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Love the game, hate the controls

neobpmneobpm Member, Alpha Two
in General Discussion
Hello,

I'm happy playing this wave 2, the map, the lore, the graphics, the skills, etc are near to be perfect but I have a problem with this game...

I'm playing in "action" mode because I hate MMO for mouse clickers, I want a play style like a hack and slash but in this game it is impossible, there is like a hell to control the charr and has many bugs making the game horrible for me.

Please, can you improve "action" style?

How?

1- Every time I run the game I must to push "z" (the key where I binded action mode).

2- Every time I mount the horse I must to push "z" and many times it becomes buged forcing me to push various times until I debug that.

3- When I open a window, for example inventory and I click on an intem the charr becomes to spam the weapon auto-atack, why the game doesn't detect I have a window open?

4- There are windows like inventory who don't swap to "mouse mode" when I open it, I must to open the map to enter in "mouse mode" and before I must to open the inventory.

Devs, please, take care about that, there are many people who want to play AoC in action mode, but at this moment is near to be impossible making impossible to play your game.

Comments

  • redstormredstorm Member, Warrior of Old, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Tbf, I've only played about an hour in this phase but the controls / interactions are dire, leaving me no enjoyment to carry on playing. I want my mouse movement to change my view / direction. I don't want to have to open my Inventory to get my mount then click again to get on it, then faff about trying to dismiss it. I don't want a separate button, Q, as my first wep choice, then Num keys for the rest. I want the Map / Inventory, etc "screens" to auto disappear when i move. i could play around with the Bindings, but the basics are obvious. I get the trying to be different model, which may have worked 30 years ago, when I first started MMO's, but nowadays it doesn't wash. "Modern "Players want smooth interactions, not clunky mechanics. I tested ESO before release and played FFX1V at the beginning. Both were, to be polite, appalling. Don't make the same mistakes. i did the Kickstarter, as the game looked worth backing. However, so far, it seems like a waste of money.
  • LaetitianLaetitian Member
    edited 12:59AM
    redstorm wrote: »
    I want my mouse movement to change my view / direction.

    I tested ESO before release and played FFX1V at the beginning. Both were, to be polite, appalling. Don't make the same mistakes. i did the Kickstarter, as the game looked worth backing. However, so far, it seems like a waste of money.
    I'm very vocal about not liking ESO, but those examples cover two fairly popular MMOs, and ESO is action combat. So is there any MMO where you like the controls? Maybe Black Desert? Any others?

    Anyways, this isn't an action combat MMO. There are disadvantages and advantages to that. Try and pay attention to the advantages (many of them only materialise later in the game when you have more skills to manage and decisions to make than you could ever have in a game where the "mouse movement changes your view/direction.")
    The only one who can validate you for all the posts you didn't write is you.
  • zuzuwhyzuzuwhy Member, Alpha Two
    edited 3:21AM
    I'm getting used to the camera controls, but one thing that would make it easier would be when I'm fighting to have an auto face feature so I don't have to perfectly align myself just to keep my auto attacks up. If I've already got it targeted, is it really beyond the pale for my character to follow my target if I'm turning?

    It's really annoying to have to correct my camera and then go back to a fight as a ranged when characters (like rolling goblins) are teleporting across the map at me. Mobs can literally line of sight me just by running past and then I'm unable to auto attack and have to turn my character, turn my camera and then also in some cases re-target what I'm fighting.

    It makes it terrible to kite anything as a ranger, which should be a mobile class.
  • neobpmneobpm Member, Alpha Two
    5- Every time the game loads a zone the "action mode" is buged and I must to stop running and forced to debug it, if I was on horse the problem is worse.

    Why is impossible to play in "action mode" this game?

    I really thinking to leave the game because I can't play in "mouse mode", very bad support for this important aspect.
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