Any news on mouse and keyboard support for consoles?
I ordered a wireless keyboard and mouse just for OW2 on xbox and am shocked it doesn’t support it?! Like I’d feel dumb for purchasing those without confirming except…its Overwatch! Of all the games on console to not support mkb this is not one I’d have guessed. Just let me play against/with pc players when I opt to use mkb. C’mon, Blizzard I have a phone, don’t make me buy a new gaming pc now too just to enjoy a new game
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Overwatch never supported mouse and keyboard on console even though consoles themselves do the only time people use mouse and keyboard on console for overwatch is xim users and that is technically cheating
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Played pc for ow1 so it was news to me. Other Microsoft owned console games like cod and halo have pretty good mkb support so hopefully it gets added. Ow just makes so much more sense on mkb. Players shouldn’t have to cheat or buy pc’s to experience it.
I totally agree. It’s is also so simple. When you queue (on console) with your friends from pc, the game literally tells you that you are being queued to a pc pool. So why can’t you change the pool you are queueing for manually? And if we choose to play in the pc pool, let us connect our mouse and keyboard!
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First time posting on a forum ever here. I would just like to voice my self as well in the matter and say I would also much enjoy mouse and keyboard support for the game. Happy gaming everyone!
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I really hope they dont mate… Console doesnt need MKB support
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its ok to having an optional input option, why are you so worries about it? curious of course.
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Because MKB will vastly outperform people who choose to stay console and play with pc people… if MKB was only active during cross play… then sure… But the Blizztards dont get anything right
I agree this should only be active with crossplay. They need to make an option to choose where do you want to queue, for pc or console (to console players of course)
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The only reason I can see to not support mkb on consoles is that it will split the higher ranked console population. Some will switch to mkb and be playing in the pc pool, leaving the rest of the high ranked console players with longer queue times. This appears even more likely with the ranked re-work making ranking up easier given enough time grinding. The fix could be to let some low ranked mkb players pool with higher ranked controller players, but that would be a bridge to cross when and if it arises
A variation of that fix would be to allow console players to opt-into the pc pool even with controller to have lower queue times, it would take some balance work so pc players aren’t “stuck” with controller teammates that can’t keep up or with controller aim-assist outmatching lower ranked pc players
HypEraNtics, I don’t think that pairing players of differing input types in competitive would be fair, but for QP that would be fine so long as Blizzard could figure out an MMR system that appropriately matches PC players against console players.
To me the best solution would be input based matchmaking and full support for M&K on console and for controller on PC (as I understand it PC players don’t get aim assist just like console players in a pc lobby). While not a direct solution to the queue time issue, I think it will encourage more players with cross platform friend groups to play the game.
Personally, I have a cross platform friend group and find the current PC/Console cross play in OW2 to be almost unplayable as the console player, so I will certainly be playing less of the game as a result.
I have no doubt I’d be logging LOTS of hours if I could use mkb on xbox. As it is, I’ve logged a few hours barely making a dent into getting the settings somewhat usable for all the heroes and half an hour complaining on this forum.
It’s a chore to get the controls set up, especially knowing that when I do eventually get comfortable w controller I’ll still be missing mkb. The more proficient I get on controller, the more the novelty of getting to play ow again wears off and the more I’m reminded how much better it plays on mkb.
Its the same for call of duty but less-so because cod mechanics/ gameplay are simpler and translate from mkb to controller better than ow.
That’ll never happen. It probably wouldn’t even affect the console pool very much. But it won’t happen because of the chance it will mess with the console pool increasing queue times