Substantial gameplay difference between platforms

Hello, ladies and gents.

I'd like to open up that I really enjoy this game. What I'm saying here is not meant to hurt the game nor the community. Rather, the opposite.

As my post is labeled, I'm seeing a substantial difference when running across opponents running on a console/joystick/controller. Enough so that as I'm ranking up I'm finding less ability to fight a skilled fight. I'm running into less skill and less ability to respond/fight back, but not because of the skill level of my opponents. Instead it is very apparent that more of my opponents are simply playing a very different game than I am. I've run into similar issues when cross-console play has been attempted in other games.

The lack of finesse that a controller lacks compared to a mouse is a gap that is not being sufficiently bridged when aiming. Strafing, minor dodging movements during a firefight, are what make all the difference between good and excellent player... at least when it matters. But it doesn't against console gamers. Even making exaggerated evasive maneuvers hardly has any effect when trying to dodge a console gamer who has you in their sights. PC gamers get the full effect that small movements save you from a great deal of damage. This is not the case with console gamers.

I can tell these people are not using hacks because when in sniping battles, it's not nearly as easy for console gamers because the autoaim adjustment does not kick in at certain ranges (depending on the magnification a bit as well). Sniping at medium to long range is the only place I find I maintain the ability to dodge enemy fire against all opponents. COD is a game where they've made it too easy so even sniping gets the full auto-track effect. That game is positively horrible as a PC gamer.

Watching several Twitch streams is what truly confirmed this for me though.

I've watched mouse-using PC streamers and controller-using PC streamers, and the two groups are distinctly different. The controller players just run through the game. They all use light ammo weapons because they all just need to get close enough for the auto-correct to kick in and they decimate their opponents. One guy I was watching got a dozen or more kills multiple games in a row doing this same thing. It was clearly obvious when he got into auto-correct range.

Meanwhile PC players have far more difficult games. They also use a much wider variety of weapons because since we don't get auto-aim, light weapons don't have quite the same payoff far more often.

This is a danger to the health of this game. I am being forced to play other games simply because I get sick and tired of losing to people who are definitely playing a different game from me. I know I am not alone in this. I hope the devs take a serious look at this problem.

As this is my first time posting on this forum, I'm not sure if I'm going to get flamed by the console players, flagged or removed by an Admin, or actually get some honest dialog going here. I'm hoping the latter but in my experience it is the former.

Thank you.