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  1. #11
    Player
    Avidria's Avatar
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    Avi Taro
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    Behemoth
    Main Class
    Bard Lv 100
    Some classes are definitely easier on the hands than others. I have carpal tunnel myself, and dancer isn't HALF as bad as bard in my experience.
    There were nights back when I seriously raided as BRD that I'd have to just stop doing anything after raid because my wrists hurt too badly. Hhhhshdhshs

    Anyway yeah healers, maybe tanks (feels like it but I don't tank often), some of the casters maybe, and DNC are already not as bad. I'm not sure what else they could do short of maybe a caster with almost no oGCD abilities. Which might be hard to make fun to play, but could also be interesting I suppose :P maybe something with channeled abilities or something. Idk. Not saying I think they need to, but it could be interesting to play with the idea.
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    Last edited by Avidria; 05-25-2020 at 05:41 AM.

  2. #12
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    Esmoire's Avatar
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    Mei Coincounter
    World
    Ultros
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    Goldsmith Lv 100
    At some point we, persons with something inhibiting our ability to play, have to find solutions. For me, I find hardware is the key. When my injury was really bad I had to play games with one hand, and I found keypads like the Razer Orbweaver are amazing. Now that I am doing better, I try to leverage the complexity to be spread across both arms equally when I can help it.

    Form is important, too. Look up yoga and stretches for your condition. Do them every day; don't wait for it to get worse. Do lighter routines before playing, and routinely during extended play. Make sure your chair and desk are at the optimal height or space, and you are sitting straight. When you use your mouse and keyboard, try to do as much movement with your arms as possible, rather than stretching your hands or rolling your wrists. For example, from a WASD position, you should never have to reach further than a third-to-half of your keyboard. If you find you need alllll the number and letter keys, maybe invest in an MMO mouse to transfer some of the complexity to your other hand.

    I've also heard people using stuff like foot pedals or vertical mouses. I haven't used either of those but they could prove fruitful.
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  3. #13
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    Genz's Avatar
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    Genz Kawakami
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    Louisoix
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    FFXIV only knows how to "evaluate" its players' performance by their ability to push buttons. A class with less button mashing should imply more thinking, which would imply player's agency, which scares FFXIV devs to death. So no.
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  4. #14
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    Lyote Sharaia
    World
    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Sage Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Drakeos View Post
    So SE needs to think about people who has suffered from RSI/CTS and develop a DPS class for people who wants to enjoy end game contents/raids and such without hurting their had due to complex rotation or fast button mashing ?
    As someone with damage to both wrists and knuckle issues in my dominant hand, I don't think that's on SE.

    Its an issue you can solve for yourself by getting the appropriate hardware to reduce the strains on yourself.

    Personally, i have a Razer Naga with the 12 button thumbpad. Using Shift/Alt modifiers, i have my entire NIN rotation under my right thumb (Mudras, Ninjutsus, AoE and cooldowns) with the weaponskills on the keyboard from `123QE.
    That setup allows me to use NIN effectively with an absolute minimum of hand strain.

    Its rather unfair to tell SE to develop a solution to a problem that is uniquely yours. The damage to my hands and wrists is different to yours, which is different to everyone else with problems categorized similarly to ours.
    There's no one size fits all solution SE could possibly come up with, so the onus is on you to utilize the hardware solutions that are developed to assist gamers with a wide range of disabilities.
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  5. #15
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    MichiPichi's Avatar
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    Mocha Mochi
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    Siren
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    White Mage Lv 80
    Or just play another game, not everything can accommodate every single person. There are games I can't play so I just move on to something I can. There's too many video games with great story and gameplay to be stuck on one.
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  6. #16
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    Character
    Say'ri Anderson
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    Odin
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    Dancer Lv 90
    this awesome guy plays with his feet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogCRNvghbiw
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  7. #17
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    Nessa Goddessly
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    Ravana
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    Conjurer Lv 96
    Well, I like to play casters, mostly RDM as you can’t weave during cast bars, so it’s a little lighter on the clicking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
    It's the Asstral Calamity, wrought by the dread primal Bahabutt.

  8. #18
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    Jasmine Clayworth
    World
    Spriggan
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    Blue Mage Lv 70
    Have you tried a cushioned mouse pad to rest your wrist on as you play?
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    Gamers don't die, we just go AFK

    #ottergate

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