I’d thought a time or two about it, and even read about it here and there on occasion, but I was reluctant to try it. Have you? Have you ever tried mapping attacks to your mouse wheel? No, I don’t mean middle-click. I mean the wheel’s scroller thingamajigger. I’ve been frustrated lately at just how left-hand heavy my general layout is. Two attacks go to my extra mouse buttons, but most end up on the V, B, 1, 2, and 3 keys in various Shift/Ctrl/Alt varieties. This is well and fine for casters, where most of my attacks require a stationary point of view, but I’m just not a stationary person. I like to stay on the move.
So I scrapped my design of many years and mapped two bar slots to my wheel. My initial motivation was frustration at the design of Maul. I’m tired of hammering away at the Maul button, just to make sure it’s up for every attack. By mapping Maul to “scroll wheel down”, casually scrolling the wheel down is the equivalent to hammering the button several times a second. I haven’t really worked out Bear’s new setup beyond that. I have something functional, but it’ll take time to feel elegant. It’s already a vast improvement, though.
Critty Kitty, an after thought initially, has blossomed. I mapped Mangle and Shred to scroll up and down, respectively, and it just felt so graceful. They used to live on my mouse buttons, which freed them up for other attacks. I decided to take it to WSG for a test drive and the improved mobility was staggering. Rarely did I have to lift a finger off of my circle running to use an ability. Mix in a liberal dose of Infected Wounds and nothing escapes my wrath! I ruled the defense game with 3 flag saves, and netted myself Not In My House and Not So Fast while I was there. Yeah, it feels good to run down a flag runner with a speed buff and still win. Defense! Hoo hoo!
So, boasting aside, has anyone else gone free wheely before? Are you afraid to lose your zoom? (My zoom is now Alt + Wheel.) Is your class or style just one that wouldn’t benefit from it? Is the thought of scrolling you opponent into submission awkward? Me, I’m converted. I’m not using it to the same degree on all of my characters. For example, my Elemental Shaman only has Wind Shear on there, so that it’s quickly available, and for those moments when my cooldown is racing the enemy’s casting bar and I just want to spam the button to try and get mine in first. Hmm. The rest of my characters are going to be so confused when I get back to them.
Today’s Fortune Cookie:
You have no chance to survive make your time.
