Option 2. I remapped strafing to A and D. For everything else there is the mouse. Q and E are both used for spells aswell als almost every other key around wasd
Option 2. I remapped strafing to A and D. For everything else there is the mouse. Q and E are both used for spells aswell als almost every other key around wasd
Druid since Feb. 06
Pretty much theres no reason not unbind Q/E or A/D to open up for more binds.
my A S and D are all unbound from movement.
I'll be honest, some of these answers surprise me, so I'm glad I asked. I'd never heard of anyone strafing with other buttons on their mouse (like on a Naga or a mouse with 5 buttons).
To the people who strafe with their mouse, how do you strafe + use abilities then? Say like kiting with a hunter?
FWIW, I also unbind my backpedal key so I only have 3 movement keys (A,W and D), although I do believe that is more rare as I see even Gladiators move backwards on occasion.
I use turn+mouse to strafe. somehow I can't let go of keyboard turning key (It's too convienient in towns or when I am lazy)
I don't have pure strafe bound
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Alt is fine. I use esdf and it's actually easier to use alt than wasd
problem is shift and ctrl becomes more difficult to use but that's another story
Yeah Shift and CTRL are pretty terrible for ewr or esf. It's generally best to mod your mouse buttons (If your mouse can do it) to CTRL, SHIFT and ALT. It puts much less stress on the left hand to stretch your pinky or thumb while hitting another button to activate an ability.
i rebind strafe to S and F, i have autorun on D and i usually autorun by default so i don't have to keep my finger on E constantly. of note, i DO have backpeddle bound to Shift-D because its pretty important in pve.
i don't use ctl as a modifier if i can help it however because my hands are so tiny and i can't reach it comfortably and couldn't even when i used wasd
i do this on pretty much every mmo/rbg/fps that i play regularly, it annoys the hell out of everyonwho tries to play games on my machine
" I need a sec, my wrists hurt from spamming slam so hard. Playing cleave vs cleave is tough stuff guys"
i guess im not surprised with how many people seem use wasd/esdf. it does surprise me, though, that there are not more people who use unusual keybinds. Strafing with F1 and F2 allows me to comfortably bind abilities to F3-F5, `-5, Q-T, A-F, and Z-X. It also allows for comfortable shift and alt modifiers.
wasd is so overrated, pl;' > everything else.
(I'm obviously left handed )
Rogue was my first character, used to just strafe using A&D+Mouse. Rolled a caster and leant that it doesn't really work as a ranged character so rebound A&D to strafe.
No matter what I do or how many times I've tried, I cannot get used to Q and E being abilities. They will always be strafe for me. I dont know why
option two, A & D for strafing. used to have Q & E at the start, but then i started putting abilities onto the Q & E keys so i just moved it. besides, i never turn with anything except my mouse anyway
So just a follow up. If WoW came out today and you just wanted to PvP, would you want A and D to be mapped to strafe?