What Controller do you use?

[AmorfaVex]

Standard PS5 controller works like a charm.

[Azurarok]

Its funny you say that, cause I think the exact same towards controller users. lol!

A friend who uses Mouse-Keyboard gave me that response too. I told them I can't imagine doing precision movement with it and they told me they can't see how I do it with an analog stick. It's neat how the game works as well as it does for both control schemes.

Back on PS4 I used a Razer Raiju because of the toggle paddles on the back - the weight was pretty full on initially but I got used to it pretty quickly for the ease of the paddles. The interchangeable stick height was also really handy if you needed a wider or closer grip depending on your hands.

I'm on PS5 now and use the DualSense Edge, again for the paddles mostly as they're significantly kinder to use with arthritis for me and work great with the WXHB toggling. Weight isn't too bad, don't have cramping issues myself with it, but that'll be dependent on hand-size for people -- just having a more relaxed grip thanks to the paddles helped a lot. The DualSense triggers are... awful for an MMO. You can at least on the Edge hard-lock the pressure of them so you don't have to squeeze so deeply in if you didn't like the paddles.

The 8BitDo has back paddles so I'll try and see if I could make use of those. Do you just map L2R2 to them? I've been interested in trying an Edge, but they're just so pricey.

Switch Pro - The controller feels wonderful, and the digital triggers are honestly way better than analogue ones. Two issues: First, the D-Pad is borderline unusable, and it's the only controller with which I've accidentally used a different skill when trying to press something on the D-Pad. The second issue is that the controller pretty much requires SteamInput to work on PC. If you can tolerate the D-Pad and you've had bad experiences with the DualSense, this is probably the best modern option.

The D-pad's definitely a weak point with these yeah. The tape trick can work wonders with that.
Steam's caused me issues with it a few times (button layout goes haywire and some buttons get stuck) and having to keep the window in focus to use it's a bit annoying too. I've ordered an adapter recently so I don't have to go through Steam.

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The 8BitDo has back paddles so I'll try and see if I could make use of those. Do you just map L2R2 to them? I've been interested in trying an Edge, but they're just so pricey.

Yeah Edge is an ouch price point, but the investment has genuinely saved my left hand since I was in so much pain playing on the standard DualSense after a year with the adaptive triggers.

I've got my paddles set to L2/R2, double toggling them for WXHB is cruisy and has no issues, good response time. Definitely give it a shot if you've got an option to do so on the 8BitDo! It changes the entire way you grip the controller so I found it didn't cause my hands to lock up horribly or make my left index stop flexing because of inflammation. YMMV but hey, if it can help worth a shot!