Controllers in GW2?

Will it be possible to use a controller when playing GW2 for example a XBOX 360 controller?|||i don't think so, you would need more buttons on the controller then it has.
maybe if the game was aiming at such control, but this game doesn't have such consideration at all.
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i don't think so, you would need more buttons on the controller then it has.




Both a 360 controller and a DualShock of any model possess:
Two analogue sticks, each also serving as a clickable button
Four primary face buttons
Four shoulder buttons, two of them analogue triggers depending on model
A D-Pad

That's actually more than enough for a decent control system if a little thought is put into it.|||Quote:








Both a 360 controller and a DualShock of any model possess:
Two analogue sticks, each also serving as a clickable button
Four primary face buttons
Four shoulder buttons, two of them analogue triggers depending on model
A D-Pad

That's actually more than enough for a decent control system if a little thought is put into it.




if the game is build around it, this game certainly isn't.
btw, i have a 360 from first release, i fully well know the functions.|||Quote:








Will it be possible to use a controller when playing GW2 for example a XBOX 360 controller?




Quite awhile back they said they were already looking into making this game playable on consoles. Having the ability to use a controler on the pc would be farily close to doing that.|||If you already own a computer, then why the hell would you want to use a controller?
Now making it completely compatible with consoles is something different, and that I'm fine with if they deem the market there worth it. So long as they don't **** it up like every other company and makes the game for consoles, then port the ****ty version to PC instead of doing it the other way around.|||Quote:








If you already own a computer, then why the hell would you want to use a controller?




Perhaps because a keyboard and mouse isn't an ideal control method for everyone for any number of reasons.
In my case, using a keyboard gets somewhat uncomfortable after only a few minutes these days. Not much I can do about that without spending money that I just don't have at the moment.|||Why is that?
An ingrained strainful technique or something?
I just don't see it.
I know I can perfectly see the difference between computer gaming and console gaming with consoles definitely being more relaxed(lay down in the bed and play vs. sitting at a desk like work), but to me it just sounds awful to try and play a game that is built around having every button on the keyboard available on a controller that has so few in comparison.|||Quote:








Why is that?
An ingrained strainful technique or something?




That and pre-existing back and neck issues. Passing out while standing in just the right spot to slam one's head off a nearby desk doesn't exactly do either any wonders, does it?

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I know I can perfectly see the difference between computer gaming and console gaming with consoles definitely being more relaxed(lay down in the bed and play vs. sitting at a desk like work), but to me it just sounds awful to try and play a game that is built around having every button on the keyboard available on a controller that has so few in comparison.




True, but in most, if not all cases (I'm looking at you, GTA III series!) you get the hang of it, and if you don't, you remap everything until you do.|||Only times I use a controller is for fighting games on the PC, due certain combo's you just can't pull off with the keyboard.
But for MMO's.. It seems like a hassle.
Unless you plan on never chatting, won't you still need your keyboard?