The players I have the most respect for?

[DumdogsWorld]

I map multiple hotbars to my 12 button mouse.

No key = Hotbar 1
Holding Ctrl On Keyboard = Hotbar 2
Holding Shift = Hotbar 3

I only ever need to click for stuff on my "rarely used" hotbars, like limit break.

[Tempest222]

I don’t know how people play without one of those mice with 12+ buttons on the side. I think my hands are just super small or something because no way can I reach something like 1-5 on the keyboard while also having my hand in any sort of position to be able to hit letter keys, and then at that point how would I even move my character? My hand would be out in narnia somewhere and it would take me forever to reposition it for movement and then I would definitely lose dps uptime. Like are people only using their mouse to move and not wasd or something similar to it? I’m so used to using wasd and using right mouse button to help with strafing.

So yeah, my hat off to literally most people. Don’t know how you guys do it, but you’re better than me. Haha.

[Nora_of_Mira]

I don’t know how people play without one of those mice with 12+ buttons on the side. I think my hands are just super small or something because no way can I reach something like 1-5 on the keyboard while also having my hand in any sort of position to be able to hit letter keys, and then at that point how would I even move my character? My hand would be out in narnia somewhere and it would take me forever to reposition it for movement and then I would definitely lose dps uptime. Like are people only using their mouse to move and not wasd or something similar to it? I’m so used to using wasd and using right mouse button to help with strafing.

So yeah, my hat off to literally most people. Don’t know how you guys do it, but you’re better than me. Haha.

I think I committed to this method because I use my mouse to adjust the camera at all times, like I'm holding right-click literally 100% of a fight for some reason. Im not sure which control method I use, but I use the one where if you press S, you turn around and run that direction, not that walking-backwards-crap.

and yes, I think your hands are small, lol. When I'm doing my rotation while moving, im typically only holding 1 of the WASD keys, maybe with my ring or pinky finger. But since that is my default place for my hand, I can reach my entire hotbar without much issue. (the problem is trying to move AND use my shift-modifier skills and well there is no clear answer for that. but I dont really run into that very often).

[Fellgon]

I don’t know how people play without one of those mice with 12+ buttons on the side. I think my hands are just super small or something because no way can I reach something like 1-5 on the keyboard while also having my hand in any sort of position to be able to hit letter keys, and then at that point how would I even move my character? My hand would be out in narnia somewhere and it would take me forever to reposition it for movement and then I would definitely lose dps uptime. Like are people only using their mouse to move and not wasd or something similar to it? I’m so used to using wasd and using right mouse button to help with strafing.

So yeah, my hat off to literally most people. Don’t know how you guys do it, but you’re better than me. Haha.

I bought once a keyboard full of buttons, colors hotkeys...a gamer keyboard....never used 100% of it, so i still play games with simple mouses and keyboard

[Lascivus]

I click everything, tbh. And I personally don't think I'm that slow with using my skills. I've used skills by accident by hitting keys on my keyboard, and it completely throws me off every single time. I don't think I'd ever be able to handle using hotkeys.

[Critical-Limit]

I’m a simple person.

GCD, I use keys

oGCD. I click

[NessaWyvern]

I used to be a clicker. Don't have respect for them, it's a worse way to play, you cannot have your eyes peeled for aoes and healing party members when your eyes are glued on looking at your abilities to click them.

I became so much better at the game when I stopped being a clicker, it took a bit to adjust at first, but I'll never go back.
The only things I click nowadays is my mounts and my classes I have assigned to my side hotbars.

[Erendis]

I used to be a clicker. Don't have respect for them, it's a worse way to play, you cannot have your eyes peeled for aoes and healing party members when your eyes are glued on looking at your abilities to click them.

I have no problems seeing any aoes when I click, unlike a lot of other people I've partied with... I have no problems healing either (except when too focused on dpsing, which does not happen very often).

Muscle memory does not work for me, so I'd just have to look at keyboard to see the buttons, which would be imensely worse than just looking at the screen and clicking.

I tried a few times to learn to play by keyboard, but it just did not click. I use my mouse for clicking and I use it for moving. I only use keyboard for talking.

[Izanagi_Fiaresu]

I have no problems seeing any aoes when I click, unlike a lot of other people I've partied with... I have no problems healing either (except when too focused on dpsing, which does not happen very often).

Muscle memory does not work for me, so I'd just have to look at keyboard to see the buttons, which would be imensely worse than just looking at the screen and clicking.

I tried a few times to learn to play by keyboard, but it just did not click. I use my mouse for clicking and I use it for moving. I only use keyboard for talking.

Can you post your logs to FFlogs next time. I am not calling you out or nothing I am just amazed that you have such good reaction time and would like to learn!

[Amnmaat]

Now now, this is an admiration thread, not a shaming thread. Those that can click and do fine in content I salute you, don't let people try to influence you. If you do decide to change things though gaming mouse is such a great solution, as I linked on my last post, there's one for $36. Either way it's all a matter of determination however it is we play.