Thread: Fly away

I play with a game pad (Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual power, sadly no longer mfg), I like the feel and the button placement. I've tried flying with a joystick, but it interferes with the game pad, so until I change my style and play off the m/k, flying is relagated to the final exterity. I can get around, but landing is always dicey, and I'd just as soon not take any team mates to hell with me.

Wait, you actually choose to use a gamepad to play a FPS over a mouse+keyboard?

M+K is vastly superior to gamepads in most games.

The short answer is "Yes". The longer version....I played a lot of Halo PC and I used the same Thrustmaster controler. I started out on the keyboard and mouse, but I would lose my place on the k/b, die and get frustrated. I found the above mentioned game pad and have been happy ever since. It has 12 buttons and a hat or D pad. My fingers fall naturally on the buttons, two of which are on the grips; it's a little difficult to describe.
I've heard the arguments about accuracy and so forth, and I'm not going to take issue with them. This setup works for me, allow me to be reasonably compotent, and I enjoy the game (2142).
Another factor; I'll be 43 this August, I grew up playing games with a joystick. I have in fact boasted ( in hyperbole of course) that if a something has a joystick I can drive it, fly it or play it. Maybe I'm just hard wired that way.
However, as mention in my first post, this game pad in no longer made. I've managed to find a few on ebay, but that is not going to last I'm afraid. So I have a second 2142 profile I'm trying to train myself to play without the game pad.

mouse & keyboard.

Didn't know you could use a joystick? Seems that would be to much trouble switching back and forth. I can't fly good enough yet so I try to keep from it(don't want to kill my own teammates).