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The arrow keys are usually at the right of the keyboard, next to the mouse, which makes playing with two hands awkward. You also need to move the hand on the ke
by ramchip 14y ago
The arrow keys are usually at the right of the keyboard, next to the mouse, which makes playing with two hands awkward. You also need to move the hand on the keyboard to push pretty much any other key, which makes it difficult to do other actions (reload, open inventory, sprint, etc.)
Of course the better solution is to give the player the choice...
- lloeki 14y ago> You also need to move the hand on the keyboard to push pretty much any other key - cost of binding arrow keys: ~0 - benefit to non-wasd compatible layouts: ∞ (did you know that my keyboard can actually move to where arrow keys are comfortably used, or that left-handed and right-handed-who-use-their-mouse-on-the-left-because-it-makes-sense-with-a-numpad-and-makes-RSI-bearable people exist? ;-)
- rplnt 14y agoThe main reason is there are no keys around the arrows, making it useless for many games. The layout issue is completely different thing.
- ramchip 14y agoSure, it makes sense in some cases, but not for most casual gamers (due to using a laptop, limited desk space, being right-handed with the mouse, etc.) Binding both the arrows and WASD is a good idea.
- cskau 14y ago> The arrow keys are usually at the right of the keyboard, next to the mouse Usually yes, but not if you're using your left hand for the mouse as I've recently switched to do. At a bare minimum both WASD and arrow keys should be enabled. But yes, reconfigurability is by far the best solution.