Guild Wars 2

I made my ele. 2 days ago and reach level 13 now. I love it, since its more “Advanced” to play than my warrior and necro. But i have one problem with it…

When i play, i use W E Q to walk.. Its weird i know. I use WASD in all other games, but here im used to walking forward with W and to the side with E or Q depending on where i am going. Turning by changing the camera angle. It sounds strange i know, but thats how i play.

My problem is, if i press W and E or Q at the same time (To walk to the side) i cant change attunment. This is pretty stupid, since it “forces” me to stand still or walk in a straight line whenever i need to change. This is KIND OF “game breaking” for me… And before you start telling me to learn to walk normally… Its not easy after playing like this for 1000 hours on this game…

This should really be fixed, why is pressing W and E or Q preventing me from changing attunments? It shouldnt

I think the problem is with your keyboard, not the game. Look up “keyboard ghosting” on google for an explanation of the problem. The gist of the problem is that certain keyboards can’t accept multiple simultaneous keypresses. So it could be that, with your keyboard, pressing W + E locks out a block of keys which includes your f1-f4 keys.

The reason I don’t think it’s a problem with the game is that I have no issues swapping attunements when moving diagonally with m2 held down, and jumping/evading, etc.

If the problem is keyboard ghosting on your end, one possible solution (besides getting a dif keyboard) is rebinding your attunement swap keys to others that are not blocked out when you press W+A/D.

ResJudicator.7916:

I think the problem is with your keyboard, not the game. Look up “keyboard ghosting” on google for an explanation of the problem. The gist of the problem is that certain keyboards can’t accept multiple simultaneous keypresses. So it could be that, with your keyboard, pressing W + E locks out a block of keys which includes your f1-f4 keys.

The reason I don’t think it’s a problem with the game is that I have no issues swapping attunements when moving diagonally with m2 held down, and jumping/evading, etc.

If the problem is keyboard ghosting on your end, one possible solution (besides getting a dif keyboard) is rebinding your attunement swap keys to others that are not blocked out when you press W+A/D.

Aha!! It may be my keyboard, yea… I use the crappy one that came with my computer (most likely a 10$ one)… I do plan on buying a new one anyways! Thanks

hmmm i was wondering what caused this (i cant swap to water whilst strafing); but i have a decent keyboard (TT esports ultimate); thats a shame "/