pix said:
Keyboard only worked great for FFXI. It didnt need a mouse. Saying people only want keyboard because they only played FFXI is stupid. Ive played a ton of MMO's and want only keyboard for FFXI. Its easy to use, faster reaction with macros, and it suited the game. The reason why every other mmo used a mouse isbecause they were clickfests. Every ability goes to a hotbar and you click everything. I know some poeple used macros in wow, but most people didn't.
You just emphasized point B.
b. played another MMO for a few months, but didn't customize their keys (i.e. clicked everything with the mouse)
That's not how I played it, and that's not how the majority of people in my guild played it.
This was my basic setup...
The movement controls were esdf + mouse... hotkeys were mapped to 1,2,3,4,5,q,w,r,t,a,g,c,v, mousekey1, mousekey2. That's 15 abilities easily accessible without having to remove my fingers from moving... throw in shift/alt+allthosekeys and that's 30 abilities at my fingertips. The only thing I used the mouse for was aoe/cone attacks, targeting mob/player, and camera/movement.
Not everybody gets that in depth with that kind of customization, and that's fine. What is important however, is that the option is there. You should be able to have a custom setup like above, or something similar to FFXI if you wanted. Being forced into one scheme is stupid.
Also FFXI has the best tab targetting system (IMO), andw as easyto target what you wanted.
The best tab targeting system? I don't remember that. I remember spamming tab b/c I overshot my target and having to wait for it to cycle back around. Even if your right, who cares. Selecting with a mouse is much more efficient anyways.
Need to upgrades my GPU I think.