What power do you have on auto?

Unless I'm playing a stalker, I always put an attack on auto. For Katana or Broadsword, it's Parry. For claws, it's Follow Up. If I'm playing a blaster, I do exactly what VKhaun does and keep a blap on auto (in case something creeps up on me, I can just switch targets and smack him real quick).

On any other character, it's usually my fastest recharging melee attack. I got into the habit of doing this back when my computer was crap and I played a tanker. The lag was so bad that I wanted to be attacking (working Gauntlet) as often as possible even when I couldn't see what the hell was going on - you know, so my team mates wouldn't think I was slacking.

I never put things like Hasten or even Practiced Brawler on auto. I've tried it, but I'm just so used to getting near a guy and letting an attack fire off, it just felt weird. Like when you're surfing your favorite website and decide to switch hands.

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Click Mez protection are always on auto, and take priority. This includes Clarion if my squishies have it high enough in tier to be Perma.

Aside from that, Hasten is usually on auto if it is near perma.


If I have two+ clicks that are permeable, I usually auto the one with the lower duration/recharge rate. Such cases would be Domination, Rage, etc.

Definitely Hasten on those I take it, PB on my /SR chars, and on my /nrg blaster I tend to put Boost Range on auto when I'm high enough

Most that i auto have already been mentioned. Some though aren't always on. On my healer types i have the key for my PBAOE heal (healing aura, etc) bound to toggle auto for it on or off when hit so I can turn it on during battle and off when not needed by just hitting a key.

Hasten, or a rotating auto-queue (done either by bind/loadfiles or making each movement key switch auto powers).

Zip. I find it annoying especially when my attacks are interrupted and even though I play a lot of melee toons I avoid the sets with click antimez.

Im a bit of a noob so it usually has to be [Rest] thats on auto *sigh* .













[Hasten] really though ^^.

For Shield Defense: Active Defense

For Super Reflexes: Practiced Brawler

On practically everyone else: A melee attack, if they have a meaningful melee attack. Otherwise, nothing.

Nothing. Not even Practised Brawler. I dislike not having direct control over when something fires and I HATE having an auto power trigger right when I'm just a hit away from killing something dangerous like a Sapper and getting hit with a nasty effect. I find it simple enough to put things like Active Defence in places on my tabs where I can see them recharge and use them whenever I see them.

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Hasten on all characters, except those who have status toggles (I.E. Super Reflexes)

Every melee character has an attack on auto, usually a tier one or two with a proc or two in it. It just keeps the damage flowing faster in real team situations in my experience. I will try and always use the best available DPA attack or an appropriate AoE. I know this flies in the face of most melee players, but it allows me to focus more on target acquisition/positioning while knowing I will hit immediately upon entering range. Sure, there's the occasional unintended agro acquisition from flyby smacks, but I build for survival so there's no real consequence to it. Often I will put a high damage fast melee attack on auto for blasters (Ice sword, Bonesmasher, etc.) to deal with close opponents. I know the practice is not for everyone, but it works for me.

Farsight on my time masterminds. Hasten, sometimes one of the shields to remind me to rebuff. Never an attack, though I suppose that could be useful during the rare super-lag moments.

For most of my characters, their basic attack - the one you get at level 1.

Boost Range, Domination or Hasten usually.

Hasten, Kuji-In-Rin, and Domination - Originally I set up a bind file to alternate between Domination and Hasten but That grew problematic so I set Domination to auto and hasten to tilde.

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Originally Posted by Shubbie Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.

Status Proctection click-powers like Practiced Brawler, Hasten, Destiny Powers like Clarion, Rage, Boost Range.