How do you play?


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Originally Posted by BlackAmaranth View Post
I play 3rd person, zoomed out a bit to see all of the mob I'm fighting.
I do Something that most people don't do, I use the Number Pad for movement. I never got in to the WASDX Movement keys, even back in the days of Doom/Quake/Counterstrike. I always preferred num pad for my right hand and number keys for my left. And I can use the mouse with either hand as it sits between me and the keyboard below the space bar.
8 is forward, 7 & 9 are move left and right, 4 & 6 are turn left and right, 2 is backward, 5 is Face Target, 1 and 2 vary on which toon I'm on. Normally they are "OH CRAP!" Binds. Like Hibernate and F1 (Green Insp) on Angry Woodsman, or Transfusion and Transference on my Kin.
I also use the QWERTYUI Keys for Heal Other on my Emp and Speed Boost on my Kin
Q is Teammember 1, W is Teammember 2, and so on.

I've been wondering. Does anyone else use similar keymaps? Num Pad for movement and such?
Nope, never tried using the numberpad. Been using the WASDX since before doom etc... Now i use the numberpad to controls my MM's zombies. Now the past few years i've been using a track ball to control most of my toons (and do most things in the computer) It has a thumb ball and a series of buttons that i used, but thanks to a hand/wrist thing lately, I've had to give that up amd am in the process of relearning how to use the keyboard to control the toons.


 

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I play 3rd person, but I tend to keep the screen centered on my current or next target, so most of the time the right mouse button (freelooking) is held down most the time. The only time I go 1st person is in cave tunnels.

I've had observers go dizzy watching the freelook play. While I execute a power, I want to quick look at what else is happening in the fight, when the animation ends, quickly hit page down again, execute more attacks, doubleclick my power to go to the next foe. (Unless playing a control or support type, at which I do a quick look-see to see if buffs or holds need to be layed down again)

I play control types often times, so the habit of target jumping gets ingrained in me. The target's almost dead, and my big attack is up? Swap to another target, to get the full meat of the damage. Swap back, finish off target 1 with a lower attack, unless a team member has obliged. Swap to target 3 if there is a mez/debuff available, to lessen their threat. Then go back to target 2 to finish them off. Hit target 3 with a big attack, checking if the mez/debuff is back for other targets...etc. Someone made the mistake of targeting through me once. "Once." /Danny Vermin


 

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Waaaaay better than @Rave Slave.


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Originally Posted by Peterbilt
3rd person, zoomed just far enough back so I can get a good look and my amazing characters' rear-end. (Or is that my characters' amazing rear-end? either way)




What? Don't even TRY to tell me you don't do the same.
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Yes, my amazing back side can be seen across zones and servers.

Bow to my butt-awesomeness.


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Originally Posted by Peterbilt View Post
Yes, my amazing back side can be seen across zones and servers.

Bow to my butt-awesomeness.
Hmm... moonbase view?


 

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3rd person default distance usually works okay, but I do zoom in and out as I switch characters.

I just enjoy watching the action too much to go full-on first person, esp. martial arts and flying blasters.




 

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Rarely anymore.


 

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Originally Posted by Cimmadif View Post
Just kinda wondering.

Do you play in 1st person view or 3rd person view?
Neither. I play with my eyes closed.


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Originally Posted by The_Bronx View Post
I call you out 'cause it's a guaranteed laugh for me, even though it is true that you're a BEAST.

Who has ever died with you on a team?

But ..



I still lol'd.

How easily the silly are amused ..
a beast?? I don't know if I should be offended or not

and I'm not as good as you think I am. A lot of people die when I'm around


 

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You kept me alive while I was beyond drunk and passed out throughout numerous missions, running aimlessly with my frontal lobe and getting lost in a damn Safeguard in the rare moments of consciousness.

I rest my case.


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With my pants off.

High on PCP.


 

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Originally Posted by _Isendre_ View Post
a beast?? I don't know if I should be offended or not

and I'm not as good as you think I am. A lot of people die when I'm around
since I ran with you a few times, I would say dont be offended.

you can count the masses that are plowed through as people are dieing around you.


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3rd is the only way to go!!

Plus why spend so much time dressing up my toons in cute outfits if I can't see my handy work!

I like to make the boys drool! :P


 

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Originally Posted by WittyLibrarian View Post
Neither. I play with my eyes closed.
That explains ALOT


 

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Originally Posted by BlackAmaranth View Post
I've been wondering. Does anyone else use similar keymaps? Num Pad for movement and such?

My husband does. He seems to like it better that way. It's a good thing we have 2 sets of keybind movements in the setup or I'd be royally screwed when using a toon of his.. I reset all my keys at the beginning.. slightly different config. w=forward a= left s=right z=back d=target next and f=target closest. then c to toggle my travel power on and off.


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