For the uninitiated: XIM is a tool used to play console shooters with a mouse and keyboard and fake them as controllers, essentially giving them an unfair advantage in competitive shooters on console.

Ubisoft implemented a super effective way to counter XIM called “Mousetrap” a while ago. It slowly adds more and more input delay if you’re playing with a XIM and tons of people have been sharing clips of players clearly trying to use it and having a 200ms+ delay in their actions and playing like they’re drunk. It’s quite funny.

  • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    That’s a lot of effort. Why not just add native mouse support. Those who want to compete can stay competitive or drop in rank.

    The twist here is that the last game I played with mouse and gamepad support on a console was dominated by gamepad players since mouse users didn’t get aim assist.

    • simple@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      R6 doesn’t have aim assist on console. Having mouse support would put everyone else at a disadvantage.