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chreelister
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Is there anyway to change it so I can move my character by pointing and clicking of the mouse or is this another game ruined by forcing WASD down my throat? I like being able to both but prefer 90% to use the mouse for point and click to move.
Great examples of this being done right IMO are Neverwinter Nights 1, Lineage, ArchLords and Guild Wars 1. At least Diablo 3 was point, click to move, it could use some WASD keys though.
Great examples of being done wrong IMO are Guild Wars 2, DDO, LOTR.
I really hope I am missing something here and I can change this, because I refuse to play games where i am forced to use WASD.
Great examples of this being done right IMO are Neverwinter Nights 1, Lineage, ArchLords and Guild Wars 1. At least Diablo 3 was point, click to move, it could use some WASD keys though.
Great examples of being done wrong IMO are Guild Wars 2, DDO, LOTR.
I really hope I am missing something here and I can change this, because I refuse to play games where i am forced to use WASD.
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I do agree that most players probably prefer to use the WASD keys, but I flat out refuse to play them. 10 years ago all or at least 90% of RPG games where click to move. Some ones I remember are Diablo series, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Guild Wars 1, Lineage 2, Archlords, Dungeon Siege series, tons of free MMos I cant think of the name right now and I am thinking WoW (never played it and never will). Only Elder Scrolls stands out as not being one back in the day, IIRC. I refuse to play DDO, LOTR and Guild Wars 2 because of having to use the WASD keys only.
I wouldn't have asked but I thought for sure I read somewhere that this game would be point and click to move and I was really hoping I was missing something.
I really don't know why games can't do it the Guild Wars 1 way though, hold right mouse button to move camera with mouse, click left button on ground to move, click left button mouse on something else to target and still have all the WASD keys you want. That to me, seems like it would make everyone happy as now you have a choice in the matter on which to use or at least just an option of turning the click to move on (would it really take that long to program).
So can anybody tell of a good online RPG that is click to move, I am thinking of trying RIFT out, but would prefer one without the monthly fee.
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That sounds like a good compromise, i haven't done it here, but some other games worked so much better with one. Final Fantasy 14 is one that was terrible with keyboard, but worked so much more smoothly with a controller.
First off....WoW, Rift, and any other MMORPG created in the US is WASD to more with one exception. Age of Wushu has the option to use the mouse. EQ1 the first 3D MMORPG was even WASD to move. GW2 was not click to move. I didn't play GW1 long enough to remember it's controls. But the thing you have to look at is combat in all those other games is completely different than this one. This is more on par with DCUO, Vindictus, Dragon's Nest and other Action MMORPG games. Why on earth you'd want to click to move in this style of game is beyond me. Basically you want a game where there is no skill involved in playing and u just smash buttons to win. Sorry I have played almost every MMORPG out to date at least 20 mins or so, and I can honestly say Click to Move is something that needs to stay in games like Diablo, it has no place in the 3D MMORPG world.
Let me repeat though, I do use the WASD keys to move, but only about 10% of the time. Some games have both options, like Guild Wars 1, Lineage 2, ArchLords, etc. that is what kind of game I am looking for. I am not looking for something that is totally mouse driven.
I am not looking for a non-skilled button smash game either (I don't think having a jump button now makes the game skilled). And as far as Dodging goes, just click whatever button that does that on the keyboard or I have a 5 button mouse (they make more), which can be programmed for any keys. From reading RIFT forums, you can move by using the mouse, unless I read them wrong.
I would think it would be easy from the 5 minutes I played to convert this game to be click to move, you basically have a small circle and moving the mouse moves the camera, just have it so you have to hold right click to do this. Not doing this and you move the circle around and left clicking on the ground, would cause you to move to that area. Still keep the WASD keys, I would use those occasionally, especially in battle.
The "customer support" of course sends a generic, no-help-at-all note, so they're useless. What I want is to be able to LOCK my camera angle to isometric view, and to STOP the constant zooming-in and zooming-out that happens all the time. I like the quests and the storyline, but I just can't stand the gameplay, so I guess I'll have to quit. It's totally beyond me how anyone can get any enjoyment from this game, considering how the camera angle bounces up & down and zooms in & out all the time. It's a shame, too, because it's obvious that a ton of work went into the art, the story, the quests, the characters, and so on.
If there is a movement guide or tutorial somewhere, I'd be happy to read it. If there is a tutorial mode buried in the game somewhere, please tell me how to find it.
You can't even zoom out far enough for click to move to be useful. BG, NWN, Diablo had click to move because they also had overhead cameras.
If using WASD is a problem then try a controller, otherwise I can't think of any other way around it. Sorry.
its not click to move but it might prove pretty close.
if you have a gamer mouse that has programmable joysticks you could also bind in camera movement keys
/bind <key> adjustcamyaw 90 or -90 to make turning the camera faster
adjustcampitch will move camera up ad down
there is a command its like setdefaultfov or similar that lets you adjust your field of view in combat kinda a poor mans zoom.
my hopes is that they add a fluid turn camera and adjustfov zoom functions to the actual bind list as these can be kinda choppy. these can also be used to play the game mouseless.
I agree and even made a version that allows turning with one thumb
gw2 allowed for moving with the mouse... kb turning is dreadful in that game
But Neverwinter offers a lot of options (this is something they really did get right).
Anyway, the only way I've been able to play Neverwinter is to change movement to 'left press' of the mouse. I've put attack-1 on 'middle press' and attack-2 on 'right press'.
It's working well and I only have to use the keyboard for skills. To be honest, I don't know how anybody could possibly use the keyboard for movement AND skills. You people must have mad finger dexterity.
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