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Slimda
As a healer, I use -macros. That means that whatever target my mouse is pointing at, I cast a spell at.
In other words, as soon as I see a raidmember's frame light up red, I pop up a shield in less than half a second. While targeting the boss. While moving from the flame.
I cannot heal properly without this setup.
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savagy
I can't believe all the people who say keybindings are not a big deal...
you can always spot a clicker in your raids... it's that guy who's underperforming or a healer who's using healbot ( or grid+clique )
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dashihawk
I've been wondering a bit about key bindings. I currently don't use them. I play as a level 66 rogue (No level 80 since I deleted my old account) and I don't see what the point is of key bindings. I see it as an
option
in the game. But most people think of it as necessary. Can anyone tell me the advantages of key bindings over clicking?
Comming from a level 80 rogue. You will need to start using key bindings eventually. You just have way to many skills out there at your disposal.
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savagy
Underperforming huh? So tell me, how is it possible that I am a good tank and healer without key bindings or addons?
there is no way you can be as fast with the mouse as you could be with the press of a single key next to the ones you're using lets say you want to toss Nature's Swiftness + a heal - is it the same if you click 2 buttons with your mouse or if you press ` and 1 ?
I realize that maybe there are like a chosen few who are lightning fast with their mouse clicking but for like 80% out there, I believe that having some binding would help.
Post by
greystoker
On my rogue (80 sub) i have (from 1-5)
Hemo, evisc, expose armor, cheap/kidney shot (whichever's not stealth), rupture
using WASD as my main form of movement, I've binded Z to Ambush (for stealth), V to Premeditation/ShStep, and G to Deadly Throw
These are just some of the keys I have binded. Some people replaced the QWE/ASD keys completely, but I never got used to that.
On my Druid, Z is Cyclone, G is Hurricane, V is Vines
Hunter - T is Black Arrow (it's a Trap), V is Volley, Z is Wing Clip
I won't give the 1-5 on all, but you have to realize that with SO MANY things you use as any class, it's best to bind keys you don't regularly use. T is normally Target/Attack. Target a mob, hit T to turn on auto-attack, T again to turn it off. Me, I right click something or hit one of my actual attacks (Like Sinister Strike to begin combat, and if I need to break off, ESC. F is assist by default, so I leave that as-is as I've used it for that for nearly 4+ years now, which is why I use G for a good number of things. Everything I bind is near my left hand.
EXCEPT things like Ground mount, F6, Flying mount, F7, etc. Of course, there's macro's that allow you to 1 button mount depending on if you can fly or not.
Post by
Shamanic
I will never understand why it matters how you play the game as long as you perform well. Almost all the healers I know use either healbot or clique, with a few using grid which do support clicking. I very frequently have the highest HPS in almost any raid including Ulduar, even competing against well geared priests and druids. Likewise in enhancement I can push out 3k DPS even as an undergeared, little used off spec, I use every single cooldown as fast as it's available on the DPS so I don't really see how keybindings would go any quicker.
I know some people find keybindings easier but some people simple don't, and it doesn't necessarily mean they're going to suck.
Post by
moonpuppy61
I've been wondering a bit about key bindings. I currently don't use them. I play as a level 66 rogue (No level 80 since I deleted my old account) and I don't see what the point is of key bindings. I see it as an
option
in the game. But most people think of it as necessary. Can anyone tell me the advantages of key bindings over clicking?
I'm a mix between key binding / clicking and I'm learning more as I train myself to use the keyboard. My attack rotation and my OMG! buttons are on the hotbar or key binding for speed. I keep less frequent abilities on my sidebars for clicking. From my awareness of other player's habits the key binders tend to be faster in their reaction time.
Healbot and other addons are wonderful tools that for me do not fully replace my key bindings but expand some of my reactions and flexibility. If I could find out how to switch heal targets between raid groups without clicking I would use healbot even less then I do now.
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