How Many Keys do You Use?

[jrkilroy]

When multi-boxing, how many keys do you really find you end up using?

With the caveat that I have not leveled a team past 40 yet, I'm find I pretty much run this:

"Pull" key = Tank opener, plus any class specific/encounter prep (i.e. totems).
"Taunt" key= in case aggro slips from the tank, uses a modifier to switch between single target and group.
"DPS" key= This where the /click macro's reside for each class, as well as the general aggro spam for the tank.
"Interrupt" key= I have my interrupts on a round robin.
"Crowd Control" key= modified key sets focus in round robin, main key casts CC spell at focus then target=lasttarget
"Random Other" key= depending upon the team, I may have one other ability like tremor totem on a hot key.

That's just about it. I have the ability to move slaves independently, and some out of combat keys, and repeater regions for healing. That's about it. Outside an instance, all I really use is the first two or three.

How about you?

[thefunk]

1 for standard dps
2 for movement dps
3 for just tank

that's about it during combat really. I tend to swap 2 with situational fights

[Gormand]

I am just reworking mine now to include a few more things but will likely look like this

` - IWT tank + DPS
1 - Tank + Heals macro
2 - DPS macos
3 - Tank macros
4 - Target
5 - Misdirect to tank
6 - Bloodlust
7 - Survival (Deterrence, Antimagic shell, shaman drop earth ele)
8 - Drop Fire ele
9 - AoE from hunters
0 -
- -
= -

F1 Follow strobe on tank
F7 drop standard totems
F8 totemic recall
Alt+1 = Aspect of the hawk
Alt+2 = Aspect of the viper
Q = Turn off follow strobe and move all DPS and healer back (So they break follow, I find it needs spamming 2-5 times to properly turn off follow strobing)


Numpad - Heals (I have a razor naga now, so a lot of healing can be done from my mouse using my numpad config. A few buttons are hard to hit but 1-6 work very well, 7-9 are a bit harder and my hands are just too damn big for 10-12 to work very well)

I think thats about it for combat based stuff. Movement for tank is done via mouse and WASD, DPS strafe with the left and right arrow keys.

[Ualaa]

1 through =
Shift A through Shift ; (home row).
Shift F1 through Shift F10
Shift ~
G1, G6, and G13 - G18.
Backspace.

[Gormand]

1 through =
Shift A through Shift ; (home row).
Shift F1 through Shift F10
Shift ~
G1, G6, and G13 - G18.
Backspace.

At least your not using Alt with your F keys, had a guy in our guild do that :P

[Ualaa]

I suppose I use "T" for lifetap on the warlocks.
And Alt+1 for Soul Drain, on the warlock team too.
But those keys aren't used for other teams.

The Alt F4 thing is kind of funny.
I remember a guy using Alt F1 through Alt F5 for PiP swaps, and posting about his Keyclone swap error, a while back.



*edit*
Jimbobobb reminded me...

I have the arrow keys for independent slave movement.
So four more keys... )

[OzPhoenix]

Runninh an All-Paladin team I can see, especially once I merge my DPS keys into a single /castsequence I'll be using very few keys indeed. They're only 30 now, so I'll do that once I actually have more than a couple of DPS keys to use... hehe.

[jimbobobb]

I have a lot of wierd situational keys, but honestly I only ever press 2:

1 dps/tank/heal key for everyone

1 wg/drop totems/use long cooldowns key

I spam both of these non-stop, and that's actually it.

Actually I lied. I have a follow key, and movement keys.

[Prega]

i use a lot of keys.
write the keys:
< z \1234567tyuiop num pad: 0.123456789/*+- and all F1-F12 and keys INS+CANC+HOME+END+PGUP+PGDWN

it s 49 keys. but included all, buff keys and healing keys

add to those wasdqe(move) + gh(spread out)+ rows(fwd-bck-turn L/R) and my G11 4x special buttons for strafe actions L/R for all andfor followers only.

not exactly automated:p

[emps]

Wow! Some of you guys have so few.. I'm jealous. I think I'm going to just suck it up and sit down one weekend put my keys on diet mode..

I usually run with DK + 3 Shams + Healer (pally/sham).. Rune management and RS sucks. I have about 6 for DK and 4 for Ele DPS. I have 6-7 for Heals. Excluding formation, modifiers, etc..

[genocyde]

all told i use 48 keys on my gamepad, another 11 on my mouse, another 13 keys on my keyboard. Like everyone else is saying I obviously don't use them all in the same situations. But that's what I have bound - 72 keys and I bet I use all of them at least once per online session.

[Fat Tire]

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~ through = and F8-F12 with a few crtl+ macros


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Numpad 1-9,*,/,-,+

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I remove the numpad on keyboard for more room and have 8 macro keys on the keyboard for out of the way useful stuff that I dont need right away in pvp. Mounts,drinking etc. Only time I ever use my keyboard for anything is when I have to type/talk.