Comments on: Switching Gears

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:33:26 +0000

On this post Analog had one shot.
http://looking4more.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/vuhdo-is-easy/

http://looking4more.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/vd-full.jpg

I keep mine closer to the center of the screen, just inside my party frames. Analogue, ask that shot shows, keeps her part frames off a lot fo the time.
Sometimes I have my vuhdo on the right side too. Usually on the left though. I also like to blow mine up nice and big so the hot icons don’t block much. And more side then tall. The wider they are the easier it is to get a sense of just how full the health is. Small squares, used by those who prefer the healbot look, don’t give as much awareness of the relative levels. A nice long bar lets you more easily see the difference between 15% and 20% (for example).

By: Gromdred

Gromdred — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:06:52 +0000

Like everyone else here, i try to keep everything as close to the same for each toon. And i too, go with simpler rotations on alts. The only issue there is when you’re in a group and suddenly expected to do something you never do on your own.
The clcret addon really help with the ret pally rotation… Give it a try.
Healers- how do you have vuhdo set up on your screen… I’m just curious. Ana, can we have a screen shot?

By: Stubborn

Stubborn — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:39:01 +0000

I’m an altoholic, too. I have about 15 toons on 3 realms in both factions. I rarely play some of them (particularly from my first realm), but I still log on and mess around here and there on my old “mains.”

I do exactly what you do with the keybindings being associated with certain abilities, so my defensive cds are all on “T” or … well nothing’s more boring than listing keybindings, but you get the point.

Additionally, I agree with the idea of alts working best with simple rotations. I haven’t played my max-level druid in a while, but I fear getting back into the feral rotation will be a pain in the butt.

By: Ado

Ado — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:36:25 +0000

I do much the same thing. Is is sad that I have a 14 button mouse and I’m starting to look at having some buttons also have a modifier function?

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:15:30 +0000

I started doing the ‘make my binds the same’ ages and ages ago playing Real Time Strategy games. It really helped to always have 1 but light fast scout type force and 4 always be some heavy ‘punch’ like a squad of tanks. That way I spent a lot less time trying to remember stuff. On every character 5 is always an AOE move. 1-4 are always core moves in the rotation. 8 is almost always a rapid movement button, like disengage or charge. Interrupts are usually 9 and often are a mouse button bind too.

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:08:03 +0000

Yup, having those ‘must hit fast’ things in the right place is so key. Taunt is always the same on my tanks. And I had to move it out of the way from where it was on non tanks so my muscle memory still worked. I finally figured out that putting my ‘pet attack’ macro on my hunter in the same place as taunt worked well for retaining that. When my brain says “ah! I must get that target off of something it should not be on!” then I hit that key. On a hunter it gets stuff off me and on a tank it gets stuff on me but it is still the same reflex. Also on all my tanks I have my cooldowns in the same ‘patch’ of key binds. So in a pinch hammering a few keys in that area will make something good happen.

By: repgrind

repgrind — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:44:16 +0000

Binding similar things is very helpful. For instance, every single toon has their interrupt on the same key. Not all of them are as useful as others, like the once per minute silence of the spriest, but still .. that’s where it goes. Even Kerick has his Rebuke in the same spot .. you never know when you might need to get in a clutch interrupt while healing.

The two DKs have all of their keybinds identical.

I … am ok with ret, but don’t find it all that much fun. So I dropped it in favour of another holy spec with Denounce and the other talents that buff the damage of Holy Shock and Exorcism. You might try it, it works alright for questing. Not having to drag around extra gear is nice, too.

I’m not sure what it is with arcane, but it just failed to hold my interest this expansion. Fire … has taken time to get used to, and I’m not entirely sure I’m good at it yet. It does take a lot of practice.

By: Troutwort

Troutwort — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:17:26 +0000

The problem I have with 10 characters on a server with the lowest three being 19, 49, and 71 is that I log in and go…which 80+ do I want to play tonight?

I found that Altoholic was the best add-on for me. That’s one that is now a little difficult to play without.

By: Saga

Saga — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:40:53 +0000

I do it the same way as well. Every tanking character has Taunt bound to the same key for example. It’s just a lot easier that way.

But then of course you switch from tank to healer or healer to dps and you end up with a few more changes. But for the most part it works out.

Then, you have the really silly keybinds that have a random thing depending on your class, and you’re too used to hitting it at what may be opportune moments..

Like having Life Tap and Blink on the same key. I can’t begin to count how many times I had to Blink into a trash pack before I got used to the fact that my Mage did NOT need to automatically hit that key when she was low on mana…

By: Analogue

Analogue — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:28:52 +0000

Exactly! For PVE, nothing beats instance-running for making you remember how to play a character, it’s like jumping into the deep end of a pool. But nothing feels as good as going back to the main… “Ah, flight form keybind, how I’ve missed you”.