DUST Search - Is M&KB support really coming to DUST 514?

Ad ski wrote:

Aka-ahn wrote:

Ad ski wrote:

Ender Storm wrote:

Arramakaian Eka wrote:

Cross-posting my response from another thread:

As someone who has extensive FPS experience with both KBM and controller, I can confidently say that any decent KBM player will wtfpwn any controller player. If KBM is allowed in DUST, it will become an even bigger balancing challenge than balancing n00bs and those with millions of SP. In fact, I don't see how KBM and controller could be balanced, unless turn speed is locked for KBM - and that might not be workable at all.

As much as I hate to say this, KBM is a really really bad idea for DUST. If every PS3 player had a bluetooth KB+M (I do), it would be a whole different story - but they don't.

Sounds like a pretty easy problem to fix. Buy one, its not like they are expensive, especially if one cares for performance.

Anyway, I am in favour of kbm on ps3, its a superior interface and franckly every game should have support for it, i am sure a lot of people would give up their pc's over a console, wich is pretty much a pc anyway.

Raaargh I'm a PC player Raaargh. Raaargh console players should have to adapt to a M+KB even though it's a console Raaargh.
That's what I got from that message.

It's a console, where the guys who made said console gave developers the ability to support KB/M as an optional control option if they wanted to do so.

That's not the problem. The problem is some PC players telling console users to adapt by using a KB+M but yet they won't adapt to a controller. The point is KB+M should not be at an advantage, that's like me going on PC and somehow have the controller at a bigger advantage (hypothetically speaking). PC players would kick up as much of a fuss as the console players do. If they make it so they are both on even playing field then that's fine, however if they do not the game could be dead before it even get's released.


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Aka-ahn Bragian Order Amarr Empire 3	Posted - 2012.08.09 14:35:00 - [1] - Quote Ad ski wrote: Ender Storm wrote: Arramakaian Eka wrote: Cross-posting my response from another thread: As someone who has extensive FPS experience with both KBM and controller, I can confidently say that any decent KBM player will wtfpwn any controller player. If KBM is allowed in DUST, it will become an even bigger balancing challenge than balancing n00bs and those with millions of SP. In fact, I don't see how KBM and controller could be balanced, unless turn speed is locked for KBM - and that might not be workable at all. As much as I hate to say this, KBM is a really really bad idea for DUST. If every PS3 player had a bluetooth KB+M (I do), it would be a whole different story - but they don't. Sounds like a pretty easy problem to fix. Buy one, its not like they are expensive, especially if one cares for performance. Anyway, I am in favour of kbm on ps3, its a superior interface and franckly every game should have support for it, i am sure a lot of people would give up their pc's over a console, wich is pretty much a pc anyway. Raaargh I'm a PC player Raaargh. Raaargh console players should have to adapt to a M+KB even though it's a console Raaargh. That's what I got from that message. It's a console, where the guys who made said console gave developers the ability to support KB/M as an optional control option if they wanted to do so.
Aka-ahn Bragian Order Amarr Empire 3	Posted - 2012.08.09 14:57:00 - [2] - Quote Ad ski wrote: Aka-ahn wrote: Ad ski wrote: Ender Storm wrote: Arramakaian Eka wrote: Cross-posting my response from another thread: As someone who has extensive FPS experience with both KBM and controller, I can confidently say that any decent KBM player will wtfpwn any controller player. If KBM is allowed in DUST, it will become an even bigger balancing challenge than balancing n00bs and those with millions of SP. In fact, I don't see how KBM and controller could be balanced, unless turn speed is locked for KBM - and that might not be workable at all. As much as I hate to say this, KBM is a really really bad idea for DUST. If every PS3 player had a bluetooth KB+M (I do), it would be a whole different story - but they don't. Sounds like a pretty easy problem to fix. Buy one, its not like they are expensive, especially if one cares for performance. Anyway, I am in favour of kbm on ps3, its a superior interface and franckly every game should have support for it, i am sure a lot of people would give up their pc's over a console, wich is pretty much a pc anyway. Raaargh I'm a PC player Raaargh. Raaargh console players should have to adapt to a M+KB even though it's a console Raaargh. That's what I got from that message. It's a console, where the guys who made said console gave developers the ability to support KB/M as an optional control option if they wanted to do so. That's not the problem. The problem is some PC players telling console users to adapt by using a KB+M but yet they won't adapt to a controller. The point is KB+M should not be at an advantage, that's like me going on PC and somehow have the controller at a bigger advantage (hypothetically speaking). PC players would kick up as much of a fuss as the console players do. If they make it so they are both on even playing field then that's fine, however if they do not the game could be dead before it even get's released. Well, if you read the interview that Isarian Menoptra posted, you'll see that matchmaking will know who uses KB/M and who uses controller, and will match games accordingly.