Do you use keyboard/mouse or controller?

[Audie_Murphy]

Just curious what others use and why? I just been using keyboard/mouse. However, sometimes i think i could do better in battle with a gamepad or flight stick but hadn't tried yet.

[Bozz 💀]

I used Keyboard and mouse for a few years and when COH released I bought a Hotas t16.000M which dies 8 months later, now I bought a warthog and honestly it's a lot of fun.
even the T16.000M was great but it's really not a great quality if you use it every day... so need to get a solide model.

[Tanvaras]

M/KB, game just works better.

[Daddy Shark]

M/KB works great. I also have an x52pro and it works really well.

[Arquebus X]

I personally prefer my X-56. I think most people play KB+M but I don't enjoy it. It feels silly.

[TREXINATUX]

I'm using a keyboard/mouse. I'm very adept at flying the Katana and murdering any fighters and M size ships encountered. Never felt like plugging in my T1600M Thrustmaster as I only use that for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

However, you eventually get to a point where you are managing an empire on the map screen and are giving orders to your miners/stations/fleets 24/7. You don't really need flight sticks for that. I just stand behind the Captain on my capital ship and only occasionally pilot it to destroy enemy stations.

[SirProsik]

Keyboard, Mouse UI and Gladiator Nxt for flying.

[Breytac]

Keyboard and mouse. Which is odd because I also play Elite:Dangerous, and combat in Foundations feels very much like Elite combat. Except without micromanaging power to shields/weapois/engines.

[Jupp]

I am using Hotwas Warthog throttle and stick for flying the ships, UI stuff obviously Keyboard & mouse.
Once you got it setup correctly, flying the ships is extremly more immersive compared to just keyboard & mouse. It feels overall much much better with a HOTAS setup.

The flight behaviour with HOTAS is obivously not as good as in Elite Dangerous, but i must say it is still quite impressive and definetly good enough for X4, imo anyway.

[Loltak]

Keyboard/mouse since X3
It feels natural to me to use the mouse for many actions. Note that I have a Logitech 602 with 6 side-buttons for the thumb + other. It helps a lot.

Also, I don't have room for a joystick; but i have an xbox controller.

I recently tried Voice attack demo, it has potential but I wasn't totally convinced.

[sidrat]

I have x55, TM16K stick and throttle, 2x Cougar MFD button panels and s Logitech G920 steering wheel. Also Track IR to look around the cockpit.

Via the use of vjoy, HIDHide & Joystick Gremlin I've got a profile that respects the 32 button limit that only seems to exist in the x4 Foundation game. While of course this is overkill it does make flying the space ship feel like flying a space ship and not a submarine. There is still a lot of that because everything (unless hidden) is on or near to it the plane of the system.

HOSAS & Pedals is bloody awesome for space ship flying games, which I have a lot of. Everspace 2, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen to name just a few.

Doesn't matter the control system preferred as long as you're having fun.

[sidrat]

Originally posted by Loltak:

I recently tried Voice attack demo, it has potential but I wasn't totally convinced.

Voice Attack is mixed bag. It can introduce immersion after the set up time, but if you have enough buttons anyway, a cough can be mistaken for Boost. Happened to me. Unless you're a streamer it's not really necessary as you're just talking to yourself in a single player game.

[Bradtus]

I use a controller in combination with a HTPC remote (w10 gyro). This way I can play in the sofa.
I'm also thinking about creating some custom sort of seperate controller which gives me more hotkeys.
I do think kb/m is way better though, but the sofa is so comfortable :)

[Sir Snuffles]

mouse and keyboard for me, im a big ship kind of guy so zooming around in a fighter with a joystick doesn't matter to me as much

[Baronfuming]

I've been playing on the Steam Deck and really enjoy the feeling of flying a ship with the joysticks. It feels so precise, 100% control vs keyboard and mouse. UI navigation is sometimes better, sometimes worse. Menu navigation is mainly through D-pad, but right joystick can be used to move the cursor. Sometimes better, sometimes worse, but within tolerable levels..

[Dexter092 [ITA]]

M/KB are fine, thought I use a double stick configuration (the TM T16.000 is sold in a double stick bundle, and one of the few sticks that are ambidestrous). Works nice and makes 6DOF fight very fun.