Pong...hehe I am that old too 8)
Most of the time, I use the 1st person view. I will switch to the
3rd person view when outdoors and doing AOE. I have never used the
top-down view. I do use the behind the back view a lot lately.
Makes kiting those Troll Guards in Rathe Mtns a bit easier. I will
zoom back a good bit (right mouse button and drag back), then zoom it
up so I have a better forward view as well. (Alt Up/Down will move
the camera up down in the behind the back view). This view always me
to keep tabs via two methods. Visual as well as audio. I can "hear"
the mob better since sounds are based on camera position versus
avatar position. With the lag I have been getting lately, I can
usually hear when my Chains has worn off/taken effect well before I
get the appropriate message.
I rarely use the mouse for movement ever since I jumped (something
startled me) and next thing I knew I was drowning in Sol A Lava 8).
Find mouse targeting a must when try to mesmerize multiple targets
with Pixie Strike.
Luckily, I learned how to use songs on hotkeys at a very young age.
Hotkeys in conjunction with the mouse can actually work like 7
hotkeys for me. I just move the mouse over the non-hotkeyed song
icon and leave it there for those times I might need that particular
song.
Rosha Cristi, Bard of 46 songs
Guild Leader, Legends
Innoruuk
--- In eqbards@egroups.com, Ken Bachman <kbachman@e...> wrote:
> I've been playing computer games since Pong (yeah, I'm that old).
My
> coordination and reflexes were never that hot (which is why I
sucked at
> sports), and they seem to get worse with age. Plus, I've usually
played
> turn-based strategy games. And, in agreement with the "can't teach
an
> old dog new tricks" axiom, I've been playing this game in the
default
> first-person mode, using the keyboard for everything but targetting
MOBs.
> (It took me until level 40 to switch from using the mouse for song
> activation to setting up hot keys, which shows you how stuck in old
> habits I can get.)
>
> I'm wondering how the rest of you play. Do you use the other
views, and
> if so, for what purposes? I've been playing with the mid-range
> third-person view for soloing for about a month, but I'm having a
lot of
> trouble using it in group situations. Does this just take
practice?
> Does anyone use the "behind the back" view for any reason other
than
> aesthetics? My avatar constantly gets in the way on that one.
>
> Also, do you use your mouse for movement? Do you actually feel
that you
> have better control than with the keyboard, or is this the inverse
of my
> situation (e.g., you always used the mouse, so the keyboard seems
> awkward)?
>
> Kenross Cantoforjado, 47 songs, Innoruuk