Controller/Keyboard Hybrid

I would like to have keyboard/mouse functionality when using a controller.

I find it easier to manage Inventory with a mouse, when I do that I like to have the keyboard shortcuts.

I've tried using the keyboard mouse option but I don't like how the keys are currently mapped for combat.

yeah I thought hot swapping was planned from the start, not sure how GGG which is filled with gamers have managed to not make this the default. its almost like they haven't played PC games with controller+keyboard+mouse before. WHich is like almost every PC game ever tbh. Flight sims, 3rd person, vehicle games...

Most PC games allow binding keys to a controller and leaving the mouse and KB there for whenever you want to use it.

Also why did they make WASD hard lock out click to move?

Another real head scratcher, there's multiple WASD games that also have simultaneous click to move if you're feeling lazy or you just picked up your coffee and want to click to move for a min or two.

I feel like I mostly want WASD for bosses and mostly will want to click to move for easy stuff (its more chill)

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I have to remember this is a beta version and I suspect they will eventually address it.

You'll notice the screen layouts change between the keyboard/mouse and controller (haven't looked at wasd). I'm guessing that different developers worked on these options and they just haven't had a chance to bring the branches together.

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Diablo 4 has wonderful support for swapping back and forth between MKB and controller at will/on the fly; I'd definitely take inspiration from there.

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would really like this for things like swapping support gems and inventory management.

I have issues with my hands and can't do continuous clicking on the mouse or else I get quite bad pain, but for just moving things around the stash and crafting, or even just slotting gems it would really make controller 10x better on PC. Once they add this feature I'd argue controller might be just as good or even better than strictly kbm. For now I'm getting by with clunky controller stash management, but I'm sure there are thousands who will jump to using controller the moment this is implemented as its really the only thing holding them back.

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needs to be a very high priority. much more so than they are just hand waving it away thinking that there are bigger issues to deal with. it should be one or two programmers job to just get this working.

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I came to the forums to make a similar post, but I'll add my two cents here instead.

Played PoE 1 for years and years, this is my first time playing controller and it feels great. Until you try doing inventory management. Oh my lord it took me ten minutes just to link an item in chat to my buddy!