Nice job! I'm brand new to using a controller in ff14 and also an ast player. Having a hard time using the d pad for skills and targeting while moving, any tips?
Thank you! Actually, kinda yeah for the PS4/PS5 controller. First of all, I move my character on the left stick with my half my thumb on it. I can still move and hit actions with the right dpad and down dpad. If i move forwards I can still hit those two dpad buttons because they're on the bottom right side next to the stick. This doesn't work with the switch or xbox controller because of the layout of it. For myself, I assign those Dpad actions with Draw and Star, draw while moving, and place star whilst moving. Also, while my thumb is on the stick , I can scroll down the party list using the down dpad with part of the thumb or the joint. I have single target spells on my face button and can react if someone is about to die. It's a very weird explanation I know but you're not the first person to ask me this and tried my best with them 😅 Another tip which I thought was common knowledge but a friend of mine who does savage raiding didn't know was when you scroll down the list, you don't need to press X button (or A on xbox controller) to confirm and use the skill. All you need is to scroll and hit skill without needing to confirm the player. That eliminates an extra button press. I hope this helps 😂
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Nice job! I'm brand new to using a controller in ff14 and also an ast player. Having a hard time using the d pad for skills and targeting while moving, any tips?
Thank you! Actually, kinda yeah for the PS4/PS5 controller. First of all, I move my character on the left stick with my half my thumb on it. I can still move and hit actions with the right dpad and down dpad. If i move forwards I can still hit those two dpad buttons because they're on the bottom right side next to the stick. This doesn't work with the switch or xbox controller because of the layout of it. For myself, I assign those Dpad actions with Draw and Star, draw while moving, and place star whilst moving. Also, while my thumb is on the stick , I can scroll down the party list using the down dpad with part of the thumb or the joint. I have single target spells on my face button and can react if someone is about to die.
It's a very weird explanation I know but you're not the first person to ask me this and tried my best with them 😅
Another tip which I thought was common knowledge but a friend of mine who does savage raiding didn't know was when you scroll down the list, you don't need to press X button (or A on xbox controller) to confirm and use the skill. All you need is to scroll and hit skill without needing to confirm the player. That eliminates an extra button press. I hope this helps 😂