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[Dr Duke]

I know it would be incredibly unlikely to see just because it would be such an obscure feature, but if you were in control of the mwo project, would you consider having some system in place for matching joystick players with other joystick players? I mean, we all know the most precise, efficient way to play the game is with a mouse, and im pretty certain that a pretty good majority of people who play any MW game play it with a mouse and keyboard, but theres still alot of us sim fans who appreciate the immersive aspect of using a joystick anyway, and i know that playin MW4 online got real frustrating for me knowing that my choice to play with a joystick was handicapping me against mouse using snipers. So knowing that we arent gonna get it, id still like to ask if any other joystick players would like to see either joystick exclusive servers, or some sort of matching system where the game might try whenever possible to put players using joysticks in matches against each other?

[Arc Rin Fitzmorris]

I'm not sure if I'd like to see a server restricted to solely Joysticks, but the pairing of same rigs to same rigs is a good idea. I'm a Joystick lady myself, and when I got a computer upgrade that outmoded my old joysticks I stopped playing because it's too damn frustrating with a mouse and keyboard.

[CeeKay Boques]

I am left hand joystick, right hand mouse, with pedals... where do I go?

And wouldn't every mouse exploiter jump on the Jstick server? I see what you're saying but... it shouldn't make much difference... I knew plenty of "King of the HIll" Joystick only players.

[Redburn]

I would imagine that those "mouse and keyboard" folks that play MW4 (NHUA, etc) probably would be equalized with joystick players if you removed the ubiquitous "3rd Person" view and restricted them to in-cockpit views.....JMHO.

OTOH, we really don't know much about gameplay at this point, so it's a bit early to be speculating on matching up joystick players versus mouse players. In THIS game, it may not be a issue like in the past M$ MW series.....

[WMC Gomez]

Redburn is right, by restricting the game to only first person inside the cockpit, sniping w/ a mouse and keyboard is a lot harder to do. I use a joystick myself and we shouldn't have any issues i think.

[Xhaleon]

Huh?

How does moving from third person to first equalize anything? The mouse will always be more precise, or easier to be more precise with, so joystick people will always be on the losing end. Joysticks just so happen to be better if everyone playing MWO was required to buy and use a $50,000 simulator rig that rocks and shakes violently.

The only way to balance mouse vs joystick is if there is control lag that makes the crosshair only follow a separate cursor. That would slow down mouse users enough.

How exactly is PGI going to detect if the player is using a joystick? If that could be done, more power to you and them. Otherwise, you might have to do it the old fashioned way; trust, friendship and poni passwords.