Whichs keys for FPS gaming? Arrow keys or W,A,S,D?

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Always used Arrow Keys.

Yes I'm a Southpaw!

Very comfortable spacing using this control method.

As the mouse on the left & direction controls on the right are in line with shoulders.

I always use right ctrl for crouch, right shift for walk, enter for activate, delete for lean left, page down for lean right, end for jump, spacebar for re-load.

I tend to claw my right hand over the arrow keys, using my thumb on the left key & finger in between forefinger & little finger for right key. This lets me easily reach the delete/end/page down/page up/home/insert for when things get frenetic.

Works like a charm :cool:
 
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arrows for me, it was good enough for doom! Seriouly Ive played with my hands close together for 15 ish years now (right handed) I cant play with the WASD

R ctrl crouch
mid mouse jump
voice com Ins
1 nades
4 cycle nades if needed
enter use
del lean left (scores in some games)
P down lean right
end bomb in css


weapon select on mouse as well as walk
 
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HangTime said:
+forward on mouse2 hails back to the Doom days, and I think a lot of people (including my housemate at uni) picked it up from there and took it onto Quake.

Ah right. Well by the looks of this thread I'm one of the few still using this set-up.
 
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Definatly wasd for fps games.
For racing games i prefer arrow keys though but both are fine as in playble.

Just cos im bored:

My controlls are:
wasd walk
c/mouse 5 = prone
ctrl/ mouse4 = crouch
rmb= reload
e= use
lmb= shoot/fire
middle mouse button= 2ndary attack/zoom
space= jump
z-x = lean left-right
Shift= sprint
alt= sneak/walk
 
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Ctr = crouch
space= jump
left shift= walk/run
tab = objectives/scoreboard
r= reload
f= light when applicable
e= use/open
left mouse = fire
right mouse = scope/zoom
roller = change weapon/zoom in/out

Arrows are for n00bs
 
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arrow keys out of habit, but starting to change now i have my saitek eclipse cos i can actually see them when its dark :D

use wsad for flying jets and choppers in bf2 though!
 
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arrow keys from the very beginning, i tried to switch to wasd but i couldn't get used to it

up = forward
down = back
left = left
right = right
shift = walk
control = bash
kp end = crouch
kp insert = use
kp delete = reload
delete = lean left
end = prone
page down = lean right
# = scores
t = say
y = say team
 
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