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    HakuroDK's Avatar
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    /useitem or Riot!

    One of my biggest concerns with this game is how there is no /useitem command, at least not anymore. I would love to drink a STR potion before using Second Wind (maybe an X-Potion after?) or an INT potion before popping a Flare. Not only would it allow for optimization, but it would also allow stat-boosting potions to NOT be worthless!

    Who's with me?
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    I agree, that'd be useful. But potions are not useless in their current state. You can easily map them to your hotbars. Just takes a little more effort atm.
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    put em on your hot bar...........
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    People always talk about rioting. No one ever does it.
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    I agree, that'd be useful. But potions are not useless in their current state. You can easily map them to your hotbars. Just takes a little more effort atm.
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    The page seems to be wonky on android.
    when I went to view replies, I could do nothing but post again. And I can't seem to find where I can delete the double post. Oh well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh View Post
    People always talk about rioting. No one ever does it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk
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    Judging by how macros work in this game it will just be a dps loss. Or you'll be mashing your button than you'll end up using the skill and then the potion. Go manual.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ClaireAbigail View Post
    Judging by how macros work in this game it will just be a dps loss. Or you'll be mashing your button than you'll end up using the skill and then the potion. Go manual.
    /item potion
    /action skill

    Press it once to use the potion. Press it again to use the skill, because the potion is on cool down.
    But only if the devs bring /item back (it was in 1.x)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
    /item potion
    /action skill

    Press it once to use the potion. Press it again to use the skill, because the potion is on cool down.
    But only if the devs bring /item back (it was in 1.x)
    Pretty much this.

    I use a controller to play, which means I can only really use the cross hotbar comfortably (I can use other hotbars for toggle abilities and out-of-combat actions, but I need to concentrate as much as possible), which means that putting stat potions on my hotbar isn't something I can do without sacrificing skills. I mean, I have all of my cooldown buffs tied to a single macro. That makes things very easy for me with a cross hotbar, 'cause I can just spam that macro as much as I need to until I feel sufficiently buffed. I can spam a little and get only one or two useful buffs and gradually hit my macro as needed, or I can spam it a lot and get all of my cooldown buffs at once.

    With items in macros, I can use an item, say... an X-Potion of Strength, wait 3 seconds, then activate Second Wind. Or use an X-Potion of Intelligence, wait 3 seconds, then use Swiftcast Flare. Either way, it's not nearly as much of a DPS loss as it may appear.

    I mean, X-Potion of Intelligence grants as much as 64 points of INT. That's kind of a big deal. I don't have all the math in front of me, but I'm sure that it would still be a significant damage increase, at least enough to outweigh a full three seconds to use a potion.
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