Help with mouse turning / strafing

I am having trouble finding a way to get the mouse and key movement to work like other games.

Essentially what I need is for the turn left and turn right keys to strafe when the mouse is being held down like every other game in existence. Now that I have moved to the standard keyboard set up for other games (essentially unbinding the strafe keys and using mouse button + turn keys to strafe) I can't find a way to do this in CoH.

Argh I can't play the game currently since I have relearned all my reflexes to play this way. Someone please tell me there is an option I am missing that allows me to set up CoH this way!

Honestly...

I have no clue. I used the strafe keys back when I started playing, before I realized I couldn't actually dodge anything. I don't think I've bothered touching them in the last 6 years though.

I'm so used to the setup we have that I can't play anything else without adjusting it first, so I feel your pain. In most other games Q and E strafe and I can't stand it, I have to have them for looking now.

I generally just hold down the rightclick and use the mouse to orient myself when travelling. Hopefully someone that uses strafe will come along shortly.

I've never found a way to make your turn keys turn into strafe keys while holding down the mouse like other games do. Admittedly, I've never looked too hard.

The good news is, I find it fairly easy to adjust when I go to a game that uses that scheme (and when returning here afterward), but YMMV on that.

There really is no "strafing" in CoH/CoV per se. There are tactics to bomb/hit baddies from cover with a few powers. But due to the way mobs are notified and the to hit calculations it is my understanding running/flying/jumping have nothing to do with your chances of getting hit. Also, due to the way people target in the city it is impractical to erratically move and fire. Strafing by it's nature is a type of AoE fire. Only about half (or less?) the AoE powers in the game are actually targeted on an area. An area is harder (for me) to target than an individual anyways, and I would hate to do it on the fly.

Which type of powers are you trying to use "strafing" an area?

If all you want to do is move sideways... A and D do that. (Q and E turn.) I tend to use the right mouse button for movement+looking around. A, D, S and W are for coarse movements and moving/stopping. It isn't hard to switch being playing CoH and something like Team Fortress 2. They're different enough styles where I don't mix them up, and since movement in CoH is really not critical, it doesn't matter as much either.