Awesome. No worries about splitting community. The kbm people will stop using it when they have to go up against other kbm people. They only like it now because of the advantage over most others.

Only kbm people can strafe exactly right to left while sprinting, something almost impossible on the controller, and even worse its nearly impossible to strafe and jump and keep cross hair on target. On gamepad you can't press x to jump without releasing camera control unless you use another finger but then you aren't firing gun with r1 which is also same hand.

In reality, I think kbm should be removed, the game client doesn't seem to be able to handle the movement updates available with kbm. Or your server side can't seem to update the client fast enough, making the user somewhat invincible, since you're always shooting empty air even though your client shows the guy in middle of your cross hair, but server obviously knows the guy wasn't their, since it didn't register hit/damage on opponent. I'm guessing that's more feasible then increasing the frequency of updates sent to clients.

they dont have to remove the old modes, they could make a new one with choice to go KBM or DS3

the only real reason i see ppl against this is they want to maintain their edge vs ppl with DS3s..

how is it breaking apart a community that is playing in random matches? why not just go do corp battles or w/e and maintain your sense of community? because you want to continue to "pwn stupid console gamers" with your KBM is my guess

strawman argument meet strawman, taking balance out of the equation makes the discussion worthless.

Destroying the community ..............The game is gonna crash.......................... wooo gloom and doom(sarcasm)
Because CCP plans on separating people who use the default hardware for a CONSOLE system(ds3) from people who want to use KBM a PC UI.......Thats funny listen to this garbage thread.

Go ahead CCP please segregate.You have my full support.

CCP Cmdr Wang, if you give people the option to self segregate themselves by offering "a choice for players who want the option to play against other players using the same input device" then you are fostering segregation whole heartily. I don't care if you allow there to be mixed input matches or if the segregation is by choice. Trying to hide behind the fact that you would be giving players "more choices" is NO excuse. Any type of matchmaking that takes into account controller input puts the game on a very dangerous and very slippery slope. It endangers the sandbox and the community.

Please, I urge you not to continue down this path. This is coming from someone who loves this game and has been along for the ride with you all developing this game for almost a year now. Please reconsider this course of action. The freedom of inputs is one of this games most unique features and something that amazes me every time I play it. The fact that you have made a system where someone can start with a DS3 then switch to Mouse and keyboard, and then transition almost seamlessly to the Move and then back again is a great achievement. Don't cheapen this accomplishment by building walls among the player base in their very earliest moments in the game.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=18530 (The original KB+M thread)

The reason why some of you dont want to have an filter for controller or kb/m only is because you are insecure and afraid of the other kb/m users that are better than you.

You want to have controller people on the field so you can be able to shoot and kill someone since you cant kill the other kb/m freaks that are better than you.

If you think you are such pros you should be glad you have competition .

200th reply, we did it people, we did it.

I was of course exaggerating a bit here on the cannon-fodder part: you can be competitive without spending a dime.

However, I was very serious when it comes to separating paying from non-paying players. The game can only exist if it generates revenue. While non-paying players can "help" the game by making it more enjoyable for paying players, separating them would defeat that purpose meaning they are only "leeching", CCP would have absolutely no reason to want them around.

Not entirely true. To keep the game alive, a certain amount of revenue is required. While it is true that long-term players are important to the game, if they do not generate enough revenue, it's "game over".

Now, the goal of any F2P game is to make a profit. To do this, the game needs to encourage people to spend money on it. Not everyone has to spend money, but enough players need to spend enough to keep it going. Non-paying players have "value" because they add to the game's enjoyability, which leads to more players including players that do pay.

You have to pay extra for a kb/m.
So if you want to have more control over your character you have to pay more. PTW?

The ps3 allows the use of a kb/m but does not mean dust should be able to use it for gaming.

Personally i won't play with a kb/m and if CCP does not disable them for everyone i will end up buying something like this.

I'll be paying a little more to be better. My semi-autos will be auto etc.
I'll express my interest in having a modded Dust controller. They will make them.

Actually this is my first console shooter.
My ps3 came with a DS3 and Move.
My ratio is 1.0+
Never played SOCOM but i see you are pretty emo about it.
I have a decent PC and prefer it for shooters/Eve.
However i bought a ps3 for this particular game. I find that my ps3 did not come with a keyboard or mouse. Only a DS3/Move.
Yet i am seeing increased advantage to using kb/m to play on the ps3. So rather than using a kb/m that i prefer (cost nearly $200) .
I will do the same thing and buy a controller that has an advantage for less money. If spending money is how one gets better then....i guess it is okay to spend money on better controllers.

If they say i am cheating....so are all the kb/m users. The new kb/m can have key binds that are stored in memory.
There is your rapid fire etc.

CCP just needs to remove the kb/m input for Dust.
Problem solved.