When will blizzard bring Mouse and keyboard support or consoles? I bought this for my series X thinking it’d have Mouse and keyboard support… NOPE. Controller is nice but sucks for precision… has no where near the accuracy of a mouse that I was use to back in 2000. Seriously feel this was intentional forcing you to pay for another copy on PC if you want Mouse and keyboard after the fact. Controllers are great for casual strolling but when you get in a clutch situation I’ve found myself having a harder time selecting the enemies/items screen.
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Why would you think a console game would have keyboard and mouse support?..
Wishful thinking, and that they gave pc users a mapping for controllers to play in. It just doesn’t make sense. Especially how next gen consoles are literally just becoming personal busget gaming pcs.
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Because most do… ever played space engineers? Almost impossible with controller
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My point is, you don’t buy a console game expecting it to have keyboard and mouse support.
And no, most games on console do not have K&M support, almost none do.
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The last two call of duty games have mouse and keyboard support, path to exile has it, the master chief collection has it, quake 3 Arena on the Dreamcast has it, etc …
I mean mouse and keyboard support has been on consoles since the 90s.
It’s not hard to imagine that a game built around these controls would support it on consoles.
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What rtimm1 said… console gaming isn’t like playing on sega or ps1 anymore.
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B/C the game was said to be as we remember it. No where in any description does it say controller only.
Even indie games like Splitgate which was 4 developers gave their game mouse and key support and searchable custom lobbies.
Why would the port of a game that has these already take them away and use a new UI that they for some reason took the time to design.
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To my understanding based off 2hat I’ve read, the Xbox itself does the encoding for m&k inputs. the game would have to have those inputs deactivated, meaning they took an extra step to turn m&k off.
- but they can also just as easily click on a button to activate them again, so we will see what they decide to do.
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Fully agree the console port PS5,PS4. XboX any series is terrible is like they only cared about the PC version and said well just rehash D3 into D2 and call it a day. Console is terrible right now this needs fix asap a remake is exactly what it should be wwethere console or not it shouold be KBnM compatible and actually have lobbies and friends list and lobby search but yeah console dont get the real d2 experience we get a half a$s POS!!!
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There’s more than you think.
Well over 50 main games on XBox Series X support Mouse & Keyboard, including “Overwatch”, “most of the CODs”, “Gears 5”, “Ark”, “Fortnight”, “Sea of Thieves” and tons of others.
But you’re right when you say we didn’t buy our consoles expecting Mouse & Keyboard Support.
It’s encouraging to know that it will probably be eventually implemented for this game as there seems to be quite a demand for it.
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I honestly was surprised they didn’t have M&K support from the start. Seems like a simple thing to add but it seems they went out of their way to not include it for some reason. Choice is always good so please give us the choice to play with M&K!
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I would agree for this consoles version to get Mouse and Keyboard support! because this game is mostly main for PC only tho! i believe they can even make this game to feels like PC versions for consoles as well if they change the layout to make it into online lobby we see game created list and stuffs as well it can even do the chat thing and we just need a keyboard to talks to people… it would helps a TON on console versions imo! most importantly this game need cross play!
Sorry adding a extra info as well.
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Because I could play cod, minecraft, ark and more with m&k on my xbox one… i now have a series x… this is ridiculous and to give pc the option but not us seems a bit like we on console are just second rate.
Not only did they short us on that experience but they also shorted our user interface experience.
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Stupid argument. The game is optimal for mouse and keyboard, and they made both possible on PC. Controller is nice for casual garbage, but your argument is ridiculous. “Durh it’s not what consoles do.” Even the interface is dumbed down garbage. There’sa reason the inventory doesn’t take the whole screen online… you’ll die if you need to make a clutch move… good luck in hardcore.
If you want to play at that low level, that’s fine, but you don’t need to make others suffer your closed minded square thinking.
—Necromancer of threads, bringer of justice! Let there be retribution on those who prevent this from allowing me to play on console with my friends!
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I enjoy the effort and style but his point is quite well made.
Console manufacturers have made no real effort to bring mouse and keyboard as a viable option. So it translates to there being few people who do use something like a M&K emulator.
Which I did get for Destiny when it first came out (Xim4).
Really the platform needs to embrace the idea first to incentivise the studios who will then get more sales for offering M&K support.
My thoughts.
- Would it be awesome to have M&K support?
A: Yes! - Would you have greater control performance of your character with M&K?
A: Yes! - Is there a good chance of getting M&K support?
A: No.
- Am I trying to stop you?
A: No. - Is making D2R M&K compatible on console easy?
A: No. It’s a lot of work and all the interfaces would need to change. (Unless they have been working on this in silence since the start.) Not at all likey they have been.
- Lobbies.
- Chat.
- Bug Free.
- Mouse & Keyboard Support.
Pick one of these things because I’d be shocked if you could get 2 of them for free.
There are day 1 blue screen bugs for PS4 that have not been fixed yet.
Beat this horse to death and backed over it.