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Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Dayon

Dayon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:39 +0000

I use the Belkin Speedpad, and it’s made so many things a lot faster for me now. The thing allows you to go into three different states in which its buttons act differently. If I hold down the button that you select as the toggle, it goes into its ‘red’ mode, and the main keys for my rotation become the keys that save my life (kinda fitting I go into ‘red’ mode for my cooldowns, eh?).

I’m about four times faster, and I don’t have to stretch my pinky out to get to the button.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Pachi

Pachi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:14:51 +0000

I use my F button for my shield wall, the ` button just seems awkward for me to hit quickly when I am tanking just how I have my hand placed on the keyboard. I use my ` button for my shout. I have shift + F bound to last stand, and shift+T bound to trinket, and T to WotF.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by TomHuxley

TomHuxley — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:45 +0000

I’ve been fast enough 2/5 times, but one of the times it was on CD and the healers kept me up anyways (which was impressive). Hoping to improve my ratio…while also hoping I won’t have to.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Aethor

Aethor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:49:58 +0000

Just make a rotation for tanks to use Shield Wall (or respective abilities for other classes) whenever Yeti charges, and use em always the very second he does. Regardless if it hits someone or doesn’t you are safe. The ones not tanking at that moment and using his/her cd will just taunt off you and survive the burst.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Vivilros

Vivilros — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:46:09 +0000

Someone else got smashed, I too thought he was talking about getting hit, and was like *boggle*

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Divinojuan

Divinojuan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:42:51 +0000

Shield Wall? If I’m ever targeted for the crash, be it on normal or heroic, I just intervene the person closest to me and I’m gold. Makes life a HELL of a lot easier on heroic since there is no speed boost.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Orla

Orla — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:04:56 +0000

ive got Shield wall bound to my forward slash key (” \ “) this has worked out well for me. I should also note that Last Stand is bound to backspace.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Drae

Drae — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:22:01 +0000

I hover over intervene, we tank icehowl against the wall, so it’s extremely rare there is not a melee in rage for it.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Drae

Drae — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:19:58 +0000

I agree. there’s no way I’m ever going back.

I used to be a hybrid keybind/clicker. I had the standard rotation keybound, but clicked most potions, cooldowns, buffs, debuffs etc. Then I got owned because I clicked a cooldown and I thought it went off but it didn’t. I decided then and there to keybind everything, but I couldn’t do it far too many skills.
So I bought an n52te. Now everything is bound.

I use the Dpad for strafe and forward back. I control it with my thumb; freeing up 2 or 3 fingers that I used to need for strafe and back/forward to hit abilities. I threw my HS and cleave on the back/forward buttons on my mouse. It took sometime to get used to (about a full lock-out doing Sarth 3d… my guild was not too happy with my.. adjustment period) but I’m much faster now.

It’s a great piece of hardware, like moving from a crappy atari style joystick to a full joystick with throttle. I highly recommend the n52te. Just gotta give yourself sometime to get used to it.

Comment on The ability I’m still not fast enough with by Mashiah

Mashiah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:24:05 +0000

The whole 1-0 keybind isn’t very good…
`-5, r, f, g, z, x, c
and shift + all of the above.
2 action bars for fast reach with regular keyboard