@Sand_spitter / @I-4m_-_m4c
Personally my comments regarding this topic it not about AA being OP or MNK being trash etc.
My points are:
1. this latest study clearly backs up the fact that controller players are way superior in close-range fights. Meaning that if what both say is true it would make an absolute majority of controller players somehow gods of aim (given AA based on your feedback does nothing) in close range but suck in mid and long. Or maybe it is the AA effect after all?
2. given all these discussions there is no need to debate a thing which can't be really proven, long story short - MNK players don't like controller ones, controller ones don't need MNK in their lobbies because most players play on console => disable cross-play, end of story.
@Sand_spitterthere is actually no way you can tell (as far as I know) in PC lobbies what input does a player use unless you see player's stream/binds. Icons per player change to controller icon only for PS and XBOX players, yet PC player with Controller and 40% or whatever AA still shows as PC player. So your assumption/experience regarding lobbies are at least partially incorrect.
I personally see console players quite often, especially in Diamond+ lobbies as well as I can already tell by a play style when I face a controller player in game - instant change from "omg I can't hit anything from 50+ m" to "F it I am going in and one magging you right away or hitting your with Wingman/Eva in 3 shots". Works every time.
p.s. I have played with people who have done both controller and MNK and at least ones in Diamond+ lobbies in like 90% of the cases said that:
a) AA is really helpful close range and they did abuse it
b) they on average hit at least 1 tier higher with controller t.i. being Masters on controller while being <D1 on MNK or being Preds on controller (like past 2-3 seasons not from season 3 when there were like 3000 Preds or what not) and now barely making past 10k RP
c) most said that they switched to MNK because controller was to easy yet they want to improve and they know that potentially MNK overall can give them even better level of skill <- my point made in other topics why I don't like AA and cross-play because AA can make a decent player out of a bad one in an instance.