ThePipe

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I'm tempted to say something impolite and insulting in reply, but let it suffice to say that I can do most things in just about any program more quickly by using the keyboard. Many of them more accurately, as well. The main advantage of a mouse is in ease of use, not efficiency of use. (Again, in most cases. In CoH, the mouse is, for example, much better for fine navigation, as it offers a degree of precision that the keyboard cannot easily match.)

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Well duh, this is a City of Heroes forum, and I'm talking about City of Heroes. I have no doubt that you can navigate more quickly in Microsoft Word with hotkeys than you can with a mouse. But pick a first or third person game and I'll show you why a mouse is far better for accuracy/control/efficiency than keyboard.

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Air Superiority - nothing to add here....

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I like to solo a lot with my blaster and I always toggle between fly and hover when I'm fighting (I swear my feet haven't touched the ground since level 14). My strategy is usually to use build up, nail the boss as hard and fast as I can to take him down, then fly up to deal with fliers that come after me. If there's more than one, I use Air Superiority to knock their butts back to the ground, which is usually well out of aggro range at this point. Then I go down and do it again.

Edit: Some more stuff:

1. If you're a meleer and you're chasing that poor unfortunate mob that just doesn't want to be caught and pumelled, and of course running at it's back won't let you get a shot at him, try jumping over him. You'll often get that last shot off in the air.

2. If heading a long distance across a zone, first check with broadcast to see if there's anyone at your destination who can TP you.

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The Train drops you off and lets you on in different spots of the station. For the longest time I thought I actually had to go and touch the ground on the zone and go back in, you've just got to go to a different room in the station.

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LOL I thought I was going crazy when I first started used the train station.

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5. Something I just learned – holding down the “ctrl” key and clicking on a power in your tray will set it to auto fire/active as soon as it recycles. (provided you have a target chosen and in range and available endurance).

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Is there anyway to auto-set more than 1 power at once?

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Something that I have found when running around especially in the sewers where the tunnel passages alternate between the left and right sides of the path. Instead of turning left then going forward and turning right to go in the door just use strafe left or right. Its much quicker than turning.

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3. Good grief, this may be the most important piece of advice in this thread: Learn to use your mouse! If you use the right button, you get free look. All you keyboarders need to evolve into the current century.

4. It's been mentioned before but I'll say it again. Don't Recall Friend someone without asking! Just the other day I was heading to pick up Awakens for a mission we were about to do but I got teleported across the zone before I could.