Well Matt over at World of Matticus, has posted an interesting poll. Which do you use more for casting your spell and abilities the keyboard or the mouse?
Well Matt, my answer is neither. I use a Nostromo N52, it is a gaming pad designed for left hand use. It has 15 buttons, a scroll wheel, a 8 direction thumb pad and 4 keymapping states.
I do use my mouse for certain functions but 90% of what I do for either my mage or my paladin is done with the N52. If you take a look at my UIs you will see a block of 2 rows 5 buttons and 1 row 4 buttons. That is my block of N52 spells and abilities.
This block of keys is on the left side of my UI as the N52 sits to the left of my keyboard. Any action buttons on the right side of my screen are activated with mouse clicks. These are normally spells or abilities with long CDs or buffs.
I do use my mouse for turning my camera(freelook or moving), target selection and using objects. So I’m not completely able to eliminate the mouse from my gameplay, but really who would want to?


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