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My hand always cramps and gets sore after playing STO for any period of time, And Im not sure why? if this happens to anyone else, how do you deal with it?
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If you're going to play for long periods of time, I messed my wrist up a few years back moving some furniture around and couldn't use my left hand that well for a few weeks. I picked up a Logitech G13 with a wrist rest to control things better. unfortunately they don't make those types of keypads much anymore. closest is a Razer Tartarus. Razer Naga mouse with the 12 buttons on the side is also a great option.
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Is your mouse the wrong size for your grip? They make mice in tiny and big sizes (80-button gamer mice) so finding one that fits better should be possible.
Also, are you using that hand on the computer a lot during the rest of the day? Try taking more breaks.
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MMO mouse... I guess you could get thumb cramps from a MMO mouse.
Game has a great keybind system info is easy to find. I don't think its a great idea to bind everything to your space bar or something... but you can probably bind some logical things (like your attack buffs) to one key if your currently using a bunch.
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What kind of keyboard and how is your hand oriented compared to it?
As for Cyberpunk vs STO... I don't think Cyberpunk has the number of abilities STO has. Its more a FPS/RPG right? So it would have the basic FPS controls, which tend to be fewer than STO's hotkeys for various abilities which include Alt+key, Ctrl+key, and even Shift+key. So in theory... if you use keyboard hotkeys far more than someone like me, you're working your hand even more. I mostly just use the number keys in space, and click everything else.
The first ties several separate abilities to a single key that activates them sequentially with each key press. The second eliminates throttle up/down key presses.
All of this sure seems to quiet things down which can allow for much better focus on other things.
razor deathstalker, and i keep my hand fairly level and aligned with the WASD keys. It may just be straining to reach keys I dont normally use in other games. Might be time to look at keybindings
Wow... that is a sweet keyboard. I just looked it up. Similar layout to my el cheapo Insignia keyboard, as in not ergonomic design, but yea... nice keyboard.
And yea I think it might be how much you're moving your hand to hit keybinds compared to other games. Short term solution might be to click on things more than rely on keybinds. Reaction speed might drop just a bit, but it might save your hand a bit until you find a solution that fits you better. I think I've gotten to the point where most of my Captain abilities or Kit abilities are almost muscle memory with the mouse. Then again with Captian skills I tend to place them in the same spot as much as possible across characters.
I usually use the mouse to steer, click and move, the keyboard is rarely used other than space bar and E
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There are many guides on google as the best placement for your body and hands while playing games please look into them. Your body should not have such issues playing this game or any game for that matter.
A basic "tactical rotation" can be anything from 4 boff abilities all the way up to over a full tray. Here's an example..
Photonic Officer -> Emergency Power to Weapons -> Beam or Cannon firing mode -> Attack Pattern Beta
I don't find it possible to reliably click on or press 4 to 10 (or more) individually keyed abilities as well as buffs, heals, captain abilities AND also pilot my ship. To make things even harder, using cooldown reduction (i.e. Photonic Officer) makes a lot of these things come up *even faster* which for me usually results in a frenetic race to activate things until a mis-click or neglect of piloting while trying to activate things ends up with my starship exploding. There's just too many things happening at once and it's the same abilities that come up over and over again. Surely there's an easier way?
The time spent to set up a basic keybind script and practice a little bit could very well be one of the best returns on time invested available in the game despite the fact that trying new things can feel a bit awkward at first. A single key can be designated to sequentially activate the abilities in a select tray. Smooth and stress free.
Get yourself a keyboard wrist-rest/pad. One for your mouse would be good too. That's helped me a lot over the years of using keyboards and mice in general' and I definitely notice the difference when at work at a keyboard or mouse that doesn't have either available
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Look up STO Keybinds on Sourceforge.