For novices, Last Dream XIV can appear challenging. Not just does the MMO flaunt an abundant globe of experience, sidequests, exciting personalities and also even more, however it comes packaged with considerable control alternatives to assist you to engage with it all.
The video game’s advancement group has actually located a stylish remedy for controller-favouring gamers, one that matches the flexibility of the key-board and also computer mouse plan. Yes, you can make use of that pairing for FFXIV on PlayStation, however you would certainly be losing out on among one of the most favorably refined controller arrangements developed.
With a couple of switch combinations, you can remove world-ending leviathans, race throughout the large levels of Thanalan or burst out a fancy dancing series for the amusement of others. Continue reading for a detailed overview to customize your controller– DualSense or DualShock 4– to ideal match your requirements. This is created from experience: these helpful faster ways have actually been picked up from virtually a years of playing FFXIV with a controller.
The fundamentals: browsing the food selections and also controller configuration.
Browsing the food selections.
FFXIV’s food selection system is available in 2 designs: one customized for a controller, the various other fit to computer mouse and also key-board. The initial (above) will certainly know to long-term PlayStation proprietors: it resembles the PS3’s XMB (Cross Media Bar) primary food selection. You’re totally free to select which one you favor. Every little thing– from personality equipment to system customisation– can be accessed from below. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > UI Setups > > General)
To browse via whichever food selection style you selected, you’ll wish to push Alternatives to initially open it, after that the D-pad to browse via the food selection alternatives.
Secret details will certainly by default show up on your UI overlay while playing. This includes your mini-map, pursuit lines, conversation home window and also even more. You can relocate in between these with a press of the Touchpad. You can tailor-make their design, dimension, setting and also whether they show up on the display. (You’ll locate this setup generally System > > HUD)
Establishing your controller.
To Start With you’ll wish to obtain comfy with your fundamental controller configuration. If you’re the kind to appreciate customized switch arrangement, you’ll have the ability to alter switch mapping to your taste. By default, Triangular will certainly have you leap, Square will certainly open up the mini-map, Cross will certainly be made use of to target points around you and also or else validate, and also Circle will certainly be made use of to terminate. You can make a decision to switch these to your taste. (You’ll locate this setup in System Setup > > Gamepad Setups > > Switch Setup)
There is likewise an alternative to turn around X or Y axes for those that favor to have fun with upside down controls. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > General > > Cam Controls > > Gamepad)
As soon as you have actually seen to it the controller reacts nonetheless you favor, allow’s begin checking into activity.
Moving Eorzea.
There are 2 kinds of activity: Tradition and also Requirement. In Requirement, your personality will certainly constantly relate themselves in the direction of the instructions you relocate the electronic camera, their back to you. In Tradition, the personality isn’t secured. You can relocate the personality and also electronic camera separately, though the latter will certainly constantly be secured to the previous, so your personality will certainly constantly go to the centre of the display.
While Requirement permits you to make even more refined and also immersive minutes– backstepping, side-stepping– it can reduce you down in battle. If you wish to remain active, you might locate that Tradition will certainly permit you to evade assaults quicker. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > General > > Motion Setups)
You can select the electronic camera’s range from your personality, focusing and also out, by holding L1 and also making use of the joystick to change electronic camera range. This has advantages for battle, changing your line of vision to monitor your environments, in addition to telegraphs of where your adversary’s following strike may land in a field.
There is likewise an alternative to go first-person if you focus completely. Helpful for looking into a good friend’s brand-new beauty (attire) up close, however not a lot for anything else. You’ll most likely wish to disable this in battle unless you wish to see fatality up close. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > General > > Cam Controls) It’s still feasible to change to first-person by pushing R3 after that, if you ever before wish to!
Eorzea is a huge location. By default, you can turn on autorun while proceeding foot or riding a place by initial holding the left joystick in the wanted instructions, and afterwards pushing L1, which leaves you to just stress over guiding. You’ll disable autorun with one more press of L1, or by bringing the joystick to the contrary instructions you’re going to. (You’ll locate this setup in System Setup > > Gamepad Setups)
As soon as you have actually gotten to a particular factor in the video game, you’ll have the ability to make use of places to rise via the skies and also swim undersea. You’ll have 2 remove alternatives to select from when you wish to fly, Car or Guidebook. Car indicates you’ll require to push the dive activity when to fly, while Guidebook will certainly have you leap two times to remove. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > General > > Traveling Mount Departure)
The complexities of targeting.
The fundamentals of targeting.
There are various alternatives you can select from when it involves targeting. Generally, you’ll wish to make use of the D-pad. Browsing left and also right will certainly toggle in between offered targets on the display from one side to the various other. Browsing backwards and forwards will certainly toggle in between the allies in your event listing, if you presently have one. There are a great deal of means to personalize these policies to ideal fit your requirements, so allow’s dive in.
As you begin targeting points around you, you’ll observe there are 2 degrees of targeting. We call these Short-lived targets (” soft targeting”) and also Picked targets (” difficult targeting”):
Soft targeting indicates the target you are presently browsing to will certainly be highlighted and also pushing an activity switch will certainly carry out that activity to that target however go back to your difficult target right after if you have one. Conversely, pushing Cross on a highlighted target will certainly validate that target and also make it your brand-new difficult target.
When in battle or if your tool is attracted, difficult targeting an opponent will certainly turn on the auto-attack, a constant stream of fundamental assaults at routine periods figured out by your tool. Soft targeting can be available in useful when you require a place recover on an ally, however wish to maintain auto-attacking your primary target. It’s an important method that deserves discovering. With experience, you’ll effortlessly make use of both soft targeting and also difficult targeting as you deal with your Eorzean experience.
Targeting allies.
Time right into your experience, you’ll begin pairing with various other gamers in a range of means– arbitrarily matched for dungeons or selected allies from your pals listing. The most convenient method to watch on your allies, and also pick them throughout battle, is your event listing. The event listing is a food selection that remains on your UI, presenting your event participants, their present class/job, HP, and also a lot more.
If you’re a therapist, you’ll need to watch on your event’s HP frequently, so you may wish to arrange your event listing according to your requirements. For instance, you can tailor-make your setups to make sure that your storage tanks and also fellow therapists will certainly constantly show up in addition to your listing, with the DPS in your event showing up in the lower component. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > UI Setups > > Celebration Checklist > > Celebration Checklist Arranging)
You can browse via your event listing from either the leading or all-time low with the backwards and forwards switches on the D-pad, so you’re constantly a couple of switch presses far from your wanted target, no matter where they get on the battleground as long as they remain in variety of you. You can likewise choose a various order relying on which course you remain in, and also have your event arranged in different ways relying on if you’re recovery, tanking, or DPSing!
Targeting adversaries.
To Start With, when it involves targeting adversaries, your targeting alternatives will certainly be various relying on if your tool is covered or attracted, which you can toggle in between by pushing L3. For instance, when you have your tool out, pushing the D-pad flat can toggle in between all adversaries around you from entrusted to appropriate or appropriate to left, however when your tool is covered, the variety of selectable targets around you will certainly likewise consist of pleasant NPCs, allies, and also all things you can engage with. This provides even more accuracy in battle, avoiding over targets you’re not likely to require while battling. NPCs will certainly thanks! You can tailor-make the teams of targets you desire selectable for every position (sheathed/unsheathed) independently. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > Filters > > Target Filter Setups)
Advanced methods.
In battle, there are a couple of even more targeting methods to pick adversaries in a pinch that can be helpful. Eventually, it will certainly boil down to individual choice and also you may just utilize your favourites, however it’s great to recognize every one of them exist.
Initially, holding L2 or R2 after that touching R1 (or L1) will certainly cycle via the targets in your sight from entrusted to right (or appropriate to left). If you’re presently difficult targeting an opponent, this will certainly change your difficult target to the adversary straight to their left or right, relying on the switch mix you make use of. This faster way is especially helpful to rapidly change to a nearby target.
If you’re tanking or otherwise associated with enmity (aggro) administration, holding L1 and also pushing backwards and forwards on the D-Pad will certainly highlight targets right from your adversary listing, a UI aspect that notes the aggressive adversaries presently involved with you that likewise shows an enmity meter. If you’re tanking and also observe that of the adversary’s enmity indication has actually gone eco-friendly (which indicates you no more hold aggro over it), you can pick it right from there and also rapidly treatment that.
Ultimately, if you actually desire a totally personalized system to target anything you desire immediately, you can likewise establish customized target filter setups. To make use of these, you’ll require to hold L1 adhered to by circle, cross, triangular or square. Each will certainly provide you accessibility to a distinct targeting team that you can tailor-make on your own. For instance, you can select for your default setting to target involved adversaries, various other adversaries and also NPCs, and also by picking among these customized teams, effortlessly change to a setting that just targets involved adversaries. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > Filters > > Target Filter Setup > > While tool is attracted.)
Oh, one last point! There’s an alternative to disable targeting animals and also minions when in fight. You may wish to transform that on! (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Control Setups > > Filters > > Target Filter Setups)
Ironing out your activities with cross hotbars.
What’s a cross hotbar?
Cross hotbars are Last Dream XIV’s controller variation of traditional hotbars. You obtain a total amount of 8, each including 16 ports for abilities and also activities. That indicates a grand overall of 128 ports. Seems like a whole lot, right? Yet you’re really not likely to require them all, and also each hotbar is rapidly selectable with a faucet of a switch mix.
By default, holding L2 or R2 will certainly highlight one side of your primary cross hotbar, and also pushing any one of the directional or face switches will certainly turn on the relevant ability.
Rather than holding L2 or R2, you can likewise choose to push it when and also toggle your primary hotbar on and also off. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality arrangement > > Hotbar Setups > > Cross > > Cross Hotbar Controls)
Cross hotbars are your faster way to crucial battle abilities, like your one-of-a-kind event Limitation Break, which when turned on, can wipe out an employer, secure your event or reanimate the dropped. Yet they aren’t simply for battle. You can load them up with a range of food selection alternatives, things, faster ways, and also macros: call your chocobo, wave to a good friend, teleport back house. Every one of these aren’t straight fight abilities, yet can be accessed right from your hotbars, and also arranged in whatever order you desire. Although we would certainly recommend dividing your battle abilities from your QoL abilities, inevitably, it’s your option and also whatever arranging reasoning really feels comfy to you will certainly match you ideal.
Browsing in between your hotbars.
By default, you’ll constantly have one cross hotbar on your display in any way times, however bear in mind, you have actually obtained 8 of them! To switch from one hotbar to one more, you’ll require to push R1 and also follow-up with any one of the directional or face switches. Each switch will certainly lead you to a different hotbar, and also the switch’s matching hotbar number will certainly show up on the display as you hold L1.
You can likewise do a solitary press of the R1 switch to toggle to the following hotbar in order, although you would certainly need to go via all 8 (those entirely vacant excepted) to return to your primary one.
A lot of the tasks offered in Last Dream XIV will just consume to 2 complete cross hotbars’ well worth of abilities at their optimum degree, and also also if you make a decision to level each and every single among the tasks offered, you do not need to stress over lacking area; hotbars are connected to tasks. Switch over from white mage to ninja, and also the hotbars you have actually developed for one will certainly be switched over out for the collection you developed for the various other.
One essential setup that will certainly optimize your hotbar usage is shared hotbars. This setup will certainly allow you appoint a few of your cross hotbars to be shared in between all courses, while the remainder are different and also class/job-specific. For instance, you can establish a shared hotbar full of evergreen command faster ways, such as sprint, teleport, places and also food selection alternatives. The staying hotbars would certainly include your task abilities, and also would instantly switch as you alter tasks. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Hotbar Setups > > Sharing > > Shared Hotbar > > Cross Hotbar)
Broadened controls.
One more fast method you can benefit from is to turn on the broadened hold controls. This will certainly permit you to accessibility one more cross hotbar, or instead, 2 fifty percent cross hotbars, from the R2 to L2 input and also L2 to R2 (holding one, after that the various other). Naturally, you can tailor-make which hotbars you desire these inputs to bring about. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Hotbar Setups > > Customized > > Expanded Hold Controls (Can not Utilize Toggle Kind) > > Enable broadened controls with L2+ R2)
W cross hotbars.
The W cross hotbar (WXHB for brief) is a setup that permits the screen of a complete second cross hotbar on your UI, in addition to your primary cross hotbar. As you level up your tasks to the degree cap, the quantity of abilities you will certainly require in battle will certainly increase, and also having this choice switched on will certainly come to be significantly essential to make sure that you can show and also monitor all your combinations, procs and also cooldowns. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality Setup > > Hotbar Setups > > Cross > > W Cross Hotbar Present Setups)
To obtain the optimum gain from this setup, you’ll likewise wish to turn on the WXHB accessibility by dual touching L2 and also R2 and also ensure to make it possible for directional switches. (You’ll locate this setup in Personality arrangement > > Hotbar Setups > > Customized > > W Cross Hotbar Present Setups)
To access this second hotbar, you’ll require dual faucet L2 or R2. You can likewise change the dual faucet timer to figure out exactly how rapid or slow-moving your input requires to be to sign up. Change, and also pick what you’re most comfy with. You can likewise select where to place this brand-new hotbar on your UI separately from your primary cross hotbar. (You’ll locate the screen setups in Personality Setup > > Hotbar Setups > > Cross > > W Cross Hotbar Present Setups, and also the customisation setups in Personality Setup > > Hotbar Setups > > Customized > > Enable WXHB with synchronised L2 and also R2 dual faucet.)
By personalizing hotbars and also exercising the switch combinations, you’ll quickly have the ability to toggle in between various abilities at a lightning-fast speed.
Automating with Macros.
A note concerning macros on controller.
Macros have near limitless usages in FFXIV! You obtain 99 macro ports in your individual macro home window that you can full of anything you desire. Nonetheless, as a controller gamer, there are a couple of points they can assist you do. Possibly you might desire a macro to rapidly interact to your group that it’s your very first time in an experience? There’s a macro for that! Possibly you wish to alter the style of your UI relying on which task you are playing? There’s a macro for that! Possibly you wish to develop a fancy dancing made up of a string of 20 emotes and also make use of that every single time you beat a challenger? However for your event, there’s a macro for that! Every one of these macros you can develop and also appoint to your hotbars for fast accessibility. (You’ll locate this setup in System > > Individual Macros). There are lots of really full macro overviews around and also an unlimited quantity of macro opportunities, so have a good time and also be innovative!
Lastly, did you recognize that you can appoint macros for the L3 and also R3 switches? The last 2 ports of your macro allocation, 98 and also 99 particularly, can be connected for straight accessibility from the switch arrangement food selection. You can make use of L3 to establish your present target as an Emphasis Target, as an example, presenting their wellness and also various other details in a devoted UI aspect! An individual favorite method of mine is to develop a macro to make use of the Sprint activity, and also designate it to L3, as it gives me with a global accessibility to run throughout all my tasks on a switch that produces an extremely console-like experience. (You’ll locate this setup in System arrangement > > Gamepad Setups > > Switch Setup)
There’s lots a lot more mixes feasible. As soon as you fit, you can study the globe of macros, HUD customisations and also a lot more. The over ought to establish you on the appropriate course to understanding the superb, genre-defining controller execution of Last Dream XIV. See you in Eorzea, traveler!