At this point man I think we’re all getting too old for this stuff
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You don’t need to keybind literally every ability you have. Click some.
some are even better to click than have bound
looking at you bloodlust
Mrraaazz!
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People like this because it stretches the skill cap.
When the number of buttons is low, the skill cap is lower than when the number of buttons is high – a higher number of buttons means more players will struggle with that, which means that the people who have higher than average keyboard dexterity, especially with the modified binds (shift, ctrl, alt, etc), will be able to shine much more than the average player will, and they like that.
Some people who have average keyboard dexterity don’t like this because they think it tests the wrong thing, but WoW made a conscious decision to test keyboard dexterity when they created this system, and retail WoW is very much a game about keyboard dexterity. You have to “know your class” in terms of what you want/need to press when, but you also have to be able to do it, fluidly, quickly, and by muscle memory on the fly without looking down or using your mouse (assuming no MMO mouse) for anything other than movement/camera. WoW is now testing that – a big part of what makes a player “gud” is whether they are an excellent keyboard jockey, and obviously the players who are that love this system for obvious reasons.
I have poor keyboard dexterity (below average), and I’m okay with the current setup. I avoid almost all group content because of it, because my performance is sub-optimal as compared to players who are better with their keyboards, but in any case I think that the current system has more “fans” than the simpler forms WoW has taken … not only in classic, which is more my “speed” in terms of keyboard use, but also more recently in WoD and Legion. It’s fine, but it does mean that players have to be honest with themselves about where their own personal dexterity level is, and understand what this implies about their standing in the game community.
I have a ten keyless keyboard and that is like 10 keys less.
There used to be more buttons for some specs. I think if anything it has evened out how many buttons classes have now.
Just press all the buttons until the other player falls over… @_@
There are ways to raise the skill cap of the game without making it uncomfortable to play.