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[Spenn]

Ansel, on 06 May 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

I think this would fall under a moar meaty bit of advice than a tip but here goes.

Spoiler

You should remap your keys to gain better and faster access to your utilities.



The spaces are left blank so if you need to rebind any other key, like if you need moar than one function key (F1 etc.) you can bind them on Y,U,I, and O for instance for easier reach.

V is now your loot/talk button.  Remaped from F, edit: clarified this point.

WASD is now moved to ESDF and moar room has been made for the elite skill and weapon switching is now set to Q, this should make it easier to move while useing your utility skills.

Also the bump on the D key in the picture (formerly was the F key) will make putting your hand back into place to start moving again easier and faster after you need to reach for a key, now you will always come right back to the right keys that move your character without having to look.

Your heal is now remaped to W from the number 6 key, you can now heal without having to reach for the key, also all of your utility skills can be used without reaching.

Keys 1-5 have been moved over by one space, this will keep the familiar feel of reaching for the correct number key when you have your movement keys set to ESDF.

Q is now your weapon swap, again this is why you should remap the movement keys, you can now reach the weapon swap key without lifting your had off of the keyboard, try this if you don't believe me, I have stubby hands so I like my keys close, if you have long fingers you can always remap it to 1 and move the F1 key to the U line.

A is now the elite skill and is again easier to reach.

G, H, O, and I can be set wherever you like to have your menu options at, I just leave them along that line like they are in the picture.

Tab targeting is now faster and eaiser to reach, you can set it to closest enemy and quickly drop your middle finger to press the key.

Hope this helps you feel you can reach the keys and respond better in GW2

Wow, that's quite an elaborate remap. It would be tough to re-wire muscle memory, especially if you're playing games other than GW2 in the same timeframe.

My personal over-riding criterion for remapping keys: I shouldn't need to learn the keyboard for each game.

[Matsy]

Personally I aint changing anything apart from:

F1-f4 on zxcv, so they are directly below the moment keys.
Heal on middle mouse button
dodge on side mouse button
loot on E
789 on rtf
elite on q or on side mouse button (have 2 side buttons), if elite goes on mouse, move weapon swap to q

See no need to move anything else, everything is there with little movement needed.

Edited by Matsy, 06 May 2012 - 05:49 PM.

[Spenn]

Matsy, on 06 May 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

Personally I aint changing anything apart from:

F1-f4 on zxcv, so they are directly below the moment keys.
Heal on middle mouse button
dodge on side mouse button
loot on E
789 on rtf
elite on q or on side mouse button (have 2 side buttons), if elite goes on mouse, move weapon swap to q

See no need to move anything else, everything is there with little movement needed.

Nice one, I shall try this out!

[Luke86]

Waar Kijk Je Naar, on 05 May 2012 - 09:58 AM, said:

Anyone able to confirm this?

Me. I completed Kessex Hills at 100% and received via mail a very nice piece of armor (considered my level ofc).

Edited by Luke86, 06 May 2012 - 06:13 PM.

[Mustache Mayhem]

found just strafing does a great job at damage control.. dodge when you need to, least for engineer.. the mobs are a lot like guildwars- once they get the initial hate, it takes a while for them to switch.. you can use this to set your tank, have the mobs use up their special attacks.. when on cooldown you spank them into the ground

[Ansel]

Spenn, on 06 May 2012 - 05:39 PM, said:

Wow, that's quite an elaborate remap. It would be tough to re-wire muscle memory, especially if you're playing games other than GW2 in the same timeframe.

My personal over-riding criterion for remapping keys: I shouldn't need to learn the keyboard for each game.

Thats why I use this setup.  If my hand is on ESDF for movement and I move 1-5 to 2-6 I still use the same muscle memory to hit 2-6 as I do for 1-5 while useing WASD. I don't have to relearn anyting except to hit closer keys for my utilitys.

Matsy, on 06 May 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

Personally I aint changing anything apart from:

F1-f4 on zxcv, so they are directly below the moment keys.
Heal on middle mouse button
dodge on side mouse button
loot on E
789 on rtf
elite on q or on side mouse button (have 2 side buttons), if elite goes on mouse, move weapon swap to q

See no need to move anything else, everything is there with little movement needed.

That is a very efficient setup, the only thing I don't like is trying to use T for a utility, I tend to hit RTF together when I do that, short stubby hands lol.

But aside from my inability to use it it's a very good remap.

Edit: I was trying to avoid useing mouse buttons in the setup I posted earler, I have a 5 button mouse but not everyone does so I posted a moar general setup.

Edited by Ansel, 06 May 2012 - 06:19 PM.