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[arby358]

Just curious if people think it'd be wise to get a joystick (flight stick, not sure what to call them honestly) or if a gamepad would work fine. (Currently using a wired 360 controller)

When I played MW4 Mercenaries I used a Microsoft Sidewinder and it was fantastic, but that was the last game I needed it for and it's a bit outdated.

I know a fair number of people didn't care for the MechAssault games, but I remember the controls working pretty well, though I'm thinking that was because the game itself was pretty limited in terms of controls in general.

Anyways, I just want to get some opinions, and if you prefer joysticks, a recommendation would be great. I tend to favor Logitech peripherals, but for a purely game-oriented device I'd welcome other options.

Thanks in advance.

[Joanna Conners]

I used to use a Joystick in the 90s, but now I'm all about my 360 controller.

[sirxazor]

I recently purchased a whole set of flying sim goodies so I might as well put them into good use in here lol.

[MartinGlad]

Gonna be Mouse and Keybord here...

[Mechwarrior3]

MartinGlad, on 09 August 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

Gonna be Mouse and Keybord here...

Yeah, Mouse & Keyboard are the way to go.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Still using my Sidewinder

[Lightfoot]

MechWarrior usually best with a joystick. At a certain range manuvering the mech becomes as important as aiming the weapons and this is where the joystick shines.

[TizZ]

I used to use a sidewinder with a command pad with loads or buttons on it , not sure if the sidewinder will work with current OS xp/vista or W7 anybody know ?

[TizZ]

BTW How is the Razer Artemis coming along wonder if they will actually manufacture it

[Constati]

Xbox 360 controller

[arby358]

I've been shopping around and so far it seems like the best option for a joystick price-wise would be one from Logitech, at like $15-$30. I'll probably use the 360 controller initially, and if it feels too clunky or doesn't have enough buttons to handle the functions I want, I'll upgrade to a joystick. Nice thing is, joysticks seem relatively cheap, unless you get full flight set ups.

Wish I could learn more about the Razer Artemis, Razer's page didn't give too much info, kinda sad.

MartinGlad, on 09 August 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

Gonna be Mouse and Keybord here...

I tried mouse and keyboard for Mercenaries, but I had trouble maneuvering the mech to actually aim at something, how did you have it set up? (Was the mouse pivoting the torso, or turning the mech / any key combinations you came up with yourself)

[Reflexez]

Mouse and keyboard dominates for FPS gaming, and all but the majority of "pros" in the old mechwarriors used Mouse and keyboard.

With that being said though, I may try joystick for this game later on.

[JFlash49]

Mechwarrior3, on 09 August 2012 - 07:58 AM, said:

MartinGlad, on 09 August 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

Gonna be Mouse and Keybord here...

Yeah, Mouse & Keyboard are the way to go.

yeps

[Pccdirtnap]

Well my damn joystick is conflicting with the mouse. So it looks like keyboard and mouse for the game.

[Oddmund]

I will be using a logitech flight stick myself.

[Oddmund]

I had one of those myself never could get my pc to see it. it has no drivers what so ever that I know of but that was several years ago when ace 6 came out. sure by now someone on the net should know how to by now good luck and let us know if it works i would buy on to use if it will work. that flight stick was nice and had great responce. tons of buttons which would work great with MWO.

[Mr D One]

Wired xbox 360 controller is great.

[Gorheru]

There's no other controller that can come close to mouse / keyboard in terms of precision.
Except for flightsims that really need a lot of movement precision and thus an analog input.
MW is all about targeting. Movement is important but it has so much input lag (obviously - after all it should feel like a mountain of steel moving) that using keyboard is absolutely good enough. But for precision shooting, a mouse beats a stick anytime.

[MarshmallowRampage]

Im going to be using an old ST290 pro joy stick and a Belkin n52te game/key pad.

Buttons, glorious glorious buttons for me to push.

[Lockehart]

I'll probably be using mouse and keyboard for the most part, but considering building a full-on sim pit for the cases when I want to feel slightly more 'immersed'. =]