Guild Wars 2

In GW2 there are many consumable items, key fragments that must be combined, and bags to be shiffled through that require endless double clicking -and, to be frank… it really starts to hurt; your wrist, and fingers, your tendons burn angrily at the abuse. And this is no light matter either; I’m sure you know of carpal tunnel syndrome, a disabily of one’s wrist caused by overworking them, which, in effect renders your hands as useless as taimi’s legs.

Certainly one can use abstenence, pacing, and moderation to lesson the toll of double clicking on our own end, but when faced by the bleak wall that is 100,000 alcoholic beverages, or restricted by a two week time block, it is not adequit or efficent enough a means, and thus we are almost forced to chose between our personal health and enjoying your product; to which there can only be one proper responce. I ask however that you do not bid us make that choice, but fine a safer, more comphortable alternative.

Its a very real threat, and yet, the solution is so simple, I am honestly appolled it has not been applied; all we need, is a ‘Consume All’ function.

That would definitely be nice. For me it’s all about going through those Essences of Luck. I don’t know how you got 100k alcoholic drinks??

But since they don’t have that, the next best thing would be a mouse click macro tool. I think macroing is against the terms of use for most MMORPGs, but I hope they won’t mind for this use case.

If you are on Windows, get AutoHotKey:
http://www.autohotkey.com/

Then create a simple script like this:
$F12::
Loop 99
{
Click
}

Then in game, just mouse over your stacks and press F12 to click 99 times on them.

On Mac:
I haven’t found any options that are as good. Most seem to only let click on a specific point on your screen, which isn’t flexible enough. However, this one is not too bad:
http://www.beecubu.com/desktop-apps/#iMouseTrick
Just set up to 100 clicks, time interval (eg 100ms), and a long enough countdown for you Cmd-Tab into GW2 and move your mouse into position.

Oddly it would often give me an “are you sure you want to destroy 99 Essences of Luck” message, which is strange because I’m not doing any right clicking. Just don’t click ‘Yes’, then retry when iMouseTrick has finished clicking.

I do not have it, I’m stuck at tier 4 -because, clicking asside, 100k beverages really submerge one’s expenses. Well, its not so bad if you buy at a vender, a set price of 16c compared to a base price 24c (with the price increasing everytime you pass 4,000 or so) saves a lot in the long run; but there again, unless you buy from the trading post, you are forced to double click to buy them one at a time… a long drawn out process that is both mentally and phyiscally taxing.

I don’t like to take chances at getting banned, so I’m going to avoid that meathod until I recieve a dev’s stamp of approval. However, such functions should naturally be present in the game, we should not have to look for third party programs to be able to safely enjoy their product.

? I have heard some odd complaints about computer games, but if you have Carpal Tunnel I think the smallest of your worries would be playing GW2 .

Morelike day to day useage of a PC or anything else that can cause RSI

You seem to be missing the point. I don’t think I have it… or at least, I hope I don’t. But that doesn’t mean clicking something 5,000 times doesn’t hurt, or that its healthy for your body either. I used carpal tunnel as a very really danger that can result from such activity.

Don’t devalue the issue with specifics, a problem exist that they could improve, so why not do so?

OtakuModeEngage.8679:

You seem to be missing the point. I don’t think I have it… or at least, I hope I don’t. But that doesn’t mean clicking something 5,000 times doesn’t hurt, or that its healthy for your body either. I used carpal tunnel as a very really danger that can result from such activity.

Don’t devalue the issue with specifics, a problem exist that they could improve, so why not do so?

So do something else like bind mouse click to the wheel, or if on linux use Bash or like others have suggested ……

OR if talking about luck ( a thread that comes up like every few days ) use it when you get it ?

I think GW2 has bigger issues like a whole profession with 60% of skills that do not work !!!

Mesmer !!

Kohlteth.3715:

I think GW2 has bigger issues like a whole profession with 60% of skills that do not work !!!

Mesmer !!

Yet unlike Mesmers, this is a really simple and easy thing to fix. Pain aside, it is also very time consuming and really boring to just sit there consuming 1,000s of items. And really, that’s what you have to do; there’s no way you’ll get the achievement without buying in bulk. Because if you just ‘use as you collect’… well, how many bottles do you collect in a day? That would be none, as they are only obtainable via crafting, venders, and the trading post. No, a ‘consume all’ would greatly improve ease of play, making consumable items far more safe, conveient, and user friendly.

and judging with how they seem to mess up every drop down menu, it would likely be right next to " consume one" or " Destroy all" and all too easy to hit the wrong one ( kinda like how kick from guild until recently was in party options)

I honestly don’t know why that would even exist, who would want to destroy a consumable item? If its taking space, just consume it; it certainly won’t hinder you, only helps.

…yes, this is off topic, but anything to keep the thread alive.