What controls are best?

[stdjazz]

Comes down to opinion tho would like to see other people's bindings.

[Cross]

I like to have movement on, you guessed it, WASD and Space for jump, what a surprise!

My dash is on E, my whiplash on R and my weapon keys on 1-4. Shift is used for sliding and Q was used to switch weapon variations.

edit: forgot the punch. it's on F.
Switching arms is on G, as it is default... I think...

[Matt]

i just use default

[Lavernius Regalis]

Only thing I've changed is putting slide on C. Much more convenient that way.

[Tyrant]

middle click is alt fire, and right click is punch for me. I wouldnt say best, but having punch on a key you're most comfortable with is prolly most important.

[Berzerk2k2]

For me the following configuration worked pretty well so far:

WASD = Movement
Space = jump
LShift = Dash
LControl = Slide
Q = Last used weapon
E = Grappling hook
F = Punch
Mouse 1 = Fire
Mouse 2 = Alt fire
Mouse 5 = Variation change
Mouse 4 = Arm change
Mousewheel = Weapon selection (scrolling through weapons)
Number keys 1-4 = Weapon selection (Pistol / Alternate pistol, Shotgun, Nailgun, Railgun)

[Snobby Hobo]

In some way this game was designed for people like myself. I played arena shooters to death when I was a kid.

This taught me to bind primary weapons to keys that are easily accessible without having to move your hand to reach (this works still, but it becomes extremely cramp inducing in games of this nature). You want to be able to swap to the weapon most appropriate to the situation within a fraction of a second, and you will want to do so often.

My configuration is as follows:
Q -> Alternate revolver, with doubletap cycling to the revolver with coinshot
W,A,S,D -> Movement
E -> Shotgun, no double tap, I only use the green one as it seems to be able to do everything the other variation does but faster (when punching your own pellets that is)
R -> Railgun
F -> Punch
Shift -> Dash
LtControl -> Slide, but I expect I might move this at some point as I don't use slide at all currently
Middle mouse -> Grappling hook (rarely use this one too)
4 -> Nailgun

The only variation I swap between is the coinshot revolver to ricochet the railgun shots (usually when the opponent is at some awkward angle, or just during boss fights of course). I've not found much use for any of the other variations, and to be honest I'm thankful for that as the game would've become a lot more complicated if I had the desire to add them.

[Levi]

middle click for alt fire, right click for punch, r for arm switch, f for grapple, rest are stock

[Frax314]

A mantra from fighting game players: "Just use whatever is comfortable to you".

[SrCalavera94]

WASD and SPACE are normal move and jump.
i switched the weapons around 2=railgun, 3=shotgun 4=nailgun.
Q=switch arms
E=switch weapon variation
R=graply hook.
F is punch, and default slide and dash in Crtl and Shift.

[queckquack]

I just put swap arm to F and punch to mouse4
all depends on the person

[Angelfried]

WASD and space to move
R for the whiplash and G to stand between arms
F to parry
1-4 for weapons
Shift for dashing
Mouse thumb buttons for swapping between weapon variations and slide

[TheCultPigeon]

The only thing i really did was remove the arm swap. Alt is feedbacker while F is knuckleblaster.

[Tyrant]

Back when i played a ton (honestly forgot i played this game for 350+ hours), i always went for a unique style rather than meta. So i put my dash on space bar, and jump on caps. Took a bit to get used to, but its pretty fun when it comes to regular walking just to dash spam in any constant direction (Edit: omg this is a necro'd thread i already responded more seriously ages ago :D)

[the red mist]

Pretty much just the defaults, except I use the middle mouse button for the knuckleblaster.