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dndmasterdark
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I use the arrow keys to move.
numberpad 0 to loot items, this allows me to loot alot faster during a run, sometimes i catch em in mid air.
Numberpad 1, 2, and 3 are my encounter powers.
Jump is Right Ctrl.
Utility Power is Shift.
Auto run is Delete (on my keyboard) on other keyboards I use End.
At wills #1 and #2 is mouse left click and right click.
Dailys are 1 and 2 up top... This is the long distance finger movement I know but i'm think on changing these to the 7 and 8 on numberpad.
3 is healing potion.
6 is mount. This seperates the mounting and autorun connection after ...say a spawning in pvp, where i hit 6 then del and im already running to the contended area alot faster.
An issue sometimes is accidently hitting enter key...mostly when I pvp.
Numberpad 5 to invoke.
A, S, D to use the loot roll choices, this sucks when im in the middle of looking at my keyboard and I am typing then a loot roll comes up. lol I press the wrong choice. Like passing on an epic or blue. I must improve this one...or I have to wait til everything is looted before I type in the area.
All in all my main keys for combat are clustered together which makes for easier access in times of need. Faster movement when I can block in a heartbeat, or dodge in a flash.
Anyone else use anything similar to this? or do you use WASD keys? which I cannot use in any game and I dread the thought of it. But that is just me.
What is yours like?
P.S. This is great for altololics and seems to work great for hunters too. I use all 6 classes and its great!
I should have named this post "How to use only 1/3 your keyboard in Neverwinter and pwn everything"
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However, you've got me thinking about altering loot roll choices now. Its moderately annoying to be running around in a group when that window pops up and I'm either forced to push shift+number and then dodging into a wall or something worse >_>. I've been pressing alt and just clicking them but that's a bit cumbersome. Binding it to Del, end and page down though... that might not be a bad idea.
Thanks!
Changed mount to 'H', Auto-run to 'T', big heal pots at '3', the other two slotes moved +1 ('5' and '6') used for secondary/emergency heal pots and sharandar-all+1.
Got artifacts power by '7' now, but it's quite far away, think I'll try 'C' or 'G'
Inventory, queue, map and powers still at default I, K, M, P.
Interface things using CTRL+<key>, using mostly first letters (Guild, Mails, Zen Shop, Guild, Social, Campaign,...) don'tl look up there that often, so it's not that worse using CTRL+any
opps...Good thing that key is on the other side of the keyboard.
The looting key i use is perfect and very fast... unless someone stands on the lewt. lol.
For the most part my fingers should have to never leave the arrow key area... and it is then a finger reaching process in combo with the numberpad area. lol. Then again I can spread my pinkie finger and index finder over a span of about 6 inches. (I'm 6'3" so I have a larger hand)
I use the stock setup, with 3,4,5 being pots, 6 being mount and mouse 5 for artifact.
Changing the mount then autorun sequence would be good for page up and page down for me I think... even faster. That would leave Del open too. hmmmm...
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they are called tenkeyless
this is an example of your ordinary tenkeyless keyboard.
http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=72
and here is an example of one that goes even further and removes the middle section with the arrow keys.
http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=459
just examples though, i don't necessarily recommend those particular ones as being any good.
Movement: W, S, A and D.
Character screen: C
Jump: V
Inventory: Ctrl + V
Map: B
Mission journal: Ctrl + B
Professions: Ctrl + R
Block/dodge etc: Left Shift
Artifact: Ctrl + C
Use stuff: F
And that's pretty much it. The rest is the standard stuff. My thumb rests naturally on the left Ctrl, and I can easily use the thumb on that button and my pinky on V or B, so everything is within easy reach.
What I don't get is how you right-handed people use a setup similar to this. How the <bleep> do you use Ctrl and the number keys to access anything? (not a big deal here, but it's standard in most MMORPGs.) And holding Shift to spring etc? With what finger? o.O I have tried it, but I can't do it. I just can't. Even using the mouse with the right hand is a lot easier.
Edit: Added two keybinds
1. Changed auto run to R
2. Changed the R encounter key to F
3. Changed loot/interact to Mouse 4 button
4. Changed dodge to V and I turned off the double tap to dodge in the options so I don't accidentally dodge when I didn't need it.
Everything else is default as it's pretty much the same setup I use for all previous MMOs I've played.
As a right handed person, I hate the CTRL modifiers, however I don't mind Shift and Alt as my pinky can easily find and hold Shift while my thumb can easily hold Alt. With the Shift modifier, I don't click it with the edge/corner of my pinky, I fold my pinky so that I click it with 1/3 of my pinky resting on it making it less strenuous on my pinky.
4->Pot (change pot position when PvP or PvE)
X->Mount
The rest are the default keys. Q,E,R,1,2
One of the downsides of the interface design in Neverwinter is that its near impossible to look around you while you're fighting a mob. In the past, this has been a crucial ability for me so I can easily keep up with what's going on in my surroundings. I still can't do this but by using the thumb-joystick on the G13 and turning it one way, while using the mouse to look the other way, I can kind of pan around while moving. Not perfect but it suffices so long as I'm not actually casting at the time.
I bind auto-run to mouse key 5 and utility power to mouse key 4 so I don't even use the left hand to activate these.
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That tiny little keyboard on the top is my usual keyboard. A KBT Pure 60%. The bottom keyboard is a fullsize(and now swapped out for a Ducky Shine 2...the pic is a few months old). I use a 60% because I often need the extra desk space for written assignments.
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Looks like a vertical mount Silverstone Fortress case? Those are very nice. Built one for a friend very nice to work in (aside from SSD mounting). Near silent and great air flow. Weighs a bloody ton though!
Left and right mouse press moved me forward, if I press both it dose the dodge. Middle mouse invocation mouse 4 loot/chat mouse 5 auto run. Then I use my numbers and keys around E for skills and what-not.
Works well for me.
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I have the logitech M510 as well but it wont work in game. The buttons are set but wont work in neverwinter, help?
Normally skills are auto-bound to the number keys, which is an unnatural reach from wasd. The keys they have the skills bound to are what I normally change them to.
Only thing I've changed like others is auto-run to middle-mouse.
I'm am used to mounts being 6 and I hated continually clicking to mount and wasting my artifact.
Plus since I love my Razer Naga Epic the 7 is easier to reach and just happens to be in line with the 1 and 4 which I use as main Daily and Potion locations.