Update made controller play even worse

Controller desperately needs a QoL update to help with the severe lack of button binds.

But I'm not able to reproduce your bug, or at least it's not as big an issue for me if it's the same behaviour.

I use similar binds, but use an Xbox Elite 2 on PC. I used to have the spyglass on Right Stick Push, but that got taken by crouch (as you said), so I rebound spyglass to Right shoulder button (RIP dedicated Quest Radial button!). When I crouch and press RB, I hear the spyglass coming out, pressing Right Trigger stands me up automatically and I can press Right Trigger again to use it. It's an additional trigger press, that's about it for me.

@sweetsandman same except my right stick press was bound to food for the last like 4 years. its sad but im going to finish these comms and just disbale crouch.

Just another hindrance to the controller experience since we're so limited on buttons as it is.

Or just for those who change binds and dont use defaults.

I just logged on to these forums to make this exact complaint, and see the OP beat me to it.

For six years I’ve had spyglass bound to “right stick click” (as have all my controller-using crewmates). And last update they decided to fill that slot. Fine. As OP said, was easy enough to press RT fast to use the telescope.

But now, thanks to the changed crouch behaviour in this build, it’s useless. After SIX YEARS. I’m not even going to bother asking the devs why they’ve made this particular change.

Of all the displays of technical incompetence and unintended broken features every update, what’s most infuriating is this change was possibly deliberate.

Just fix it, Rare.

@burnbacon said in Update made controller play even worse:

Just another hindrance to the controller experience since we're so limited on buttons as it is.

Or just for those who change binds and dont use defaults.

Lemme guess Bacon, the next brilliantly smart remark you were preparing to give is something among the lines of "It goes against Rare's vision of the game to change keybinds".

On the topic - it looks like there are still a lot of recurring issues with keybinds/actions in general. There's also a PC related thread from a month ago, that people just as I type this keep replying to.

Playing on a controller is already harder with cross-platform enabled. Saying this as a PC player on kb/mouse + default keybinds. I hope you guys get this sorted out soon.

"It's Sea of Thieves, not Sea of Functional Keybinds yall!" Lol.

It's a valid concern but why have spyglass mapped to a unique bind? It's not an item you ever need quickly.
Food throwables bucket. I used to have cannonballs for loading from a distance during naval but unbound it for crouch and got back into habit of using the inv wheel

@hiradc said in Update made controller play even worse:

It's a valid concern but why have spyglass mapped to a unique bind? It's not an item you ever need quickly.

It depends. Personal preference for me, not sure about SweetSandMan's reasons. I play solo a lot and like to have easy access to the spyglass to keep an eye on the horizon constantly, but it's not as easy to select from the radial as it's on a diagonal slot. It's just annoying to use the radial if you use it a lot.

Food throwables bucket. I used to have cannonballs for loading from a distance during naval but unbound it for crouch and got back into habit of using the inv wheel

I have food, throwables, emotes, and PTT mapped on my controller's D-pad (don't use pirate chat). Bucket is one of the cardinal directions on the radial, so relatively easy to select quickly, even under pressure. Even though food is on the radial top slot, it's bound for easy cycling of food.

I've said it before, but I think the only real solution to controller players' issues here is with a shift-modifier bind. That's how a lot of games add more binding options.

@realstyli said in Update made controller play even worse:

I've said it before, but I think the only real solution to controller players' issues here is with a shift-modifier bind. That's how a lot of games add more binding options.

I have to agree because the other common recommendation is “long press” for a different action but this game has “reduce hold to ___” and it’s an accessibility feature I personally use because I get hand fatigue playing video games and this reduction of holding allows me to play for longer.