This will be absolutely crucial for play in higher difficulties to be honest. Especially since the current console design of holding the left trigger as a Shift key to shift between keybound abilities still seems to have fallen short compared to the amount of bindings one could have had on PC.
Also if they do end up fixing and adding in the lobbies and custom menus, it will be next to impossible to play the game without Keyboard & Mouse support.
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I can use keyboard and mouse in CoD MW on PS5, itās definitely up to blizz bro.
Hello Again Diablo āIIā fans,
I wanted to jump back in this discussion and try to bring in another example of this being just a matter of how you want to play based on your peripheral.
The best way I think is to not divide between and PC and Console so letās start with this.
Fighting games. Letās just say Street Fighter V. This game is available everywhere right? PC and Console.
I think we can all agree that playing this game on keyboard and mouse would be tragic so PC players would naturally opt for either a controller or if they like the pro/retro feel, go with an arcade stick right?
Console players also would have this choice as well whether or not they would want to use an arcade stick or not.
So in relation to the topic at hand, I merely want to control the actions via the method that the game was originally and intended for. The Keyboard and Mouse.
converting every aspect of this game into using a controller is a great task in its own right, but why not let the gamers (PC/Console) choose how they would like to play?
This day and age, itās not matter if consoles can handle gigs of data to process, itās now just a matter of preference.
AND!!!
If I prefer to be frugal and save some cash somewhere (not buying a $1-$2k PC) but have the capacity to play it in a Next Gen console (which can clearly play the game a high framerates), then Iād like to use the peripheral of choice which in this case for me is mouse and keyboard.
Blizzardā¦ Vicarious Visions. It is pertinent that you include all functionalities of mouse and keyboard in console versions of this game.
Think of it as letting us console gamers use the āArcade Stickā for D2R. It will be the best way to enjoy and continue on the legacy of bringing back a masterpiece. Controller does not bring out the best qualities in this game. Mouse and keyboard does.
I just got a clip on full keyboard for my ps5 controller. I messed around with it and it works very well. reminds me of the old blackberry keyboard days! hah
I havenāt fiollowed the content of this thread but the topic has prompted some thought when itās popped up.
I can see a case for support of at least keyboard.
Where the rubber hits the road for me on console implementations with it would be
With all that said, when text is required, Iād prefer to use a keyboardā¦ speaking for myself. Hardware keyboards on phones were great when they were around. So far I get by without itā¦ d3 doesnt have any features that makes me wish too hard for it.
Mouse considerations, say around targeting, are not dissimilar. Also tough to see it being very ergonomic / accurate in a couch setting, even with a suitably placed hard surface.
Iād just love to have the optionsā¦ let the console players experience the old D2ā¦ not just controller.
Itās an interesting game design dynamic where itās a port of an established pc based game to a different form factor. Iām sure they will have considered there would be interest in this area. Will be interesting to see if/when they come back to the community on it.
I have Xbox series X and no gaming pc, please add keyboard and mouse support in D2R
To be heard further on this, suggest it be taken over to the D2R Console forum. This is the D3 Console forum.
If M+K was a available at D2R i definitely would play that way, not the stupid controller. Why blizz dont give us the choise? If its better with controller you can always use it.
29 out of 30 following the directions aināt bad.
For the 1 out of 30, hereās where your D2R feedback can be heard 
[this is the D3 Console forum]
I feel the same way, there are people who have already invested money into getting a mouse and keyboard to play on D2:R on there console such as you and myself, thinking that we would have that compatibility when the game originally was used with a mouse and keyboard. It just doesnāt make sense to me why that wouldnāt incorporate that compatibility with console keeping it to its originality. Movement in the inventory screens with a controller is terrible. Super slow, spend half an hour orginizing stash when it would take 2 mins with a keyboard and mouse. I originally got the game for PC but because of the āenhancementsā, I canāt notice other than the graphics, it didnāt work and I had to refund to play on console. What about these people? I just wanted to play d2 with normal movement functions Iāve been used to. I play for 3 hrs a day and when Iām spending 30-45 mins moving my stash around because the controller is slow, it is a real detractor from my playtime.
whatever you do now that its organized, dont accidently press the auto sort buttonā¦ I spent 2 hours getting everything perfect and accidently pressed auto sort and BOOM a big pile of crap messā¦ ugh
I kind of like another game (not mentioning the same) where I paid $20 bucks to have a rune/map stash tab and that is a HUGE godsentā¦ With all the screw ups of disconnects and lost gear/tabs/progress, maybe they could make such a tab for d2r console and give us a boneā¦ hah
Best to get your feedback into the D2R Console forum. This is the D3 Console forum.
Iāve played diablo2 since before LoD, so I tried d2r on my friends ps5, and I hate the controller use, I like to be able to to place my spell and teleport locations quickly and accurately not auto lock on an enemy in that area, I donāt think Iāll be getting d2r on my ps5 until they get a keyboard and mouse support option, if people want to use the controller thatās fine, why not have both options though
For sure and that is an opinion, I guess my point is that it is not an opinion in the majority.
D2R Ladder is quite popular on Console already.
One of the biggest reasons why no k&m support is very obvious: leaderboards.
They would have to remove leaderboards because then there would be no level playing field.
To everyone saying ājust play on PCā:
You just havenāt tried Rend Barb on console with controller.
Hi, i also want to add something to the discussion.
I am a Diablo player since start, and played D2LoD thousands of hours on PC with M+K. The accuracy for spellcasters is crucial in hells areas. So M+K is key to survive sometimes (especial with teleport).
I bought both (PS5 version and PC version) just for comparison.
The Controller approach is good, its true, the movement is smooth, but who needed this in the first place? The spellcasting will never be on the same lvl of M+K.
A huge chunk of the playerbase of D2R are definitely the āoldā D2LoD players, who want the āold feelingā in modern graphics.
So the question is:
Why not to satisfy the playerbase with the OPTION to use M+K with the Console version? The mechanics of that are already there (since PC game has it). So the effort, that has to be put in, isnt that big. That would be a huge improvement, and definitely would show, that the community voice is valued and appreciated.
Cheers to blizzard and game developers,
Lets make D2:R an awesome experience for everyone and let the player choose, how to control their characters, despite the platform they are playing on.
Thanks for reading,
Regards
Bought D2R on my PS5 assuming k&m would work (cause there is literally no reason to not have the option to use k&m over controller) Itās a completely different game on controller. Much worse tbh. Not having the ability to talk to people in a game is just asinine. And donāt get me started on how horrendous moving items around in stash and inventory is with a controller. Completely incompetent devs
I know this comment is old but this is blatantly wrong. Both consoles support the input, itās up to devs to implement it. You can navigate home menus on both consoles with keyboard and even play games with it. Games as old as Nier automata have keyboard support on console (sadly the game didnāt have good pc controls on either platform). Devs just need to add the code to support it.