BF2S Forums Question to the pilots, jets

tazz. wrote:

Joystick.

Doesnt need a reason why. It's just that much more epic.

Saitek X-52= moar epic

Has anyone tried flying with a gamepad?  I have a USB one, may give it a shot

Pubic wrote:

Has anyone tried flying with a gamepad?  I have a USB one, may give it a shot

I use an xbox 360 pad to fly its very acccurate for bombing and cannoning, I use xpadder to set up some of the buttons like spotting and some other stuff like views, only problem I find with gamepad is that it can be hard to change views compared to using a joystick or keyboard (or both) I got it so you press the left stick in and it goes fly by view then press it again so it goes into cockpit, and the left d-pad button is rear view, so its hard to go into rear view without taking my thumb off the turn button lol Id say if you can set it up how you like a joypad can be as good as a joystick as its not much different

Last edited by H3RB4L ABU53 (2009-08-25 15:59:20)

tazz. wrote:

RoaringJet[FIN] wrote:

Joystick is useless, keyboard + mouse will do just as fine as joystick. There is nothing you can do with joystic that you couldnt do with a mouse + keyboard.

I'm sorry, but you're wrong.

The incredible nuesense of moving your mouse over and over from the up down, up down, is a very valid reason to buy a joystick

Also, in a dogfight, using a mouse is limiting in this fact:

http://tazz.me/static/photobucket/BF2_Jet.png

No. Just no : D.

Try flying with mouse and then come back when you know something.. I can turn just as fast with mouse than a nub with keyboard, cause when you lift your mouse your plane keeps turning in that direction for ~1sec so you can just lift your mouse, move it down a little and lower it and then move up again.

Lucien wrote:

Joystick for the chopper if you want long-run payoff
m+kb if you like ezmode

Name me one successful competitive pilot who used a joystick for the chopper.

general_rookie wrote:

I've been using the Top Gun Afterburner with Force Feedback for years now.  Ignore the people (RoaringJet[FIN]) who tell you a mouse and keyboard is good enough to fly.  Those are the chumps that I blast out of the sky.

Sry i just lolled so bad that i had to resurect this topic any 1 who says mouse is bad for jets plz fight me and prove it.

Last edited by Fin_jet (2009-09-04 00:19:40)

In my experience, keyboard and mouse is more than enough to do well against most, if not all, dogfights in public and clan servers. Several times I've had people asking me whether I was using a joystick or not.  On rare occasions I would face an opposing pilot that does some twisted maneuver that shows s/he's using a joystick though not enough to dominate the fight, just makes the dogfight drag on.

I've used the joystick as well for this game until it broke after several dozen hours in flying. Went back to keyboard and mouse and my performance remained steady.

In essence, don't bother buying a joystick for this game unless you're in some kind of competition that your enjoyment, pride, and life depends on or you think spending $20 just to get that extra few milliseconds of maintaining a maneuver is worth it.

That, or if your keyboard and mouse is so far apart that you cannot switch your right hand from one peripheral to the other in less than .5 seconds.

Last edited by Bird Killer (2009-09-04 00:39:26)

Fin_jet, wont say that k+m sucks, but i dont think i am very wrong with saying that out of the top20 pilots perhaps 1-2 use k+m.

Fin_jet wrote:

zeddius wrote:

Fin_jet, wont say that k+m sucks, but i dont think i am very wrong with saying that out of the top20 pilots perhaps 1-2 use k+m.

True but since you refer to top 20 (no offence) but how do we know whos in it anymore since so many starts and stops flying im only certain that zeqtr is best and after ?? but you are right there hasent been many good mouse pilots.

Judging from when I first started playing competitive 1v1/conquest, the top 20 always used joysticks, perhaps 1 or 2 excluded (flyjetandkill, hgjw).

Zeqtr, Rabbit, Star-3, Irishpride, Zeddius, Behemoth, Mr.White ect... All 3D pro, I think.

zeddius wrote:

Fin_jet, wont say that k+m sucks, but i dont think i am very wrong with saying that out of the top20 pilots perhaps 1-2 use k+m.

Didn't you play on Blue Pearl today with me?

Oisín<3 wrote:

Fin_jet wrote:

zeddius wrote:

Fin_jet, wont say that k+m sucks, but i dont think i am very wrong with saying that out of the top20 pilots perhaps 1-2 use k+m.

True but since you refer to top 20 (no offence) but how do we know whos in it anymore since so many starts and stops flying im only certain that zeqtr is best and after ?? but you are right there hasent been many good mouse pilots.

Judging from when I first started playing competitive 1v1/conquest, the top 20 always used joysticks, perhaps 1 or 2 excluded (flyjetandkill, hgjw).

Zeqtr, Rabbit, Star-3, Irishpride, Zeddius, Behemoth, Mr.White ect... All 3D pro, I think.

Who is this Irishpride you speak of?

Oisín<3 wrote:

Fin_jet wrote:

zeddius wrote:

Fin_jet, wont say that k+m sucks, but i dont think i am very wrong with saying that out of the top20 pilots perhaps 1-2 use k+m.

True but since you refer to top 20 (no offence) but how do we know whos in it anymore since so many starts and stops flying im only certain that zeqtr is best and after ?? but you are right there hasent been many good mouse pilots.

Judging from when I first started playing competitive 1v1/conquest, the top 20 always used joysticks, perhaps 1 or 2 excluded (flyjetandkill, hgjw).

Zeqtr, Rabbit, Star-3, Irishpride, Zeddius, Behemoth, Mr.White ect... All 3D pro, I think.

Since when did star-3 use 3D pro?