+1 (Gaming)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 13:11 (2035 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Biggest argument I get is "You can use a controller on PC too" but then I'm at a direct disadvantage. On PS4, its a level playing field for the most part.

Good skill-based matchmaking would make that a non-issue for all but the absolute best controller players. Keyboard+mice players would naturally filter towards the top of the pool, with controller players mostly being below that. Sure, you'd get the odd poor kb+m and the really good controller users, so there'd be quite a bit of mixing, but, as long as the matchmaking was good, you'd be playing with people you could compete with, no matter which input method they used.

In Destiny's case, there's more to the control differences than the input method. Recoil works completely differently on PC than it does on console. When they first started playing PC builds of the Destiny engine, they found the recoil mechanics lead to a frustrating experience on PC (players constantly needed to lift their mouse and drag down in tiny increments to compensate for the recoil), so the mechanics were fully altered. That's part of why PC players seem to have such god-like aim when you watch youtube footage of them playing. Yes, there are really good, and yes, mouse+keyboard offers more precision than a controller, but it is also mechanically easier to aim at the level of the PC game engine.