WASD or Arrow keys?

[quaxo]

i actually use the arrows when i am flying in battlefield 2 and 2142. i find it alot easier then the mouse, especially when making extremely sharp turns or dives.

I've got a joystick with rudder control I use for that.  You should see me fly a helicopter in BF2. I can fly through buildings, under bridges, and lots of other fun things. Scares the crap out of my passengers, but I'm good enough with it that I never crash anymore.

[Eg0Death]

WASD since the days of Wolfenstein 3D!

[Blink]

wasd for sure. easier to hit other keys quickly when your in a game the requires you to hits lot of buttons at the same time (most games these days).

[NOT ADMIN :P]

i actually use the arrows when i am flying in battlefield 2 and 2142. i find it alot easier then the mouse, especially when making extremely sharp turns or dives.

I've got a joystick with rudder control I use for that.  You should see me fly a helicopter in BF2. I can fly through buildings, under bridges, and lots of other fun things. Scares the crap out of my passengers, but I'm good enough with it that I never crash anymore.

I hope you still use the wsad keys to strafe and boost the chopper/jets

because reaching for the f2 button would be a bit awkward from the arrow keys.

Are you any good at solo TVing opponents?

Would be hard going from arrows to mouse and directing the missile in a split second

impresive if you can do it though

[Incidious]

WASD all the way.
It's closer to other keys like R for reload, E for enter, Q for chat maybe, and so on.

Indeed the way to go.  You loose that fraction of a second that is much needed when trying to stretch your finger from the arrow keys over the "gap of death" to the neighboring keys.  That fraction of a second could cost you your life.

Timing is everything...

[macdad-]

Timing is everything...

I agree, espicially when ur playin Halo, as a sniper, u must have execellent timining to nail a moving oppenent.

[squall_01]

I use the arrow keys to do that too the only problem isnt getting the rifle out its missing.  But im a fairlly good sniper.

[BC_Programmer]

I'm a strange one as far as config goes- I have no idea when but at some point I was playing an FPS with just a keyboard. Then I switched to a mouse & keyboard and for some reason chose not WSAD but rather EDSF. I believe the game with Duke Nukem 3d and for some reason I wanted to use A to jump. So Now I can either change my configurations in all my games from EDSF or just configure new games I get for my config. Since I have to tinker with the controls anyway, I go with the latter.

Which presents a problem with N64 emulation- I have to reconfigure it to use my good ol' FPS keys- but then it just feels wrong.

I use the arrow keys to do that too the only problem isnt getting the rifle out its missing.  But im a fairlly good sniper.

Are you saying you use the keyboard to snipe! Wow- when I was using just the keyboard I always had problems with accuracy- especially when no matter how short you hold the key down it jumps to the other side of the target!

I guess it lowers the sensitivity in newer games though, so it wouldn't be as hard.

[squall_01]

Sorry I forgot to mention that I use the mouse as the trigger but I need the board to bring the scope up. 

[Igor_Munster]

I'm right handed.  WASD for left...mouse for right.  Using WASD put the keyboard right in front of me for use of the other keys while gaming (G-15 keyboard has a lot of stuff)  If I used the arrows, most of the keyboard would be off to my left.  Sometimes I use my Nostromo but not often anymore since I got the G15.

[reaper_tbs]

I'm right handed.  WASD for left...mouse for right.  Using WASD put the keyboard right in front of me for use of the other keys while gaming (G-15 keyboard has a lot of stuff)  If I used the arrows, most of the keyboard would be off to my left.  Sometimes I use my Nostromo but not often anymore since I got the G15.

Same here. Same keyboard and configuration.