Share your Keybind!

Hey there!

Fresh 60 SCH and I've been using macros for various combos to cut down on keybloat/general panic fatfinger issues. I've been told I am (or will soon be) a terribad for doing this. I'm not really here to debate that, since I'm willing to at least try queueing my spells manually to see if it really is a noticeable improvement. My question is really how do YOU combat the keybloat?

I play on PC and use keyboard/mouse. I like to target with my mouse and use my left hand for casting. Right now I have macros bound to q,1,2,3,4,e,r,f,z,x,c, and v. I have a CD bar with things I click manually during my rotation, like fey wind, rouse, aetherflow etc. I also have a dedicated non-combat bar for travel. If I wanted to use these same buttons for all of my abilities individually, what's the best way of laying them out? Or are these buttons even the way to go or am I doing it all wrong?

Feel free to share your keybind no matter your job if you think it's efficient. I'll take advice from anyone. Thanks!

PS4 controller on computer solved everything for me. Don't really use any edited or combination macros for anything but im only 58 sch atm. I actually wish they would make an L+R set for skills.

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Originally Posted by Mycow8me

PS4 controller on computer solved everything for me. Don't really use any edited or combination macros for anything but im only 58 sch atm. I actually wish they would make an L+R set for skills.

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If you mean just hold down the L+R buttons at the same time, select "extended crossbar" and you can set a crossbar to be brought up when holding L ->R and R -> L (or the same for both like me).

I also play on a PC with Keyboard/mouse and a Razer Nostromo

keyboard or mouse on my right hand and Razer on the left hand

i have my keybinds setup so that the skill slots are access though numbers 1 to 9, - and =.
bar 1 i access by pressing the directly on the slot
bar 2 i have to press the Ctrl buttion then the slot number (eg crtl+1)
bar 3 i have to press the alt buttion then slot number (eg Alt+1)
Pet bar Crtl+Alt

on the razer on my thumb i have Alt bound and look around bound on the thumb stick
on my little finger i have Crlt bound

my 3 main fingers i have movement bound in the following way

strife left, forward, strife right
move left, back, move right

Q and E are remapped for "target nearest enemy" and "target nearest PC". Tab is for "target self".

X for summoning my most favorite mount.

Most important abilities are mapped to hotbar 1-7, hotbar2 1-7 (Ctrl+1-7), and hotbar3 1-7 (Shift+1-7) because I don't like pressing any key beyond 7.

Ctrl+Tab for limit break

Shift+Q for Overwhelm (PvP)

Shift+E for Purify (PvP)

Shift+Z for Second Wind

Shift+C for Mount Guide

Ctrl+F for Sprint

I use keyboard and a razer naga, with the thumb buttons set to the numpad buttons. Everything important is on numpad 1-9 or alt + 1-9. I have some other skills bound to letter keys, like provoke/swiftcast are on Q, sprint is on F, interrupt on E, but the bulk of my skills are on the thumb pad. large dps/defensive/throughput cooldowns are on the 1-5, and things like protect, fairy summons, defensive stances, are on the number keys farther down. all my menu buttons, like for the map, are shift+ letter.

Lots of people are talking about their mouse...

My mouse is really cheap: it's only got the left/right click, scrolly, a center button that by default adjust the mouse's sensitivity, and forward/back internet browing buttons. I wish there was a way to set those forward/back buttons to ctrl/alt, so that alternate hotbars were only a thumb+button away...Does anyone know if that's possible?

I think it's called a blackweb grim? I could be wrong. >.<

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Originally Posted by KaitlanKela

Lots of people are talking about their mouse...

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The Razer Nostromo is a gaming numberpad can't really play without it

i do have a logitech mouse (wired/wireless with 4 buttions on the side) and Madcat STRIKE 5 keyboard

so you could say i have some fancy kit

~ target closest mob Only change I made.

I also use an MMO mouse.

O god typed this out and hit refresh or something and it erased.. here i go again.
Note: I have Shift and CTRL keybound to buttons on my mouse.

1 Tridisaster
2 Bio II
3 Miasma
4 Bio
5 Ruin
6 Ruin III
Z Swiftcast
X Shadowflare
C Ruin II
V Raise
B Eye for an Eye
N Virus
Shift1 Aetherflow
Shift2 Fester
Shift3 Bane
Shift4 Painflare
Shift5 Dreadwyrm Trance
Shift6 Deathflare
ShiftZ Raging Strikes
ShiftX Energy Drain
ShiftC Quelling Strikes
ShiftV Tri-Bind
ShiftB Auto-attack
ShiftN Physick
CTRL1 Spur
CTRL2 Rouse
CTRL3 Enkindle
CTRL4 Pet attack 1
CTRL5 Pet attack 2
CTRL6 Pet attack 3 (these change on a pet summon macro)
CTRLV HQ Drac Potion
CTRLB L imit Break
~ Blizard II
Shift~ Miasma II
CTRL~ Sustain
E Sprint
ShiftE Sic
ShiftQ Place
CTRLE Obey
CTRLQ Heel

Other less combat related stuff
CTRLZ Sheath weapon
CTRLC Character Window
F Mount Pony
Q Mount Flying Mount


EDIT: adding in some write-up as to my choices.

1. Ruin III and Deathflare are both on 6 (and shift6) as they are both casted while in DWT
2. All Pet skills are in the same area under CTRL 1-6
3. 1-6 and shift 1-6 are the most used skills with 1-6 being spells and shift being abilities
4. C is conveniently placed to be usable whether straffing left or right with WASD
5. Swiftcast in the same area as both Shadowflare/Raise
6. Raging/Quelling together as I often use them together
7. ~ area is my AoE spam spot
8. E for Sprint, so I can quickly hit it while moving with WASD

Let me know if you want to see my SCH and/or WHM keybinds OP :)

Also, just thought of this. Any healers out there macro cleric stance + flip hotbars, so that you have a healing kit and a dps kit? Does it work?

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Originally Posted by KaitlanKela

Also, just thought of this. Any healers out there macro cleric stance + flip hotbars, so that you have a healing kit and a dps kit? Does it work?

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I don't have this, I feel there is too much potential for an error (like hitting cleric stance twice in panic and having the bars change 2x but cleric stance changing 1x due to CD).

I personally place all of my DPS stuff for my healers on CTRL 1-6, CTRL V-N, ~ and Shift~

PS4 controller and keyboard on a PS4 console. Most of my menu commands and out-of-combat abilities are on my keyboard, and my in-combat abilities are on my controller. I play in my living room on my couch with a coffee table, so I don't exactly have easy access to my keyboard. Aside from that, on my warrior (since it's the class I play the most) my keybinds go like:

L2 + ∆: Flash
L2 + O: Foresight
L2 + X: Bloodbath
L2 + ͏͏͏□: Convalescence
L2 + ↑: Company Chocobo
L2 + ↓: Gyshal Greens (I use teleports and chocobo porters a lot, so I have to have this keybound)
L2 + ←: Defiance
L2 + →: Sprint

R2 + ∆: Overpower
R2 + O: Heavy Swing
R2 + X: Skull Sunder
R2 + □: Butcher's Block
R2 + ↑: Brutal Swing
R2 + ↓: Maim
R2 + ←: Tomahawk
R2 + →: Fracture

It's what I find most comfortable while causing the fewest mistakes.

http://i.imgur.com/pfLkQxB.png

This was about 3 months ago, but nothing has changed much really.

My general finger position is (in order from pinky finger to thumb) SHIFT - A- W - F - SPACE. I main BRD only, so I made the setup so I can maximize my BL procs.
I also do use a Logitech G502 mouse, but I only have Flaming Arrows (5) set to a mouse shortcut. Just makes it easier to directly place the aoe.

I play with a Razer Naga mouse and Razer Tartarus gaming pad. All my key binds are set up from 1-12 + shit and alt. :3 Makes playing a lot easier for me. ;3

I have a keyboard and a Razer Naga: 12 buttons under the thumb, scroll button and wheel, and 2 buttons near the index finger.

12 buttons are for 3 action bars used on their own, with shift or with control. Alt is for the pet bar.
Scroll wheel for camera distance and scroll button for Mumble.
2 buttons near the index finger are for mount roulette, RP walk and auto run.
WASD for movement (legacy).
Q and E (+ shift and ctrl modifiers) for certain job actions and Sprint.
F for focus target (tank if I'm healing), tab for enemies.
T for target's target. I forgot what R is for... Nearest enemy? :D
Space bar for jump of course.

I don't have anything special...

Keyboard bound:
1 Stone III / most AST equivs of the same skills from here down
2 Cure II
3 Aero III
4 Cure I
5 Cure III
6 Medica
7 Medica II
8 Esuna

Mouse extra button 1 - Benediction / Essential Dignity / Dragon Kick
Mouse extra button 2 - Tetragrammation / Draw / Twin Snakes
I tried doing more, but the other extra mouse buttons on my gaming mouse kept derping or just not mapping o_Oa

.... skills on other hotbars other than the main one, I just mouse click o3o;

Honestly, I don't know off the top of my head. It's all muscle memory in my fingers -- I know which buttons to use together to purify, Leech etc, I know which ones are aoe heals, which one is the SS. When I got my new laptop, I had a very hard time assigning my skills, and had to learn from playing the game when my fingers would reach to do something only to learn that I hadn't assigned that keybind yet.

Personally I keep my hotbars the same for Healers regardless of my stance, I do however have all of my Attacks (Stone, Aero, Malefic, Combust) set to Macros using <TT> so that I can always keep my eye on the tank and attack his target.

https://gyazo.com/a1a470eae09c2ca3bf32e4343f75059d.png
Just know if you plan to use these macros, anything using 2 words or more in the skills name requires the "" like below.
https://gyazo.com/b6d30109dc2dbe25b752d1a9bb60695d.png

As for my full keybind, here it is.
https://gyazo.com/b2e2e4c8665c47c38af849059c8e7f63.png

Looking at this makes me feel I need to reorganize but at the same time...meh lol. Also when referring to mouse, I use an Azza Alpha with side buttons, so I have one of the side buttons mapped to CTRL.

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Originally Posted by KaitlanKela

Also, just thought of this. Any healers out there macro cleric stance + flip hotbars, so that you have a healing kit and a dps kit? Does it work?

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On PS4 here.
I do this for Scholar, and I love it. Gives me all the buttons I need without any manual set-swapping.

Set 1: Healing
Set 2: Cooldowns, pet commands (Set 2 I pull up with L2 -> R2 and R2 -> L2 using the Extended Crossbar functionality)
Set 3: Attacks
Set 8: General, multi-purpose overworld gaming stuffs (warps, mounts, marking...)

I move from Set 1 to Set 3 using a macro that turns on Cleric Stance and changes the set.
I move from Set 3 to Set 1 using a macro that turns off Cleric Stance and changes the set.

Works perfect for me.

Disclaimer -> I do not main Scholar, although they are my "go to" healer class when I need to heal something.

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Originally Posted by EA9Sol

I play with a Razer Naga mouse and Razer Tartarus gaming pad. All my key binds are set up from 1-12 + shit and alt. :3 Makes playing a lot easier for me. ;3

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can aggre on that though.. i dont have the keyboard but the "naga mouse" and the day ive got it....well.. i regret absolutely nothing on that one! makes your live alot easier.

I could never understand how people play with any number past 5, bit of a stretch reaching it for me.

Okay, I've decided on the following for now (if I get serious about raiding I'll drop the money on a gaming mouse/keyboard, but since I'm only a filthy casual right now...lol):
I moved my movement over to ESDF to have access to more buttons with my ring finger. I changed S + F to strafe instead of turn. I steer by right click + drag to rotate my camera/character. This is what has taken the most adjustment.

I have this setup twice, one for the keys themselves, one for shift +. I intend to add Ctrl +, but baby steps:
Hotbar 1: 1-5
Hotbar 2: QWRT
Hotbar 3: AG
Horbar 4: ZXCVB

This leaves a hole in my layout for my movement buttons: The hotbars are layed out to match the keyboard so I can visualize it better. It's a major adjustment right now, but I think it's going to be worth it! As a bonus, I set the Shift + E key to sprint, so if I need to run, I just hit the shift bar.

http://i67.tinypic.com/309o3t0.jpg
This is my main bar for healing, I play on PC but use controller for everything. I tried using mouse and keyboard but it's so uncomfortable for me I just can't stand it.

http://i68.tinypic.com/9zrqr8.jpg

This is the second bar for I use mainly for dps. I'm constantly swapping back and forth between the two.