FilthMcNasty wrote:
Keysofgaruda wrote:
FilthMcNasty wrote:
You're always welcome to the num keys as a preference, but ideally; your best option for movement is the mouse. You walk forward by holding both mouse buttons and only set A and D as strafe left and right respectively.
*Edit*
I guess it depends on what you're going to be doing. Many jobs have rotations you can set to one button so you wouldn't need all the extra keybinds. Just mash 1, 2 or 3. Assuming you ever actually needed to use abilities on reaction though, you'd probably benefit from having the extra buttons freed up using the method I stated initially.
Thats not neccesarily true. I have my setup to work exactly how it did in 11 for movement and i have 0 issues on any encounter. I dont use my mouse at all except for targeting things like SCH bubble or shadow flare.
The WASD thing imo just doesnt work well because its hard to move while using skills. Im sure there are people who prefer this and make it work just as well as someone who prefers a mouse or the 11 setup.
Like I said at the beginning of the post, it's a matter of preference. Just pointing out that the most efficient way I've found(assuming keyboard & mouse) is to use one hand for movement and the other for abilities and strafing.
My left hand is in the normal WASD position. I can comfortably reach 30 keys(-2 for strafe left/right if I'm doing PvP) to activate abilities with one hand. The numpad(mine at least) only allows me 17. Obvious difference is obvious. The prevalence of all-in-one macros reduces the need for so many keys, but if you needed more than 11 abilities bound then it's much more efficient. I never had the need to use it in XIV so I never checked the availability, but shift modifiers for 1-6 adds even more versatility.
It's going to be hard for you to argue efficiency with me when your mouse is almost completely going to waste
Edited, Feb 15th 2014 6:25pm by FilthMcNasty not as hard as you might suggest.
i have my binds as follows:
keypad
8 - move up
2 - move down
4 - move left
6 - move right
1 - strafe left
2 - strafe right
7 - auto run
9 - run/walk
5 - nothing
/ - draw/put away weapon
* - lock target (doesnt get used but its there)
+ - jump
arrow keys (inverted camera to my preferences)
up, down ,left, right - adjust camera
on just my right hand i have full access to all my movement capabilities and camera adjusments. my left thumb takes care of the camera while the rest of my hand works on moving. i can easily put away my weapon, auto run or walk if i want to.
for the keyboard
w - cycle party up
s - cycle party down
a - cycle npc left
d - cycle npc right
1~ - skills
alt 1~ - skills
ctrl 1~ - skills
now my keyboard has additional buttons because it is an mmo keyboard so i use those to access other skills thats notmally out of reach by my left hand such as 8 9 0 - =. my left thumb handles those skills while the rest of my hand handles cycling through party members and using skills. doing this im able to move while choosing targets to buff/heal or whatever and use skills all at the same time.
the only drawback i have to this setup is that theres no other way to drop a SCH bubble down unless i use my mouse to target it. i cant move while doing this so theres about 1 second where im vulnerable if im using a skill i need to use the mouse for. i compensate for this by knowing when i have that time to idle.
i would say my setup is extremely efficient. Just as much as using a mouse or better. i can easily hit any key without sacrificing movement or performance except for targetable skills where i lose a slight amount of time (of which there is like 4 across all the jobs).