So I have decided that I am going to stop keyboard turning that I have been doing for a long long time. I used to just type in turn speed and set it to 255 but I am going to try and be better.
I have unbound all my keys and currently have it so that the W moves me forward and the S moves me backwards and then hold my right mouse button to turn whatever direction I want to go.
My question is do I need to actually need to have a Keys that will allow me to turn left and right? I am wanting to use the keys that would’ve sent me left and right as ability keys. Is there a downside to doing this? Thank you
You don’t really need turning keys for the most part but I’d definitely recommend keeping the strafe keys. That’ll let you avoid bad without turning away from whatever you’re fighting.
I have mine bound to A and D instead of turning and then use Q and E for abilities. If I really need to turn with the keyboard, I just use the arrow keys but it’s pretty rare that I need to.
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from what i hear, rebind a and d to strafing instead, this opens up q and e as hotkey bindings instead. If you rebind your a and d keys to hotkeys you might accidentally hit one of your abilities on accident as you adapt.
This as well, if your turn keys become your strafe keys, at least when you do mess up you’ll only move to the side, rather than say, burn an important ability.
i remember my couple days of pain learning binds and strafing after i was a clicker for years, i just used reg bgs to force better muscle memory so i wouldnt die so easily LOL.
would suggest A and D as strafe left and right, i personally just turn where i need to go with the mouse while strafing. S being keybound for me is pretty handy since im so used to just turning with mouse+strafe