PC players using a controller get the shaft

@j4l-whammer11in I was thinking the same thing, I met a guy recently who plays on PC/Controller and he wrecks other players, I love sending him out on boarding party because he gets the job done.

I think this is a bad move for rare, there is nothing wrong with playing on the controller. When I travel I play on a controller because I hate using a laptop keyboard and I am usually in a confined space.

@j4l-whammer11in look mate, there are thousands of pc players and only 6 ships per server. For servers to "die," you would have to have fewer than 24 pc players AND all xbox players go console only. Both are not going to happen. There are plenty of reasons to not be happy about this update, but "dead pc servers" is not one of them.

@vorondil1 Are these 24 players, paying 24/7? Do these 24 players always want to do Arena? The math doesn't add up bro.

@zormis Apologies for the hyperbole, and good job calling me out on it :) However, the point stands that there are a lot of pc players out there. The logic would instead be "less than 24 pc players online at one time." It seems absolutely infeasible to me that this update will lead to dead servers.

@j4l-whammer11in I don't understand why you're jumping into attack mode? I didn't mean for my post to be aggressive. I'm actually a pc player who has never encountered a hacker, but I have had my rear handed to me by skilled pc and xbox players alike. I personally think that crossplay should have been left mandatory and a better, more subtle fix found. But I don't know why I have to defend myself to you on these points -- they are completely disconnected from the logic of my point, which is that there are enough pc players that "dead servers" will not be a problem

@j4l-whammer11in I'm not getting pulled into a full discussion of the pros and cons of this update. That should be on the main thread where it was announced. I hopped on this thread to point out one flaw in your logic, despite actually agreeing with you overall. Since you seem to be looking for a fight, I am going to leave the thread. Have a nice day!

@vorondil1 said in PC players using a controller get the shaft:

@zormis Apologies for the hyperbole, and good job calling me out on it :) However, the point stands that there are a lot of pc players out there. The logic would instead be "less than 24 pc players online at one time." It seems absolutely infeasible to me that this update will lead to dead servers.

No worries, I am at the moment not worried too much, however...

When World of Warcraft first introduced PVP arena it was by server. My server was 20% horde and 80% Alliance. Our Queue times as Alliance were 1-2 hours and hordes was instant. I know this isn't an exact comparison but it will be interesting how it plays out. It will suck if I can't do Arena as much because of having longer queue times.

@j4l-whammer11in If I may suggest, relax, give it some time, and lets see if doom and gloom truly happen. Honestly, I feel console players that opt for only console/controller servers will end up with harder times filling servers than the default full on cross play servers will.

Why, because most people that play this game play with people from all walks of gaming platforms and input devices. I personally love my console and controller that go so perfectly with my 65" OLED and lazyboy. But I also play on PC from time to time. The PC is better for PvP. But my first choice is my console. I have been and will always advocate cross platform play and I agree with @vorondil1 that I would have preferred a different approach to fix the disparage between all platforms and input devices. But it is what it is and we are here now.

Now, having said that, let me say again, don't panic, remain calm, let's see what this actually ends up meaning when the changes are implemented.