When I am within 5m of someone and a I fire at them, invariably my thumb twitches when I contract my index finger and I end up meleeing instead. This occasionally happens when I am lining up a shot from farther away, but it is so common when in very close quarters that I had to abandon the Shotgun all together.

Is this a common problem, or is it just because I am old and my tendons are shredded and scarred from years of Rock Climbing?

Any suggestions?

I think that if the top of the joystick was a concave dish so that my thumb could catch the rim to control it, I would be able to use a lighter touch, which would probably help. But the friction surface grip on the top of the joy stick means that I have to apply downward force just to keep my thumb in contact, and this makes it very easy to apply too much force.

I wish there was a way to turn off the melee option all together. In 13 months of playing DUST I have never had a single melee kill. I think I could live without the melee option!

When I am within 5m of someone and a I fire at them, invariably my thumb twitches when I contract my index finger and I end up meleeing instead. This occasionally happens when I am lining up a shot from farther away, but it is so common when in very close quarters that I had to abandon the Shotgun all together.

Is this a common problem, or is it just because I am old and my tendons are shredded and scarred from years of Rock Climbing?

Any suggestions?

I think that if the top of the joystick was a concave dish so that my thumb could catch the rim to control it, I would be able to use a lighter touch, which would probably help. But the friction surface grip on the top of the joy stick means that I have to apply downward force just to keep my thumb in contact, and this makes it very easy to apply too much force.

I wish there was a way to turn off the melee option all together. In 13 months of playing DUST I have never had a single melee kill. I think I could live without the melee option!

I had a controller that I used for Skyrim, where you have to hold down L3(?) to sprint, and it wore out the padding under the analog. After a month or 2 of Dusting it would just go haywire and do anything but what I wanted, usually reload.
I submitted a few Help Tickets and even bitched about it on the forums before I realized it was on my end.
New controller, no problems. Well, except when I'm wireless and the battery is <50% - then all bets are off.

GÿàI'm in no way suggesting that this is your problem, just an anecdotal tale of other dumb **** that happens.

When I am within 5m of someone and a I fire at them, invariably my thumb twitches when I contract my index finger and I end up meleeing instead. This occasionally happens when I am lining up a shot from farther away, but it is so common when in very close quarters that I had to abandon the Shotgun all together.

Is this a common problem, or is it just because I am old and my tendons are shredded and scarred from years of Rock Climbing?

Any suggestions?

I think that if the top of the joystick was a concave dish so that my thumb could catch the rim to control it, I would be able to use a lighter touch, which would probably help. But the friction surface grip on the top of the joy stick means that I have to apply downward force just to keep my thumb in contact, and this makes it very easy to apply too much force.

I wish there was a way to turn off the melee option all together. In 13 months of playing DUST I have never had a single melee kill. I think I could live without the melee option!

You need you some of these (if you want concave sticks):
http://www.kontrolfreek.com/fps.html
As a side effect, they'll hugely improve your aiming precision.

I can't play without them ever since I tried it. It's worth the $10