How do you walk?

Rattus_norvegicus99 · Post by **Rattus_norvegicus99** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:06 pm

DirtyDeity wrote:WASD here. Using the mouse is for kids.

THWACK!

Post by **DM_Ironfist** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:19 pm

I have other people move my characters for me, welps.

Yellena · Post by **Yellena** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:32 pm

Beloware the issues I have with each system (reason I use both):
WASD: Crappy turning manuveur
Click: Crappy pathing

RockandRollOutlaw · Post by **RockandRollOutlaw** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:36 pm

Point and click is much safer. You still are moving to your destination when you lag with point and click. If it lags with WASD you are all of a sudden teleported back to where you started holding down your keys.

Besides, you can speak while walking.

Gnomeo · Post by **Gnomeo** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:54 pm

I use WSAD. But, I have W as run, A as walk, and X as backward. For some reason I thought this was not the norm, but maybe it is.

God In Action · Post by **God In Action** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:01 pm

Somehow I find WASD (or spacebar) more interesting, simply because I then have to concentrate and make minor adjustments. Clicking is more boring, I just watch. Is that a weird reason?

Twily · Post by **Twily** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:08 pm

Gnomeo wrote:I use WSAD. But, I have W as run, A as walk, and X as backward. For some reason I thought this was not the norm, but maybe it is.

Q - Step Left
W - Walk Fowards
E - Step Right
A - Turn Left
S - Run Fowards
D - Turn Right
X - Step Back

Despite using 7 keys all the time, the N52te turns it into natural fluid movements for me.

Post by **triaddraykin** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:28 pm

Twily wrote:

I also use this though, so walking with the keys is substantialy easier then the mouse. I actually never use the keyboard unless I'm typing.(I even use the device above to Shift-Click)

I am never PVPing you.

Twily · Post by **Twily** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:12 pm

triaddraykin wrote:I am never PVPing you.

It doesn't make that big of a difference in functionality unless I'm on a mage.

*says the person who plays a mage*

Bran Bree · Post by **Bran Bree** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:50 pm

Mostly Click-to-Walk. I do this so I can have hands-free to type if I need to emote.

(Edit: After reading these other posts, I'm going to try some of the other methods mentioned.

)

Chalan · Post by **Chalan** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:14 am

More WASD than clicking, but I do click to move very often.

Seven Sons of Sin · Post by **Seven Sons of Sin** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:17 am

Like Kuma, I have 'forward walk' bound to my spacebar. So I use that in conjunction with A and D keys.

While I do shift+click occasionally while adventuring, I truly only use 'click movement' in combat. Where the keyboard is ignored except for hotkeys.

Post by **The Kriv** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:18 am

I remapped "Walk" to the space-bar to make it easier, otherwise, it's "DRIVE MODE"

zeylin17 · Post by **zeylin17** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:00 am

I would use clicking more if the waypoint systems wasn't so flawed and kept me from walking into cliffs and random objects and then getting stuck, so 70% of the time I will wasd. If I am talking I will click ahead talk then take over with wasd after I talk.

AEJDR · Post by **AEJDR** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:27 am

For me it depends, normaly mouse, but when the server is bussy or internet is slow, its the keyboard.

Tashalar · Post by **Tashalar** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:27 am

Twily wrote:

I also have one of these! Though I tend to Click-to-walk most of the time at the moment (with Detect Mode on, because Human) I do use WASD in some situations.

Jagel · Post by **Jagel** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:33 am

Click move primarily. When stealthing I WASD more.

Post by **Irongron** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:47 am

I'm not sure I've ever used the keys for walking, it's just too labour intensive.

Stath · Post by **Stath** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:47 am

I use Drive Mode about 97% of the time, here. I probably clickwalk for 2 minutes out of every hour on Arelith or something. I like using the keys, it's more fun having direct control to me at least.

Wordless Truth · Post by **Wordless Truth** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:55 am

Both. Really a good balanced amount of both. There are good situational reasons for either of them, which is why I would not like seeing either of them gone.

Mayonnaise · Post by **Mayonnaise** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:27 pm

I mainly use the WASD, and have separate keys for walking and running.

Post by **Aelryn Bloodmoon** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:30 pm

I usually move with the keyboard.

W=Run Forward
A= Turn Left
S=Reverse
D=Turn Right
Q=Strafe Left
E=Strafe Right
R=Walk Forward

During terrain issues I will usually switch to mouse-movement. Having been informed once that using WASD to move is more taxing on server gameplay (I did not verify this but due to the nature of the thread assume it was true), I will occasionally intentionally switch to mouse movement just to save the server some stress for someone who might need it on a crawl somewhere.

I also switch to click-movement for RP during travel. (Although monks can make this difficult!)

During combat I move almost exclusively with WASD and use the mouse only for targeting (and very sharp turns).

Rattus_norvegicus99 · Post by **Rattus_norvegicus99** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:44 pm

I'm a bit concerned now, is the method of walking that is less popular going to be tossed out?

The Rambling Midget · Post by **The Rambling Midget** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:56 pm

WASD can't be tossed out, but the server could probably limit the resources allocated to pathfinding, (click-to-move) which would help to speed things up.

Post by **Mithreas** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:09 pm

Rattus_norvegicus99 wrote:I'm a bit concerned now, is the method of walking that is less popular going to be tossed out?

...

No.

We're investigating the best method of implementing sticky combat modes (so e.g. expertise isn't cancelled by moving). Knowing how people move is important in making the right judgement call on how to implement it.

-Mith

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