Back when I first played FFXI, with it being my first MMO I didn't really know any better when it came to the genre, 4-5 years later with 10+ MMO's under my belt, my knowledge and expectations have certainly grown.Since I've been revisiting Vana'Diel I've noticed one thing that is a major pain in the ass.
A lack of shortcut keys.
The game did have a few but was missing quite a few that are nearly expected to be present in present day MMO's. The main one that I couldn't find was the first one I would want. A map key. Most games have this mapped to the M button but after reading through the guide in the picture I couldn't find one. Some of the shortcut keys that are in the game I felt had unnecessary combos like "Ctrl + i" to open inventory. There was no reason why it couldn't have just been "i" like most other games.
I think if FFXIV is going to be successful in the West with both players and the media they need to standardise their control scheme to allow for proper shortcut keys.
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