What great responses, thanks guys. I'm going to kick off using the keyboard / mouse since that's what it's made for. Then once i've gotten used to how the game works etc i'll give the controller a day in court and see what happens!
I am brand new to DayZ and I can't wait to get going. I was just wondering what the forum's thoughts on using controllers instead of the default keyboard/mouse combo are? Are there any merits to it? It does seem on the surface that there probably aren't enough buttons on a normal xbox controller to facilitate everything a keyboard is capable of. Thanks!