Keyboard & Mouse or Controller?

[Fighting-Priest]

Which do you think is better for playing Skyrim with?

[Silent]

keyboard ~~~ with mod like sky ui

[Kevin Flemming]

Controller for me. Movement feels more fluid when using a stick. M&KB is fine for MMORPGs, because it doesn't matter (nobody is there for the story or immersion), but not for single-player RPGs.

[Surfblasted]

I'd say it was a personal choice issue - which method feels best for you. I have never used kb&m in any game and I'm too old to start now :)

[Smellsbad]

Controller and keyboard. Controller for movement and navigation of menus. Keyboard for hotkeys. Best of both worlds.

[SMIFFY]

I see no reason to handicap myself, so I use M+K.

[Stormsong the Fallen]

M&K w/ SKYUI

[V]

I say use controller cos but thats only cos i play in 3rd person and i like to sneak without darting accross the map when sutblety is needed.

[alexander_dougherty]

Mouse and keyboard, so you can easily enter console commands when the game messes up, but that's a preference really.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by SMIFFY:

I see no reason to handicap myself, so I use M+K.

Exactly this. Controller sucks balls.

[Smellsbad]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Mouse and keyboard, so you can easily enter console commands when the game messes up, but that's a preference really.

No reason not to use controller in this scenario. Full keyboard access while using controller. So ~ is available.

[DrNewcenstein]

Keyboard and mouse on a table in my lap, controller in my hand. Best of both worlds.

Keyboard would be great if more of the buttons had functions for things like casting with your free hand while carrying a bow, without needing SkyUI and/or a Favorites type of system. 104 keys should give you at least 98 separate functions.

As well, I'm a guitarist since 1986, so I can't hold my hands on a KB for as long as I can a controller - I need them rotated in and up.

[Playcool92]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Keyboard and mouse on a table in my lap, controller in my hand. Best of both worlds.

Keyboard would be great if more of the buttons had functions for things like casting with your free hand while carrying a bow, without needing SkyUI and/or a Favorites type of system. 104 keys should give you at least 98 separate functions.

As well, I'm a guitarist since 1986, so I can't hold my hands on a KB for as long as I can a controller - I need them rotated in and up.

How are you guys playing with both? Unlike games like TW series, you cant have input from both as far as I m aware....

[PainkilleR]

Though I don't play with controllers (for obvious reasons), consider this:
1. In TES you need to pick stuff. Lots of stuff. Coins, gems, weapons, armors, potions, grasses, butterflies, etc, etc. Using controller to do this will be a chore. A complete waste of time I'd say. Especially if you want to pick small things like gems or coins.
2. You need to aim with your bows, spells and melee weapons. Unless you want to fight with air, there is no reason for choosing a gamepad over kb/m.
3. Some animations are broken. When you use left stick in sneak mode at certain speeds at ~45degree angle both your legs will make steps at the same time. Looks very immpersive.
4. Hotkeys.

[Dragnnight]

it is honestly personal Preference as others have said. However, I use mouse and keyboard because I play with 150+ mods, and a lot of them have MCM menus that you can rebind keys for (for example turning on a lantern with a hot key instead of fumbling around with a power). a lot of the mod authors that add MCM menus to their mods, don’t add controller support because they don’t think about it. so basically, my number one reason for mouse and key board is Hot keys. Navigation isn’t a problem, if you have Sky-Ui Installed. It makes the interface look a lot better and more keyboard Friendly. it’s definitely easier to aim with a mouse than a controller for me, although not sure about in third person because I don’t use third person at all unless I’m checking out my armor or something. its all about the way you play games, and what makes you most confrontable for You to play the game. so, I would say try both see what works for you. Also, in another opinion if you’re on PC and not using Sky-Ui and SKSE64 and Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch at the bare absolute minim you’re honestly doing yourself a dis service as those mods alone Fix a lot of stuff but again these are just my opinions you do you.

[Playcool92]

I was not asking that, rather than sticking with one option only is much better to make the best of using both.
Skyrim is way more confortable on a controller, simple, aside aiming AND managing the inventory, aiming isnt that important, the problem is the inventory that with SkyUi is just much better but on controller it is lacking in options, like sorting out.

Also sneaking and lockpicking, 2 very important gameplay features for me, are just much better on the X1 controller, since with the analogic you can move more smoothly while sneak,ing if you try KB, good luck pressing to move, and actually manage to sneak (and no I dont want to press an extra key to slow me down), analogic being case sensitive = helps alot!
On lockpicking it is even more important, KB isnt case sensitive, at least not with my average KB, and using a controller (having played all previous bethesda games, and having 200 hours of skyrim on ps3) lockpicing is just much better, since you can actually take it slow and try to realize where you should have the pin.

The only reason I could see myself using controller for navigation would be to auto run, but unlike PUBG, when on menu, it pauses your game... and also hotkeys.
No side has the upmost advantage, but gameplay wise a controller is just more confortable, and being able to take the best out of both, would be great.
I have played through TW2 and TW3 like this and it was awesome.