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Ok, I've searched the forums and cannot find any recent opinions on this topic. I found the joystick thread, but it does not discuss mouse flying. I was a hardcore joystick fan in the Wing Commander series and all the XvsT games, but i thought joystick support truly sucked in JTL back in beta. I'll be honest, I have not tried my joystick again recently and am now 3-3-3-3 from using just the mouse and I died only once. The mouse gives me a lot of precision, but it's much less fun than flying those old games with a good ole stick.

So before I try my joystick again and judge it (hey, maybe it's my joystick that sucks, I have a Logitech USB FF joystick with tons of buttons and throttle,I forget the name), I thought I'd ask the question here:

Do the joystick users here feel it works better than a mouse, or it's just more fun, or both? How's the joystick aiming precision for ya? I'm especially interested in the Logitech users, but all are free to post.

Nix Wynters

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i have found my mouse to be more accurate when controllign the crosshairs compared to the joystick, but thats just me.

I use joystick when flying single seaters but swap out to the mouse when manning a turret works well for me.

OMG I got one-starred for asking this??? Some losers really have nothing better to do... at least post an opinion you f**** coward.

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I use the joystick exclusively, piloting and manning the turrets. I like the control a joystick gives, the feeling that it gives, and since I am using an old Gravix XTerminator Dual Control, I have quite a few commands at my finger tips to use. I don't know WHY they discontinued it. Using the keyboard and mouse just doesn't have the same feel and control in my opinion.

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The last few days of beta saw great improvements in joystick support. Try it. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.