Comments on: Keyboard Turning Is Killing Your Raid http://aggronaut.com/?p=127 Life and times of a Warrior, Raid Leader, Guild Master, and WoW Acolyte Thu, 27 May 2010 20:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Echolalie http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-132 Echolalie Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:57:23 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-132 In defense of the key turners, as I am one of them. If you set your left and right turn on 'A' and 'D', as not shown in the graphic above, You can pull a mighty Circle Strafe by pressing 'Q' and 'D' or 'A' and 'E' at the same time. and by releasing the turn key while keeping the strafe pushed, with good timing, you can start running in your desired direction ... anyway my 3 cents. In defense of the key turners, as I am one of them.

If you set your left and right turn on ‘A’ and ‘D’, as not shown in the graphic above, You can pull a mighty Circle Strafe by pressing ‘Q’ and ‘D’ or ‘A’ and ‘E’ at the same time. and by releasing the turn key while keeping the strafe pushed, with good timing, you can start running in your desired direction …

anyway my 3 cents.

]]> By: Calelari http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-77 Calelari Tue, 12 May 2009 19:42:51 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-77 Sarducci, on May 8th, 2009 at 3:01 pm Said: "Try keyboard turning on mimiron or hodir and see how much you live (answer: you don’t)." I do quite a fine job of living, thank you very much. Nothing in those fights requires me to turn on a dime. Mouselookers seem to be overestimating their abilities. As they might say on the official forums, "lrn2keyboard"? Sarducci, on May 8th, 2009 at 3:01 pm Said:

“Try keyboard turning on mimiron or hodir and see how much you live (answer: you don’t).”

I do quite a fine job of living, thank you very much. Nothing in those fights requires me to turn on a dime. Mouselookers seem to be overestimating their abilities. As they might say on the official forums, “lrn2keyboard”?

]]> By: Euron http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-73 Euron Sun, 10 May 2009 01:06:54 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-73 Great write up and good solid advice. Though I have never been a keyboard turner. I can understand a see where they come from. Most of them this game is their first MMO, and heck their first video game. With the ever increasing popularity of this game advice like this is needed more and more . Great write up and good solid advice. Though I have never been a keyboard turner. I can understand a see where they come from. Most of them this game is their first MMO, and heck their first video game. With the ever increasing popularity of this game advice like this is needed more and more .

]]> By: Roshota http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-72 Roshota Sat, 09 May 2009 19:23:42 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-72 Another tactic I use is the fact that when holding down the right mouse button, the A and S keys cause you to strafe instead of turn. I use this method a lot, and it allows for re-binding of the Q and E keys, if one desires, as mentioned above. Personally, I prefer this - and it's the one big thing that actually got me into mouse-turning. Maybe it would be better, as others have suggested, to rebind the strafe keys, but I still like to have the option to turn on the keyboard for auto-run situations when I want to control my character but want my mouse-hand free to use my secondary computer or eating/drinking. (Yes, I have an old computer that I keep up and on the internet, for strategy pages while raiding and for IM applications that I don't want running on my gaming rig.) Another tactic I use is the fact that when holding down the right mouse button, the A and S keys cause you to strafe instead of turn. I use this method a lot, and it allows for re-binding of the Q and E keys, if one desires, as mentioned above. Personally, I prefer this – and it’s the one big thing that actually got me into mouse-turning.

Maybe it would be better, as others have suggested, to rebind the strafe keys, but I still like to have the option to turn on the keyboard for auto-run situations when I want to control my character but want my mouse-hand free to use my secondary computer or eating/drinking. (Yes, I have an old computer that I keep up and on the internet, for strategy pages while raiding and for IM applications that I don’t want running on my gaming rig.)

]]> By: Jinkiro http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-71 Jinkiro Sat, 09 May 2009 13:31:24 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-71 Given appropriate time to practice, a player can become adequately skilled in moving regardless of what method they use. This is true, and it may be true that if you've been keyboard turning for a while you might put forth the argument that you have never had a problem with it, or that you find mouse turning too difficult. The problem is, given the same amount of time to practice, and assuming the same general level of player skill, a person who uses their mouse to turn as oppose to the sluggishly slow keyboard buttons will generally be at a much greater advantage. If you are an extremely skilled keyboard turner, I can pretty much guarantee that if you switched to the mouse and got used to it, you'd be an even better gamer overall than you were previously. Don't waste your talent by impeding your game. Given appropriate time to practice, a player can become adequately skilled in moving regardless of what method they use. This is true, and it may be true that if you’ve been keyboard turning for a while you might put forth the argument that you have never had a problem with it, or that you find mouse turning too difficult. The problem is, given the same amount of time to practice, and assuming the same general level of player skill, a person who uses their mouse to turn as oppose to the sluggishly slow keyboard buttons will generally be at a much greater advantage. If you are an extremely skilled keyboard turner, I can pretty much guarantee that if you switched to the mouse and got used to it, you’d be an even better gamer overall than you were previously. Don’t waste your talent by impeding your game.

]]> By: touch http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-70 touch Sat, 09 May 2009 06:25:39 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-70 @Synergistic: Don't tell anyone in my raid, but if there is a basketball game or some such on the tele I am probably playing on my laptop and sitting on the couch. The trick is just to sit on one cushion while giving you the whole other cushion as a mousepad. Obviously this works best with infrared mouses, but even so, when using a laptop you should still turn with your mouse. :P and Belghast you may want to add an article about keybindings. You wouldn't even know the times I've heard a tank say "Whoops I clicked the wrong icon" :? (wall of text crits blog!) @Synergistic:

Don’t tell anyone in my raid, but if there is a basketball game or some such on the tele I am probably playing on my laptop and sitting on the couch. The trick is just to sit on one cushion while giving you the whole other cushion as a mousepad. Obviously this works best with infrared mouses, but even so, when using a laptop you should still turn with your mouse. :P

and Belghast you may want to add an article about keybindings. You wouldn’t even know the times I’ve heard a tank say “Whoops I clicked the wrong icon” :?

(wall of text crits blog!)

]]> By: smg77 http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-69 smg77 Sat, 09 May 2009 06:22:55 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-69 Along with the mouse turning tips people should also learn not to back out of the fire using the S key. You move much slower that way but I see people dying over and over again because they are trying to back out of something killing them and taking too long to do it. Along with the mouse turning tips people should also learn not to back out of the fire using the S key. You move much slower that way but I see people dying over and over again because they are trying to back out of something killing them and taking too long to do it.

]]> By: charlie http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-68 charlie Sat, 09 May 2009 02:01:35 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-68 If you really want to kick the habit, bind your strafe keys to A&D instead of Q&E, completley eliminating keyboard turning (unless you use the arrow keys of course). This also opens up multiple bindings. You can now use your Q&E buttons to bind spells, plus their modifiers (Shift, Alt, and Control). If you wish to go even further, you can also bind your S key to spells. Giving you a total of 12 new bindings to use for spells that were previously used to move your character. If you really want to kick the habit, bind your strafe keys to A&D instead of Q&E, completley eliminating keyboard turning (unless you use the arrow keys of course).

This also opens up multiple bindings. You can now use your Q&E buttons to bind spells, plus their modifiers (Shift, Alt, and Control).

If you wish to go even further, you can also bind your S key to spells. Giving you a total of 12 new bindings to use for spells that were previously used to move your character.

]]> By: Synergistic http://aggronaut.com/?p=127&cpage=1#comment-67 Synergistic Sat, 09 May 2009 01:59:09 +0000 http://aggronaut.housestalwart.com/?p=127#comment-67 The one thing that you're not considering is the number of people who play the game from laptops. They may not even own a mouse, and if you're sitting on a couch in front of the television where are you supposed to use the mouse? This is not me, if I tried to play WoW without a mouse, I'd get frustrated after about five minutes. My middle click isn't working properly in WoW with a new mouse I bought, and I can't fly properly anymore and its really irritating. The one thing that you’re not considering is the number of people who play the game from laptops. They may not even own a mouse, and if you’re sitting on a couch in front of the television where are you supposed to use the mouse?

This is not me, if I tried to play WoW without a mouse, I’d get frustrated after about five minutes. My middle click isn’t working properly in WoW with a new mouse I bought, and I can’t fly properly anymore and its really irritating.

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