KingBabar wrote:No and no. I have talked to several guys who is used to the DS3 and they have hooked up a KB/M setup to their PS3 just to test it out and said players come to me and describe the various benefits to me. Thats all I have to go on, I haven't tried it myself. But obviously there is something wrong when a dude used to using controllers for 10 years hook up a KB/M and phones me just to tell me how amazing the tank controls suddenly got. There has to be something to it....
And you write;
There are amazing players using both control sets. Perhaps you need to pick up your own game if you think KBM has such an 'advantage'?
Do me a favor and go to the leaderboards, go to about 100-110th place globally and check my stats, then come back here and tell me to "pick my game up". Don't toss about insults when you have no idea who you are talking to...
Ok, Yes there is a bug with Controllers not reaching full acceleration on Tanks (and possibly other vehicles) while they do on KBM, However that is more of a bug with Controllers than an advantage for KBM. Perhaps I should have clarified that a bit, but it is not like that bug is a secret, it is plastered all over the Tech Support forums, and CCP acknowledged it in IRC and are working on it. This *is* a beta, bug finding is what we are supposed to be doing. As for being better in general, no I don't believe there is any advantage besides what you are used to using. Perhaps you should try it yourself? That would certainly be a better way to find out than relying on third party information that may or may not be as accurate.
I honestly don't care who you think you are ingame. As such I probably should have phrased what I said better, but oh well. The point I was trying to make, is you are coming across as attacking KBM in every single thread about the subject, either because you don't personally like it, or because there is some perceived advantage (outside of known bugs) other than what one is used to.
I, personally, cannot use Controllers for FPS games for crap. Near 30 Years of PC/KBM Gaming will do that to a person. Yes I am a PC Gamer, but I have never disparaged consoles in general. I love consoles for bringing accessible gaming to the General Masses. I also love the fact that Sony and CCP have decided to give me the same freedom of choice in using my preferred input method, that PC Gamers Enjoy, by allowing me to use my preferred method, just as a PC Gamer can plug in/use a controller for games with which they prefer to use one. There are definitely some games in which I prefer to use a controller of some sort. Racing Games for example, you simply don't have the fine axis control on a keyboard like you do with a Controller, it is either full on or full off, no inbetween. Despite the acceleration bug, I still feel controllers are better for flying a Dropship in DUST. Again, personal preference, some may prefer KBM for that.
If I could not use my KBM, I would not be playing the game. It is as simple as that. I was around in Closed Beta since Mordu's Trials opened up, but I didn't start playing a lot until they added KBM support. I tried, I really did, but I just cannot use controllers for FPS. This is also not the first console FPS I have tried. I went out and bought one of the new Super-Slim PS3s with 12gb Flash Storage, plenty enough for DUST, so that I didn't have to keep borrowing my brother's PS3 all the time. This is definitely a good thing for Sony and CCP, but it would never have happened if they didn't add KBM support. It has also opened me to another platform for gaming, and I have been trying many new games because of it. I also know many others like me, who grew up on KBM, who cannot use Controllers for FPS, and would not be playing DUST if they were forced to use one. Many of them own PS3s, play plenty of games on em, but not FPS due to that one factor. I think Sony and CCP are bloody smart to give DUSTers the only real advantage (in my opinion) PC Gaming has over Console gaming, and that is the advantage of CHOICE. The ability to choose what you want to use to play the game, instead of being forced into one or another form of input.
I love DUST, have played EVE for years, give plenty of money to CCP and Sony, hell I bought a PS3 just for this game. Should I be excluded from the game simply because you don't personally like KBM? I don't think that is fair, in any way, shape or form. I'd much rather find and get bugs fixed, and open this game to as many people as possible, regardless of what input method they prefer.