Ask an Aran thread.

And prob my main one, how feasible is it to use a game controller (like a playstation or 360 controller hooked up to pc) to play a Aran? At first I thought that it'd be great, since they have a primary attack and you use that multiple times, then i realized I had misunderstood some of the other attacks, that you hit the 1-2 arrow keys and hit a different button, and then found out that Aran's have like a TON of buffs. I guess what I'm asking is how many different buttons do you use on a regular basis in, say, 3rd-4th job? and do buff timers stack up nice enough to just have like 3-4 macro's perhaps placed on keyboard?

I don't think they have THAT many buffs. lets assume you have these keys (on a 360 controller/gamepad):
Analog stick (L) - movement.
A-
X-
Y-
B-
RB-
LB-
RT-
LT-
Four direction keys (up, down, left, right arrows) -
Start button -
Back button -
Analog stick ® -
that's 14 keys, plus the FOUR or the right analog stick. you have the following things to put on a keyboard i'd guess?
Attack, Combat Step, Polearm Booster, Body Pressure (other attacks\buffs, like Drain and Combo Smash are activated after triple strike, without actual buttons needed.), Smart Knockback, Snow Charge, Maple warrior and freeze standing. that's 8. you're left with SIX\TEN keys left for pots, jump, loot and such.

UNLESS.

while reading this, i noticed you invoke combo tempest, combo smash, and combo peril the same way. are these skills are invoked with separate buttons? because i looked in youtube, and in the visible keys, there are no attack skills on the keys above the arrows. (or i'm the only one that puts all his skills up there?) can anyone clarify this?