No, you didn't confuse me (which might have been hard to presume based on my totally neophyte posts on this topic thus far!).

I'm just trying to get my head around combat with the G13 versus my standard keyboard/mouse today. What I know for sure is that I need to have ready access to more commands as my team hits more challenging content. (I've almost exclusively boosted until my team caught my warlock.)

Then, for bags, trades, chat, etc. you use the keyboard.

Why not use the G11 keyboard? Seems like the bank of 18 keys brings a lot of ready utility?