Look at the garbage I put myself through to learn my opener.

[ninjamatic]

I spent last night listening to a guy on youtube explain the 90 SAM opener. I had to make notes and then used those notes make a diagram correlating all the abilities he was using with where they are located on my MMO mouse and keyboard.

Then I went into MS Paint and did this. It's actually a work in progress depending on if I have it accurate or not, but it seems to sequence out correctly.



Listen, I don't know if this is the best way for me to learn and memorize an opener, but It's working for me so far. I just wanted to share with you guys a little bit of the madness that is going on with me, and perhaps hear your own strategy for learning this kind of thing.

[Michieltjuhh]

You.. have stuff bound to F12???

Either way, imo the best way of getting used to an opener is by just doing it a few times.

Edit: I assume that's your mouse binds.

[NishaSetsuya]

YOU USE THE F1-F12 BUTTON ?!

[ninjamatic]

YOU USE THE F1-F12 BUTTON ?!

No, no, no, no, no....

I have F1-F12 bound to my Razer Naga mouse side buttons.

[Lunalepsy]

I spent last night listening to a guy on youtube explain the 90 SAM opener. I had to make notes and then used those notes make a diagram correlating all the abilities he was using with where they are located on my MMO mouse and keyboard.

Then I went into MS Paint and did this. It's actually a work in progress depending on if I have it accurate or not, but it seems to sequence out correctly.



Listen, I don't know if this is the best way for me to learn and memorize an opener, but It's working for me so far. I just wanted to share with you guys a little bit of the madness that is going on with me, and perhaps hear your own strategy for learning this kind of thing.

What... is this?

[Stachiko]

This looks like a form of torture. You might be better off using a controller.

[Conundrum]

This looks like a form of torture. You might be better off using a controller.

This looks like sucking the fun out of the game.

[Stachiko]

This looks like sucking the fun out of the game.

I don't personally use a controller but I'm not exactly sure what the F1-F12 serves in their example. I'm baffled really. I figure at least with a controller they'd be forced into some perspective.

[Greyhawk]

This looks like sucking the fun out of the game.

Sad part is it resembles how to play BLM efficiently.

[Floortank]

They've got a pretty smart layout for the thumb keys on a mouse. It'd be a lot worse to try and do that rotation on every normal number key as they're laid out on the keyboard, much less the F-keys.

I do think the placement of Shinten and Shoha are gonna cause them "fat finger" issues though. Since they have to cross over weaponskill keys to hit them. Probably better to keep principle GCDs to oneside and abilities to another for the purpose of double weaving.

EDIT:

OP, I rearranged it to show you the way I do it with a reduced mouse key structure. Also I moved your Senei and Shoha to where I do them in the opener.