Keyboard Only

[Asiaine]

I've seen enough places, especially on Titan, where 8 directions only is not enough to get you to safety. In most circumstances on Titan, yes you can. Just move in X direction. But sometimes you have to move in a direction that doesn't correspond to one of those 8. Meaning you have to turn them move, or move twice, which often means you get hit.

On keyboard, hit A+S to go down left, at a different angle than just hitting S. Timing how you hit A+S or when you release A and keep holding S adjusts your angle as you run. I find doing this gives me extremely good control over the angle and direction I am to run at. Additionally when holding down A+S you can spin camera with numeric keypad. So sometimes I do:

A, tinniest of pressure-time-pause, +S (now getting good angle to run at), then press 2->3->6 on keypad to spin camera to perfect angle, and flip fingers to W+A to run forward with camera now pointing in the direction I want.

I do this for every battle up to and including Titan HM, and can 100% say that direction control is not even on the list of issues. I think maybe some experimentation in using WASD + Number Keypad will help you see how powerful this combo is.

(You can also throw in an 'autorun' (I map to R) if you need to use fingers for something else, then un-auto-run to keep moving. Great if you need a moment to lift finger up to hit another key)