Is Mouse & Keys On Console Cheating?
What’s up Respawn i would like to inquire about mouse and keyboard plug ins specifically on Xbox and Ps4. I play Xbox and I’m currently playing diamond ranked with the top pred teams in the game. I’...
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The problem is, that apex on console has no native mouse and keyboard support. That means players with those devices use adapters to make it work. That also means that the console thinks it's a controller and gives them additional aim assist.
Of mouse and keyboard would be supported natively, it would be like on PC. controller players get aim assist, mouse and keyboard don't.
If you use such devices you can be a fair one and set your ATS and Hip fire to the speed of 8. That disables aim assist.
Devices are never cheating but they give you an advantage. It's like saying "hey, I play with my stereo TV against players with dolby surround headsets, that's cheating!"
It's just a disadvantage.
@Lausekittel Unfair advantage = cheating
Two inherent unfair advantages of using mouse and keyboard I can think of are:
1. Strafing (The so-called ADAD movements)
Because thumb sticks are spring loaded, controller players need to combat the spring force to push the thumb stick to one side. When pushing the stick to the other side, the stick would first snap to the center, which makes it much more difficult to smooth out the movement, then they need to combat the spring force to push the stick to the other side.
Because of the spring force, it takes much more effort and time to strafe using a controller. On the other hand, strafing using a mouse is much more agile and smoother. It’s just a matter of spamming A and D.
As a result, controller players have no chances to match the movement of a strafing m & k players.
2. Snap turns
Because mouses are not spring loaded, mouse movement is much more accurate than thumb stick movement. Anyone can swipe a mouse across a mouse pad in no time. But the travel distance of a thumb stick is extremely restricted.
This is another obvious inherent advantage.
Two inherent unfair advantages of using mouse and keyboard I can think of are:
1. Strafing (The so-called ADAD movements)
Because thumb sticks are spring loaded, controller players need to combat the spring force to push the thumb stick to one side. When pushing the stick to the other side, the stick would first snap to the center, which makes it much more difficult to smooth out the movement, then they need to combat the spring force to push the stick to the other side.
Because of the spring force, it takes much more effort and time to strafe using a controller. On the other hand, strafing using a mouse is much more agile and smoother. It’s just a matter of spamming A and D.
As a result, controller players have no chances to match the movement of a strafing m & k players.
2. Snap turns
Because mouses are not spring loaded, mouse movement is much more accurate than thumb stick movement. Anyone can swipe a mouse across a mouse pad in no time. But the travel distance of a thumb stick is extremely restricted.
This is another obvious inherent advantage.
@DeathRaven_1983I agree that a m&k player has a natural advantage against a casual controller player. But an experienced controller player can equal this out. There are many settings in the game to have a much more direct movement and response. Like dead zone, movement speed etc.
Further more, the m&k emulate the controller on the console. It does not feel the same like it does on PC.
Respawn could include the support and could implement hardware based matchmaking.
- @Lausekittel We are talking about the advantages of mouse and keyboard use.
There might be controller players who can compete with mouse players. But it doesn’t change the fact that mouse and keyboard players have an unfair advantage over controller players.
True. The emulated mouse and keyboard is not as responsive as their PC counterparts. But they still have a huge advantage over spring loaded controllers.It's currently gray area and just comes up to you.
You can use it but as @DeathRaven_1983 said, they don't want people to use this as this give's an unfair advantage.
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