Should Diablo have WASD or no?

[ZONE]

yes, i know that diablo immortal has it but i mean with the mainline titles.

[potato]

i dunno, i have spells on a-s-d-f

i suppose an option would be good anyway

[Imerion]

No, but why should it be so? This is not a mobile game. Don't compare D4 with Immortal.

[ZONE]

Originally posted by Elur:

No, but why should it be so? This is not a mobile game. Don't compare D4 with Immortal.

no, i meant how immortal has wasd.

[Katzh]

no

[Imerion]

In fact, I don't quite understand why this is necessary? Well, like yes - the game is on consoles, the management is optimized for consoles, but why do you need it on a PC? With a mouse and keyboard, in my opinion, it is more convenient. Let's say you make WASD on a PC, how will you use the skills? A mouse with 20 buttons? Or welcome to 90s, WASD - IJKL? Seriously?

[MrSoul]

Originally posted by Elur:

In fact, I don't quite understand why this is necessary? Well, like yes - the game is on consoles, the management is optimized for consoles, but why do you need it on a PC? With a mouse and keyboard, in my opinion, it is more convenient. Let's say you make WASD on a PC, how will you use the skills? A mouse with 20 buttons? Or welcome to 90s, WASD - IJKL? Seriously?

Not hard to solve.
Just need a hotas setup with one of those flight control boards has like 200 buttons. Ez.

[Imerion]

Originally posted by Mr.Soul:

Originally posted by Elur:

In fact, I don't quite understand why this is necessary? Well, like yes - the game is on consoles, the management is optimized for consoles, but why do you need it on a PC? With a mouse and keyboard, in my opinion, it is more convenient. Let's say you make WASD on a PC, how will you use the skills? A mouse with 20 buttons? Or welcome to 90s, WASD - IJKL? Seriously?

Not hard to solve.
Just need a hotas setup with one of those flight control boards has like 200 buttons. Ez.

Lol

[MrSoul]

lol
For what worth to topic, i say no too.

Mouse for movement on PC, if do want more granular control over movements, just get a controller cos be way more effective than the on/off inputs of wasd. How I felt after trying controller with d2 res at least.

[⭕TheSodaman]

Specific to the topic, I would say yes for the main titles.

Would love to see another option in the game for folks that love to see a configurable WASD scheme in general to control their character. Or at the very least, greenlight ReWASD with the option to disable auto-switching the UI when gamepad input is detected.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by VOLTHEX:

yes, i know that diablo immortal has it but i mean with the mainline titles.

No.

If D4 has WASD, it would be a step-removed from its psuedo "Direct Control" scheme. Diablo's mouse-movement is a long-standing part of the game and is better for a more "organic" control experience.

I personally prefer controller support (console) in my Diablo titles. But, i bought the first Diablo off the shelf, so I have a long-developed and learned relationship with that scheme.

Also - There is a very significant difference between WASD and path-finding assisted mouse movement. If more direct WASD control is used, that pathfinding become less significant. The differences there can be seen between PC and Console players in D4, btw. :)

In a competitive situation, the control schemes become much more singificant in terms of play experience, so devs of those games may have to be pretty inflexible. D4 isn't one of those games, despite PVP options, but... who knows what may come down the line? :)

[Bakimono]

I can't of any valid reason to be opposed to the option as long as it's not mandatory, especially considering 2 and 4 have controller support on PC and 3 has it on console and some peripherals allow you to bind joystick controls.

Options are good.

[UndeadMario]

no WASD is for people who never played enuff arpg and always were bad at it , so bad to not even realise wasd in such a game wtf

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by UndeadMario:

no WASD is for people who never played enuff arpg and always were bad at it , so bad to not even realise wasd in such a game wtf

I'd ask wtf you typed, but it sounds like you're against common options and that's unfortunate for any PC gamer.

[mimizukari]

ARPGs are designed for mouse-click movement. Console versions and versions with WASD are not optimal for this genre. For isometric games, click-to-move is the best option. If you have trouble using abilities, you can try an MMO mouse for more efficiency.

[Choppywee]

Absolutely not lmao