Guild Wars 2

Overview
It’s bothered me for some time that Guild Wars 2 is such a dynamic and action packed game, yet the controls really don’t allow you to fully take advantage of the gameplay. Although GW2 does provide a “quick cast for ground target spells”, it is very difficult to properly target the spells without the aid of a proper reticule.

Now I’m sure that a lot of you have your own personal workarounds, but I couldn’t find any posted here. The following is my take on the workaround:

The first part is to enable “toggle capability” for mouselook…

1. You will need to get the Window tool XMouse: http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm
2. Once installed and loaded, go into the configuration mode and add the Guild Wars 2 exe.
3. Choose one of the mouse keys (I picked mouse scroll up) and set it to “Sticky Right Button”

Now whenever you press that configured mouse key, your character will automatically enter mouse look mode.

On top of the above, I also recommend setting the Left Mouse button as “Simulate Keys”:
X

Then bind X to your first most spammable attack. This will cause your character to shoot on Left click (like an 3rd Person FPS).

The second part is to properly “play” your character…

1. Move your mouse cursor to the part of your screen where you want the reticule. (I usually pick the point about a centimeter above my character’s head)
2. Toggle on mouse look
3. Whenever you want to ground target a spell, press your key for the spell to show the targeting reticule. Press it again to cast the spell.

Playstyle…
I personally chose to bind my dodge buttons to my mouse as well (by using XMouse to change the default behaviour of right mouse button to actually send Alt-8 to the game, then binding Alt-8 to dodge). This way the entire game takes on a very 3rd person shooter feel… Something I think the game was going for in the first place.

Obviously, you don’t have to use XMouse. For those of you who have Logitech mice, you can use SetPoint, but XMouse is just a nice Freeware tool that happens to be highly customizable.

As a general tip, I’d also recommend tuning your Camera Rotation Speed to the lowest possible… as otherwise you’ll be spinning around pretty fast.