Well ever since the beginning of MW4, I've always played in a mech with mouse and keyboard. Instead of WASD, I used ESDF - just because I had more keys around my left hand to play with when I needed to setup all my other controls like Stop = A, Target under crosshairs = W, toggle forward reverse = Z, look left = X, look right = C, zoom = R, coolant = G, Crouch = V, Next Target = T, Next friendly = Q. Ect. ect.
I couldn't play with the joystick alone, I need my buttons

. I guess I got into the habit of playing with ALL my features of my machine ever since X-wing. I love having to do just as much on the keyboard as I did flying. Also the mouse was there since I didn't have to go far when I wanted to play in a mech or go play as infantry

, So I treated it like just a bigger version of an FPS.
And of course going into the Battlewalkers in 2142 was a breeze for me since I've always been used to the WASD "sorta" setup. Of course the walker took care of itself so all I needed to do was point and shoot. Ended my career in 2142 with 100/1 K:D ratio, also First Place in the world as Walker pilot in Beta Baby! Yeah! I'm probably still up there on the ladder board for walkers. Look for xKam1Kaz3x.
I've thought of doing joystick and Keyboard, but since I'm just so used to playing this way, I'ma stick with it, even in our mod

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