Holding L2/R2 (or L3 left and R3 right) in character creator to rotate characters or L1/R1 to zoom in/out is a must. Also, the d-pad should privide options to enhance the social experience but not soley via emotes. D-pad functions should be for things we can pull up and instantly use. For example, we should be able to push a button to hop on a sparrow (down), map (right), Current objective location (up), leaderboards for a PVP or PVE session/match (touchpad), and a chat hud (left) with togglable chat filters. D-pad left could also double as a mute button over an annoying player while looking at the leaderboards. Additional use of the gamepad can be done through hotkeying. In FFIV, the programmers made it so you could perform more functions on the controller by holding a trigger button down and pressing one of the face buttons i.e. L2 + d-pad up or L1 + triangle. In this game, however, i can see this being most useful in the tower, a social setting where PVP and PVE actions are disabled.