Guild Wars 2

as a grendier engi for the last 30 days, my finger really got tierd..
can we use keyboard auto clicker in this game so i wont have to spam all day?
or its forbidden and i might get baned?

tnx

I just really wish grenades workd on land, as thy do underwater. The aoe would be just As strong, using the splash damage that already exists. Is silly not to have an auto attack, I frequently see the same Complaint as you have made.

Most people are Already running macros if capible. anet really needs to be aware of this and instead of penalizing, adapting.

I used my Logitech gaming software and setup a macro: “Press 1…wait…..Press 1….wait” and set it to “Run while held”. Works beautifully. I hold the key down and it acts as I’m just spamming the 1 button every half second or so.

I did have it set to “Spam 1 over and over”, but the green ground target circle was flashing like crazy and was annoying. Plus the extra button mashes were unneeded due to cast time.

“I just really wish grenades workd on land, as thy do underwater. "

Do you realize how huge of a nerf this would be in WvW? If this actually happened we would have NO viable options at range.

To answer the op, I did see a response from Anet on this saying it was allowed as long as it didn’t play the game for you.

Sundial- “Do you realize how huge of a nerf this would be in WvW? If this actually happened we would have NO viable options at range.”

Calm down! It can be something that you can decide through the options tab, just like you can choose to have fast-cast ground targeting in the options. It’s ridiculousness that this option was never implemented to begin with, and hasn’t yet due to MOST people asking for it. Make it an option, simple as that, those who don’t want it or want to have both options can have it. Easy Peasy.

To my knowledge, so long as you are there at the keyboard playing, automating a key click is perfectly acceptable to ArenaNet.

Key click as you described and is NOT used when you are AFK should not only not be an issue, but all but undetectable anyway. Now if you are using it while there is an event running and you walk away that is “simple” botting and can get you banned.

Also keep in mind it is one press / one action, so a macro like this is fine, but if you set a single key to launch a macro like 1 wait 2 wait 1 that is more of a gray area and could cause you some issues…

The problem with a keyclicker is ANet not only refusing to comment in some cases but giving outright conflicting information in others. Here is my request to support to ask if I could use a G-Key on my Logitech to press 1 every half second or so for grenade use so long as its held down (so still interaction on my part, but holding not rapid clicking):

Me:
Playing an Engineer with the lack of auto-attack for the Grenade kit (its a GTAoE and thus can’t be auto-attack set) is causing me some issues. Is it allowed to setup one of my G-Key macros on my Logitech keyboard to repeat a press of “1” every second while held down as opposed to having to push the key every second to obtain the same effect?

I’d like to make clear I mean for it to only be a single key, not a complex ‘rotation’ or anything like that, and i’d like to ask if I can set that up without causing trouble for myself and my account.

Reply:
The use of automated play is not allowed. You can read our policy about Third-Party Programs here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Policy-Third-Party-Programs/first#post354869

So in this particular dialog the answer is very much not a chance whereas the reply to the “combat mode” mod was much more of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” response which is a much more extensive change that I asked for. All in all, i’m still tapping a way on my ‘auto-attack’ key for grenades when needed but I spend a lot more time using rifle these days.

I’ve got my mouse macro’d up to cast 1 while held. IF i get accosted for this in any way i’ll just stop playing the game. It’s not worth the aching thumb.