standard or alternate control scheme

[dirtyharry1213]

I was just curious with this being mostly competetive players .....what controller set up do u guys use?

[R3AP3R]

standard..........stick with what you know

[7V i c k]

I use standard and have been for the last 3 or 4 years. Not about to change however if i was earlier in the learning stage I'd definitely use alternate.

[Grimm 1ns4n1ty]

I switched to alt a little after gears 2 came out only thing i dont like about it is that u gotta use the RS to do ur executions now but its worth it as i feel it gives me better control over what im doing.

[Shmehh]

Default controls - Better wallbouncing. cover failures every now and then (rolling on a wall instead of taking cover)

Alternate - Better strafe/evade, with NO cover failures.

Depends on how you want to play.. I played on default since gow1, and alternate for about 2 weeks in gow3, it served me well but I prefer default because I have better control over wallbouncing. On alternate you can only wallbounce ONCE then there is a pause before you can bounce again... unless you have a Razor onza controller, wallbouncing is pretty hard to do on alternate.

[iDuskk]

Its all a preference. Plenty of pro players use default, and plenty use alternate.

I personally use alternate because it feels more smooth for me. The only problem is if you go for a wallbounce and it doesn't register you end up standing still and have to resort to strafing, but with practice that doesn't happen often, and Id rather be forced to strafe then to roll in a fight.

[OldBones]

I'm sticking with standard until I've convinced myself that I'm the greatest thing that ever happened. I plan to accomplish that this weekend.

[ichobi]

Standard, I am so used to it that I rarely do cover rolling now. Stick with what you are good at. I find exiting cover and running right after using two different buttons is the most annoying aspect of Alternate scheme. Never get used to it, never will.

[Dranorian]

I'm playing with alternate. Just so I didn't roll when I was actually trying to move to a wall.
And to wallbounce ofcourse, but that seems a bit harder to do.
With alt you need be closer to the wall then when playing on standard

[TopFire]

IT's really hard to wallbounce with the alternate control. In gears 1 and 2 i use the standard but then i switched to the alternate and haven't looked back. only thing i miss the ability to wallbounce effectively.

[C R I S ii S]

Default since day one. Only game I play default in just so used to it and pretty much what R3AP3R said, "Stick with what you know".

[xTheThespian]

I play on alternate for the whole accidental rolling scenario. But what do some of you people mean you can't wallbounce effectively on Alternate? I don't notice any problem so I'm just curious.

[MxcnPro12]

Ermm.. You have to try Alt controls and then decided for yourself.. I found myself a better shotgun user when using Alt controls and I love it

[Joeyx18]

There's a controller made by Razer, where you can bind certain buttons to 2 additional bumpers. Arctic zYn uses it with the alternate control scheme.

[DoctorG27]

i started using alt recently, just because of the accidental rolls. I don't know if I like it more, it feels kind of clunky. It improves my wallbounce for combat, but my movement wallbounce is way worse now.

[jashin]

I use alternate, i think its better, and to who said default provides better wall bouncing, how so, they both take cover and bounce the same way without ever rolling accidentally its mainly preference, but i think alternate is far superior

[Untitled One]

Standard is pretty much the only way most veterans of the games use.

[KRAZIE ARTIST]

Alt control is clunky apt first but there's so
E little tircks that you need to get used too but once you do it becomes very fast and very smooth. Allowing you to move at fast speeds and kill people quick with a shotty.

[nagel 138]

I recently switched to alternate and im getting used to it now and i do like it more than standard but it does seem a bit harder to wall bounce. Sometimes it just doesnt like to register when you want to slide into a wall and sometimes its kinda clunky when you want to cancel the slide and bounce to another wall. The range at which you can slide into a wall also seems to be a bit less than the standard scheme.

All in all i do think it is slightly better than standard it just takes a bit to get used to though.

[Brendy Boy]

Alternate. I've been using it since Gears 2. Much better.

[Maker]

Been using alternate since gears three's second week. Love it, Also if you need any information on the Razer Onza TE controller I'm your guy. That or Razers website... Feel free to ask if the review in my sig doesn't answer any question.

[The Mad Fiddler]

tried playing alt one time, didn't go well for me haha.

I play fine on the default .

[MDStocken]

Default : )

[Equilibrium]

Actually its the other way around... its easier and better to wall bounce with alternate, because the wallbounce button and the roll button are different, so theres a WAAYY less chance of failing a wallbounce, unlike default where your constantly rolling instead of bouncing

[Evil Nello]

I use alternate, but I don't feel it's made me that much better. Maybe just a little bit better in certain scenarios.

The trade off is that instead of the computer confusing a bounce command for a roll command, now I can screw myself up by pressing the wrong button. Mistakes can and do still happen, but with alternate controls the mistakes are entirely my fault.

The other catch is that nothing happens if you're too far from a wall and try to slide. In default you might still dodge a shot by rolling. But in alternate, if you're too far from the wall and try to bounce/slide then nothing happens. This can lead to your death if you were trying to bounce out of the way of rifle fire etc. Of course, the more you play the better you can judge wall distances.

Alternate is also more labor intensive. Running and sliding from cover to cover (run, slide into cover, then immediately run again) requires more coordinated button mashing. So it's harder to "claw" with alternate because you have to coordinate both "X" and "A" button presses (as opposed to a single button in default).

I wouldn't change back to default, because I'm used to alternate controls now. And I can wall bounce better, but alternate hasn't automatically made me a wall-bouncing god. At least not yet!

[Und3rdoggy]

Alt >. Your movement is better in everyway. With the wallbounce you have so much more control because in a tunnel you know you will not roll when you wall bounce so you can literally keep wall bouncing with no errors. I love it and i have only used it for like a month.

As for everything else you just have better control because you know that 1 button does 1 thing and the other does the other so there is less game errors with choosing which 1 you want to do compared to you knowing which button you wanna use.

[Mazohyst]

I used to be a Standard player but I switched to Alt controls a while ago. I haven't looked back since. I find my wallbouncing has gotten better.

[Energizamillion]

I have a specific balance between my strafe and bounce, but when i do bounce, i bounce fast, not possible.with alt :/

[Unarmored Marcus]

Gears 1 - default the whole way
Gears 2 - default for the first 3-4 months(?) then alternate the rest of the way
Gears 3 - default for the first 5 months(?) then alternate the rest of the way. Reason I went to default in Gears 3 was because I still enjoyed Gears 1 and did not want to completely feel foreign to the default control scheme.

[upsmadman]

alternate all day baby. couple it with a scuf controller and ur golden. u wanna talk wall bouncing. imagine wall bouncing without ever taking ur thumbs off the stick. oh what a feeling. now u know why u just got out bounced by me.

[JMysterial]

I'm still using default, I have trouble using alternate. I keep pressing the wrong buttons when using alternate.

[GearsKraZY]

i use alternate uncomfortable at first but i never looked back no more accidental rolling for me getting my head blown off