WAR UI questions
May 19, 2011 2 Comments
Werit tipped me into this questionnaire from Mr. Casey.
1. What method do you use to move around in game. (ex. WASD, Arrow Keys, Mouse Button 1+2, etc.)
I also use a N52te game pad and had the d-pad mapped to the arrow keys. However, I also sometimes use the right+left mouse buttons to steer when my left hand is too busy.
2. What method do you use to control your camera movement. (ex. 1st person mode, mouse RB, etc.)
Right mouse.
3. What method do you use to fire off your abilities (ex. Click on abilities, click on number corresponding to hotbar, mouse buttons, etc.)
I have all my buttons mapped on my n52te.
4. What method do you use to target your enemy targets (ex. Tab, click, combination, etc.)
I have a button mapped to cycle enemy targets. Very rarely, would I click on them, and when I had to, it made me angry every time.
5. What method do you use to target your friendly targets (ex. Hotkey, click on person, click on group/warband, Function keys, etc.)
Click their name in group/warband.
6. What method do you use to fire off your tactics/morales. (ex. Hotkey, click, etc.)
Mouse click – I always meant to bind them, but could never find the room for them on my game pad.
7. What mods do you use to assist in any of the above and how do they benefit you? (ex. Squared, etc.)
Group icons for sure and unit frames (Pure) are a necessity. The actual method of clicking and targeting was all done through base game functionality. I didn’t use any special assist mod or anything of that nature.
8. Breakdown of your play sessions. (ex. 50% ORVR, 30% Scenarios, 20% PVE, etc.)
It was usually about 20% ORvR and 80% Scenarios.
9. What one thing would improve your ability to control, target, or interact with the game? (please limit it one specific item)
Increasing the targeting range with tab/cycle target/etc… As I said above, I would get incredibly frustrated when trying to pick one guy out of a crowd from 100′ away on a ranged character. From that distance, the target to click was small, and usually jumbled with a bunch of other targets around them – and you could not cycle through targets to get them because the range on that function was about 65′ or so. It made me fume every time.
In the times between spitting my lungs out of my chest thanks to the ever-wonderful “Maximum Strength Mucinex DM”, I found that I was able to dabble a bit more with Darkfall, and I’m liking the game, despite some of it’s very serious draw backs, but I don’t think I’ll end up there for any serious amount of time, until those drawbacks are fixed, but I’ll most likely finish out my 14-day trial. I find I’m becoming less tolerant of some issues the more I game, and I have to wonder if that’s why I’m less of any MMOs right now, including EVE and WAR. Besides the point though, I want to talk about the things in Darkfall that really bothered me.
Last night, in a Sudafed and NyQuil fueled stuper, I decided to try a game I haven’t really given a fair shake in the past. It’s not a huge triple-A developed venture, and is extremely small population-wise, but it’s something that’s been sticking around and picking up players as it goes. It’s also a sandbox and non-level based, which is a fun twist from the classic MMO structure. I went into it, not really sure what to expect, but I wanted to keep an open mind. The game, (if you hadn’t guessed by now) is Darkfall.
So, from the various comments and tweets I received the other day, I decided to go with a Witch Elf to do my 
I know, I know, you’re eagerly anticipating the post from me about my Mythic trip and all the wonderful candy and rainbows that I got to experience while there. I am too. In fact, the content post is all written and done. I’m just waiting on a review to make sure I didn’t accidentally cross the NDA line and say something I shouldn’t have. Black helicopters and strike teams coming down zip lines with flash-bangs and assault weapons don’t top my list of “visitors I’d like in my home”. So, I’m going to do a place-holder post. A place-holder post is something completely off-the-wall, usually trite and forgettable, and sometimes not really sincere. So, I want to make sure your expectations are in the right place when you read this.
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