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    i only use keyboard
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegeta100 View Post
    i only use keyboard
    The only thing I do with my right hand (mouse) that's necessary for combat is turn the camera. I use a razer nostromo now, but this was true before I got it and was using a keyboard, too. Movement is WASD, Tab for targeting, skills on keybinds (1-6, QERTY, FGH, ZXCVBN, plus alt and shift mods of all those). If I were to move some things around (combine cooldowns, use hotbar swap macros, etc.), I'd be able to find room for camera control keys.

    What it comes down to is how many keys other than movement and camera you can comfortably hit during combat, and which modifiers you can comfortably use for those keybinds.

    What I'd suggest is getting your main rotational abilities (DK, TwS, Snap, Boot, TS, Demo, ToD) onto keys that are the are easiest for you to hit. Then prioritize the off-GCD stuff (Tackle, Howling Fist, Steal Peak, IR, B4B, Featherfoot, Mantra, Second Wind). If you're comfortable with modifiers, stick things together with some kind of theme. For example, all your flank moves unmodified, all your rear moves alt, all your AOE on shift; all your offensive buffs unmodified, defensive on alt, off-GCD attacks (tackle, howl, peak) on shift. Or openers unmodified, middle moves on alt, end moves on shift. Just something you can remember and use.

    If you're not comfortable with modifiers, my next suggestion would be rotating hotbars/skills via macro, again with some kind of theme per bar. Similar moves in the same spots on each bar, with one button to cycle from one bar to the next.
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    u said (DK, TwS, Snap, Boot, TS, Demo, ToD) but i can i write that on macro user??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegeta100 View Post
    u said (DK, TwS, Snap, Boot, TS, Demo, ToD) but i can i write that on macro user??
    I'm not sure what you're asking for. What exactly, specifically are you hoping to achieve by macroing those abilities?

    "More DPS" doesn't answer the question well enough, because macros for rotation abilities lower your DPS.

    The macro system in this game does not have a lot of features, and it's intentionally designed to make for inefficient DPS (see here). It's also got some weird processing behavior that makes some syntaxes unreliable. It's a smidge better for casters/healers, but overall, it's just really not very good for combat stuff.

    Edit: If you can get specific about just what you want, I can try to answer, but it's really hard to make any kind of general recommendation that involves macros. Because any that could come close to meeting the goal of ensuring you're using the right ability are either a straight-up, guaranteed DPS drop, and/or unreliable to the point that it's effectively the same as hitting the wrong button. On the flip side, the ones I can think of that don't come with an automatic DPS loss (hotbar swapping) may cut down on your buttons, but they don't do anything to make sure you're hitting the right button; it's still entirely on you to swap to the right bar and hit the right button.
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