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Seasoned Ace

1 year ago

I tried pc for the first time as a switch player, some questions

I just got my pc up and running and I installed apex today. The graphics blew me away, I couldn't believe how the game looked and how fast and fluid the movement runs compared to how slow it has bee...

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reconzero

Seasoned Ace

1 year ago

@AymCTL

Well, I'm sure the usual cast of forum characters will call you a heretic for suggesting that mnk has an inherent advantage over controller when it comes to aiming. So get ready for that.

As far as the right thumb stick goes, I seem to recall that the entire controller can be mapped any way you want in the menus, but I'm not really sure how to re-map a thumb stick or what you would re-map it to. Do you prefer controller overall to mnk? If so why? Is there a way to connect your switch controller?

AymCTL
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@reconzero I think so far with controller it's been more an issue of me moving the reticle over too far. Like if the opponent is running to the right and I move the reticle over to him and fire, I move the reticle past him and fire into the air instead of into the opponent. On Switch you would just tilt the controller into the direction you are aiming, which is why the switch joy con controller reminds me a lot of the feel of MnK. With MnK you just tilt the mouse into the direction of the opponent and fire just like you do on switch.

It's hard for me to decide I guess since MnK feels more like what I'm used to, so firing seems easier on MnK, but movement definitely seems much easier on controller. That's one reason I am hoping to learn controller well enough that I can track my opponents just as well as I did on the switch, but I think maybe the trick here is to tweak the sensitivity since maybe that's why I'm moving too far over when shooting. That and not being used to controlling recoil with my thumb.
- Asmodeus566
  Hero+
  1 year ago
  @AymCTL
  
  I am glad to hear that you made the "Switch" ha, ha, to PC.
  
  MnK is better the roller, looking at you @reconzero
  
  It will just take some practice getting used to the keyboard.
  
  You may have to play with the key-binds to get them set to what works best for you.
  - reconzero
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago
    @Asmodeus566
    
    "MnK is better the roller, looking at you @reconzero"
    
    Oh, I've always said so. Less intuitive, but once learned then better results. Whenever I see someone doing insane motion that appears to defy game physics then obviously that's mnk. And I'm not bitter about it. I'm jealous. Not jealous enough to learn it myself or, heaven forbid, buy a WindowsTM product. But jealous just the same. Old dogs, new tricks, etc. And @AymCTL seems to confirm that aiming is yet another mnk advantage, something I have always been told and assumed was true. Despite the aim-assist conspiracy theorists.