

As a PC player, you have a greater selection of controller styles than a Console player, and you can and should make sure you take this into consideration: Adjacent Analog Sticks (PlayStation style) That being said, it’s much easier to just have enough buttons! Analog Stick PlacementĪnother factor for your choice of controller will be its analog stick placement. Using a controller without enough buttons, but just barely enough, can be OK if you’re using it for combat, but not for other things. You can also bind keyboard buttons to a controller button, which is why you can get away with not allocating all 4 bumper & triggers, as if you use WXHB and expanded, you can manage not to use the Change Hotbar Set button in battle at all, and thus can just use a keyboard when you need to access that outside of battle. Likewise you do not need the Select/Pad button if you use the mouse to interact with the HUD elements like the Duty List, which admittedly you only do so often. For example, you do not need Start if you just reach out for your mouse to go to your main menu.

2 buttons for Start and Select(pad) are also ideal, but not requiredįor anything you do not fill out, expect to have to reach out to a keyboard or mouse to fill in the gaps.Ideally 2 analog stick clicks, or 2 extra buttons that can take on that feature, but it can be doable without.

Ideally 4 buttons for your bumper + triggers, but it can be comfortably doable with just 3, and even with just 2 if absolutely necessary.While you can play with a different controller, you ideally want enough for: And that’s it the HuD/UI is gone, and press the share button to take screenshots till your heart’s content.Picking a Controller Having Enough Buttonsįinal Fantasy XIV was made with a PlayStation controller in mind. All you need to do is press L1 + the touchpad button at the same time. So if you’re an avid picture taker, this can be moved to say your middle mouse button.įor those of you who play on the PlayStation 4, it’s once again simple to remove the HuD/UI however, you cannot change this like on the PC version. Well, more or less, as you don’t want it to clash with something else important. This is where the beauty of PC gaming comes into play you can change this button to whatever you want it to be. To remove the HuD/UI altogether, the default button on the PC version is ‘Scroll Lock.’ If you have a laptop, you need to hit Fn as well as Scroll Lock. However, there is a way to have both of these to be turned on and off at a click of a button. And to be fair, we can’t blame them because the world of Final Fantasy XIV is a beautiful place. But others want theirs to be as minimal as possible. Some people like their display cluttered and filled to the brim with information. Get the scoop with our FFXIV Remove UI Guide FFXIV Remove UI GuideĪll this is incredibly handy when it comes to playing the game how you want to play. Want to change the size of the enemy health bar or any other piece of the HuD/UI, then you can do that too. Want to add additional Hotbars for all your spells and abilities? Easy. Final Fantasy XIV is not a small game by any means, and because it’s an MMO, it has a lot of options that you can mess with to get your desired Heads Up Display/User Interface.
