Guild Wars 2

Problem 1: Combat forward run speed is approximately 210 range units per second. Strafe speed, in and out of combat, is approximately 180 units per second.

Problem 2: Holding down the right mouse button while standing idle turns the camera not the character.

Fix for Problem 1: Strafe speed, in and out of combat, is increased to 210 units per second.

Fix for Problem 2: Holding down the right mouse button while standing idle turns the character with the camera.

Fix those problems and the game will feel allot more responsive (less sluggish).

Yea, the movement speed makes me feel like an old grandpa.

Well naturally, you can’t run as fast going sideways as you can going forward. So it makes sense that strafing would be slower.

As for the second issue, I agree. Would be nice if we could rotate our character with the right mouse button. The left and right button do the same thing (rotate the camera). Might as well change one (the right) to rotate the character for faster response time.

I agree completely that turning character while you rotate camera with right mouse button would be nice.
However, I can imagine it’s not “easy” to implement if they would want to do it right, as it would involve change of character animation. The character would have to move the feet while turning (stepping in place), or else it would look rather lame.

As for faster strafing – personally, no thanks. The image of teen thieves (thiefs?) circling around me even faster and “lolling” even louder is not a nice thought.

For that camera issue thingie, I believe there is an aproved third party program for that. At least, I think there are some threads here and there about it and moderators who agreed it isnt against regulations atm.

I’ve encountered a bug that causes right click to rotate your character while standing still. There’s no animation for it and you just rotate, compared to the foot shuffle of hoding down a or d.

I’m pretty sure strafing reduced speed is there for some balancing reason and is unlikely to go away.

As for mouse turning I agree there should at least be an option to toggle it on/off.

I remember being able to turn my character using the mouse, only in combat mode though.