If this game were supposed to be fair, then why are there pure power skills in the tree? An increase in weapon damage by 15% or 25% is pretty significant which skews the fairness argument out the window. Combine that with off-map support in live, and it's even more of a problem. CCP hasn't built this game to be fair, I don't see why Keyboard and Mouse versus Controller needs to aside from the nebulous concept (and frankly one I don't care for) of making sure that a controller does okay because everyone has one.

Everyone has a USB keyboard somewhere. Hell, people pay premium for PS/2 keyboards these days, same with mice. You can't really find ball-based mice, so as long as you have a decent surface you're fine.

I suppose the bottom line is: CCP isn't building a fair game. Use the best tools available, don't hold yourself back to inferior input and adapt instead. Adding Mouse support and throwing it in against the rest of the playerbase may shift the way people play shooters in the future, and may afford the possibility of making the mouse a dominant input system for shooters.

Almost everyone has a mouse and keyboard. This is pretty comparable to your argument about skills being available. Mice and keyboards are DIRT cheap, and simple to use. If they were expensive like say the upcoming Razer Artemis, or a special peripheral specific to the game, then I'd be more sympathetic.

The game will be unbalanced in the sense that tenure will afford more opportunities for SP generation and ISK generation as well as coming out on top during missions. If a match were fair, then it wouldn't matter if you went in naked. This argument is analogous to what I argue about MMORPGs as well. If the games were fair in PvP, then someone who has no skills, no gear, and plenty of actual play experience, then it should not make a difference. The simple fact that Assault Rifle Operation gives you a -5% spread and kick per level up to 25% reduction is an indication that this is not the case.

Instead of clinging to a fairness argument that doesn't work because the game is NOT fair. (I accept that, I accept that this is how the game is built, much like I accept that APB:R is not a fair game either..) let's consider the whole "I don't wanna get it" mentality.



Because buying a $10 mouse is hard.. you had to go out and buy a $50 Dualshock 3 controller, or pay $80 for the Playstation Move Bundle. This is where I roll my eyes. It isn't about fairness for PS3 players, it's about a lack of willing to get up and get what works for the game. You probably have a USB mouse at home already, most people with computers do. If you're not willing to buy one, use that instead.

After managing to configure the move and shift my understanding of how it works, the Move is actually pretty damned good too. Sure the implementation is a bit wonky for DUST, but after a little bit I took it to Killzone 3 to put it through it's paces. Once configured, it's really an advantage there too. So why is it okay for the Move to be implemented side-by-side with a Dualshock 3, but not okay for a mouse and keyboard? Simple, the rivalry is much longer.