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Keyboard and mouse/or joystick/periphials. How will YOU play?


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Poll: What type of controller will you be using launch? (233 member(s) have cast votes)

Keyboard and mouse combo or joystick/other periphials?

  1. Standard keyboard/mouse combo. (127 votes [52.26%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 52.26%

  2. Joystick with or without periphials. (116 votes [47.74%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 47.74%

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#61 Nikolai Nabokov

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:38 AM

Keyboard and mouse, due to work travel.

#62 Dair Hammond

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:38 AM

You need to add "Both" or "Hybrid" to that poll, because I use Foot Pedals to steer, my X52 throttle and buttons, but I aim my torso and fire weapons with my mouse. That's been my setup since MW2 Mercs. I don't touch my stick, thats for flying. :lol:

Edited by Dair Hammond, 02 August 2012 - 07:39 AM.


#63 Levi Porphyrogenitus

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:44 AM

The precision and utility of the standard keyboard/mouse setup is unmatched. Plus, I'm used to it after decades of playing Mechwarrior games this way.

#64 MercilessTRADER

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:45 AM

Controller.... Just which one and how much

#65 SmackFreak

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:51 AM

Keyboard/Mouse, unless the joystick support is amazing; in which case I will use both.

#66 NEWater

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:38 AM

I'd love to have joystick!

Edited by NEWater, 02 August 2012 - 08:42 AM.


#67 Shadowfist

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:41 AM

Wish there was a both option.. gonna try each way and feel it out :lol:

#68 Lunareclipse

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:51 AM

I thought I was going to prefer using a Joystick, but then <REDACTED DUE TO NDA>

#69 Athurio

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 10:33 AM

I plan on having a joystick complement the keys/mouse. Plenty of desk space, and I rather enjoy having a throttle vs. % hotkeys.

#70 Gail Piazzi

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 10:46 AM

Probably just my keyboard the mouse my tablet came with. My boyfriend has a Nostromo and I'd like to give it a try but I figure that'll stop being an option as soon as Guild Wars 2 launches.

#71 Regina Redshift

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:12 AM

I'll do keyboard and trackball until I see a good joystick configuration. I'll try that, and then I'll make my big decision.

#72 Killer Rock

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:14 AM

I feel like the benefit i have noticed in a lot of games is a mouse turns faster than any other device. Though i haven't played many mech games, i would assume they would make turning a mech clunky enough that a joystick would turn at the same speed a mouse does? Or would i be wrong in that assumption?

#73 Draako

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:23 AM

Keyboard and Joystick, with my mouse close by just incase. Depending on how much I like this game I may buy more flight sim gear. Its fun to win and have an advantage with keyboard and mouse, but there are times that I want this to feel as though I really am in the cockpit of a huge battlemech.

#74 Dreadnought13

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:24 AM

Right hand: Logitech G9x mouse
Left hand: Razer Nostromo

But you didn't have an option for that.





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