Guild Wars 2

I’m going to go through the struggle fest that is a renovation of key bind changes within the next couple of days and I’m curious what you guys all run for your utilities and such outside the WSAD that i plan on keeping.

I have a mouse with an available 7 buttons i can use for any assignment so if there’s any suggestions with those crazy ones, post it anyway.

If this doesn’t get much response i’ll probably wing it and see how it goes. Everything will be efficient with practice.

Here’s my setup:
F1-F4 as default, 1-5 weapon skills,
Q – heal, E – elite, R,F,V – utilities,
T – mark target, X – interact, Z – weapon stow, C – about face,
Shift – dodge, Alt – look back
Mouse4 – weapon swap, Mouse5 – assist target

Barely changed anything since launch, works pretty well.

(Left handed):

WSAD – Movement
Tab – Push to Talk
Caps Lock – Weapon Swap
Space – Jump
Q – Dodge
E – Target Nearest
Shift – Look Behind
Alt – About Face
Mouse 5 – About Face
Mouse 4 – Stow Weapon
Mouse 3 – Utility 1
\ – Heal Skill
Z – Utility 2
X – Utility 3
1 to 5 – Weapon Skills
Alt + Q – Weapon Skill 2
Ctrl + Q – Weapon Skill 3
Alt + E – Weapon Skill 4
Ctrl + E – Weapon Skill 5
F – Elite Skill
Ctrl + F – Elite Skill
Ctrl + 1 – Profession 1
Ctrl + Mouse 4 – Profession 2
Ctrl + Mouse 5 – Profession 3
Ctrl + R – Profession 4
G – Profession 4
R – Autorun
Ctrl + T – Call Target
T – Select Called Target
Y – Target Next

Redundant keybinds are class specific. For instance, when I want to forward phase retreat on Mesmer I can just left click to detarget → alt + q → right click → alt.

This is the same for forwards Withdraw, Burning Retreat etc except with \ and alt + e instead.

You can do a Mesmer GS burst as follows: 2 → hold down ctrl → q → mouse 3 → mouse 4 → release ctrl.

C&D → Steal on Thief goes like: hold down ctrl → e → mouse 3 → release ctrl.

Unfortunately I had to come up with keybinds that represented a happy compromise for 8 different classes. I wish keybinds were stored per character like they are in Tera. I also wish you could use left and right click as ctrl/alt binds (also like Tera).

Jump dodging is somewhat awkward at times (q + space). Space + v works well for right handers since you can thumb both keys. To get something similar as a left hander I need to do it with alt + z, but then I have to shift all my utilities over and it will take some time to get used to.

Certain things like canceling Supply Crate are annoying because my esc key is miles away and you can’t stow cancel crate when you are in a kit. Ditto for conjures.

Profession 4 has a redundant keybind because Distortion and Earth Attunement have uses as panic buttons (protting/invulning against burst), so I have it on a separate key, where I don’t need to do 2 actions (alt bind) to get an instant effect. Over time I just automatically use it both ways in different situations.

Go with whatever is comfortable as long as its not skill clicking. If you click skills you can’t turn the camera and activate skills at the same time. I try to keep reaction skills to one button, adjacent to WSAD where possible. Sometimes I have redundant alt/ctrl binds if they have multiple uses. I try to keep camera control and canceling on the mouse so I can activate skills with right hand and stow cancel with left hand.

For a while I didn’t bind S (back peddle) so I could get used to left click, about face, right click. I couldn’t live without backpeddle but running into free camera is a good habit to get into. You can keep the camera fixed on your target, no matter what direction you are traveling in, even if you are running away from your target. You can also attack/dodge stuff behind you.

Here’s what I use:

Profession skill 1: Tab
Profession skill 2: Q
Profession skill 3: E
Profession skill 4: V
I don’t recommend having f1-f4.
Dodge: C
Weapon skills: 1-5
Heal: 6 (I really plan on changing this, I don’t recommend having heal on 6)
Utilities: All on mouse, Teleport being middle button.
Elite: Alt + Mouse 3
About face: X
Stow weapon: Alt
Next enemy: R
Look behind: Shift
Nearest enemy: Ctr + R
Autorun: Num Lock (Can be annoying)
Pvp build: J (Very helpful)
Weapon swap: ; (Don’t use it much)
Mowement: WASD

This revolves around playing ele and having 4 profession skills, playing a thief or warrior should be easier to figure out keybinds

weapon-skills and F1-F4 standard
Utilities: Control+1-5 (I’ve played tons of SC:BW and SC2, so pushing control with the bottom side of my hand, not a Finger, is no problem.)
F – Stow Weapon
Q – look back (I use this all the time… ppl should get in the habit of pressing this key every 2-5 seconds)
E – turn around
1 additional mouse-key for switching weapons and 1 for switching targets (Control+Mouse-Key for nearest target)

QZX,SHIFT = Profession Skills
1234,E = Weapon Skills
VCG,TAB,Scroll Wheel = Heal, Utilities, Elite
ALT = Weapon Swap
Extra mouse = Dodge
~ = About Face
T = Stow Weapon