the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

esdf is objectively better than wasd and I wish esdf was the standard

the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

@kistaro I'm not sure I understand the difference, the keys seem to be a similar alignment.

Use of Q/A as hotkeys?

the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

@Taylor Yep, and it also makes B and maybe N more usable, while left shift isn’t particularly harder to reach.

the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

@kistaro I've been using Q/E and Z/X in some things, like Minecraft, but Minecraft isn't particularly intensive anyway.

the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

@Taylor I’m mostly thinking about this due to the PC adaptation of Horizon: Zero Dawn, which highlights the general superior of a PS4 controller for almost everything - except aiming.

the hottest, most sacrilegious of PC gaming hot takes 

@kistaro I've been playing Control and I definitely feel this. The general nature of controllers make them superior for a medium level of powers/functions/etc, but sometimes mouse aiming is just... better.
It just feels weird in third-person games...

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