(09-12-2013, 03:36 PM)Kyzal Wrote:(09-12-2013, 03:33 PM)Zhauric Wrote: My wife is playing on the PS3 and just plugged a random keyboard we had in. It worked perfectly fine for her typing purposes so you should be okay from our experiences. Still it is a bit annoying to do so and is probably the most silence I have ever got out of my wife *is glad she can't see this*
The game also seems to run fine on PS3 but I say the graphics on the PC are much better. Then again I bought a graphics card to run it on max settings. Just sharper images in my opinion. Word of warning to anyone out there....don't rub this in with your significant other if they are something not as strong. You'll pay for it in the end *smiles*
As for which server that is all up to you. Both are good, friendly and strong communities. Balamung has legacy and non-legacy folks abound. It is an established community obviously due to this but more than welcoming to any and all. You'll run into more than enough new folks as well.
Gilgamesh is the alternate server for new players so a young and growing community. From what I have seen thus far it is also welcoming and engaging with folks looking to lay the building blocks to a strong group of roleplayers.
The availability of both I am not overly certain. From posts I have seen they tend to open at intervals so the chance to leap on one should be there more than previously.
What kind of PS3 is your wife running? A slim or the older models?
I too don't think I'd have much trouble multi tasking the controller and typing, that isn't so much of a concern. Besides, don't we all just sit around inns and drink anyway? Kidding
But yeah, thanks for your response friend.
I play the PC version but I've been toying around with the controller and to be honest I think I might prefer it. You just really need to set it up and tweak it (but these options are available on the PS3 too) because things such as targeting, attacking etc are a pain on the controller with default settings, but if you spend an hour or so setting up your HUD, controller settings, it's a real pleasure.
Pretty much most USB mouse and keyboards will work on the PS3 and the PS3 version of FFXIV, you can even control it like you would on PC, however these seems to be a small problem were you currently can't use the PC action bars, but only the controller action bar.
Worth noting with a controller is that 'direct chat' is viable, basically instead of having to press enter to type, you can just start typing away on your keyboard and it will go straight to chat. There's also the option with a controller to make the chat screen fullscreen, which is really nice if you're just standing there chatting.
Other perks with a controller is analogue sticks, meaning your character runs and walks in a more realistic way (also pressing autorun on the controller automatically keeps your character walking at whatever pace you were moving them, so no need to toggle Run/Walk)
Although I haven't tried it because I lost mine, you can get addon keyboards for controllers, basically mini keyboards that sit between the two grips, which are quite usable with a bit of practice.
As for PS3 players not talking? Most console users now are used to voice chat by default, very few games support text chat so I imagine it's a bit of a strange concept to some players and yeah, without some kind of keyboard I doubt anyone would attempt it.
There's also a neat option were you can set up which action bars display during combat and which ones display out of combat. So you could have all eight action bars filled up with macros, emotes, commands etc during the RP, but only have two show up with your spells and attacks which only appear when you're killing monsters.
