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Originally Posted by Series
Did anybody else notice alliance chat? LOL. wtf dude
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So, "how" do you play Guild Wars?
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Goddess Wills
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Originally Posted by SotiCoto
I control movement in the forward-backward plane with the keyboard while holding down the right mouse-button to "look" where I want to go...
i.e. I rather use both for navigation. It mostly consists of my holding down W (usually with Ctrl and Alt at the same time so I know where everything is) while directing my character with the mouse. I use A and D (left and right) to strafe while using the mouse generally... though sometimes I'll switch to the actual strafe-keys instead (Q and E) if I'm stuck in a corner or somesuch... Naturally this is an easier way of both controlling my view and micromanaging my character's direction and movement speed.... rather than the rather crude point-and-click mouse only method or slow and cumbersome keyboard-only method. When I get into battle... my hands move instantly off the mouse to the keyboard, my eyes move to the health-bars and skill bar.... and it typically becomes a matter of using C or Tab to select an enemy... followed by a number key for a particular skill (and promptly pressing the key for the next skill while the first is activating... etc). I NEVER click on the skills with the mouse... and it is fairly rare that I select enemies with the mouse either. While this is happening I usually get a few moments of skill activation time to switch hand back to the mouse and get a look around..... see if there are any priority targets I didn't catch in the initial view... check how my heroes / henchies are doing.... etc. ... Which reminds me... sometimes I don't just charge in at all... and just Ctrl + Shift + Space to direct my Heroes to attack first... [prevents me being the first target of all the enemy anti-melee hexes and whatnot] ... Oh... and I rarely ever use Esc to cancel action... nor any other "cancel action" button; I just tap one of the direction buttons and take a step, since skills can't activate while moving. After battle, I typically press Semi-Colon to target the nearest item and Space to get it, or if I don't want that, I have "next item" mapped to apostrophe right next to it. (If any americans aren't familiar with the British keyboard layout..... tough). |
been meaning to mention that!)Navigation method? Check.
Attack method & Skill-by-numbers? Check.
Anti-Esc? Check.
Loot Target? Check. (btw, I'm american and i've never seen a keyboard that didn't have the '/" key next to the ;/: so I don't think anyone's going to be confused by that.)
Personally, I'm playing on a laptop with a touchpad & hmm...what is the proper name for that little red dot between my B, G, & H? (I typically call it a nipple ...we'll see if that word gets me a goredengine or not...I'm going to risk it since I'm not being inappropriate about it). I tend to hit R or doubletap my W, right click & steer with my "red dot." I know I could just hook up a mouse, but I've been using this laptop for the past three years, been playing Halo since I got it & been playing GW since beta on it...I'm used to it. Mouses (er, mice?) are "icky" to me now...I feel clumsy when I use them and I often wind up doing things that get me killed if I have to use a regular computer to play. Aside from my "red dot navigation" I'm primarily a keyboard player though.
Except when I monk...then my mouse is over the party members window, ready to target a new player, while I've got my [ ] buttons set to scroll between party members as well so if someone is just one player away I'll tap a ] and if it's further I'm more likely to twitch my mouse & click. All I can say is when this laptop fries & I get a desktop to replace it, you aren't going to want me healing your team, because it's going to take me a long time to get used to using a mouse again!
Superdarth
I like to use the mouse for most things, i only use the keyboard to chat and use skills, but i have a VERY comfortable mouse
Elruid
Maybe the cat shouldn't be allowed to play while drinking.
I operate WASD and some other keys in range with my left hand, and the right one's on the mouse. Except when typing.
I kind of can only type one letter at a time.
I operate WASD and some other keys in range with my left hand, and the right one's on the mouse. Except when typing.
I kind of can only type one letter at a time.
a ham demon
Power Glove all the way
I'm mostly keyboard except when it comes to selecting specific targets and looking around.
I'm mostly keyboard except when it comes to selecting specific targets and looking around.
BiafraBeliever
I mix it up between keyboard and mouse, but i'm mostly keyboard.
Bai
I usually play with left hand on the keyboard and right hand on mouse, but when monking.. its a whole different story!
Westofeden
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yea im a combo guy i walk and use skills 1-5 on keyboard but tend to click to do skills 6-8*hard to reach ^^*
i also pick up loot via the mouse and select targets via the keyboard. |
Eldin
Mostly use the keyboard. Like West and tenshi, I use 1-5 on the keyboard but click on the skillbar for 6-8 due to them being hard to reach.
Other than that I'm all keyboard except:
-Targeting NPCs
-Specific targets if the mob is too large to waste time tabbing through
-Some pulling and running from enemies
-Picking up items
-Manipulating stuff like levers
While moving in towns, I hold down ALT usually to find an NPC from afar. Then I click their name and let my character run to them. Similar thing for explorable areas. I usually use C and TAB, though if I, say, want to know what kind of enemies are ahead or how close I am to more enemies, I use CTRL.
Random Fact: In rollerbeetle racing I tend to keep on autorun and steer with the right mouse button. Just feels better than WASD in racing conditions.
Other than that I'm all keyboard except:
-Targeting NPCs
-Specific targets if the mob is too large to waste time tabbing through
-Some pulling and running from enemies
-Picking up items
-Manipulating stuff like levers
While moving in towns, I hold down ALT usually to find an NPC from afar. Then I click their name and let my character run to them. Similar thing for explorable areas. I usually use C and TAB, though if I, say, want to know what kind of enemies are ahead or how close I am to more enemies, I use CTRL.
Random Fact: In rollerbeetle racing I tend to keep on autorun and steer with the right mouse button. Just feels better than WASD in racing conditions.
phallanxian
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Originally Posted by tenshi_strife
yea im a combo guy i walk and use skills 1-5 on keyboard but tend to click to do skills 6-8*hard to reach ^^*
i also pick up loot via the mouse and select targets via the keyboard. inventory is all mouse. |
awakened evil
i use wasd to move, mouse to change camera and to click things..1-8for skills