Guild Wars 2

So has anyone tried it yet in pvp and how did you like it?

For me it is a mixed bag really, but maybe my camera settings are just not optimal to use the action camera.:
- Targetting was rather cumbersome using the crosshair against fast moving targets
- Trouble staying on target when the target runs ‘through’ you the whole time, whereas without using the action camera (when using maximum camera distance) you could still just cast groundtargetting abilities ‘behind’ your own character
- It feels somewhat weird in downed state, sometimes when getting downed in a corner the camera got stuck in a weird angle
- The major plus side my own movement is much more fluid and responsive

Please share your thoughts below (and this is by no means meant as a rant).

I use it when I want to quickly toss a skill out in a random direction and then swap back to my main target. Due to this, I have the cam toggle set to my left alt for quick access.

My thought is: why not just use the free camera?

I love it! mind you I used to use combat mode mod. I like that right click gives us a way to actively target. Even though it took a while to get used to not using it as dodge. Targeting is way better than what it was. I really do love some of the other feature that came with action camera too! Such as being able to swap targets mid channel and the ground target as far as possible features.

I never have or will play the base aiming mode. After playing raiderz, neverwinter and thousands of hours of skyrim I just can’t do tab targeting it feels so.. foreign.

I only have two issues with the action camera:

1. if you hit both left and right click at any point your character stops what its doing and runs forward(and if you let go it does not resume auto pressing 1). I’d prefer to be able to disable that.
2. mouse wheel up and down. I used to bind keys like weapon swap and lock auto taget(drop target) to these. Most of the time after you’ve found a comfortable zoom level you do not want to change it. I’d prefer to have the option to bind to them.

@OP you may want to increase your turn speed if your struggling to keep on targets.

I have issues targeting individual players across the map and placing ground targeting skills. It could be that i’m just not used to it. I’ll give it another shot later.

As for regular camera function, I find it easier to use the improved Tab function and simply point click any target in a split second. I admit that I can’t instantly cast a ground target skill without first adjusting the ground target to where my mouse is… incredibly annoying.

Saiyan.1704:

I have issues targeting individual players across the map and placing ground targeting skills. It could be that i’m just not used to it. I’ll give it another shot later.

As for regular camera function, I find it easier to use the improved Tab function and simply point click any target in a split second. I admit that I can’t instantly cast a ground target skill without first adjusting the ground target to where my mouse is… incredibly annoying.

What do you mean with ‘improved’ Tab function?

What slightly annoys me when pressing 1 to manually start auto-attacking it does not resume auto-attack when moving out of range and back into range again. Which happens all the time in pvp. Having to constantly aim with ranged attacks whereas having auto-aim with the regular camera puts you at quite a disadvantage when using action camera as well.

PS. Thanks for the tip, I also now bound Action Camera to Left-Alt.

There’s way to set a skill to auto fire iirc. I think it was Ctrl+w.e skill you wanted to spam.