[Jawn]

good setup, ill change to esdf next beta :)

[Ashante]

Interesting thread! Some great tips and a few viable options. Have never tried ESDF, will give it a shot next beta. I'm left-handed, and tried OKL; while playing AC2 years ago, but couldn't get used to playing with the mouse in my right hand. Playing right handed just sits nicer with where CTRL SHIFT etc are.

[Fyuryus]

Can you bind the mouse scroll-wheel (scrolling, not pressing) in Aion?? I'm trying to figure out a more effective system for flying control and was thinking that binding 'rise' to "scroll up" and 'descend' to "scroll down" would be very intuitive and wouldn't conflict with current controls. 'R' and 'F' just do NOT work for me at all. My flying looks more like a drunken idiot. lol Didn't get a chance to test the scroll-wheel idea out before CB shut down, though.

[isLuForever]

Socio said:

Really nice guide actually. My binds are almost identical + or - a few things. Coming from playing a Warlock in WoW arena in a very competitive environment, I've been using around 50+ binds for quite awhile now, and this is almost exactly how. I go so far as to use 6, y, h, b as well + shift modifiers on all of them. (these are of course things that are used even LESS frequently, but still were necessary for my warlock binds) I also use W and R as my strafe keys instead of S and F, but that's just preference really and what I've become accustomed to. On top of that I use a very few control modifiers as well, but only for seldom used things like buffs and such.

50+ binds for a Warlock? You're doing it wrong. I got to Gladiator twice with nothing but Fear, Shadowbolt, and Drain Life.

[Bloonhan]

in some parts i agree in some i disagree i think the wasd is still better cause it leaves the thumb and pinky in a better position for CTRL, ALT, SHIFT and i like to use tilde and tab key as ability keys too

[Sixotanaka]

isLuForever said:

50+ binds for a Warlock? You're doing it wrong. I got to Gladiator twice with nothing but Fear, Shadowbolt, and Drain Life.

That's what you get for playing on emberstorm....

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If you're looking for a few extra keys, the binds I use in WoW are something like this

1-6, alt 1-4, shift 1-4, ctrl 1-4, ctrl f1-f3, shift f1-f3, f g q e r t z x c v b t y j (don't ask), ctrl of all those, shift of all those.

The main skills were on 2, 3, q, e, r, t, f, g, c and b, as they are the easiest to press.

I also had s binded to target self, shift s to target part member 1, and alt s to target party member 2. (5v5 was utter ****-tastic since season 2, no need for further binds.)

For UI interaction, I used del as whisper, ] as lock interface toggle, \ to sit and insert to sheathe/unsheathe weapon. I used `and mouse 6 (two binds, cannot click with mouse six held down, cannot press some hotkeys with ` held down) as Push to talk hotkey, and mouse5 as auto run (mouse back button). I used w as walk forward and a and d as strafe, first thing I do in an MMO is to unbind backpedal and keyboard turn, although I'll have s binded in Aion.

I hope I've given you a few ideas, the most important thing is to chose hotkeys that make sense! Don't bind something important to alt + p (bonus points if you know what I'm referring to), and likewise don't bind something unimportant to q or 3.

Also, for general suggestions, don't click spells if you want to be good... ever. Never use the keyboard to turn, and above all remember, you can't possibly time your attacks perfectly after every animation ends, you should press the button quickly until you start doing the action you need.

Hope this helps :P.

This post has been edited by Sixotanaka: 22 July 2009 - 02:17 AM

[MrSilver]

Nostromo

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[Calindor]

Download X-Mouse Button Control, make one of your thumb mouse buttons Ctrl, Alt or Shift and use that as the modifier.

[Senryth Kurai]

I like this guide alot. I will be using a setup close to this come launch. Thanks!

[Jjay]

logandilts said:

and like munken said, you can use just one button to toggle wings on or off, which helps a bunch.

I'll have to disagree with this one, having one key for your wings is a bad choice. There is always the chance to double tap your wing button, and that = fail, specially if your in combat or w/e tryin to evade. Your cool down timer on your wings will not be ready for use, and you fall :(

The number one complaint of friends in Caion was accidently hitting their wing button on accident, and it causing death... maybe it was just the lag though. Either way, i suggest using 2 keys for your wings.

[Demonicus]

Awesome post FenixStryk

Being a leftie getting a control scheme to work is a real pain.

Your guide helped me map a mirror version nicely.

I'm mirroed using T as W on my scheme.

Much respect!

[aenphire]

Great posts, mad props. I learned a lot from the guides in the thread. One thing I didn't see was if we can bind opening and folding wings to the same key. I tried to do it with the regular options in game, but no dice.

[Sinkro]

This awesome thread should be kept alive in the first page :)

And what would you say about using the extra mouse buttons as a modifier? So something like "mousebutton1 + 3."

[Valmaria]

Yay thanks for the help :) I've been wondering which keys are more suited to certain category of spells:) I'm rather new to all this and I just had a feeling while playing Aion that I wasn't taking full advantage of my key board...and guess what I sooo was not!
Thanks once again to everyone :)

[logandilts]

Sinkro said:

This awesome thread should be kept alive in the first page :)

And what would you say about using the extra mouse buttons as a modifier? So something like "mousebutton1 + 3."

i'd say it's a very good idea... i generally haven't had a problem using shift as my only modifier... but i might change that and use a mouse button instead once Aion is released... i haven't decided yet...

basically if you have a mouse with a ton of buttons (like the 9 on mine) then you can get plenty of keybinds without needing to use a mouse button modifier... but if you only have a basic mouse with 1 or 2 thumb buttons then it would probably be a good idea to use 1 or both of those buttons as modifiers.

[Baffles]

I personally stick with WASD. It just works better for me. With my shift, alt, ctrl I have 48 viable hotkeys which my hand is comfortable going to. With ESDF certain keys and the distance to my modifiers just seem out of place. This could all be due to my hand size and what not.

I'm not knocking using the ESDF, I'm just saying that WASD is still very viable and in my case more efficient.

[Valmaria]

If you use r and f as hot keys..what are suitable keys for rise and fall when flying?

[logandilts]

i think most people (including myself) use mouse buttons for rise/fall.... i've given a decent amount of thought to it, and i just can't seem to find a good way to handle rise/fall with the keyboard... but if someone else has then please share because i have no idea.

[Zergal]

Happy to see that the setup i found myself is pretty good...actualy its pretty much the same as yours, but i use mort Alt than shift as a mod.

Hope this will help some people, would had realy liked that kind ''guide'' when i first started keybinds, years ago :P.

Whatever the situation Binds>Click, especialy in PvP.

[Kaoliene]

+1000000 thanks for this guide. May I steal and/or edit it? :grin:

FenixStryk said:

I wrote an awesome keybinding guide here but Kaoliene edited it out so his post wouldn't be huge.

This one is nice too. I much prefer the WASD setup tbh.

This post has been edited by Kaoliene: 04 August 2009 - 09:15 PM