Sad I wonder be able to go see this, but would still love to hear from people who have and their experience!

I think everyone has given you all you need to know, but whats another comment?

Those pointing out the concerns with combat are correct, if you're not enjoying it by now then you're going to struggle with it through-out. Granted, as you get more, and more powerful materia, and equipment, you may find that sate your needs in this area. But I'm not sure it would by much.

Unlike other people, VII isn't my favourite but I do still enjoy it and the story does pick up much more later. I always find Kalm and Junon to be a lull after Midgar (even if there are some highlights among this section), and have had to power through when I've played it. I'd say after Costa-del-sol is a good time to reassess if you've got the energy to continue. If not, then there's no harm in taking a step back from the game and calling it a day - it doesn't sound like you're attached to any aspect of it right now, so you're not losing out on anything.

How do you set that up? What is the purpose for it?

I forgot the name for it when I first wrote that, but it's Button Chords in Steam controller layouts. The idea is that you have a button act as a different one when you have a modifier pressed. So if I use a single button for example, due to my mapping, while I have L4 pressed, A will act as Down on the D-Pad. This is useful because it allows me to continually move and still use all my abilities. Without this in place I'd have to remove my thumb from the left stick to use actions applied to the D-Pad, causing me to stop moving. Now I can move and use my D-Pad actions without any stopping. Even more useful when there's large pulls in dungeons or I am dodging AOE but wanting to keep DPS going.

Thanks for the advice, I have been using this https://www.xivbars.com/job/BRD/6188,but a bit modified.

I see. I'm still not fully complete with all my abilities yet but this is what I have so far for mine with a few extras.

It’s so pretty and cool looking though! I tried and then it got lost from my view. I’ll try again! I get it, but if you like it as it is, just leave it! It's only minor space saving.