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twesterm on 12 July 2010
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Wagram said:
twesterm said:
Lyrikalstylez said:

Dude, MS better have an exclusive MMORPG in the works or I call Bull****

 


Why?  It's not like this game is going to be a major draw for consoles. 

People may be able to point me to a thread where upwards of dozens of people are upset the PS3 version is delayed, but that doesn't change the fact this is primarily a PC game.

The PS3 may have the advantage that you can connect a mouse and keyboard to this but I don't think most people that want to play FFXIV will take advantage of that.  MMO's just need a keyboard.  Plain and simple.

It's possible to play and communicate an MMO with just a controller, FFXI proved this, but it also proved that it isn't fun.

Also, the other reason why FFXIV will be by far the best on the PC-- user mods.

I'm not talking about SE sanctioned, I'm talking about things like the Windower and all the awesome plugins it brought for FFXI.

I don't think I knew anyone that didn't use the windower.

Actually I think using the keyboard sucks. I prefer a controller any day. I'll be using my DS3 on my PC.

 

Using the controller for gameplay isn't too terrible (I actually tried it a few times), the problem comes in trying to use macros quickly and actually comminicating with people.

I guarantee you I can out macro anyone using a controller (especially using windower macros) , especially since you'll have to have a set of "OMG help me!!" macro's that I don't need to have.

I don't remember the pluginI use with Windower, but I had incredibly detailed sets of macro's for every job combination that could completely change depending on the day, time, and my current status. 

Even before I started using that plugin (it used XML, I can't remember for the life of me what it was called) I had more than ALT and CTRL numbers macro'd, I even had most of my letters because I just used so many spells.

I don't know what you played but I played mainly mages and Alt 1-0 and Ctrol 1-0 just couldn't cut it.  Considering controllers have even less macro space and are slower, it just doesn't compare.

(remembers the horrors of setting up my SMN/SCH macros)