How is it a low bar? For a game to be genuinely competitive, it needs some form of a competitive scene. It needs tournaments, publicity, videos, streams, etc.
Sure, you could go and play… I dunno… some random $3 FPS game on steam with your friend and 1v1. It could be “competitive” - but ehh… not really. There’s no competition if the playerbase is near non existent. There’s no competition if you don’t have anything to look forwards to
Look at all the big competitive titles. You named some yourself earlier. SC1/2, LoL, CS/CSGO, fighting games, etc. What do these games all have in common?
They’re built, from the ground up, to be competitive games. You fight against other players, in attempts to “win” something. Generally, killing the other player or the other team
That… isn’t a thing in Diablo. It never has been. The game isn’t built for it. Do some people PvP? Yeah of course. But it’s far from a competitive scene. It’s not million dollar tournaments. It’s not even remotely balanced. It’s just something that a very small and niche part of the community enjoys. And that’s fine, I love PvP from time to time, depending upon the title. But that doesn’t make it competitive
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It’s a PvE dungeon crawler at its core and it should allow whatever controls players want, even if it allows a “competitive advantage”. This gremlin is just trying to cause drama.
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Welp, my version of this written in C# is done. Expect it to be posted in a day or less once I clean up the code a bit.
People who want WASD will now have it: https://i.imgur.com/KbSsixR.mp4
Viva la revolución!
Edit: Alternatively, you can download https://github.com/adverserandomx/Binutil/blob/master/AutoHotKey/KeyboardControlScripts/Diablo%20III%20WASD%201.2%20Corners.ahk and change “Diablo III” to “Diablo IV” and it should work.
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You people act like its mandatory to use it if its added. If you don’t like it don’t use it, but it is seriously an accessibility feature
No it isnt. Thats a fraud response. Dont waste ur breath trying to argue with that. Thats complete BS. WASD is actually bad for ur wrists and fingers. And its never been in a Diablo game that wasnt mobile. And the “feature” would be exploited to death.
You never had it in Diablo before. Hopefully, you never will.
guarantee using WASD is better for your wrist than whipping your mouse around all day just to move AND attack…
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Can anyone confirm this is legit 
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Nope. It isnt. Confirmed by both my doctor and physical therapist. I even did my research after this argument was made for D4. IT ISNT BETTER FOR YOUR WRISTS AND ESP BAD FOR UR FINGERS!
Try harder with a different argument. Because your argument is nothing but a big fat sham.
You must play at like 2k+dpi I play 400 DPI and have actually hurt my wrist whipping shots in FPS games yet never hurt my WASD hand odd… my actual experience>your hearsay
People best stop typing on keyboards if such a risk exists aye…
Keep dreaming. You will never ever see it in d4.
NEVER!
look up less than 10 posts code already exists for it lmaoooo
I really hope they announce it for season 1 on july 6th
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Have you tried binding force move to a key? I use ‘W’. No need to click to move.
Everything you said is completely irrelevant because diablo immortal has it. And like it or not is a diablo game, which this game has a ton of pieces of. So no. It has a place. It has as much of a place as a battle-pass, micro-transactions and anything else this game has.
Cosmetics are 100% the point of the game as is gear, that still does not stop them from re-selling better looking versions of the armor we had in the base game right? No, it does not.
I want it so my loved ones will play the game with me, it does not negatively impact anyone as its an option not a requirement. And again Lost ark just implemented its inclusion not long ago, V-rising and project zomboid both have it?
Controller and analog support is already in the game… wasd is not more broken then that is, and this game was Made for controllers… you can tell just by using one.
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DI was made for mobile gaming primarily it needed to be a 3 axis game for mobile controllers diablo 4 isn’t its 2 axis with freelook even barb leap is done 2 axis scrolling that only mimics a 3rd axis. For a proper wasd they would need to change the dynamics of the playing characters but also the encounter designs of the boss fights by allowing playing characters combination movement keystrokes (utilizing 2 keys at once often called strafing) W+D. S+A the boss AI would be easily defeated in its current form without recoding for this type of movement ever wonder why you can defeat most encounters by stutter stepping in circles or beat Butcher easily by moving in circles this is why aside from the fact that these encounters and most of the other aspects of the game were poorly tested.
I tell you what, hold your breath. Then wish for WASD in one hand and crap in the other hand.
One of three things will happen. Youll either have one hand full of crap. Your wish granted. Or pass out from lack of oxygen from the brain. Wouldnt be any different than what ur doing now.
Just because they can’t develop a game to begin with, does not mean the option should not exist. You can do this with a controller, a mouse or whichever movement you want. Hell you can run around objects and get the butcher stuck, so its not limited to specific movements. Its just the game.
You can’t change the want in me, because my motives are to get those I care for the play the game with me. The option itself is not a requirement for me as I dont mind it not being here. What I do mind is basically not being able to enjoy the game with those I want to enjoy it with.
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Ive been asking for WASD support since beta id honestly be amazed if we ever got it, but its definitely needed 100%. Doesnt make sense that diablo immortal plays more fluidly than d4 does.
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I’m not saying it can’t or shouldn’t be done I’m just saying there is no proverbial switch they can just flip on and make it a fully properly functioning WASD controller not some kind of clanky AHK POS mess.