OK you PC guys, I just don't get why mouse/keyboard FPS is such a big deal.

[vlad321]

Onyxmeth said:

vlad321 said:

 

How hard is it to understand that the mouse is part of the movement? That's why it keeps being brought up. Removing the mouse automatically leaves you with 4 directoins to move with and that'd be like using the D-pad on the controllers and no aiming stick at all. I don't see how it's on PAR with analog sticks when it's utterly pointless to be walking at any speed between the max and 0. I fully agree, there is nothing that the WASD can do better than the dpad or analog, but there is absolutely nothing that can match the WASD when you add a mouse to the combination. The bold statement is astoundingly at odds with itself. How do I lose control if I have more control than before?

I'm going to answer what I think was meant from Grey Acumen. He doesn't mean don't consider the mouse like it's not important to movement. He means take it out of the equation to see if there's a better solution to moving than WASD or the arrow keys. If we were to insert a button like configuration in the cross formation of a D-Pad, with the equivalent functionality of keyboard keys and it was placed in a way where the thumb could do the moving instead of three fingers, all while the mouse controls it's own portion of the movement as usual, do you think that would be an improvement or not?

 

Ok that makes a lot more sense. That would depend on the game. I personally would never change the 3 finger approach since having to 3 fingers to 4 directions (especially the starfes, very impotant for jousting) gives you a much quicker response time than 1 finger to 4 buttons (especially with moves like double-tap available), of course this is only relevant in games like UT2004 where your response time has to be perfect or you are dead. In slower games it really would not matter between the two and they'd be just equal. Given that I would never change it since I would like to have the option of extremely quick reaction times when needed.