Guild Wars 2

Hey there, I saw a thread on the elementalist forum about their razer naga setups, so I thought maybe I’d post something similar here. Sure we don’t have as many F buttons to push, but that doesn’t mean our setups aren’t complex. So I’d like to see what others do to achieve the same things.

My personal peripherals are a Merc Stealth Keyboard and a Razer Naga. This setup allows me to rebind things in a comfortable, flexible manner.

I don’t bind things in a logical fashion, I bind them the way my hands naturally want to work. That way there’s no thought when I want to use or do something. So if my setup looks strange, it’s because of that.

The merc stealth has a sort of gaming layout that is a bit different so a picture will be more descriptive than words
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/wheelofdoom/GW2F/kl.png
Everything is pretty well standard except for some redundant keys that I had a tedancy to mix up. So I made skill #5 as buttons 5&6 and my heal(#6) as 7&8.

I like to be able to keep my fingers on the WASD while I hit other buttons, so the rest of my skills/butons are on the mouse. The button layout on the side of my mouse looks like this.

For reference:
http://www.gamemunition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Razer-Naga-02.jpg
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| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 |F4|F4|
|F1|F2|F3|F3|

The layout looks strange, but it works well.
Utility Skill #1(7) and #3(9) are usually instant casts like balanced stance and Frenzy(respectively) or with a shout build “FGJ” and “Shake It Off”
Utility #2(8) is almost always bulls charge or a snare.

My elite(0) is bound to make a nice little square with my other utility skills(cause we all know SoR is just another utility)

Having the F keys bound the way I do allows me to have quick easy access to adrenaline skills and makes using other classes a relatively simple transition.

The redundant keys are only because the last 2 rows of buttons are harder to press, so they’re more like “zones” that I can hit without thinking.

I think that having proper control over one’s character and skills are extremely important to playing their best. Having the right tools and setting them up properly are a big part of that. You don’t need gaming hardware to play your best, you just need to be comfortable with what you use. That being said, I really love having the Razer naga. It has given me much simpler access to things that would normally be uncomfortable to use.

Your turn!

I use a 5-button mouse (left, middle, right, two thumb) Logitech and a standard keyboard. Bindings are the following:

M3 (Burst)

M5, 2, 3, 4, 5, q, r, f, v, g (reading across the skill bar)

t – switches weaps, alt – dodges

1 and z are two other profession keys for when I played a Guardian, but since Warrior only has the one, Middle Click takes priority there for easy access.

Rolling with the standard keyboard that came with my PC and a 3-button mouse…ahhh yeeaaa. Heal/6 bound to Left Shift. 7 bound to X. 8 bound to C. 9 bound to V. Elite/0 bound to B. Burst/F1 bound to Mouse 3. Dodge bound to R. The only problem is when I play another profession I have to reach up to the F2-F4 keys but all in all I recommend this keybinding setup to ANYONE who only has a standard mouse and keyboard.

Logitech g15 and logitech g500. I have dodge and auto run on my mouse thumb buttons, perfect for lazy walking about in wvw. I use buttong 1-6 then 7=Q (endurepain/bullscharge), 8=E (shake it off), 9=X (for great justice) and 0=C(Signet of rage/warbanner).

This means my left hand always has quick and close access to skills at all times, especially being able to break stuns very quickly.

I use a razer naga so my set up is simple. 1 – 10 are my skills just like in game, 11 is my burst skill and pressing my mouse wheel switches weapons.

Mouse 1 = Target

Mouse 2 = Turn Camera

1-0 = Skills

F1-F4 = Profession special skills

QWEASD for strafing and moving

standard keyboard, logitech mx518 here.

1-5 – weapon skills
f1-3 – slot skills
f4 – elite
zxcv – burst/profession special

middle mouse – heal
m4 – auto attack
m5 – weapon swap

e – target nearest enemy
q – look behind
tab – stow weapon

Not a fan of Naga’s, too much thumb control doesn’t seem like it’d be great for simultaneously/quickly hitting binds.

- 1 – 4 + Q = weapon skills
- E, R, T, shift + T = utilities
- shift + Q = elite
- shift+R = burst skill

- SMB1 = dodge
- SMB2 = auto-run
- shift + SMB1 = flip camera
- shift + SMB2 = turn 180°
- MMB = voice comms

I keep it pretty simple. Using WASD for movement and unbound turn keys.

I use a Naga as well. I really am more significantly efficient with my thumb than with my left hand, so I bind as much as possible to my mouse.

1-10 = skills
11 = auto-run
12 = burst ability
Mouse Wheel = dodge
Mouse 4 = target
Mouse 5 = weapon swap

For those who are curious, Mouse 4 and 5 are the two buttons near the front. This setup probably wouldn’t work well for people with larger hands, and I get why the OP left room for redundancy in his bindings. Luckily, my hands are on the small side and just the right size to be able to reach everything comfortably without mashing the wrong buttons accidentally.

I just recently got a logitech g600 , similar to naga. still getting used to all the buttons but as a tank I usally end up doing the targeting so having ctrl-T on a mouse button is very helpfull, I also have weapon switch, F1. working on adapting to using more