Keyboard or Controller

[Deluge]

Keyboard only.

Set to compact mode and run with W and turn by changing the view with the arrow keys. Just as precise as controller (have the xbox version kicking around but rarely use it). Moving with controller then having to switch to keyboard to type feels completely retarded. Only upside to controller is being able to run/change direction while typing but that rarely comes up.

[Wrathbone]

I started on PS2, then migrated to PC. After playing 1+ years on PS2, I had grown too fond of having macro's at my fingertips. <3 my $30 (cheaper ones broke to easy) wireless controller.

[konoko]

I started on ps2, moved to pc, my cheapo wireless controllers had a habit of breaking and i ended up using a keyboard for about a month.

During this time i was leading a pretty active salvage static (2-4 runs a week), normally leading a salvage run will leave me with a slight headache, but with a keyboard and not a controller, those small headaches turned into throbbing pain... so i went to a friends house and stole one of his wireless controllers for 3 months before i was able to get a replacement for mine; when i returned his controller he apparently never knew it was missing lol...

After getting my controller back i have to say im kinda in awe at anyone who can play ff with just a keyboard, i just cant wrap my mind around using a KB to communicate and perform all the essential functions of the game at the same time, while i can use a controller one-handed and type with one hand pretty easily when the need arises

[Fiendishone]

Controller onry!

This: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Dual-.../dp/B0000ALFCI

[Plow]

Always used keyboard, and have wished for a long time I had keybind changing capability the whole time.

alt+1 2 3, ctrl123 etc, makes for TERRIBLE keybinds for other games, particularly WoW, but it's just so ingrained with me I can't shake it, at least for 1-6

[Yugl]

My friend used to have a keyboard/controller combo, it was awesome till the analog stopped working. This is the exact same one:

http://www.superufo.com/item_photo/item/PS2-0601-L.jpg

LOL! I used to use that too. I think I stopped because of the analog issue as well, and would later have to change it anyways since I now play on PS3. I still use the KB from it though since it works without the KB. That said, I can only "touchtype" using keys for school work and papers. Anything beyond that is unnatural (Such as using CTRL and ALT), so that's another reason why I'm staying with controller.

[Feedmenow]

Keyboard, WASD with my left hand for moving, right hand covers the numpad, which has bindings to all the actions I need. When I'm just running around I move my right hand to the arrow keys to move the camera.

When I'm playing, I usually just have the keyboard/laptop on my waist/lap while I'm lying down on a couch. Pretty damn comfortable for playing.

[BrayenMidgard]

Keyboard since I started, I only enjoy controllers for mining or events where I don't use macros. It's just too slow to scroll through the pallete. On a keyboard, even though the pallete takes a second longer to load, you can still fire a macro while that's happening.

For smooth turns with a keyboard you strafe the camera while moving forward. For looking behind you while running, I don't understand why that's a problem, you would do the same thing you do with a controller. Unless for some weird reason you don't auto-run forward while looking behind you.

edit: What Mojo said, not inhibited but less precise. I solo a lot and it's never been an issue.

I admit targetting alliance members used to be difficult on a keyboard. Since they added <stpt> and <stal> that's not a problem anymore.

My friend used to have a keyboard/controller combo, it was awesome till the analog stopped working. This is the exact same one:

http://www.superufo.com/item_photo/item/PS2-0601-L.jpg

i started off with this exact same set up, and also had the analog break ..both of them lol, i see a trend!

i can NOT play without controller. I am so use to the controller, when my last one broke, i tried to set up keyboard and it was a nightmare, had to go right out and find a new controller, hitting macros with alt/crtl+#s is a awful, i can type pretty fast and all but numbers are so seldom used my fingers just miss too easily where what macros is where. scrolling through macros with controller can be slow if you gotta do something very unexpectedly like hit macro ctrl+ 4 while u are highlighted over Ctrl+0 which makes macro placement probably more important i think(while on controller) but easily avoidable problem i think. ANYWAYS, controller > keyboard!

[Feedmenow]

Alt/ctrl+# is totally for chumps, I can agree with that. Bindings are still better than anything controllers can offer.

[Auspice]

PC launch fag here; keyboard only or GTFO. You can't talk and move around with a controller.

[Pikarya]

PC launch fag here; keyboard only or GTFO. You can't talk and move around with a controller.

http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showp...8&postcount=80 Or PS3 with QWERTY.

[Snprphnx]

PS3 controller With chat via keyboard

[Zellgadiss]

Keyboard. Compact setting. WASD for movement. G15 keyboard binds. Arrow keys for camera movement. I have no problem moving the camera while moving. Targeting alliance members? Config > Misc. 2 > Menu/Target Cursor Up (set as Q), Menu/Target Cursor Down (set as E)

I've got a mule I play on xbox and use the controller on her. If I ever had to tank, solo, fill multiple rolls, ie. anything that isn't just haste cycle/curing I'd have to go to keyboard. It's just more responsive. And let's not forget the whole being able to relay information much faster. You can never be as fast typing with your thumbs as I can with my fingers.

[Tsuki]

ps3 controller on pc, chat and very rarely commands on keyboard. i can type and do stuff at the same time without putting down the controller. started on ps2, guess old habits never die. when my other controllers broke i was a hazard to be around while using keyboard only. its safer if i use what i'm used to.

[Stromgarde]

PS2 Dual Shock via USB adapter for movement + menu manipulation, G15 keyboard for chatting and combat. Keyboard movement is too imprecise for my tastes.

[Reality]

Keyboard controls in FFXI are just horrible (and also unlike every other MMO or RPG i ever played on PC).
So controller for gameplay, keyboard for chat.

+1

wireless 360 controller with hacked JP drivers so win7 doesnt bitch

[tonystigma]

You can't talk and move around with a controller.

It's... easier to talk and move with a controller. Especially if you use compact keys.

[6souls]

Controller only, playing on keyboard is retarded

This statement holds so much truth. I have no idea how anyone can stand using a keyboard in XI, it's horrendous.

[Mojo]

Eh, if you think that statement is full of truth, you probably just gave up on the keyboard before actually learning how to use it or understand why people use it.

[Kipling]

Eh, if you think that statement is full of truth, you probably just gave up on the keyboard before actually learning how to use it or understand why people use it.

Truth.