if you play ffxiv through steam, you could pass the controller through steamInput? that's the only thing i can think of if ds4windows isn't working

very unfortunate, considering ffxiv does a surprising bit of legwork to make ps controllers work well out of the box on pc

the most essential lore is the complete coward -> force of nature pipeline, losing her mother to the plague, and losing her father to a dystopian imperial regime that she then had to escape from