I just bought Razer Naga just for this game. So playing with controller now is out of question, however I don't see why they wouldn't add support for it. If it brings joy to some, let it be :)

In my opinion  mouse+keyboard beats any controller in action games. It's much more natural and precise to use the mouse for navigation/aiming and the amount of keys available on the keyboard is obviously way beyond anything a controller can ever provide.

Originally posted by gladosrev2

the amount of keys available on the keyboard is obviously way beyond anything a controller can ever provide.

Completely untrue. Using an xbox controller as an example:

No buttons held down = 14 buttons

Left trigger held down (same concept as shift 1) = 14 buttons

Right trigger held down = 14 buttons

Both triggers held down = 14 buttons

Thats 56

Add hold zones to every button and shift so that they do different things if pressed or held for 1-2 second/s. This doubles it.

Thats 112. Thats also more keys than on a standard keyboard. It's also waaaay more than you'll ever need for any game.

You can also create cycle commands for buttons. Useful for say.. selecting group members. First time you press it, it selects group member 1, next time group member 2, then 3, 4, 5, 6, then back to 1. Easy to rapidly press a shoulder button to get the selection you want. Cycle commands can also be used as a right mouse button toggle so you can toggle in and out of mouselook easily in any game.

This is easily done with something like pinnacle game profiler. I do it all the time.

I'm not trying to troll, i'm honestly not.. but anyone who can't play an mmo with a controller is simply rubbish with them (controllers, not mmos) compared to those who can. I am currently playing Aion using only a controller and doing amazingly. I also played WoW using a controller and was excellent at PvP, always top 3 in battlegrounds.

I already have my pinnacle profile set up and ready for when gw2 hits and i'll be able to do everything the same as those on keyboard.. possibly better than most but definately better than clickers. Keyboard right in front of me for chat, mouse on hand for managing menus if i dont feel like always using my right stick to do it all the time (a mouselook toggle setup gives you full mouse pointer control when out of mouselook mode).. all from a comfortable and relaxed seated position...

... and looking forward to meeting keyboard users in WvWvW.

Originally posted by Caponestyle

true, Its a shame voice chat has not been implemented properly in any MMORPG to date. It would be nice if they got rid of keyboard chat and forced everyone in the game to use voice chat. wouldnt it be cool if while running by another player game ingame you could hear what he was talking about and as you got further away , his voice gradually faded out? lots of cool stuff they could do with this.

 

Eve online has voice chat, and it works pretty well. Some people don't even use vent anymore.

Originally posted by tordurbar

If you don't like using a keyboard please go back to console games and DC Universe. I don't mean to be rude but I feel that it is people like you that are ruining the MMORPG genre. MMOs are supposed to be role playing games/worlds - not action games.

Nice of you to dictate to the world what an mmo MUST be. Really appreciated. A roleplaying game that has fluid and responsive gameplay? Outrageous! They must be mad!

Fortunately for the rest of us ArenaNet arent as narrow minded as you. It must be cramped inside your little boxed in world

I've read/watched so many gw2 coverage and none seem compare the game to the original, most are comparing the game to WoW and seem to be completely ignorant of gw1. which is soooo frustrating, because gw1 is such an underated game and because you'd never see other game sequels reviewed without knowing the original, and frankly its tedious when reviewers have no clue about what they are talking about. so anyway it was nice to see some comparison to gw1 finally even if it was only on a few UI elements.

It's as if people forget that FFXi has been out for 9 years now and the majority of players used a controller, even the PC players.  Need to type?  Put down the controller and type.  What's so difficult about that?

Here's the kicker; KB + mouse sucked in that game and we had double the bar slots of GW2.

GW2 has fewer bar slots to worry about which would work perfectly with a controller and the movement and combat is a million times more fluid.

Now, i prefer my naga+n52 but i see no reason why controller couldn't be a valid option.  As long as the game is built for the PC first(which XI was not), then i don't see a problem.

And how would you show where aoe skills need to fire up with a controller? Oh you can do it with a stick 3 times slower than with a mouse. So If you want to play GW2 with a controller better make a special servers for console players.

Originally posted by QSatu

And how would you show where aoe skills need to fire up with a controller? Oh you can do it with a stick 3 times slower than with a mouse. So If you want to play GW2 with a controller better make a special servers for console players.

i happen to like the controller functions in FFXI, and you can bind vent to an xbox controller.  there's a chat pad thats ok for typing a little, but there's no reason to not have a keyboard close by if you have to type longer messages

Originally posted by QSatu

And how would you show where aoe skills need to fire up with a controller? Oh you can do it with a stick 3 times slower than with a mouse. So If you want to play GW2 with a controller better make a special servers for console players.

You could do it with the directional keys but you wouldn't be able to move which defeats the point really.  It can be done but i agree with you that with so many ground target abilities, it wouldn't be efficient.

Originally posted by QSatu

And how would you show where aoe skills need to fire up with a controller? Oh you can do it with a stick 3 times slower than with a mouse. So If you want to play GW2 with a controller better make a special servers for console players.

Auto cast target skills is available in the options, seen it on videos.

Assume is fires in the middle of the screen or whereever your cursor was when you entered mouselook mode, either way.. it can be worked into it pretty easily.

3 seconds with a stick is a massive over exaggeration anyway and if it takes someone that long then they definately shouldn't be using a controller.

Originally posted by Vannor

Originally posted by gladosrev2

the amount of keys available on the keyboard is obviously way beyond anything a controller can ever provide.

Completely untrue. Using an xbox controller as an example:

 

No buttons held down = 14 buttons

Left trigger held down (same concept as shift 1) = 14 buttons

Right trigger held down = 14 buttons

Both triggers held down = 14 buttons

Thats 56

Add hold zones to every button and shift so that they do different things if pressed or held for 1-2 second/s. This doubles it.

Thats 112. Thats also more keys than on a standard keyboard. It's also waaaay more than you'll ever need for any game.

You can also create cycle commands for buttons. Useful for say.. selecting group members. First time you press it, it selects group member 1, next time group member 2, then 3, 4, 5, 6, then back to 1. Easy to rapidly press a shoulder button to get the selection you want. Cycle commands can also be used as a right mouse button toggle so you can toggle in and out of mouselook easily in any game.

This is easily done with something like pinnacle game profiler. I do it all the time.

 

I'm not trying to troll, i'm honestly not.. but anyone who can't play an mmo with a controller is simply rubbish with them (controllers, not mmos) compared to those who can. I am currently playing Aion using only a controller and doing amazingly. I also played WoW using a controller and was excellent at PvP, always top 3 in battlegrounds.

I already have my pinnacle profile set up and ready for when gw2 hits and i'll be able to do everything the same as those on keyboard.. possibly better than most but definately better than clickers. Keyboard right in front of me for chat, mouse on hand for managing menus if i dont feel like always using my right stick to do it all the time (a mouselook toggle setup gives you full mouse pointer control when out of mouselook mode).. all from a comfortable and relaxed seated position...

... and looking forward to meeting keyboard users in WvWvW.

Balderdash!  Key/Mouse action owns anyone with a controller!  It has been proven time and time again.  There is such an overabundance of proof on this it is not even worth siting it.  You need to get out more.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

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Balderdash!  Key/Mouse action owns anyone with a controller!  It has been proven time and time again.  There is such an overabundance of proof on this it is not even worth siting it.  You need to get out more.

Of course! I must have been winning all the time to other people with controllers then otherwise I must be crazy.. because beating keyboard with a controller is impossible apparently.

I was talking strictly MMO here, not FPS.

No, I'm not crazy and I'm not just making stuff up for the sake of it. I don't need citing or proof to your claim, I've already tried it myself. I wouldn't argue the point if I had been losing. Why would I want to keep using a controller if it wasn't working for me? I'm fine with keyboard and mouse as well if it worked out better. In FPS and proper twitch gaming then I agree a mouse is better for aiming and such, for that genre I'd always use a mouse. MMO's are not like that though, including GW2. Targets get selected just like all the others.

And the 'You need to get out more' comment doesn't really make much sense... I need to get out more because I like to and know how to use a controller where it works for me? Hmmm.... Or perhaps it's because I already have a controller profile set up for GW2? Well, that only took me about 5 minutes to set up.. since I already know how to use the software.

Been playing over 5 years on and off now. Guild Wars is good, Guild Wars is always good but the problem is that Guild Wars is never great. The appeal to the casual gamer has made the mmo genre average. Players want to be awed and have this great experience but ArenaNet and like so many others are " just happy to be in the game" kind of mentality. So the awesome experience suffers because of this. I fully expect Guild Wars 2 to be good but I'm afraid it is only an appetizer.

Gamepads have always felt awkward to me but to each their own.  Especially when playing a FPS.  I can aim/shoot about 100x faster with a mouse.  Couldn't players simply keybind a gamepad? 

Originally posted by achesoma

Gamepads have always felt awkward to me but to each their own.  Especially when playing a FPS.  I can aim/shoot about 100x faster with a mouse.  Couldn't players simply keybind a gamepad? 

 

exactly. if some people would prefer a gamepad, theres nothing wrong with just keybinding to one, and go on about your day. People have been playing MMOs with controllers for as long as they have keyboards and mice. Even MMOs like Aion and WoW, games that were never designed with gamepads in mind, all you do is keybind them yourselves.

This is a much better option than the company needing to design controller interfaces into the game. This does add unusual keybinds, awkward control schemes, and most players will still want to change the keybinds to something they are more comfortable with. 

Please for the love of all that is holy do not design gamepad controls into the UI. If you want to use one, just use one, there is nothing stopping you at all from doing that, without requiring anything from the development team or game company.

Originally posted by Caponestyle

true, Its a shame voice chat has not been implemented properly in any MMORPG to date. It would be nice if they got rid of keyboard chat and forced everyone in the game to use voice chat. wouldnt it be cool if while running by another player game ingame you could hear what he was talking about and as you got further away , his voice gradually faded out? lots of cool stuff they could do with this.

 

Lord of the Rings Online has a built-in voice chat, if you never tried it. And I think even Dungeons and Dragons too if I remember correctly.

And by built-in, I mean you don't need a third party program such as Teamspeak or Skype.