Controls are..... mmmm interesting...

[FREEDOM]

I can't be the only one who feels like 3 different buttons for boosting feels a little.. ridiculous right? Why can't we just have AC4A controls? What was wrong with having boost on 1 button that changed functionality based on how quick you press it and current position in game? Is it cause not all PC players may have access to that kind hardware (I.E. a controller)? I don't think this game presents a huge amount of difficulty upfront, but rather the controls feel like I'm supposed to have a dedicated 3rd hand for certain buttons. Why put ground boosting as a toggle button if it just turns off every time you stop? Not a huge problem, but certainly annoying I have to keep pushing B to move faster when B literally has no other keybind in the menu. So why even have the toggle if it just turns off? Just make a Gameplay option to always be ground boosting instead of running. It takes 1 less thing off the controller and 1 less boost button to contend with. Maybe I'm more old school on this, but AC4A definitely had one of the best control schemes IMO.

[Wintermute]

You get used to them very quickly. But you can also just bind them to keys that feel more intuitive if the default ones aren't your thing. I took the first few sorties as a bit of warming up and practice with control schemes to settle in.

[Salt]

4 was the worst generation of AC and the fact that you consider it had the best controls says a lot about you

[Dhalekian]

completely agree with you, the new controls gave me a headache and i was forced to stop after the second mission, i have to reset my whole playstyle -_-
i hope they will allow us to switch back to ac: for answer and 4 control style

as for you Salt... your name also says a lot about you

[FREEDOM]

Originally posted by Salt:

4 was the worst generation of AC and the fact that you consider it had the best controls says a lot about you

Oh? Do tell, what about it sucked so bad? Dont sit back and spout slander and not back it up. Lets hear it.

[angelsenvy228]

the "boost" button bound to tab seems kind of pointless to me though, all it does is turn on your leg jets if you are walking from a dead stop (which also get turned on if you tap quick boost). So it's nice to be able to turn that on separately I guess? I doubt I will ever use it and it makes it seem overwhelming like there are 3 boost buttons.

[Percopius]

You don't need TAB, you will go into glide after a dodge (Shift). I have yet to use TAB.

[Gigabyte]

Can you do a Directional Dodge with boost?

[Solwalker]

I second the sentiment here. I was hoping to be able to boost and hover using Armored Core 4 and 4 Answer style controls by binding boost and then jump and ascend when I found that boost was a weird toggle and find that I can't do it. It seems like the way to hover under the current controls is to mash a face button bound to jump/ascend.

But as the OP pointed out, it is still overly complicated because you have to toggle boost on if it is off to actually get forward speed while in the air.