autoattack vs confusion, etc
Most top players have AA off to stop attacking in confusion, I am lazy so most of the time I have it on but I turn it off when I face a good team" if they have a mesmer or engineer" but if you face a good Mesmer/ engineer than you should definitely have it off otherwise you will die from confusion.
I can’t think of any reason to turn auto-attack off over pressing escape. Having auto-attack turned on is a significant mobility and DPS advantage.
I used to, but now my auto attack key sticks a little, so I have to keep auto on. I just have to learn where the escape button is.
I don’t have opinions. I only have facts I can’t adequately prove.
esc stops aa? can this be hotkeyed to some other button? i see nothing in hotkeys menu.
I have sheath/draw weapon bound. It stops attacks (not just auto)
Bind this to whatever key you wish
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The reason why many pros will leave autoattack on is because if you manually press the autoattack button, you are unable to interrupt the attacks to do another action, but if you let it attack by itself, every attack is instantly interruptable. This allows for much greater flexibility with regards to dodging and fast combat changes.
There are a couple exceptions here, like the ranger sword autoattack, which is just abysmal.
The reason why many pros will leave autoattack on is because if you manually press the autoattack button, you are unable to interrupt the attacks to do another action
It is kittened that the devs designed it like this.
And yeah, that was why on my ranger I was swapping to a style where I kept auto-attack on so I could daze out heal skills consistently… well… before this game lost any and every competitive interest.