This guy gets it!
That and fiddeling with inventory is always a bit nicer with a mouse.
I just you were able to bind more then 2 potions on a keyboard.

I played with controller for about a week and then tried mouse & keyboard when I didn't feel like reaching for it one night. To my surprise I loved the keyboard controls waaaay better. They also feel more responsive, but that's probably just the wireless controller being laggy. Right clicking to block feels good, and you spend way less time in menus. Hitting M to instantly bring up the map, for example, saves so much time. 'I' for inventory, 'J' for quest journal, and 'N' for the meditation wheel. It's just better all around if you like to save time. Also quick switching signs with the mouse wheel.

@lunnington: It's very cool that you came to try and notice the insant and hotkey'd advantages of the MKB but why was it "to your surprise"?

It used to be common knowledge once that MKB allowed all these quick facilitation and felt more precise in control. *feels old*

Well, after pumping around 40 hours into the game I developed a kind of "hybrid" style of playing. I navigate menus and such with mouse and keyboard and play the rest of the game with a controller with the occasional F5 for quick saving. Works great for me.

Except for swimming, I use mouse and keyboard for that. Swimming with a controller is garbage in this game.

I think analog controls make the combat much easier (and more comfortable). However, having to hold down a face button to sprint/gallop seems like a huge mistake unless you play like some kind of claw monster. I had similar problems with Red Dead Redemption. You should be able to move freely and control the camera at the same time.

@terminatorz: The combat and general feel of the character felt like it was made to be played on controller, so I was surprised at how good it felt with KBM.

"Outdated" means at one point, it was acceptable, such as in the case of W1. 2 is pushing it.

Go online and watch games like Hitman: Absolution being played with kb/m. Ugh.

I shall adopt this method. I've gotten reasonably OK with the menus, but it will still be much quicker with KBM. And there's no need to force myself to get used to those awful swimming controls if I play on PC anyway.