Guild Wars 2

Bad idea?

I’ve seen all these posts about owning some snazzy mouse with a million buttons on it but I’ve done okay (havn’t tried GW2 with a mouse, or any game really). Should I invest into one or something to get an edge? Or is it just inconsequential?

Either way, I kind of feel like a kitten when people get surprised that I use a touchpad during sPVP and Wv3.

Holy kitten. Yes, get a mouse and save yourself a nightmare if you ever plan on pvp or even higher level pve. This is a very mobile game and you should never be keyboard turning. I can’t imagine how difficult it is to circle strafe or camera turn with a touchpad.

Playing Ele with a touchpad will make the class as bad as most people here seem to think it is.

I applaud you for playing with a touch pad for this long

Wow, Get a mouse A.S.A.P

Hey if using the touchpad works for then I say keep doing it. I assume that you’ve remapped some of the keys to make using the touchpad easier.

LOL at the responses here!

I did say that I play a touchpad, but not that I’m actually bad at playing. I can turn the camera just fine (probably better than most, since I can do complete 180’s with just a flick of a finger compared to all of that… clumsy mouse moving when you reach the edge of the mousepad)

I was just wondering if it was that big of a deal, lol

Azunai.5974:

LOL at the responses here!

I did say that I play a touchpad, but not that I’m actually bad at playing. I can turn the camera just fine (probably better than most, since I can do complete 180’s with just a flick of a finger compared to all of that… clumsy mouse moving when you reach the edge of the mousepad)

I was just wondering if it was that big of a deal, lol

If you have no problem playing then it’s not really a big deal. The question would be if playing with a mouse would allow you to play more efficiently

Azunai.5974:

LOL at the responses here!

I did say that I play a touchpad, but not that I’m actually bad at playing. I can turn the camera just fine (probably better than most, since I can do complete 180’s with just a flick of a finger compared to all of that… clumsy mouse moving when you reach the edge of the mousepad)

I was just wondering if it was that big of a deal, lol

If you ever reach the edge of the mousepad, you need to crank up your mouse sensitivity. You should be able to turn the camera 360 degrees in less than an inch with DPI set properly.

Definitely get a mouse. Preferably with a dozen or so extra buttons so that you never have to take your fingers off your movement, voice bind and dodge key while fighting.

Caffynated.5713:

Azunai.5974:

LOL at the responses here!

I did say that I play a touchpad, but not that I’m actually bad at playing. I can turn the camera just fine (probably better than most, since I can do complete 180’s with just a flick of a finger compared to all of that… clumsy mouse moving when you reach the edge of the mousepad)

I was just wondering if it was that big of a deal, lol

If you ever reach the edge of the mousepad, you need to crank up your mouse sensitivity. You should be able to turn the camera 360 degrees in less than an inch with DPI set properly.

Definitely get a mouse. Preferably with a dozen or so extra buttons so that you never have to take your fingers off your movement, voice bind and dodge key while fighting.

Hmm, sounds good! I’ll try that. Thanks!

Azunai.5974:

Caffynated.5713:

Azunai.5974:

LOL at the responses here!

I did say that I play a touchpad, but not that I’m actually bad at playing. I can turn the camera just fine (probably better than most, since I can do complete 180’s with just a flick of a finger compared to all of that… clumsy mouse moving when you reach the edge of the mousepad)

I was just wondering if it was that big of a deal, lol

If you ever reach the edge of the mousepad, you need to crank up your mouse sensitivity. You should be able to turn the camera 360 degrees in less than an inch with DPI set properly.

Definitely get a mouse. Preferably with a dozen or so extra buttons so that you never have to take your fingers off your movement, voice bind and dodge key while fighting.

Hmm, sounds good! I’ll try that. Thanks!

Get a Razer Naga, you won’t regret it. If at any point in sPvP you have to take your hands of your mouse and WASD to use something then it can be improved.

You don’t even need a mouse pad

You can actually play the game w/o ever having to use a mouse or touch pad (at least with D/D, staff requires you to use a mouse). It’s actually not that hard to effectively play D/D w/o using a mouse or touchpad :P

daphoenix.4283:

You don’t even need a mouse pad

You can actually play the game w/o ever having to use a mouse or touch pad (at least with D/D, staff requires you to use a mouse). It’s actually not that hard to effectively play D/D w/o using a mouse or touchpad :P

But don’t I have to at least tap the touchpad twice to deselect my target in order to use RTL as an escape?

Don’t I have to use the touchpad to at least survive the abysmal underwater combat? (aiming bubbles, dashes, etc)

Don’t I have to use the touchpad to more effectively control my movement and allow for sharp turns (which is necessary in order to kite a large amount of mobs/players)

Don’t I have to use the touchpad to aim my lightning flashes for escapes, gap closing, and various tricks such as the churning earth/lightning flash combo?

I can name a few more that I need to do with a touchpad (or a mouse, but I don’t have one for now), but I’m too tired.

Also, I liked your videos, +1!

There’s a button that can make your char spin around. It’s nice combined with updraft/burning retreat.

ATC Alpha.4098:

There’s a button that can make your char spin around. It’s nice combined with updraft/burning retreat.

Definitely useful information. Thanks a lot!

You should at least try a cheap mouse for a short while and then compare the two. I think you might see an increase in your ability to play your ele with a mouse after some practice. but if you like the feel of a touchpad then stick with it, its your game so play it how you like

I personally use a razer naga with the 12 side buttons and I think it’s the best investment I’ve made as far as PC peripherals go It makes things so much easier for me personally, it keeps the keyboard pressing to a minimal and attunement dancing feels much more fluid

There’s a stream of this paraplegic player that uses a pen held with his mouth to play. Not even a touchpad, just the arrowkeys for movement and camera – and he plays reasonably well. I forget the link to it.

Respect!

I don’t like the way the mouse is coded for this game… tried using a touchpad and found that didn’t improve anything. If ground-targeting wasn’t such an important part to this profession I would have scrapped mouse functionality for remapping everything to keys but as I can’t avoid using the mouse – my RMB is prolly near broken already.

Really looking forward to the devs doing something to improve controls in this game.

Using mousebuttons gives no advantage in game like GW2. It is up to you what you like better, using keyboard hotkeys or mouse hotkeys.

Then for mousepad vs mouse for targetting and stuff. I have to say mouse will always be superior in accuracy, speed and ergonomic, in every regard.
And it will be quite unlikely to be as good as a “top mouse player” can be.

If you think otherwise, I’d like to see a video proof….

Sabull.5670:

Using mousebuttons gives no advantage in game like GW2. It is up to you what you like better, using keyboard hotkeys or mouse hotkeys.

Then for mousepad vs mouse for targetting and stuff. I have to say mouse will always be superior in accuracy, speed and ergonomic, in every regard.
And it will be quite unlikely to be as good as a “top mouse player” can be.

If you think otherwise, I’d like to see a video proof….

Oh, I don’t have video proof (for now) but I’m pretty kitten sure I’ll give all but the best mouse players a run for their money.

Whatever works for you I guess. I just feel so silly playing any game without a mouse tho…