FFXI battles...

[DakAttack]

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Like I said controller excels over keyboard in the fact that you can still be locked and move camera view off of monster. You can not do that with keyboard even with holding shift+arrow unless you unlock from the target. On top of this also while locked the controller is able to move camera direction up and down, you can not do this with keyboard either while locked.

This is true, but is it really that important? I have five other people that can tell me what's going on in any other direction so I'm not too concerned with that. Honestly I like the keyboard layout. I can type on one side, then move on the other, or auto-run and type. When in auto-run I can press the directional buttons without inteferring with the sentence I'm currently typing.

I've never used a controller, but I can say keyboards are easy to use.

[Shiro_Hayate]

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I tried playing Guilt Gear XX on a dance pad before. I couldn't even pull off a normal dragon punch motion =(

Final Fantasy isn't that hard, just move with your feet and type with your keyboard =P

[**ShadowZone**]

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try play with a dance pad.

lol :tongue:
or a gun or wheel controller.

[Agnastar]

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Try a PS2 dvd remote...

I tried that once. I was confused as hell. I had to continously look at the remote before I did absolutely anything.

[tracert]

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Like I said controller excels over keyboard in the fact that you can still be locked and move camera view off of monster. You can not do that with keyboard even with holding shift+arrow unless you unlock from the target. On top of this also while locked the controller is able to move camera direction up and down, you can not do this with keyboard either while locked.

you use the mouse to pan the camera around while locked onto a target...

[silentsteel]

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using a dance pad is so confusing

[Yossar]

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I use a PS2 controller on my PC with the buttons mapped out exactly as they are on the PS2 (I played PS2 during beta then moved to PC at launch). Using a controller helps out a ton.

[Macht]

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This is true, but is it really that important? I have five other people that can tell me what's going on in any other direction so I'm not too concerned with that. Honestly I like the keyboard layout. I can type on one side, then move on the other, or auto-run and type. When in auto-run I can press the directional buttons without inteferring with the sentence I'm currently typing.

I've never used a controller, but I can say keyboards are easy to use.

True that you have others to relay the info to you, but there is still a delay there. Depending on playstyle and abilities, some of it works better and is easier on the controller vs. keyboard. Which is why I suggest the practiced use of both, especially with movement or manuvering to avoid like say aggro and such the control comes in handy to do this.