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I have fibro and my hands are always in immense pain after tanking a few m+ with my druid. This is mostly due to the thrash spam as mentioned, the new changes will be amazing for me and looking forwards to it 🎉
Check out gnome sequencer enhanced. I have similar issues to you and combined with a key repeating keyboard I managed to get my whole monk to four buttons I can just hold down.
I'm disabled, paralyzed from the neck down, and use a combination of voice commands And a sip and puff switch. I play outlaw rogue If you can believe that. Anyway 1 of the big problems I have in wow is that let's say I'm attacking a mob of trash and I get to full combo points but my target dies. To switch to another target I have to use my combo point builder AGAIN to switch targets. The game is coded not to switch targets by just using a finisher. So I lose DPS by wasting more combo points until something stays alive long enough for me to use my finisher. So now in Dragonflight, With This new auto targeting System, when my target dies, the game should automatically target the next mob allowing me to immediately use my finisher when I'm at Max combo points. That will help my DPS immensely and save me some frustration.Can't tell you how many times I've been in a mythic key and I'm just sitting there doing nothing because my target died and I'm trying to use my finisher on nothing targeted.
That is amazing! I salute you! You're an inspiration. (If not too bad to ask, as I am genuinely curious. How do you go about mouse movement? Or do you have to just rely on W,A,S,D to move forward and back, left->right?)
@@caseycroissant1708 So I am a C4 quadriplegic which basically means I have some arm movement but no finger or hand control. My hands are in the fist position 24/7. For movement I just use a trackball and two big buttons for left and right click. One fist on the trackball the other fist on the buttons. Right-click is set to move forward and I steer with the trackball. That's basically it. Unfortunately I can't walk backwards or strafe so that makes positioning a bit tough but I do just well enough. If you watch some of my wow videos you'll see I never move anywhere except forward. I do have some voice commands to take a step to the side or back but I rarely use them because I'm shouting out commands for my rotation.
yes,im a new player to wow and i was shocked these features were not in the game when i started playing, almost every game since 2010 have these quality of life added in
I think they should include an option that when right clicking, instead of the mouse cursor disappearing, it remains locked in the center of your screen like crosshairs. Anything the crosshairs look at would target it. It would give a kind of fps feel that some may like and eliminate certain tab targeting maneuvers especially for ranged classes.
I love the buddy system, and as far as I understood anyone can use it at any time? Which will definitely be fun if leveling or questing with friends! I see slight problems with auto-targetting (at least for me) as it happens a lot when I press tab, and all in-combat enemies just died, that I target a different mob and unintentionally pull that. Which might get worse with auto-targetting. If I can disable it for myself great. But I already see randoms unintentionally pull huge trash groups bc they just accidentally looked at them o.O
The auto targeting is awesome.. I love that 3rd person action game feel. An option to add a cross hair in the middle of the screen like new world would be awesome for those that like that type of control.
The interact with nearest 'thing' interests me a lot, especially with it working with quest objects and the like. Also you mention using that same interact key to choose dialog/get quest/etc , which is something DialogKey(tapping space is default with that..) addon (and things like autoturnin, likely) currently do, so the functionality is there. The auto target I'm less confident with, which I put entirely down to how eager the game is to target pots in Torghast rather than one of the 7 enemies between me and said pots..
The button to auto target and interact has been a feature in FFXIV since the beginning (ARR), although most keyboard and mouse players probably never new about it. It's just A on Xbox controllers, X on PS controllers, and I think Numpad0 on keyboard (probably because playing FFXIV via keyboard only is completely viable.
These are all great changes. I feel like people who don't already play the game might not understand how good these are. Small changes can make a big difference for players of a series. I was wishing for that "interact with nearest object/NPC" button over a decade ago!
I'm so excited about this! I use my keyboard to move, so I have to put my hand back on the mouse whenever I'm gathering etc, it's not the worst thing in the world, but being able to ditch the mouse aside from maybe going through my bags once in a while etc, is going to feel great
@@TwiztidNight101 what was it called? i was aware of the "interact with npc" button, but you had to already have them selected for it to work i know this, because i have had it bound to semicolon ever since people started mounting mammoths on top of questgivers!
Granted this auto cast thing is a QoL thing. But button spam is easily controlled if you remember you have a gcd and don't need to spam slam a button like George Kolias of Nile.
These are actually really great. I hope they let us change the range of the auto target feature. This would also work really well with the immersion addon i think it's called. It lets you pick npc interactions with 1-9 and I'm not sure but you might be able to change that. I'll have a look later today.
There is always one filler spell that is spammed anyway, so might as well have it on autocast. GW2 already does this with the base ability of each weapon and class auto-casting instead of having an auto-attack. This will be a good accessibility option for those with physical disabilities and could allow for further and more complex macros and keybinds.
Oh wow, so nice they added this auto cast feature! I have Raynaud's disease and my hands become almost unusable at times. I cannot wait to give this a try :D Less tapping buttons on my keyboard is going to be a major plus for me! I think fights like Sylvanas will be a ton easier with auto targeting too. It is really hard to keep clicking or tabbing around to re target her stupid ass. Much less stress for my hands over all with these additions!
I like these changes, overall they are really good, the only issue I can see with the automated spell spam would be in pvp and maybe hunters, Dh, rogues etc who might need to watch how they use their fillers they might accidentally blast through energy if they use it.
I think the hold to cast is amazing because you would normally just spam stuff so you get it when you gcd ended but now you can just hold until it casts and it will save your keyboard like 10 more years of life
Or in some cases your 16 button mouse. All i use keyboard for anymore is jumping, forward/strafing movement. and a few keybinds(F, T, CTRL, SHiFt, ALT, etc)
So, If I am going to be completely honesty, I was going to talk some bad about some of these additions until I started reading the stories down in the comment sections. I think that accessibility should be one of the things focused on.
I love the auto target thing because on my druid for example, I'll be using thrash, and then I'll forget to target something when it dies and need to apply rake or something to the new target.
This sort of stuff is fantastic. There are some keybinds I don't use because they will hurt my hand eventually.... but just being able to hold a button down might fix the issue.
I have worn out SO many mice over the years from sinister strike spam on my rogue because I have it on a thumb button. Playing DH and spamming demon's bite is the same issue. This is an AMAZING change. I have to deal with joint pains and had to rely on toggling auto clicker macros which always puts me at risk of getting banned. Can't wait for this change! Also, ALL of these options are absolutely great and quality of life improvements. I am super excited.
Regarding controller play and targeting. I want WoW to implement a move target left or right feature, and if nothing is currently targeted both left or right target will start by targeting from the center of your screen, no matter how far away the target is. This is how targeting can work in FFXIV, if configured to do so.
Working towards a controller compatibility is my guess. Hope there will be an option to keep ot as it is. Love the combat. If it gets more automated, i don't think i'll stay around. I do wonder if they plan to bring it to Xbox, would make sense for Microsoft. Sony got FFXIV for their Playstation and PC.
@jaz no, it's the control. If i want to save a certain spell or ability for a certain situation. Also i like having control, i love having to suddenly make a twitch press on my keyboard. I also like driving manual geared cars for the same reason. The feeling of more control
For the following feature for Dragonriding, I've read a post that a blind person played with his wife, and was worried he coudnt play the xpac cause he can't follow his wife while playing, glad Blizz added that feature cause now he can play the xpac
Melee chars don't need it, hitting a skill with auto-target the nearest enemy regardless. It's only casters that dont' have this ability by default - but it can be easily aded via macro.
Cool features, I hope they get into the game. Especially auto targetting. There's few things more annoying than your target dying before you manage to switch targets, so not only your current 'cast' fizzles out, you often waste 1-3 more GCDs getting a no target error before you hit tab or click on another enemy. I mean what the fck Blizzard, I don't think I've ever played a game where that was an issue. Talk about archaic system. Even SWTOR autotargets the closest target to your last target. The hold-to-cast is great too. Especially with classes that use the same ability 3+ times in a row. I really hope this applies to spammy GCD abilities as well, not just actual spells (looking at you, demon hunters, rogues and druids!).
You kind do something kinda similar, if you make your macros like this: /cleartarget [dead] /targetenemy [noexists, noharm] /startattack /use NAME OF SPELL This is useful if you are pushing your abilities many times to reduce lag... basically if a target dies it will deselect that target, select a new enemy target, start your auto attack (if applicable), and cast your spell. It also means you can tap a button twice to start attacking something without having to target it first. Maybe this new option will eliminate the need for this, but in the meantime I hope it helps. =)
Honestly, there were third party programs for playing with a controller that, if used on Turbo, were brutally easy. I use them to play while I exercise on a recumbent bike, which has really helped with maintaining good health. I'm really glad they're integrating this.
That auto targeting seems like a replacement/alternative for those that used to macro /startattack in to their main spells/attacks although that issue has been fixed already I believe.
im sure these changes didnt came before to not make multiboxing much more op than it is, but now that multibox is bannable, these things can came in and target the right audience
I’m wondering if this will lead to a more controller-friendly experience that could result in WoW being put on gamepass/xbox. Ever since Microsoft bought Blizz I’ve been thinking about this…
Actually. Since wow has a built in spellqueue system with a default value of 400ms if you just click at the end of your castbar, you will instantly cast your next spell right after. This new hold to cast function however, does seem to have a built in delay. I can very clearly see my castbar disapear inbetween casts when using the hold to cast method, but when I spellqueue aka buttonmash: my castbar is constantly there, which in my world means blizzard put a delay on the hold to cast.
Only exploit I could see is in pvp arenas spam cast instant spells like fireblast while running to hopefully target stealthy and snap em but by that time any good stealthy has you
well a taste of GW2 on my tongue for sure. one more thing that they forgot to copy from there is an ability to cast ground-targeting skills on the second click of the button rather than clicking on the mouse and accidentally targeting another enemy.
I like the soft target, it happens in ff14 but it's not visible, I can run up to an enemy which is not targeted in any way and immediately begin dpsing and it will instantly start taking damage. I think I am going to start playing WoW again as my 2nd MMO (weird to say that) used to be the other way around, can't tell my bro though he won't ever forgive Blizzard and won't even discuss Wow with me haha
I have Parkinson's that really affects my right hand, I have been relegated to basically not being able to play in a group setting and PVP is fully out. Maybe this could be something that allows me to enjoy the game again.
They should really update the auto cast to include single spell cast macros. What about people that use shift/alt macros to clear up their spell bars or mouse over macro users like healers ?
Been doing the key hold down thing via autohotkey for over a decade. Its not just about filler spells, there's no reason to not bind every single key you can to it. Once you get used to it, it makes playing the game without it so clunky.
All these new play options show a move for console friendly WoW.. I am not sure if it will be a good thing since it's definitely gonna take away from some of the complexity of the abilities / cycles. This has already been happening for a long while now but I'm still having a hard time imagining how it will work...
Are bots that common? I’ve not seen any obvious ones in Shadowlands. There’s a few spaces in old content where I came across a pack of druids spamming some spell, but that’s about it. Wonder if this is due to better bot-spotting in general, lower demand for bot services since you can just buy a toon boost from Blizz, or just me being clueless about what botting looks like these days.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. As a totally blind player the possibility of being able to interact with a nearby object is a huge step forward in accessibility. I am so happy about this :-)
I think all these changes are for controller. They added official controller binding support in Shadowlands so i think this will be then inevitably porting to Xbox
There is an addon for Controller, I've used it for years. It's called Consoleport. I wouldnt be able to play wow otherwise as i have bad neck and wrist pain when using K/M.
I have played Wow extensively with a gamepad, my biggest complaint has been not having an interact button. I’m pretty sure that’s why they are implementing this. Wow on an Xbox, Mark my words it’s coming.
Ive been using repeater keys on macros for over a decade. Some of these changes are facing the reality that they don't do any thing about equipment like that, and that people who don't have it are at a disadvantage. the interact stuff is really nice.
I wonder if this has anything to do with their plans to bring wow to console, or perhaps mobile at some point. I can't imagine how they're gonna fit 40 abilities plus trinkets and consumes on a controller otherwise.
How do we move the character frames? I'm having issues monitoring my target & health status with the character frames so far down on the screen. :p I've been through the options page.
Does this hold and cast thing work for channeled spells too? Like for example Life Drain from a warlock, does he cast it all over again if I hold that button?
I'm glad their updating/changing things ... but I will say this isn't for those with disabilities (Although it should benefit them) ... They're doing this so they can port to console with easy transfer of controls.
An action combat camera is a decent start. I just want the ability to cast ranged attacks without pressing god damn tab. But...the action camera auto target is a decent start. I'm not sure why its so difficult for devs to implement auto targeting with ranged attacks. Melee has always had this. For some reason range does not.
The interact key is gonna be BONKERS good with gatherable... Imagine flying on your mechano-harvester and picking herbs by just landing and pressing your interact key. Or grouping up massive amounts of mobs to skin and just spamming the button over and over again instead of having to click each individual dead body. SHEEESH daddy please!
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Will you use any of these new options?
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Bro if you are afraid of damaging your joints by clicking a button I do not know what to tell you.
I have fibro and my hands are always in immense pain after tanking a few m+ with my druid. This is mostly due to the thrash spam as mentioned, the new changes will be amazing for me and looking forwards to it 🎉
Check out gnome sequencer enhanced. I have similar issues to you and combined with a key repeating keyboard I managed to get my whole monk to four buttons I can just hold down.
Same I got something and my hands always hurt
EDS here, same. I hope it's implemented well.
Same here, I can't play WoW, it is to hard on my left hand. This might mean I can play WoW again!
@@martinrosschou skill issue
I'm disabled, paralyzed from the neck down, and use a combination of voice commands And a sip and puff switch. I play outlaw rogue If you can believe that. Anyway 1 of the big problems I have in wow is that let's say I'm attacking a mob of trash and I get to full combo points but my target dies. To switch to another target I have to use my combo point builder AGAIN to switch targets. The game is coded not to switch targets by just using a finisher. So I lose DPS by wasting more combo points until something stays alive long enough for me to use my finisher. So now in Dragonflight, With This new auto targeting System, when my target dies, the game should automatically target the next mob allowing me to immediately use my finisher when I'm at Max combo points. That will help my DPS immensely and save me some frustration.Can't tell you how many times I've been in a mythic key and I'm just sitting there doing nothing because my target died and I'm trying to use my finisher on nothing targeted.
Props to you brother, your sprit is commendable and inspiring for me to try to get into mythics! Hope to see you out there in wow! 🙌
@@tao8150 hey thanks man!
never give up my guy!
That is amazing! I salute you! You're an inspiration. (If not too bad to ask, as I am genuinely curious. How do you go about mouse movement? Or do you have to just rely on W,A,S,D to move forward and back, left->right?)
@@caseycroissant1708 So I am a C4 quadriplegic which basically means I have some arm movement but no finger or hand control. My hands are in the fist position 24/7. For movement I just use a trackball and two big buttons for left and right click. One fist on the trackball the other fist on the buttons. Right-click is set to move forward and I steer with the trackball. That's basically it. Unfortunately I can't walk backwards or strafe so that makes positioning a bit tough but I do just well enough. If you watch some of my wow videos you'll see I never move anywhere except forward. I do have some voice commands to take a step to the side or back but I rarely use them because I'm shouting out commands for my rotation.
My dream of binding arcane blast to the space bar and falling asleep on my keyboard during a boss fight is closer than ever to being realized.
That's going to be the new lfr meta.
There are people who do not play with rapid fire keyboards???? What noobs
I love that they're adding accessibility options for this game. So important.
yes,im a new player to wow and i was shocked these features were not in the game when i started playing, almost every game since 2010 have these quality of life added in
I think they should include an option that when right clicking, instead of the mouse cursor disappearing, it remains locked in the center of your screen like crosshairs. Anything the crosshairs look at would target it. It would give a kind of fps feel that some may like and eliminate certain tab targeting maneuvers especially for ranged classes.
That is a killer idea. I don't know exactly how well it will work for WoW but having the option is really nice.
Mouseover macro
I love the buddy system, and as far as I understood anyone can use it at any time? Which will definitely be fun if leveling or questing with friends!
I see slight problems with auto-targetting (at least for me) as it happens a lot when I press tab, and all in-combat enemies just died, that I target a different mob and unintentionally pull that. Which might get worse with auto-targetting. If I can disable it for myself great. But I already see randoms unintentionally pull huge trash groups bc they just accidentally looked at them o.O
The auto targeting is awesome.. I love that 3rd person action game feel. An option to add a cross hair in the middle of the screen like new world would be awesome for those that like that type of control.
The interact with nearest 'thing' interests me a lot, especially with it working with quest objects and the like. Also you mention using that same interact key to choose dialog/get quest/etc , which is something DialogKey(tapping space is default with that..) addon (and things like autoturnin, likely) currently do, so the functionality is there.
The auto target I'm less confident with, which I put entirely down to how eager the game is to target pots in Torghast rather than one of the 7 enemies between me and said pots..
I wonder how this will affect botting. It seems to me like it might make it easier for bots to farm mats.
The button to auto target and interact has been a feature in FFXIV since the beginning (ARR), although most keyboard and mouse players probably never new about it. It's just A on Xbox controllers, X on PS controllers, and I think Numpad0 on keyboard (probably because playing FFXIV via keyboard only is completely viable.
I’m so happy about the push and hold option! Thanks for reporting this!
These are all great changes. I feel like people who don't already play the game might not understand how good these are. Small changes can make a big difference for players of a series. I was wishing for that "interact with nearest object/NPC" button over a decade ago!
I'm so excited about this! I use my keyboard to move, so I have to put my hand back on the mouse whenever I'm gathering etc, it's not the worst thing in the world, but being able to ditch the mouse aside from maybe going through my bags once in a while etc, is going to feel great
@@Kate-bg2fn they should just make wow a mobile game then lol
They had the "interact with nearest object/npc" button over a decade ago xD just had to keybind it.
@@TwiztidNight101 what was it called? i was aware of the "interact with npc" button, but you had to already have them selected for it to work
i know this, because i have had it bound to semicolon ever since people started mounting mammoths on top of questgivers!
@@Kate-bg2fn I always bind a key to mouse to move, find controlling my direction with the mouse way better than using awsd to move around.
Granted this auto cast thing is a QoL thing. But button spam is easily controlled if you remember you have a gcd and don't need to spam slam a button like George Kolias of Nile.
These are actually really great. I hope they let us change the range of the auto target feature.
This would also work really well with the immersion addon i think it's called. It lets you pick npc interactions with 1-9 and I'm not sure but you might be able to change that. I'll have a look later today.
There is always one filler spell that is spammed anyway, so might as well have it on autocast. GW2 already does this with the base ability of each weapon and class auto-casting instead of having an auto-attack. This will be a good accessibility option for those with physical disabilities and could allow for further and more complex macros and keybinds.
It's literally just another auto attack
The interactinferface thingy sounds really awesome!
Oh wow, so nice they added this auto cast feature! I have Raynaud's disease and my hands become almost unusable at times. I cannot wait to give this a try :D Less tapping buttons on my keyboard is going to be a major plus for me!
I think fights like Sylvanas will be a ton easier with auto targeting too. It is really hard to keep clicking or tabbing around to re target her stupid ass. Much less stress for my hands over all with these additions!
thats awsome
Been away for years .... re-learning ..... auto targeting ... excellent ty :)
I like these changes, overall they are really good, the only issue I can see with the automated spell spam would be in pvp and maybe hunters, Dh, rogues etc who might need to watch how they use their fillers they might accidentally blast through energy if they use it.
There are people who do not play with macro rapid fire keyboards???? What noobs
@@mooncloud6563 people use rapid fire macros? Lol.
Well, this just opened up a whole avenue of options for bots XD
I may finally get around to installing WoW on my Steam Deck after these changes.
That UI revamp looks gorgeous!
I think the hold to cast is amazing because you would normally just spam stuff so you get it when you gcd ended but now you can just hold until it casts and it will save your keyboard like 10 more years of life
Or in some cases your 16 button mouse. All i use keyboard for anymore is jumping, forward/strafing movement. and a few keybinds(F, T, CTRL, SHiFt, ALT, etc)
@@LeeQuesada-CoTGaming can confirm. My middle mouse button works less often than not now :)
So, If I am going to be completely honesty, I was going to talk some bad about some of these additions until I started reading the stories down in the comment sections. I think that accessibility should be one of the things focused on.
some of this option sound very good, i play wow with my grandpa and this type of option will help him alot for caster :)
I love the auto target thing because on my druid for example, I'll be using thrash, and then I'll forget to target something when it dies and need to apply rake or something to the new target.
HECK YES!!! Many of us older folk have been wanting these changes for years..
This sort of stuff is fantastic.
There are some keybinds I don't use because they will hurt my hand eventually.... but just being able to hold a button down might fix the issue.
I'm very happy about the hold key option.
That auto target is what I need for steamdeck. Hope it works on nodes for gathering
Only issue could be gatherers can team up and gather quickly. But that also means easier and lower prices hopefully. So still a win.
DialogKey addon will be a great addition to the new interact key. I can't live without it now, it's so useful.
I have worn out SO many mice over the years from sinister strike spam on my rogue because I have it on a thumb button. Playing DH and spamming demon's bite is the same issue. This is an AMAZING change. I have to deal with joint pains and had to rely on toggling auto clicker macros which always puts me at risk of getting banned. Can't wait for this change! Also, ALL of these options are absolutely great and quality of life improvements. I am super excited.
Very cool but if u have to interrupt a Mob you have to click on it would be nice to auto focus the casting mob
thx for your work no needs for me to bother with blue posts ,as always you resume perfectly what to know to play wow .
I think this changes work great with a controller for those who use one like me, it will be much easier to interact with the game
Regarding controller play and targeting. I want WoW to implement a move target left or right feature, and if nothing is currently targeted both left or right target will start by targeting from the center of your screen, no matter how far away the target is. This is how targeting can work in FFXIV, if configured to do so.
City of heroes had some good options like this. I hope wow studies other games, steals their goodness, and keeps updating. I like all this!
the tab targeting will be fantastic, that was my one major gripe with consoleport
Working towards a controller compatibility is my guess.
Hope there will be an option to keep ot as it is. Love the combat.
If it gets more automated, i don't think i'll stay around.
I do wonder if they plan to bring it to Xbox, would make sense for Microsoft.
Sony got FFXIV for their Playstation and PC.
The video literally says its a toggle. Meaning you can CHOOSE to turn it on.
@@tristamfs3542 Yea cause things don't change, especially with blizzard
@jaz The macros are worse because there's a cap of 18 personal character macros without an addon
@jaz no, it's the control. If i want to save a certain spell or ability for a certain situation.
Also i like having control, i love having to suddenly make a twitch press on my keyboard.
I also like driving manual geared cars for the same reason.
The feeling of more control
Thank you so much for the solid information, :)
For the following feature for Dragonriding, I've read a post that a blind person played with his wife, and was worried he coudnt play the xpac cause he can't follow his wife while playing, glad Blizz added that feature cause now he can play the xpac
Melee chars don't need it, hitting a skill with auto-target the nearest enemy regardless. It's only casters that dont' have this ability by default - but it can be easily aded via macro.
This has to be them gearing up for full controller support, the game already has it but it just needs a UI, and they’re currently doing a UI revamp.
Cool features, I hope they get into the game. Especially auto targetting. There's few things more annoying than your target dying before you manage to switch targets, so not only your current 'cast' fizzles out, you often waste 1-3 more GCDs getting a no target error before you hit tab or click on another enemy. I mean what the fck Blizzard, I don't think I've ever played a game where that was an issue. Talk about archaic system. Even SWTOR autotargets the closest target to your last target.
The hold-to-cast is great too. Especially with classes that use the same ability 3+ times in a row. I really hope this applies to spammy GCD abilities as well, not just actual spells (looking at you, demon hunters, rogues and druids!).
You kind do something kinda similar, if you make your macros like this:
/cleartarget [dead]
/targetenemy [noexists, noharm]
/startattack
/use NAME OF SPELL
This is useful if you are pushing your abilities many times to reduce lag... basically if a target dies it will deselect that target, select a new enemy target, start your auto attack (if applicable), and cast your spell. It also means you can tap a button twice to start attacking something without having to target it first. Maybe this new option will eliminate the need for this, but in the meantime I hope it helps. =)
These are all absolutely fantastic changes, and I really hope they all make it into the game! :D Little QoL changes like this add so much to the game.
These are terrible changes, it will open a lot of opportunity for autocast addons and hacks
Honestly, there were third party programs for playing with a controller that, if used on Turbo, were brutally easy. I use them to play while I exercise on a recumbent bike, which has really helped with maintaining good health. I'm really glad they're integrating this.
this is really good ! more of this please yes
Pretty good for reducing carpal funnel
Holding to cast seems like a nice way to cancel spell casts if you can just let go of the button to cancel the cast
That auto targeting seems like a replacement/alternative for those that used to macro /startattack in to their main spells/attacks although that issue has been fixed already I believe.
im sure these changes didnt came before to not make multiboxing much more op than it is, but now that multibox is bannable, these things can came in and target the right audience
Holding the button down is a godsend for my awful hand pains.
Guild Wars 2 did it a decade ago and I couldn't believe nobody else copied it.
I’m wondering if this will lead to a more controller-friendly experience that could result in WoW being put on gamepass/xbox. Ever since Microsoft bought Blizz I’ve been thinking about this…
Part of me wonders if a lot of these new accessibility features are building up to some kind of console release
i hope so tbh!
I'd love to play wow on my couch with a joystick :)
Great improvements indeed!!
Remember the Shaman totem bar? How long did we have that.
Now that you mentioned live streams, why dont you stream anymore? I miss your streams :(
Its going to be amazing for channeling skills
I tested years ago and I would lose 25-50ms of time between repeate casts as you can only spam a key so fast. I like this change!
Actually. Since wow has a built in spellqueue system with a default value of 400ms if you just click at the end of your castbar, you will instantly cast your next spell right after. This new hold to cast function however, does seem to have a built in delay. I can very clearly see my castbar disapear inbetween casts when using the hold to cast method, but when I spellqueue aka buttonmash: my castbar is constantly there, which in my world means blizzard put a delay on the hold to cast.
Omg, this sounds amazing, I am legally blind and targeting can be a nightmare.. that sounds great to me.
i got a cyst in my main ability finger joint bc of having to spam the button so the push and hold is a good addition.
Thanks for the video
Only exploit I could see is in pvp arenas spam cast instant spells like fireblast while running to hopefully target stealthy and snap em but by that time any good stealthy has you
well a taste of GW2 on my tongue for sure. one more thing that they forgot to copy from there is an ability to cast ground-targeting skills on the second click of the button rather than clicking on the mouse and accidentally targeting another enemy.
I like the soft target, it happens in ff14 but it's not visible, I can run up to an enemy which is not targeted in any way and immediately begin dpsing and it will instantly start taking damage. I think I am going to start playing WoW again as my 2nd MMO (weird to say that) used to be the other way around, can't tell my bro though he won't ever forgive Blizzard and won't even discuss Wow with me haha
these are neat features!
I have Parkinson's that really affects my right hand, I have been relegated to basically not being able to play in a group setting and PVP is fully out. Maybe this could be something that allows me to enjoy the game again.
They should really update the auto cast to include single spell cast macros. What about people that use shift/alt macros to clear up their spell bars or mouse over macro users like healers ?
The settings would be sooo good for playing on a steamdeck
Been doing the key hold down thing via autohotkey for over a decade. Its not just about filler spells, there's no reason to not bind every single key you can to it. Once you get used to it, it makes playing the game without it so clunky.
All these new play options show a move for console friendly WoW.. I am not sure if it will be a good thing since it's definitely gonna take away from some of the complexity of the abilities / cycles. This has already been happening for a long while now but I'm still having a hard time imagining how it will work...
I'm praying for this to become available on live! Spamming 'heart strike' on my blood DK feels devastating at times
There are people who do not play with rapid fire keyboards???? What noobs
This is very good for accessibility but this has serious undertone advantages for bots as well
Are bots that common? I’ve not seen any obvious ones in Shadowlands. There’s a few spaces in old content where I came across a pack of druids spamming some spell, but that’s about it. Wonder if this is due to better bot-spotting in general, lower demand for bot services since you can just buy a toon boost from Blizz, or just me being clueless about what botting looks like these days.
Auottarget is really getting rid of the need for /startattack command.
The soft target thing is def for people that want to play with a controller.
F is on my bars set up for stealth/defense(on non stealth) so i would def have to change the interact button.
If the auto cast/hold cast works better with higher pings, it will be great since they still don't let you transfer between eu and us
I can't wait to use this in LFR
Thank you so much for sharing this information. As a totally blind player the possibility of being able to interact with a nearby object is a huge step forward in accessibility. I am so happy about this :-)
I think all these changes are for controller. They added official controller binding support in Shadowlands so i think this will be then inevitably porting to Xbox
These are absolutely amazing changes, ESPECIALLY the Auto-targeting and interacting, truly amazing.
hopefully someday WOW might have a controller option like that in FF14
There is an addon for Controller, I've used it for years. It's called Consoleport. I wouldnt be able to play wow otherwise as i have bad neck and wrist pain when using K/M.
I have played Wow extensively with a gamepad, my biggest complaint has been not having an interact button. I’m pretty sure that’s why they are implementing this. Wow on an Xbox, Mark my words it’s coming.
Ive been using repeater keys on macros for over a decade. Some of these changes are facing the reality that they don't do any thing about equipment like that, and that people who don't have it are at a disadvantage. the interact stuff is really nice.
This is the most compelling evidence I've seen for a potential console port.
I wonder if this has anything to do with their plans to bring wow to console, or perhaps mobile at some point. I can't imagine how they're gonna fit 40 abilities plus trinkets and consumes on a controller otherwise.
These changes are all great. I get a lot of hand fatigue spamming spells on my frost mage
How do we move the character frames? I'm having issues monitoring my target & health status with the character frames so far down on the screen. :p I've been through the options page.
Amazing changes
Does this hold and cast thing work for channeled spells too?
Like for example Life Drain from a warlock, does he cast it all over again if I hold that button?
I'm glad their updating/changing things ... but I will say this isn't for those with disabilities (Although it should benefit them) ... They're doing this so they can port to console with easy transfer of controls.
An action combat camera is a decent start. I just want the ability to cast ranged attacks without pressing god damn tab. But...the action camera auto target is a decent start. I'm not sure why its so difficult for devs to implement auto targeting with ranged attacks. Melee has always had this. For some reason range does not.
thanks I just play and know these options.
I think this will help a lot of people with chronic pain, arthritis, etc. Kudos blizzard
I love the interact key idea. Cause some quest items are way to small to find to hover over. It aggravates the hell out of me sometimes.
As a professional in the Accessibility space, seeing things like these get added always gives me the warm fuzzies. Good job, Blizz! Keep it up!
Sweet! Builds more confidence that the Microsoft (also the owner of Xbox consoles) deal might go through!
0 limit on vigor = possible fun way to play with friends and that means fun police will investigate and change it.
The interact key is gonna be BONKERS good with gatherable... Imagine flying on your mechano-harvester and picking herbs by just landing and pressing your interact key. Or grouping up massive amounts of mobs to skin and just spamming the button over and over again instead of having to click each individual dead body. SHEEESH daddy please!