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[johncaveman12]

Thoughts? Been having a debate with someone... He has an opinion and I think it is incredibly wrong. Anyways, what does the public board of opinion have to say about this?

 

[01011001]

controller in most games.

depends on the type of aim assist and how strong it is.
Halo's was so over the top that they now added aim assist to mouse to compensate...
meanwhile Fortnite's got weaker and weaker, to the point where now Mouse is arguably stronger in that game.

 

[Roni]

K&M is super easy for people that work with any sort of computer.

 

[Banjo64]

For FPS mouse. For everything else I prefer controller.

Gyro is interesting in terms of FPS games. I don't use it myself though.

 

[Damigos]

Controller, no assists

 

[01011001]

NECRO BUMP

the Aim Assist debate is heating up again, as one of the best Mouse and Keyboard pro players in Apex Legends, Albralelie, has announced that he will switch to Controller during the off season.



he also claims that from his experience Controller is just as good as Mouse for long range battles,
and he suggests that other people should use the 2 months off season timeframe to switch as well (as seen in the tweet above).

This is also notable because up until very recently he said he would never swap, but the clear dominance of controller in the pro scene in recent months made him change his mind it seems.


The Aim Assist debate in Apex has been there from the start, and even tho Apex has among the mildest Aim Assist of any modern game people often debate if it should be lowered further, especially on PC servers.

as a console player myself I couldn't care less how weak or strong they make the assist, for me I'd be fine with zero aim assist on console tbh, but on PC it's a more problematic debate as there the controller and mouse players constantly clash.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I don't mind dual analog for FPS titles, but the mouse and keyboard always has been and always will be superior for a number of reasons for me.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Easier?

 

[dcx4610]

I can't imagine playing a first person shooter with a controller. Every time I've tried, I can't believe how gimped the experience feels. Now I'm sure there are some great FPS players out there with a controller but to me, it feels like a handicap that you've just gotten used to.

Keyboard/mouse has a gigantic learning curve just because people have a hard time coordinating the keyboard side but mouse aim and firing is immediately intuitive. Once you master it, there's no going back.

 

[Diddy X]

Controller is easier but you'll mostly lose against a m+kb player.

 

[near]

NECRO BUMP

the Aim Assist debate is heating up again, as one of the best Mouse and Keyboard pro players in Apex Legends, Albralelie, has announced that he will switch to Controller during the off season.



he also claims that from his experience Controller is just as good as Mouse for long range battles,
and he suggests that other people should use the 2 months off season timeframe to switch as well (as seen in the tweet above).

This is also notable because up until very recently he said he would never swap, but the clear dominance of controller in the pro scene in recent months made him change his mind it seems.


The Aim Assist debate in Apex has been there from the start, and even tho Apex has among the mildest Aim Assist of any modern game people often debate if it should be lowered further, especially on PC servers.

as a console player myself I couldn't care less how weak or strong they make the assist, for me I'd be fine with zero aim assist on console tbh, but on PC it's a more problematic debate as there the controller and mouse players constantly clash.

I remember this guy being incredibly toxic when a lot of console Apex Legends pros/streamers switched to PC (still using a controller), he got incredibly upset and loud about it, bitching about aim assist. Daltoosh and gang. These guys were actually pretty good, and they kept owning him in ranked. I wouldn't be surprised if this tweet is him trolling, he would still get slapped by those kids with a controller in he's hand.

 

[666]

Whichever the enemy that kills me is using.

 

[nikos]

I can tell you which one is fair.

I've completely stopped playing competitive shooters that feature aim assist.

There's a reason why so many competitive M&K players switched to controller, and why pretty much every eSports pro uses one in CoD. It's broken. That game will do a complete 180 for you, at point blank range, using rotational aim assist alone. No skill required.

 

[Kataploom]

Depending on how aggressive Aim assist is, it is way easier to be "good" than M&K, but once certain skill threshold is surpassed and matchmaking starts putting you with much better players, M&K will give you way better skill ceiling.

Aim assist feels broken against M&K only on lower and medium skill players, but it's the other way around on high level matches.

It's probably game by game btw, but that's my experience.

 

[Muffdraul]

To me kb/m feels like an almost direct connection between what my brain wants to do and what happens on screen. A controller can't even come close even with aim assist at max.

 

[twilo99]

Great piece here

 

[R6Rider]

I must be one of the rare controller users who always turns off aim assists. I think the last time I left it on was for the horseback riding in RDR2.

I prefer using controller even for most FPS games as having haptics and adaptive triggers is that much more enjoyable. Using a mouse to shoot is fucking bland. RTS or a game like Terraria, give me a mouse.

That being said: VR > Controller or KB+M