World of Warcraft keyboard setup

[Leprechaun312]

Hi started playing wow and have reached level 57, and what im finding is that i have 12 abilities i can use and then the extra ones i have on a second macro bar that i have to click manually to use. I have a corsair k95 with up to 54 macro keys, so im not short of keys to use but is there anyway to link the extra macro bar in wow to keys so i can use them without clicking on them

also what setup do other people use and is there a mod or something i can grab that will do this?

 

[Leprechaun312]

Those are mine. The ones that are cut off are shift+space, alt mouse5 and alt middle mouse. And middle mouse button for mount.

I use an addon called ncHoverBind too. You just type /hb, hover over the skill you want to keybind and press the button you want it bound to. And I use MoveAnything to move my two side action bars to the bottom with the others.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD i wouldnt even know where to begin with that many buttons

I use the in-game keybind tool (make sure you tick "character specific keybinds" at the top of the menu though!).

I have all of my abilities bound to the keys around WASD, meaning I only have to move a short distance to hit necessary keys and spend less time standing in the fire.

I use combat spells mapped to Q, E, R and F, with and without shift (e.g Q and Shift Q are different spells). cooldowns and buffs etc. that I don't need to reach quickly or I can plan for I have clickable on the side of my screen.

I also have Shift + C bound to a slot on my action bar, but the ability in that slot changes for each fight eg. fights that need CC I'll bind Fear, fights that need fast movement I'll bind demonic circle: Teleport, and fights that need dispelling I'll use Sear Magic.

I used to use an addon called Bartender to bind these, but I got annoyed having to set it up on every computer I played on. Setting these up in the WoW menu keeps them bound to your character, rather than your PC.

The addons I use are:
Quartz Castbar - couldn't play a caster without this.
Auctionator - makes using the AH much easier.
Recount - useful for monitoring your dps, and testing which glyph/talent combinations work best on a target dummy.
Bigwigs/Deadly Boss Mods Don't stand in the fire. Tells you when a boss will use an ability. Invaluable when raiding.
Bagnon - effectively turns many small bags into one big bag.
Gathermate2 - Shows possible mat farming spawns on map - helps when levelling gathering professions.
Grid Raidframe addon, makes healing easier.
Cliquelets you bind spells to mouse clicks, so you can heal someone by clicking on their raidframe instead of having to target them first.

Loads of my friends use UI addons like ElvUI, Titan panel, or Xperl, so they might be worth looking at?

I know I've posted a whole lot about stuff that wasn't even relevant, but if I'd known about some of this while levelling it would've been a whole load easier!

Varwen

will be making use of those mods, i assume i get them off curse? also i assume im doing it wrong but when e.g. doing dungeons im playing a warrior and i take the tank role once i charge in i just spam my high damage abilitys and taunt everytime its off cooldown, and if one of the minions attacks someone else i attack it to take agro. is that all i am meant to do take agro and spam damage abilitys aswell as taunt?