The hardest part about rolling a wizard after being a barbarian for so long is getting my fingers to work differently.
I've got the 2,3,4 hotkeys and skills working similarly to those of my barbarian: the long term buffs on either side of the "get out of jail key". And my pinky on 1 brings forth the hydra. The RMB is the blizzard.
The problem is, of all things, the LMB! I reserve it for the ORB ... and of course, movement. So, I see the mobs, I lay down a blizzard, if the situation warrants, add the hydra and step back a bit. But instead of casting the orb, I find myself running back into the mobs ... oops, I forgot to move to the shift key before pushing the LMB. I'm now distracted: where the hell did I put that shift key? ... oh, there it is. I know, if you have something targeted then you don't need shift, but that's about only half the time. I want a 6th finger.
Isn't it more fun/interesting that way? I was messing around with some builds yesterday and it was the most fun I had in a while. Sure it was about 10x slower than what I'm used to, but hitting more keys, moving around more often, etc. is a lot more interesting than holding down right click for Archon.
Go to your keybindings and assign the Spacebar to "Force Stand still." You can hold it down with your thumb while casting without removing your other fingers from 1 2 3 4 or whatever keys near WASD that you like to use for those abilities.
Thumb! OOOO ... I like that one! I was only using my thumb to pick my nose anyway. Thanks all ... glad to see it was a problem you've all faced and solved.
I like standstill bound to spacebar and move bound to d, but as Archon I only really have 2-3 keys to worry about: potion, standstill, move. I have 1 bound to my mouse side key so I don't actually have to press 1.
The problem is, of all things, the LMB! I reserve it for the ORB ... and of course, movement. So, I see the mobs, I lay down a blizzard, if the situation warrants, add the hydra and step back a bit. But instead of casting the orb, I find myself running back into the mobs ... oops, I forgot to move to the shift key before pushing the LMB. I'm now distracted: where the hell did I put that shift key? ... oh, there it is. I know, if you have something targeted then you don't need shift, but that's about only half the time. I want a 6th finger.
I found that the easiest way to do it is to assign the filler spell to RMB and some cast-once-in-30-sec spell (in your case - Hydra) to LMB. You'll sometimes reset your Hydra at weird locations when LMB-clicking at some objects/monsters, which is not a big deal at all and is definitely better than running back to mobs.
Its all about muscle memory, even if you give yourself an unlimited amount of keybinds, you still need to go through the motion of repetition so your fingers can work faster then your brain. Whenever i changed up my build majorly or play a different class it always takes me a bit to get back into the groove of what is where and needs to be hit when.
I had the opposite problem when I rolled a barb, I'm so used to have the shift key pressed (since D1 and in every game I play the shift is the most important key for me, don't ask why ) my barb didn't move and I yelled at it "ATTACK DAMMIT!!" but it didn't *derp*... fun times
I've got the 2,3,4 hotkeys and skills working similarly to those of my barbarian: the long term buffs on either side of the "get out of jail key". And my pinky on 1 brings forth the hydra. The RMB is the blizzard.
The problem is, of all things, the LMB! I reserve it for the ORB ... and of course, movement. So, I see the mobs, I lay down a blizzard, if the situation warrants, add the hydra and step back a bit. But instead of casting the orb, I find myself running back into the mobs ... oops, I forgot to move to the shift key before pushing the LMB. I'm now distracted: where the hell did I put that shift key? ... oh, there it is. I know, if you have something targeted then you don't need shift, but that's about only half the time. I want a 6th finger.
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Thumb! OOOO ... I like that one! I was only using my thumb to pick my nose anyway. Thanks all ... glad to see it was a problem you've all faced and solved.
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