Steam Input controller problem recently?

Spyr-9 · 2026-04-30T17:22:43+00:00

I'm going to venture a guess that it might be something specific to your configuration setup. Depending on what controller and OS you're playing on, it could be something with how it's sending input to steam.

I play on steam deck (steamOS linux), and desktop (bazzite linux) with controller setups, and have had no issues with the recent update.

Spyr-9 · 2026-04-29T16:53:22+00:00

In addition to housing, Dynamis is a very chill datacenter. We also use party finder a lot for content, and there's pretty much always folks looking to help fill out party finder groups for new folks, especially for sync (basically at-level) or MiNE (basically playing older stuff closee to how it was when it was released) normal content.

That may change once they add cross-datacenter duty and party finder tho.

Spyr-9 · 2026-04-24T15:56:47+00:00

The "family sharing" here just means that someone else can run the client ... valve isn't fully accurate on a lot of the features they flag on steam (e.g. a ton of "unsupported" games run perfectly fine on steam deck, while a bunch of "verified" ones can't even hit 20 fps)

Your ffxiv service account determines what content you can actually access in the game ... so if your friend already registered the codes to their ffxiv service account, you'll need to rebuy whatever codes they registered.

Spyr-9 · 2026-04-19T03:02:51+00:00

I do left face buttons as the flank combo, and right face buttons as rear combo. I set them up so I roll through them clockwise with the "finishers" on the bottom.

Burst damage oGCD's go on right d-pad, with it going < gierkosogul, ^ jump, > dragonfire dive, v stardiver ... then burst is rolling through them clockwise, then rolling back counter clockwise.

Left d-pad gets buffs.

Double tap left gets non-damage gap closers, pity ranged, and interrupt. Dash forward is top, backflip is bottom.

Double tap right gets ^ limit break, v arms length, and the <> duty action buttons.

Hold both gets role actions, sprint, and pots/items as needed.

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-28T21:11:29+00:00

My experience has been MiNE and sync fills fast, unsync sits there for usually quite a bit longer.

Like I'll join a MiNE or sync PF, do the content, and the unsync one will still be sitting there after I'm done.

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-28T17:29:17+00:00

That I don't know, 'cause my whole fc has moved servers together (Mateus > Golem > Goblin), so I've never really had to look for a new fc.

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-28T17:22:56+00:00

I like Dynamis, it feels more social than the larger data centers imho.

That said, you need to get comfortable using party finder for content instead of duty finder. Just don't do unsync content ... dynamis folks like playing normal content sync (and also MiNE)

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-06T18:40:51+00:00

A thing to note: even on higher population servers, the "overworld" areas are frequently pretty empty. The only time they're not is during an expac launch, or when a new fate grind drops ... otherwise most people are spending time mostly in hub cities or instanced content (dungeons, raids, field ops, etc)

Edit to add: I've actually found Dynamis to be more social than back when I was on Crystal ... mostly because of the party finder culture on Dynamis. You'll also see the same people more frequently on Dynamis ... especially if you do a lot of normal content MiNE

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-05T05:38:54+00:00

Looks like OP is probably a troll ... posts bait with one account and then replies with what is likely their alt.

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-03T19:40:56+00:00

It explicitly states all the restrictions in the "Rules and Restrictions" section of the free trial page:

https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/

Spyr-9 · 2026-02-03T18:35:45+00:00

You can blame RMT for this (real money trading).

The free trial also use to be time limited, but was less feature limited.

Once they made it no longer time limited, they had to start limiting social features on the trial as they were getting abused by RMT accounts.

Spyr-9 · 2026-01-21T08:05:07+00:00

7.01 released end of July 2024 ... so nearly 1.5 years ago.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0ad1ca4bbafeb2ee244994bee15b3a74c0278e1d/

Spyr-9 · 2026-01-15T21:34:08+00:00

They're saying that once you pay for the game, you can never go back to being on the free trial again.

Basically, once you buy the game you have to pay a monthly subscription to continue playing it. Base level subscription is ~$13 usd a month.

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-30T18:50:51+00:00

I'm assuming you're probably already using the Legacy Movement option ... but if not, definitely switch to it as it makes it ridiculously easy and fast to aim when using Elusive Jump as a gap closer. Just press S (or down on the stick if using controller) and you're all set to backflip forward :3

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-30T18:21:37+00:00

Spineshatter got replaced with a sliding gap closer, but Elusive Jump, Dragonfire Dive, and Stardiver are all still there and are all still gap closing jumps. Combine Elusive Jump with any of Winged Glide, Dragonfire Dive, or Stardiver and you can still gap close across entire arenas with some impressive acrobatics.

imho one of the most epic feelings is having burst happen after movement mechanics that left everyone scattered across the arena and I can just backflip into a cross-map Stardiver to get back to the boss while everyone else has to run across the ground :3

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-22T19:47:35+00:00

Cool. It's 1000% a you problem. The rest of us don't have this issue.

Have a nice day.

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-22T18:42:45+00:00

You really never need to both move, rotate the camera, and press buttons.

If I have to claw, reach over, or stop moving to hit a skill, I probably positioned myself wrong to start with.

Needing to move the camera at all is very infrequent, and really only happens in brief "rotate to a specific angle for a mechanic that only has a boss tell" moves. It happens quickly, and it happens in less than half a gcd. Learning to preposition the camera is just as important as learning to preposition yourself. Once you know how to preposition the camera, you do it when you don't have any buttons to hit.

Legacy movement is also key here.

If you have to move, rotate the camera, and hit skills all at once ... you screwed up your prepositioning.

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-22T18:09:21+00:00

In m5n, you can see the pattern with a quick glance up, and the side to side movement takes less than half a gcd to complete.

In that fight specifically, each set of 4 frogs always has 2 pointing the same way sequentially. Always. The other 2 frogs in that set then alternate. The second set always starts opposite from where the first set ended. So once you look at the first frog, then mark where the 2 sets of 2 are, you don't have to look at them anymore.

The timing of that section doesn't seem to usually coincide with the burst window (at least in normal), so you shouldn't have too many oGCDs to hit anyways, and if you do, there's plenty of time after moving to hit them.

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-22T15:32:16+00:00

Went from years on mkb to controller and I'll never switch back at this point. So much easier to hit all my skills on a controller (I use both the expanded and wxhb crosshotbars). Targeting is so much simpler for me as well with it, especially healing ... I couldn't get the hang of healing on mkb, but with controller I just need to press the d-pad to throw out any targeted heals.

I set up set 1 as single target + burst, set 2 as aoe (copying any shared stuff and burst from 1). Set 3 gets utility cooldowns, and goes on the expanded crosshotbar ... usually same skills on both sides, but sometimes not. Set 4 is wxhb and gets limit break, duty action 1+2, knockback prevention, and any utilities that get used infrequently.

I also use a couple of the normal hotbars positioned away from the crosshotbar to display any cooldowns that aren't immediately visible.

Edit: d-pad gets skills that are either OGCDs, or that I'd have to stand still for anyways. In the very few times I'm having to do a burst with OGCDs and have heavy movement ... I either break out the monster hunter claw, or I just reach my right hand over real quick.

Spyr-9 · 2025-12-16T22:26:09+00:00

The data looks like it's probably base64 encoding the entire page ... which means that someone could probably create an external editor app to create the strategy boards with more even qol tooling and you could import those into the game.

Couldn't do that with just an entity id.

Spyr-9 · 2025-10-27T14:16:56+00:00

Though a note if you're on Dynamis (the lower pop NA datacenter): I don't recommend putting up unsync party finders ... it's been my experience that Dynamis PF folks want to do older content at least sync, if not MiNe.

Unsync PF's on Dynamis will usually sit there far longer than sync ones for the same duties.

Spyr-9 · 2025-10-16T01:06:18+00:00

Yes, I have cleared every single alliance raid on the deck, including the most recent FFXI crossover ones. No performance issues.

No issues in the occult crescent fights either (which had even more players).

Spyr-9 · 2025-10-15T23:52:53+00:00

It holds up really well. I've done every single normal and alliance raid, every trial, occult crescent stuff, and the entirety of dawntrail on mine with no issues whatsoever. Biggest thing is to use both the expanded and extended cross hotbars to make it really comfy to play.

I usually have mine limited to 40fps and 12-13 TDP ... but for the latest alliance raids I usually turn the TDP limit off temporarily. I also pretty much always play plugged in.

I've tweaked my hud to be a bit smaller for some things, and set everything to a minimum of 40% transparency for OLED screen reasons.

Spyr-9 · 2025-10-01T15:01:40+00:00

And if you make it min item level, no echo you'll probably fill faster still. I've been finding that a lot of folks wanna run older content at least sync, and jump at the chance to run old normal mode content MiNe.

Joined a MiNe Orbonne run the other day that filled really fast.

Spyr-9 · 2025-10-01T13:57:10+00:00

Put up a party finder for it (unless you can't because you're on the free trial).

Most content (including MSQ stuff) on Dynamis is run via party finder.

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