gcd. I just have ti ensure I am not hitting it at the same time as a queued action is executed or it may not trigger. Has only happened 1 time out of thousands of uses. Only issue with macros is the red text saying invalid action when you get stuck in low level content on roulette. I sadly made a macro video many years ago and haven't updated it.
@@Bamuxx every Job is good to use with a Controller except for maybe Astro cause it has so much Micromanaging incolved with Party targeting. It is playable but i wouldnt recommend it on a High level especially weaving your cards to specific targets.
I started playing a few weeks ago on ps5 and this video popped up on my feed this morning. Immediately subscribed and followed your guide, it was very helpful and straightforward. Thanks a lot!
ty ty. i've used controller since i started but i still have trouble with some things !
Agreed. I just changed my control scheme and it’s cool. I’m still not sold on the targeting though. Weird sitting at the computer with a controller tbh.
thanks so much, I literally hated the way the default targeting was like I actually stopped playing the game😂😂
Can't wait to make a dent into this game
TRUE and I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS, I've been using an xbox one and sometimes ps4 too
iv been playing on and off for years on k/m and had a really hard time with some classes due to muscle memory from other games. To many buttons for combos evn with my mouse it was just difficult to manage. With this controler video i feel like i will be able to adapt more easily.
@99_Vit how about healers?
I have the game on pc and Xbox. I never thought...being a pc snob for years, that I'd prefer controller. But damn, it's fantastic. I don't have to reach for buttons and I can recline and play. I have a mnk plugged into the Xbox for chatting etc. Definitely the way to go
Game feels so much better on control once you get everything setup. I also remember turning off names and such what things aren't selected or in battle. Makes it look like a normal game and an MMORPG. I also turned off music and use other more suitable soundtracks to improve immersion as well as turn off subtitles during cutscenes.
You sound like Hutch ^^ Lovely video.
I m new to controllers. Any recommendations on which controllers to look for?
Can u tell me what on which paddle from the dpad did u assigned it too
Super helpful. Lots of details. Ty.
Question however. As a primary healer and one that likes raids etc, it certainly seems like it would be very hard on controller. Do you have any experience with that?
Tx.
When doing high end raiding there’s not much reactive healing. You typically will learn very quickly when the damage is coming and you can plan accordingly. If people are making mistakes, just keep an eye on the party list, but there’s usually plenty of time to scroll through the party list between your casts. Astro is the only tough healer for controller, but that should be changed in a month with dawntrail
@@99_Vit thanks very much vit. Will give it a go 😀
I'm not using controller, nor do i wanna switch or could even imagine using it, but still i'm here, watching this video haha
I started on the PC client back in 2.0 but with an Xbox 360 contoller. The only reason I used a contoller was because of jobs that had positionals. Now one thing about contollers I hate is when I have to use abilities or weaponskills/spells that are on my D-pad and not the buttons. I use free camera movement on contoller as well, so when I hit back on the left stick my character turns immediately.
@99_Vit If I were to try a controller instead of a keyboard which one would you recommend before I'll throw my money at MS?
I had no complaints when I used to play on the ps4 controller. I’m sure any cheap off brand would work fine too
Hello Vit, nice video! I started playing with controller and I own 2x xBox Elite series 2 (one custom directly from Microsoft) and recently got a PS Dualsense Edge, which is the elite version of PS.
No matter which game you play, stick drift can cause poor gaming experience and even kill the joy. So to get a simple understanding, I want to take Call of Duty as a reference, because the game has very good controller settings.
Elite Series 2, out of box first minute deadzone on both sticks were 5 to 7, yes both controllers I own almost identical deadzones. I never contacted Microsoft, because that's something, I don't wanna deal with. The first one, I used about 1 year, it didn't go worse and than I just thought get a second one, maybe will be better.... nope.... it's frustrating and there is no way to fix it without killing the warranty.
I was just fed up and for my curiosity I did get a dualsense edge, it's even more expensive and seems like these extra bucks are worth it. Out of the box left stick 0 deadzone, the right one had just on one axis 1. I immediately fell in love, it felt so much better and the best about this controller? The sticks are very easy replaceable. They made possible to open the front and just pull them out like an USB and put in the new one if it's required. They are selling 1 stick for round about 25 bucks. I use this controller for couple months now, no issues or it didn't get worse.
If you do some research on reddit, you will find threads about xbox elite stick drift issue. It's really sad, because I think xBox has better natural layout and gives the feeling of holding smth high quality. I don't know if they fixed the issue yet on new ones, but if not, I can not recommend them and would spend some more for an Edge from Playstation.
With DSX (On Steam) you can remap every button on Edge. Also the edge doesn't has 4 paddles on back, in my opinion that's fine, 2 are enough for me.
System config ---> Gamepad settings ---> Stick Sensitivity mine is at 0 without issues so far. (For those don't play on controller or didn't know that, lower is better)
The aoe macro with the doesnt work with the abilitie
Your setup is very neat. Is that XBox? I play with PC + KBM, and my UI is so busy. You give me inspiration.
I’m on pc. I play on an ultrawide monitor so a few parts of my UI are off screen in this video
@99_vit what are your thoughts on using controller in other aspects of ff14 such as flying, navigating ui, gold saucer, housing decor, crafting/gathering? Would love to see a video on this! Been a kb&m mmo player since the birth of everquest but this is such a good video that showcases how efficient a controller is with this game that im definitely gonna give it a try!
I honestly don’t use my mouse for a whole lot. Sometimes I’ll grab it when doing a lot of inventory management. It was really good when decorating my house as well. I think all the menus and everything else are very good for controller once you get used to it
I think putting a Sprint macro on the L3 button is the best thing to do for controllers
Also if you don't want to switch to legacy mode because of the sidestep. If you click the L3 button it will switch to legacy mode if you're locked on and you can run freely.
Oh neat. I know it does the same from legacy to standard when you lock on like that. I just never use it haha
600 hours on controller and i def still picked up some stuff. thanks for the tips g.
edit: the w crossbar does not work on console.
What's the dark grey brick synth sitting on your desk?
Not entirely sure which one you’re asking about, but the keyboard in front of my monitor is an Elektron Digitone Keys. I have an Octatrack and Roland SH01a off to the side that are much more gray and brick like haha
Cool.
I love playing FFXIV on a controller
I'm not sure about double-tapping triggers to access more hotbar buttons. Especially if considering ogcd weaving, it costs a lot of time compared to single-tapping a modifier. I came with curiosity rather than a genuine interest in adopting controller, anyway, but I'll happily stick to my MMO mouse.
Any recommendations on which keyboard to use if im playing on Xbox? Also I’m lvl 35 summoner now been playing on mouse and keyboard. Definitely want to switch to melee. Do you think I should go ninja or dragoon?
I use a Corsair K70 keyboard and I like it. Either of those jobs are way more fun than summoner imo. I think ninja is one of the best designed jobs in the game right now. Dragoon is up there too, but it's getting reworked in a few months in Dawntrail, so who knows what it will be like then. Ninja is one of the most fun jobs early on as you level. Dragoon gets a lot of the fun stuff much later on. Those are my two favorite melees for sure though
Ninja is great but has a mundra issue, always had one can be quite punishing getting it wrong but overal a fun class and a very handy "grinding" class. Dragoon however is the more friendlier of the two but also the easier class. Problem with Dragoon is, the level experience for the class isn't very good due to how the job scales, after 70+ the job gets into it but this will most likely change again in Dawntrial.
Keyboard doesn't really matter, anything that can plug in will suffice, I don't think Xbox has real keyboard support to use the many keyboard bells and whistles, I would however use a bluetooth keyboard if it was me.
@@Vokcas thank you for the insight. What are your thoughts ninja vs monk? I just unlocked rogue and it’s been fun on controller.
@@double_joseph327 Monk is a very easy class to get into, more friendlier then Ninja that's for sure. Best way I would describe monk is like driving a car or operating machinery, you always know where you are going next in the move list. Dawntrail is going to see smaller hit boxes so the position from Flank and Rear will see a bigger play; personally I prefer Ninja flexibility, I feel Ninja spikes a bit better in term of utility and damage at the moment you need it rather then Monk strong consistent approach.
Leveling monk I found was pretty friendly, you can't use your big attacks until later levels 70+ but with how the class works you get the majority of your kit you will be using early and scaling doesn't really play a big impact to it.
What I would really do is level a class to 30 and then take it into Palace of the Dead, you don't need to do your job scales to use the skills; gives you a better environment to see if you gel right with the class.
Algorithm comment this is amazing I’ve been playing since ps4 arr in 2014 and I learned a lot from this
I have nostalgia on some of my unused hotbars. I still have moves from 2015 on them.
Dude same ^^. All the old WHM Spells like Stoneskin,Cleric Stance or protect...all remembered in a seperate Hotbar. Even with my Protect,Swiftcast Stoneskin Macro ^^
@@DantoriusD yes! And on my bard hotbar I still have eagle eye and rain of arrows. The animation for rain of arrows was class. (I think that's what it was called anyway, but you did a little back flip)
I play on Steam Deck, and have added macros for specific keybinds to swap to hotbars 1, 3, 5, and 7 and bound those keys to the four rear buttons L4, L5, R4, and R5. Double tap is cycle up, and hold both is cycle down.
How do I get the distant Fov you are using? I am on PS5 is it possible to get that awesome distant view on console?
I’m just zoomed all the way out. Hold l1 and right stick up and down to zoom. Also have the camera tilted up a bit. There’s a slider in the settings for that or you can do control up and down it you have a keyboard
@@99_Vit oh thanks man! Brand new to the game! I really appreciate that
There are stuff I didn't hear mentioned, how does your WXHB have eight buttons on the offshoots? Mine only has four. I can't double trigger to highlight them either. I've been trying to move from MKB to controller for years but I just can't ever understand the controls it's frustrating
Character config -> hotbar -> custom - there are settings in here for the double tap, and another option to “enable directional and action buttons” that will let you use all 8
Been playing controller for a year now. Definitely was an adjustment after playing keyboard for 7 years. Absolutely stellar tho. Got my pentalegend on monk (which is the actual busyest job y'all ninjers are just pretenders).
Only thing that is somewhat problematic are direction mechanics (monitors in TOP, towers in dsr p3, p8s snakes etc. etc)
You can remedy this with some 3rd party plugins that allow you to place a standard/legacy toggle macro on hotbar.
Gotta say tho, healing on controller is still very cumbersome. Micromanaging partylist healing (point healing, rescuing, astro cards etc.) Is painful.
Props to you and all the monk players out there. That job hurts my brain haha. Monitors in top were definitely the hardest for me. Dsr p3 is just me trying to not press stardiver at the wrong time and kill everyone. I usually just end up playing it a bit safer than I might need to for those types of mechs
you can target over on controller without losing the focus i play on controller since 1.0 and have no issues healing anyfight theres a lot of hiddens tricks i tell people
@@madlinkers8595 pray tell. Would love to learn something useful :)
Nice octatrack
any cheaper alternates to the xbox elite 2 controller? really love the paddles but its too much money to me imo
Got any tips on camera speed?
I have mine around 60%. There’s not really anything in this game that you need to flick the camera for, but put it as fast as you’re comfortable with
I'm considering trying out out controller, whats a good controller for PC?
why are you duplicating actions in macro for the Earthly Star/Dragon Sight/Shirk? If first one fails, the rest will fail, as well, since they will be executed instantly in like a millisecond.
also it you can have a macro like this instead of 3 versions:
/ac "Action_name"
/ac "Action_name"
If you have a target selected (which can be you, so no need for version) - it will place it on target. If no target is selected or target is out of range, you will get the circle
A benefit of the PS5 controller over the PS4 is the touchpad that allows you to access a mouse in game. I use this to quickly target who I need to in alliance dungeons.
Ps4 also has a Touchpad and it worked exactly the same xD
Ohhh so it does. My memory is so mince! I was going to delete these out of embarrassment but I'll leave it since the tip still stands.
How do I add abilities to my hot bar
Press square or X on the ability in the menu and click add to hotbar. Then just pres the button you want it on
As somebody who just started playing on ps5 and is at around about level 50. The controller was absolutely unplayable for me immediately
Good video. A minor note that mouse and keyboard players should NOT use Legacy movement. It makes you run straight back but walk diagonally back. Having your character run on 6/8 directions and walk on 2/8 is a really good way to get killed by AOEs.
Inaccurate. What you’re talking about is using Legacy with Strafe left/right. We use Move Left/Right, and some keep the strafes nearby in case they want to use them in certain situations.
I like the touchpad on the PS5
Biggest issue on controler as a sprout is learning the menus asking my fc they say "press this key" and it auto starts just typing not a huge hurtle but a funny one
I don’t like how I have to let go of the left thumb stick to hit the d pad.
For xbox players you can get a keyboard that attaches directly to the controller for like 25 bucks.
I started on PS4. Thought I was at a disadvantage using a controller, especially as a white mage.
Now I'm on PC. I've got the mouse and keyboard right in front of me. Can't do it. Started looking up how to best use mouse and keyboard. The best advice: just go back to controller 👍🏼
I've been playing on controller since 2013. Only issue I run into is typing of course. But with my macros I have made it so jobs can use cross hotbars and fit on usually 1.5 to 2 hotbars overall. Going to watch to see if you found any bits I don't use. Really looking forward to more QOL updates.
Good video. The only thing is how you set up your hud layout
Check my channel, I just uploaded a whole video this week about hud layout!
@@99_Vit ok ty
@@99_Vit tyvm. Also, one last thing. How do I increase my hp?
@@koawarrior2352 it’s all through character and gear level
@@99_Vit damn so to get good gear, I have to craft them
I have mine in d pad also
I use standard since i originally came from wow. I would much prefer standard than legacy because most mmos use standard.
about 20k hour into this game and controller is the only way i know to play, i play with controller too much that become lazy to actually learn to play with mouse and KB for this game
Chording doesnt work for my brain 😂 so even on kbm pretty much everything has its own key. I only use shift modifier for aoe rotation.
Trying to get that finger coordination is a lot harder to me. But I dont usenmy controller much so it usually feels alien unless im playing some retro or fighting game.
It's weird -- I actually like to be able to back-pedal as a keyboard mouse player. I tried the legacy before and felt so weird. I guess its different for everyone.
I play on controller. Personally, I can't understand how anyone plays with keyboard and mouse.
Some people are just not capable of using KBM so they have to stick with a controller but once you get used to KBM you can't go back, the difference between both is not even close, even better if you manage to get used to a MMO mouse + KB = unlimited power
All the mmos before was played with kbm so i would assume they got used to it from before.
problem is ff14 1.0 was controller only so tons of options controller have kbm doesnt have yet and im doing ultimates andnhaving great parses just need to customise it and native kb mouse suck as well it needs customisation
well I play on PS4pro with an USB Keyboard+ Mouse for writing ^^ and sometimes Mouse gives a lil bit more control ^^ like with that Air Force One GATE^^
Xbox controllers are bad for FF14.., as the triggers are not ideal for such intense gameplay (endgame raiding..)
I'm a PC gaming/MMO vet, Whole life on KB&M. After I got a steam deck and loaded FFXIV up on it and started leveling a character using controller while on vacation its so hard to go back. There are so many options and tweeks that just make it feel so good on controller. I'll still hop on KB&M every now and then but its just so clean on controller.
Just converted from KBM to controller, definitely wont go back to KBM. Only annoyance is having to constantly replace batteries in the elite controller (getting a recharging pack soon, a pair of batteries last a day atm)
I would highly recommend buying a wired Wolverine V2 controller then, they are far more responsive, face buttons and d-pad are nice and clicky like a mechanical keyboard. They also have much more longevity than any controller I've used
If I may ask- what are the major pros and cons of your decision to change from kb/m to controller?