BEST Quality of Life Settings & Tips To Improve Your FFXIV Experience In 2024

[@Morsutsu]

I have the target castbar as 200% in the middle of my screen because I am blind as fuck, changed it once and never looked back XD best setting by far!

[@SavageBeazt]

lmao i thought i was the only one

[@MrJamBluejam]

So do I. It's not so much being blind as fuck, it's that it will always be in your peripheral vision, so you never have to actively look for it or focus on it. Invaluable.

[@pianoanimelover22]

OMG bless you SO SO SO SO MUCH. I have been playing this game for 4 years on console (ps5 player here) and my god the UI and HUD settings on console are a NIGHTMARE. Everything is turned on and my HUD and screen is a cluttered MESS. I have been trying to figure out how to fix things and every single video I go to DOESN'T properly show how to change or only shows short cuts, not to mention most of it is for PC players but at least you explain things that I can understand and apply to console for most settings. Some settings I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW about it and I have been trying to figure out how some people color things, mark things and GET RID of so many texts commands and crap popping off on my darn TV. I have been SUPER scared going into my settings and clicking things that WEREN'T what I wanted and this video honestly is a blessing for me. I'm going to try these out today because my lord console players are in for hell with this game. THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have no idea how much of a game changer this is for console players.

[@wezzco_br8169]

Legacy movement + auto-face target when casting is so helpful

[@Cuthawolf]

VERY informative. FINALLY being able to get rid of losing my target if I clock deadspace is a HUGE boon for me, thank you so much.

[@Gillian_FFXIV]

Standard is absolutely my go to as usual for this game! Nothing beats being able to have full control over your character's movement while also having strong control over the camera too & it feels so versatile & convenient with the way my settings & keybinds are. You can also just hold RMB & it allows A and D to strafe, so my character movement is more precise and fluid. Tried Legacy years ago but it felt too clunky for me, personally.

[@mcbill7352]

How is legacy clunky? It has been the standard 3rd person movement for 20 years now

[@Gillian_FFXIV]

@@mcbill7352 For me on this game in particular it feels that way for sure. Every other MMORPG I've played for over 15 years now I have used Legacy, but for FFXIV I strongly prefer Standard this time around.

[@Kywu]

I agree with you, i prefer standard, it just feel good somehow

[@Zephhi]

legacy is objectively better lol, I played with standard at first and thought legacy was bad but I gave it a day to adjust and don’t understand how braindead players can defend standard over legacy. I know you guys are the players who die and cause wipes in hard content. None of you can dps during gaze mechanics either womp womp

[@MeldinX2]

If you play with a controller i would say Legacy is almost a must. Since you need to be able to move quickly in all directions with the stick.

[@Ktjnn]

You can still backpedal on Legacy by holding ASD. Also, Legacy allows you to keep moving and use ranged attacks without turning around, which makes the kiting in solo deep dungeon easier.

[@Krellan]

Wow, I had no idea! Thanks. That was the one thing I needed to be able to do, walk backwards, but couldn't figure out how to do it in Legacy. This is needed for certain attack sequences in which you have to dodge at the same time while facing away from a gaze attack.

[@NoBuddy89]

You can do the exact same thing on standard by just holding right click down...

[@shadow_psych7069]

I DO have an mmo mouse and I still use Q and E for abilities, it's just very comfy and easy to hit those keys. Lol

[@EduardoGonzalez-qj9mg]

Same, i use 1-4 qerf with ctrl and alt, and in my mouse i have f1 to f12 with cds, i have been using mmo mouse for over 10years and it still hurta my hand to spam skills on it 😂

[@shadow_psych7069]

@EduardoGonzalez-qj9mg I use 1-6 on the mouse for abilities but 7-12 for other things like menu, macros, unsheath/sheath. I'm so glad I got an mmo mouse a year ago, it changes things in a good way!

[@darkstar8196]

Same. I use QERZ with shift and ctrl for a full hotbar.

[@AbsalomRPG]

I used to have a MMO mouse but after a while I started feeling uncomfortable. I now have a Azeron Cyborg. I basically only use my keyboard to type

[@FLAXCY]

Lol I use QERTFCXZG1234 for the first hotbar and then for the second I use shift-QERTFCXZG1234 and then CTRL-QUERTFCXZG1234 for the third

[@EszterInceNagy]

It was very helpful. I've been playing for 3 years now, but I still found something I didn't know about before. Thanks!

[@1Shayz1]

I have watched so many QoL tips videos but I think this is the best and most complete one I've watched yet. Amazing job

[@ZessaSnake]

Those are some really nice tips! Thank you for it!

[@Kasiya]

This was so incredibly helpful and I feel my game experience will be much, MUCH better now! Thank you!

[@Lilodious]

absolutely amazing video, almost every single setting you showed made my game way better, especially legacy movement!

[@jmkeefer81]

This was the most helpful video on settings that I have seen, and I’ve been playing for about 8 years! Great job and thank you!

[@Menzo88]

Some good tips here, especially with the role colours and all. Been playing for years and had no idea, this makes it so much easier to find the healer for extreme trials lol

[@cassplss]

2:22 "Ignore Depth" targeting doesn't just target whatever, it targets things from left to right.

[@Alex-pq2fv]

You can also target yourself first (with F1) then tab and the game will target the first available enemy to the right of your character, completely ignores thing to your character's left

[@aryhon6222]

in PVP specifically i would recommend seeing all combat effects, too many times have i died to seemingly nothing, then i realized i had limited effects on in pvp

[@lasergoose1024]

Sweet guide!! Thanks!! You explain things super well :)

[@thomasnguyen4427]

It would be great if you found a way to chapter the video, so individuals can quickly look for the setting they want advice on! No, you're not weird, you're based for doubleweaving on the same button @16:50 Even better is to hire assistance from your local internet technician so they can hook up your internet for high-speed, 0-latency connection, making double-weaving even easier!

[@Soridan]

You want 0 latency? Just move into the server room for your server, otherwise you're sol.

[@exidrial431]

0:30 - Here's a tip. Use your mouse. Hold right click and you can strafe. Hold right click to turn around and then press W or hold left click at the same time to run away. I never lift my right mouse button in content and I find it wild how many people seemingly don't use their mouse to control their character.

[@titaniumvulpes]

I use my mouse to click on characters, place floor-target skills, and click skills too far away from my left hand. I find it wild that you face away from the boss at any point in time.

[@NoBuddy89]

@@titaniumvulpes And I find it wild that you'd click anything skill related :P People are different, I do all those things you do, besides clicking skills, and I control my camera and movement at all times with the right mouse button. I'm starting to see why so many struggle with certain mechanics.

[@yungchimp]

changing it to legacy still is infinitely better even using this method

[@LadyGoggles]

this was *extremely* helpful, especially learning that you can change the mouse size! thank you so much!

[@Cinderbrooke]

I have been playing FF14 for 10 years and even I found some of these useful. Great video!

[@mightygti]

Such a great run down! New to the game, this type of content really helps smooth out the play experience. Thanks for the video!

[@zuoh]

Thanks for your video dude, really clear and helpful ! :)

[@BonesAlexander]

This really helps as I can only playing during a free login campaign so I'm definitely gonna save this for whenever it happens again.

[@Rolaz]

I'm a WoW player so for me i always press mouse right button. When i press A and D my character runs Left or Right without Legacy setting, and if i need to run back i turn my camera 180 degree and run, not sure if it is efficient way but so far nothing hit me if i'm not late to leave a mechanic. I'm more used to rotate my camera angle than using WASD

[@BaghNakh1]

If you're already used to it and it reaches the same results then you're good to go. I also use standard movement cuz I'm a main melee player (both tank and melee dps) so if I want to run from enemies, instead of running straight in the opposite direction, I just turn my camera 90° either left or right and just strafe run and my hands and muscle memory are already used to it to the point I have no problem doing that at all. I got used to it due to WoW since you can't dodge/parry/block attacks when you're hit in the back so running away from enemies by strafing was the best thing to do since you could both run, attack, and dodge/parry/block at the same time.

[@caste215]

I was a little confused by that part, maybe I don't remember changing it to mimic my WoW setup, but I'm on Standard and A and D are strafe not turn, I turn with the mouse by holding right-click like you said. And anyone not familiar that's not default in WoW either, A and D are turn and Q and E are strafe like he described in the video, but I changed it back in vanilla like I assume a lot of people did.

[@Azeur]

Played WoW before FFXIV as well, and I used Standard movement from when ARR was new, and all the way up to Shadowbringers - until I did a specific savage raid fight with teleporting, and with legacy it became so much easier to control where you ended up. Haven't looked back since, and there's a lot more room for uptime against Gaze mechanics etc with legacy compared to standard. It's also really useful for content like deep dungeons, to keep an eye on your surroundings while fighting enemies.

[@flavioromano8754]

@@Azeur the thing i noticed with gaze mechanics is that i can start casting, look away from the gaze mechanic, and then look back before the spell finishes casting and it will go off, which is only possible with standard mode. another thing with standard is the is the ability to strafe while not looking away or, specially for ranged jobs like bard or dancer, to walk and look away from the enemy while shotting at it. no more gaze hehe. literally shooting backwards

[@red11rus85]

thanks for Mouse sonar, Azu! i remember healing myself around 6 times instead of a tank, because while i was rotating my camera, my mouse was on my character XD.

[@Zooft11]

Just for the Pet bar settings and fashion accessories thing alone, I like and sub. tx

[@quisegotthapiece8077]

This is great to know thank you. My friend and I are just starting our journey in this

[@SeldimSeen1]

Thank you so much again. I really needed this video. Your genius is a god-send.

[@CrimeBucket]

The reason I use Standard is flying around and using my left mouse button to look around while staying on course. I've learned to strafe out of bad spots so that's my muscle memory anyway rather than backpedaling.

[@Sky_Ler2000]

To answer the controller key-bind question, R3 is what alters menu size. It works in both hud layout and when in specific menus (crafting log for example).

[@Khellendrathas]

This was fantastic. Thank you!

[@MHChrono]

note on linking glamour sets: if you're using a gear set macro to change jobs (/gs change 3) you can put the number of the glamour plate at the end of the macro to change to that glamour plate without having to link it to that gear set (/gs change 3 7) this lets you change outfits while keeping the same job, but remember, whichever glamour is *saved* to the gear set is the one your portrait will expect, so entering a duty with any other glam equipped will revert your portrait

[@CDMudd]

You're not doing anything wrong, these settings are all to tailor everything to your own style, but I find it amusing that we prefer almost entirely the totally opposite settings for so many things. XD

[@NeocrimsonX]

Then there is me too lazy to change the settings and then when i finally get around to changing it i forget.

[@Glacier_Noir]

​@@NeocrimsonX that or for some odd reason you've become somewhat accustomed to the settimgs and it feels different after changing them. 😂 Ps. This was me, confusing for awhile.

[@NeocrimsonX]

@@Glacier_Noir yeah.

[@decemberferret]

I don't like legacy camera

[@sosajc15]

@@NeocrimsonXtrust me, change them. QoL and personal preference changes to your settings is night and day different.

[@yanoamustamu2390]

You can still turn with Standard if you just hold left mouse, and strafe with A and D whilst holding right :')

[@WobiKabobi]

Or you can just hold right mouse and move your mouse

[@yanoamustamu2390]

@@WobiKabobi that's.. what I said no?

[@Soridan]

​@@yanoamustamu2390left and right aren't the same.

[@blakeskidmore523]

Thanks for this video. Almost all of these tips were immediately helpful!!!

[@nixilaas8071]

holding right click will allow a and d strafe btw

[@albasu_]

On your comment about target focusing as healer I dont do much high end stuff but I macro my heals to work as mouse over or directly heal tank. so like /ac "cure" /ac "cure" this way Im always targeting boss and can just hit 1 button to heal tank and if I need to heal some one else I just mouse over their name in party list and it heals them instead. its made life fairly easy since Im keeping an eye on player list anyway I just hit my normal keybind for it then go right back into dps

[@Killerb567]

Omg I didn't know you could link glamours like that! Thank you!

[@sernis2396]

What an amazing video! Good job thanks for that I appreciate it so much!

[@richardj1319]

This was an amazing video. Thank you!

[@ellodees]

Oh my god that umbrella off hot bar 1 is game changing ty ty

[@The-die-youve-created]

Awesome! I just started PVPing, and this info will be a major help!

[@Tajira46]

Just to add about the fashion accessories coming out and getting rid of your hotbar. You can unsheath your weapon with "z" as well and return your hotbar. Re-sheath again to bring outthe umbrella :)

[@leonin2450]

thank you for this informative video. i needed all these tips

[@thefailers2597]

Wow, I played for over 6 years and had no clue on most of these things. Well thanks

[@mizuhashitsunoka]

I have followed your last guide and i am rewatching this one again just in case there's any new tips. BUT i will never give up my fancy looking job gauges xD I get the minimalist take and i love the neat looking UIs as well. But the gauges add some personality to the class so i really like having them. BLM gauge is infamous anyway. And whenever the TBN pop happens in the og DRK skull, it just makes me happy xD One thing i would look forward in these future vids is if you can give a timestamp in case you talk about any brand new qol that's added right before a similar video goes up. As much as I enjoy watching your vids, i cant sit down and watch the exact same guide for 30 mins just to confirm if there's anything new or not😢

[@widoweddoll90]

Thank you just got back since 2021 and this helped!

[@King0x]

Great tips! Thank you.

[@raoulvisser2092]

Thank you for this video, Very good setup, Showing the effect Before/Without and After/With. Looking forward to a with Controller on PC.

[@DblocK813]

Very informative! thank you

[@leftunder334]

FYI you can turn without Q/E in standard controls by just holding down the right mouse button and pressing A/D. You should be moving the camera with your mouse anyways, so this should always be held down.

[@Khaos82_]

No one setting is better than another. It might be hard for some to understand, but there's a reason why these options exist. It's always good for people to show case what the pro and cons of the setting.

[@ttabood7462]

Thank you for this!

[@obsidiannewt9103]

Really useful video- would really benefit from timestamps for all the different points you cover- I find myself wanting to come back for a point that I can't quite remember, but also don't remember where it was in the video.

[@varde42]

Thank You! A lot of useful tips in this video, but I needed pet resizing the most right now. The fun of summoning Bahamut/Titan etc wears of quickly when I can't see what I'm doing because of them XD

[@theturdis]

Another tip for Shukuchi is to have it drop on target. So if lets say you have an out then in attack going off you can just hit the target macro for Shukuchi and poof to be right under the target boss or another player that may be in a safe spot.

[@zg1k68]

On standard setting, if you hold the right mouse button on the mouse and press a "turn" button, your character strafes, so you don't actually need extra keybinds for strafe. Not saying it's superior, every person has their own preference and should play with what they're comfortable playing with.

[@KuroNoUsagi]

it may sound stupid but possibly the most useful thing for me in this list since I had a few of them implemented already, has to be the mouse sonar. Being in the middle of the raid, trial or dungeon boss battle and losing my mouse on the screen has happened far too many more times than I would ever be willing to admit Edit: Nevermind, reached the part of the focus target bars and I have to say the mouse sonar is now on the 2nd place

[@Girrrrrrrr]

Listen here. If I could upvote this video 100x I would. As an Options Enjoyer this is GOATED. 🐐🐐

[@aurumvale9908]

i started out as Standard but changed when i attempted my PotD runs. took sone getting used to but its vastly superior

[@rikkupendragon8372]

for the display achievements nearing completion as login notification....I have it turned off and it still shows up.

[@4NSW3RM3]

Another small thing, because as a new (3 months) player, I really like looking at what other people are wearing and seeing how it looks on my character, the character window and the "Try On" window can be scaled up to give you a better look. Just right click the header and and select "Scale Window" from the drop down.

[@nazuna_simp]

every window in the game can be scaled this way

[@thechugg4372]

Thanks I had no idea!

[@Rabfour]

Thank you for letting me know about Materia extraction!!!!

[@justindroc9443]

Just started, yesterday, I’m a long time WoW player I’m used to holding RMB down most of the time so the standard movement doesn’t seem too bad, Maybe ill find out more later on

[@charliewrx1878]

Outstanding tips, thank you sir

[@kuposceptre]

very nice video for new players.

[@Afrasabi]

You can strafe in 'Standard' without changing 'A' and 'D' and still freeing up 'Q' and 'E' by just holding down Right Mouse.

[@Manudyne]

Even though I quit the game some time ago I still enjoy these types of videos, they are relaxing to me and I love discovering new settings and customizable stuff (I knew all of these from previous videos minus the new expansion tips) I'd like to try to play again especially to see the new graphics but I don't want to pay the subscription, maybe I'll play the free trial again with a new account lol. I quit because the game looked very bad and the story was super boring (I reached almost the end of shadowbringers MSQ after going through the stormblood slop).

[@Heklr7]

I did make the change to legacy, but I changed the Strafe to Q and E, because I really prefer that. I had to change A and D to Camera turn to make Legacy work for me. But I mostly prefer it now because my camera doesn't snap back to behind me when I use abilities now. Which was actually getting me killed in P10S XD

[@miniwolfy9782]

will you be doing a level 100 of each of the jobs now that dawntrail is officially out?

[@AzuriteTV]

Yes, just takes me 2 weeks per guide so bare with me 🙏

[@RodericGale]

Bro im also like a mouse clicker I sometimes move by holding down LMB+RMB and I always unselected my target I did not know about the clicking field option thats gonna improve my life so much holyyyy

[@th3slayn963]

Do you purely use your skills on the mmo mouse or is it like half keyboard and half mouse? im asking as i see you binds are 1-=

[@RosserNFT]

LoL i was just planning to update my settings, thanks for this update. I am excited to play again. I'm playing on the Steamdeck.

[@ಠ_ಠ-ಛ2ರ]

what armor pieces are you wearing at the start?

[@ShonenXIV]

You're not a bad player, I just grew up with how a WoW KZbinr said how he played during Cata, he only used QWE and Mouse for movement. I still use it to this day but if I didn't have an MMO mouse you'd be correct.

[@_theGreenNinja]

I've always found the legacy vs standard option highly subjective. It really depends on how you use mouse and keyboard. I use right click camera movement at all times to rotate my character, which I find for me is faster than legacy, and it strafes by default anyway so you don't need to bind strafe to A or D. It also allows me to make fine adjustments to my position.

[@-_e_-]

what is that white mage weapon? it’s so pretty!

[@WolfmanXD]

The auto target according to priority, would this work if your isn't facing an enemy, or if the enemy isn't even in your camera pov? An instance I'm thinking of is in ex1 when the boss summons the 3 towers that need to be killed. Once, all 3 towers are dead, will it auto target the boss when I click a gcd even if my camera isn't on the boss? Because that shit is annoying as hell, and I always lose a gcd there.

[@PishiRose]

I prefer standard, that does not make me think you are a bad player, but the reason I prefer it is primarily while tanking, say I need to move backwards out of an aoe that I am on the edge of getting out of but there is also the edge of the arena behind me with a small sliver of safe space to stand in, I prefer the slower "backpedal" to more precisely make sure I do not full speed run off the arena while also not overdoing it with the animation of my character turning around adding unnecessary movement to distract the eyes throwing off your perception of where you character's placement actually is. Also I did set A and D to strafe but that does not remove my ability to turn because you can just hold down right click while running like I feel most people do anyways when playing with M&K

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

That’s more of a KBM issue bc KBM has less movement control than controller. Controller doesn’t have that flaw, you just slightly tilt the stick and you walk.

[@shineko79]

Controller window resize is right-stick click (R3 for ps controller), by the way :D

[@FutureWarrior8k]

I’m a wow player, so the legacy camera settings with the keybinds you recomend are very weird to me. Since in wow there is no legacy camera so when you move backward with S you backpedal. Which is a big NO in any form of content. So we prefer to have the S key bound to an ability, with no option to move directly backwards. Aside from turning our camera so we can run “Backwards.” And this is exactly how I have my settings in FF14. Would I be fine the way it is? Or should I still adjust my settings for legacy?

[@dragonbikernick]

housing cutscene skip doesn't work right now

[@3rdAgeSoap]

I had no idea about that autotarget feature, that's nice for stuff like Bozja so I can actually get stuff done lmao

[@kyza7117]

The main benefit of legacy movement is related to how your character moves in combat. With standard movement, it is almost impossible to run and range throw. As soon as you attack the enemy, you will run towards it automatically, spinning your camera wildly sometimes. This is particularly inconvenient for tanks doing wall-to-wall pulls. Legacy movement does not do this and you can attack the enemy without being forcefully turned (your camera) and mainly, it doesn't force your character to run in that direction. I found this out the hard way as I started doing Savage content whilst still using standard and kept running off of the edge of the map on accident on P10S due to the forced change in direction when you attack. Legacy is superior by far and should be the base setting.

[@uhltide3]

Since I keybind all of my skills to 1-9 with Shift and Alt on my mouse, I just use Mouse Buttons 1 and 2 to move. Hold both and the mouse turns into a joystick.

[@AoiKaze2000]

Prefer standard cause I have an MMO mouse... and I'm turning with the mouse and strafing with the keyboard like just about every FPS I've played over the years. Backpedling isn't an issue because I'm just strafing backwards, and you get used to it over time. You're inability to adapt doesn't make standard bad, just means you're lazy =P

[@kitsunekaze7831]

Standard user here, you're not a bad player. I'm just so used to the WoW movements that I can basically play Standard controls as if they're legacy.

[@adrianyeager6463]

10:40 I prefer DPS to be white, the red confused me because I would think it’s enemies constantly lol

[@ScozzaMeista]

I'm still not understanding the recast time thing on Salted Earth. I've rewatched that part a few times, and I can't see the difference.

[@AzuriteTV]

The new setting basically gives oGCDs (abilities) that replace another oGCD a "fake" 1 second recast time to prevent accidently clicking both... it helps avoid clipping into the GCD but also can go against it in the same vein, its a preference thing

[@OneFinalEcho]

Thanks for the helpful tips!

[@De_Gecko]

13:00 if i use this i still get the Error Sound and Message on screen. it only works for "target not in range" but not for "Invalid Target". Is there a Thing im missing? Pls help ^^

[@screes620]

Standard is better in venue's and when RP'ing, as it makes it a lot easier to turn and face other characters. I switch between the two all the time. Legacy for doing content, Standard for when going to venues.

[@TheKingDango]

This is game changing.

[@ILuvMoogles]

So, I've been playing for years and hadn't actually given legacy much of a shot due to a simple misunderstanding. You see, when slide casting to the side if you turn too far as you do you can cancel your cast. given that interaction I'd always assumed turning backwards, as legacy would have you do when moving backwards, would naturally do the same. So imagine my surprise when I actually tried legacy and discovered that you can turn fully away from the enemy and not cancel your cast! Legacy really just lets you move quicker with less restriction! Well, don't I just feel stupid xD

[@Antonin1738]

since auto attacks don't require facing the target anymore, Legacy camera should be used by everyone at this point

[@ZEROGOKI1983]

I use standart controls for several reasons. 1: 20+ years of playing games with the setup and most other games using it. And retraining my muscle memory for just on game is just too much. 2: I find legacy controlls disorientating, at least with mouse and keyboard. 3: I value movement and camera being independent from each other higher then faster backwards movement

[@AltorLight]

If you have the button-change option on, instead of an empty spot you could put something else there. As someone who palyed everquest 2, where it has WAY TOO MANY BUTTONS for no good reason, I cannot fathom why anyone would want MORE buttons on their bar, less is honest-to-god bliss, less clutter and mess.

[@paskettimalone2121]

getting back into this game, thanks for the help!

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

Just say you don’t like it 😊

[@ianblackburn75]

You don't need to change your keybinds to strafe with A and D, just hold down the right mouse button. I'm completely baffled by how many people don't seem to know this. You rarely want to strafe without camera adjustment, why aren't you already holding it down? Do people really run around with their camera just in a static position all the time or something?

[@jackstrife3821]

What is truly baffling are try-hards like you who say they are "completely baffled" by others not knowing random things about the games controls, which aren't even explained in-game all the well. Do you really run around all day with your inflated ego in a static position all the time or something?