swapping between last epoch and poe2 this weekend and frankly I’d rather be playing LE - but it doesn’t have good controller support and all i have is a deck.
LE does let me simulate both m&k and controller at once, but any scheme that switches between them awkwardly adjusts the UI and has some switching lag. this makes playing LE on the deck far more awkward than poe2 - because poe2 has wasd movement.
LE has thumbstick movement only on controller. its m&k controls are just missing the functionality. i cannot simulate controller support with pc controls with LE. adding wasd support like poe2 would eliminate the need for further integration of controller and m&k controls.
you guys should add this asap. the only thing keeping me from playing LE this xmas is lack of wasd movement.
Nothing wrong with requesting it.
There are many (many) threads talking about it, and a few more besides. I think it is safe to say it will come at some point, it is not “if”, it is “when”.
In this generation of consoles and steam decks and controllers and whatnots, it cannot be avoided.
But as an old school PC-only player, I find it a bit sad. To me the control scheme is part of a game’s identity: use the same controls for everything, and everything begins to feel the same.
I am amused when I see threads complaining that PoE2’s bosses feel too soul-like. It seems obvious to me: if you use soul-like controls, you get soul-like feelings, and soul-like bosses.
To me having WASD or a dodge roll in a diablo-like is anathema, it kills the diablo-like identity and makes the game something different (not bad, just different).
In my prehistoric mind, Diablo is supposed to be controlled with a mouse. Dark Souls is meant to be played with a controller, or with WASD and dodge.
But I don’t mind it being an option, as long as I can still ignore it, just like I ignore the dodge roll, and the bosses remain playable without it!
Just please, gaming companies, if you want to use these controls, stop trying to grab nostalgic players by saying your inspiration is Diablo 2. It is not.
Mike already said they would like to add WASD, but that it’s very complicated to add. He said something to the effect of if they got everyone working exclusively on WASD then it would take a few months just for this.
It’s easier when a game starts with WASD in mind, like PoE2 did.
I tried PoE2’s WASD and couldn’t get used to it, but to be honest I don’t feel like I’m missing out. They did it extremely well in that if you’re using mouse and keyboard and you click the right side of the screen and then shoot to the left side, the character will continue moving to the right while shooting.
The problem with WASD as it applies to Last Epoch is that click to move works perfectly fine, and LE needs a lot of content updates that are way higher priority than fixing what isn’t broken.
WASD is nice-to-have at best, but by no means is it a necessity. I’ll take new content over WASD any day.
