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Old 08-02-2016, 12:55 AM
turindo turindo is offline
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Default Bard Hotkeys

What hotkeys do you experienced bards use? I feel like hotkeys are more important for bards than the average class because we often have to hit a lot of keys while moving and we have to be careful about the strain we put on our hands from hitting so many keys. I assume most bards use macros for their 8 songs of the form /stopsong, /cast n. Here's what I used until recently when I started experimenting more:

Movement
forward: w
back: s
left: a
right: d
strafe left: shift + a
strafe right: shift + d
autorun: q

Targeting
target nearest NPC: ` (backtick)
cycle NPC's: tab
target nearest PC: shift + `
cycle PC's: shift + tab

Messaging
incoming: ctrl + q
charming/mezzing: ctrl + 1

Physical Attacks:
autoattack: e
ranged attack: alt + e
assist: alt + q

Song Macros
1: 1
2: 3
3: 3
4: 4
5: alt + 1
6: alt + 2
7: alt + 3
8: alt + 4

Pet Commands
attack: r
back: alt + r
follow: f
guard: alt + f

Camera
first person: mouse button 4 (Logitech MX518)
user defined: mouse button 5

The main reason I want to switch to a new setup is because it's too awkward to twist songs while holding down w, which can be important when pulling, kiting, or just chasing after a tank who likes to move around a lot. I saw one bard, for example, who bound his song macros to 4, e, r, f, and shift + 4, shift + e, shift + r, and shift + f, which is better, but still suffers from putting too much of the strain of twisting on the index finger.
 


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