[ Ice Queen Mei ] Let us switch Left and Right Fire buttons!

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Hey there, silent lurker here asking for a small QoL change for my dear friend Mei.

The current issue:

Primary fire is the Spray while Secondary fire is the Icicle shot.
I want to switch the mouse buttons without affecting Mei E ability (The Great Wall).

The way it affects the E ability is that… If you change Left to Right mouse buttons in settings, it also changes the E ability interaction.

In short: Left click becomes “Cancel Wall” and Right click becomes “Place Wall”.
Image of the issue: https://prnt.sc/WwGozZ3Bp3ev

I want to be able to shoot Icicles via Left click without having to press Right click to place my Wall.

Thank you!

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Yup, this is the #1 thing I want for Mei.

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This is something that has been bothering me ever since Ow1

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I just swapped the inputs back in 2016 and got used to it.

But it makes playing Mei’s snowball fight mode impossible. :slightly_frowning_face:

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Even getting used to it is such a Pain. I’d like to do it like Sojourn… Just change and forget

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Agree

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I truly hope this post gains traction. It’s a nieche thing sure, but I don’t imagine it being hard to implement as a quality of life. It would help us Mei players sooo much.

Clicking Left mouse button to shoot is much easier to aim with then right click. Sure we can get used to it, but it’s still inferior

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Oh my god YES. I have hated this since Season 10. I actually was just about to create a topic about this and then I noticed this.

Please make this change!

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Lol I have no idea why it would do that. Seems just silly that one control affects the other like that.

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And it’s frustrating because it not only affects the ability, but general interaction with the events

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This is a Mercy issue for some people, too. Some want to switch keybindings for blue and yellow beams, but that makes it so that if you pull out your pistol, you have to right click to shoot.

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Damn that is completely true as well

It sounds like such a nieche thing, but this quality of life change for few characters would be quite massive.

In Mei case, when I switch Left with Right clicks, My aim increases as drastically as 24% on my Icycle shots in average.

But I keep on failing to place my wall (by canceling it on accident) so darn often it’s simply not worth attempting to trick my brain into the “correct” way.

Image of the issue: https://prnt.sc/WwGozZ3Bp3ev

I will try to push as far as I can this QoL request until it’s heard… It would be a game changer like for people on Sojourn swapping their Fire keys

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They could also make more consistent default bindings. Most people want left click for precise shooting, right click for others. That doesn’t fix Mercy though

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I know I switched buttons on Moira.

Left for attack like EVERYONE ELSE, and right for utility.

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I understand the whole… “Primary and Secondary” modes of fire, but what happens when we as players want to switch them in places to accommodate our play style:

Sadness happens

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I want this for 7 years now :sweat_smile:

well… that is not entirely true… After about 2 years I trained myself to think that way. m1 cancels m2 builds, so it is not issue for me for 5 years now.

But I feel you my fellow Mei enjoyer. It should be a thing… 7 years ago.

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I tried. Believe me… I got Proficient with Left and Right click. But for the hell of me, I keep on speed clicking E + Left to place a fast emergency wall… and it cancels… and I realize it canceled… and I’m dead

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Well it is…

Her default beam state is blue, so you would like it on m1 in most cases. But then when you whip out glock, you shoot with m2, and that is bad.

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thats pretty stupid. i didnt know that bc i dont main mei. i agree that this is a needed QoL for mei players who want their icicle on leftclick.

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Well, I understand. The fact that I got over it does not mean it is easy for everyone. That is why I support this idea. Just pointing it should be done 7years ago already, but dev team does not give a flying duck about Mei :sweat_smile:

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