Spiral Knights - Quick weapon select

Quick weapon select

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Wed, 04/27/2011 - 09:24

Take0ut

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Well I use four weapons and selecting the one I want to use in a given situation can be pretty frustrating since I have to cycle through 2-3 weapons just to get to the one I want (actually, it's embarassing when I try to pull out my gun to shoot a gunpuppy but pull out my winmillion instead and charge headlong into a pit of spikes). I would like to suggest creating the option to have a hotkey for each weapon slot 1-4. That way, say if I remapped my consumables elsewhere, I could use buttons 1 through 4 to quickly select the weapon I would like to use.

Any thoughts?

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 09:28

Metaknight

agreeing on weapon hotkey

agreeing on weapon hotkey idea. are the WASD keys used for movement at all? if not, i wouldn't mind if QWER was used for weapon hotkeys. would be nice if we could customize hotkeys in general.

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:00

oconnor0

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You can customize hot keys in

You can customize hot keys in the options.

Not that you can currently assign a key to select a weapon to equip.

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:33

Metaknight

yeah i should probably check

yeah i should probably check for these types of things before i mention it in suggestions. this isnt the first time i wanted something that already existed. however we still could use the weapon hotkeys as suggested :)

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 11:39

Hopscotch

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I'll second this. I expected to only gain from spending 250e on an extra weapon slot. Instead, I ended up confused.

You can't see which weapon you get when you roll the mouse wheel up or down. It'd be easier if you could see that up would give you your Alchemer next, for example. An even better suggestion would be to use hotkeys to access the weapons directly (as suggested above).

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 12:56

jooozek

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I was stunned when i went

I was stunned when i went into controls and havent seen weapon slot specific binds. With 2 weapons you can adjust to pressing SPACE, but it also can hurt sometimes when lag is involved. When i got myself the third slot i ended up mostly using one weapon only because i couldn't remember what weapon is next/previous. In heat of battle it gets even worse because say, you want to switch to that bomb but you take out your gun and start charging it and slow down and the mob gets on you. If we had those weapon slot specific keybinds i'd go for 4th weapon slot. I'm sure other people feel like that too.

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 15:07

codys117

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For me i use WASD to move

For me i use WASD to move around and use my mouse to attack. the left button is attack, the right is shield, and the scroll wheel is to switch weapons. its worked so far for me

Sat, 04/30/2011 - 09:09

Austenite

more than this, I want to be

more than this, I want to be able to simply apply buttons to each of the weapons' attacks, not just selection.

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 21:16

ghanes

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100% Agree

I was just about to make a post about this. I just got my third weapon slot and it's so much more difficult coordinating weapon switches because all of a sudden next / prev don't do the same thing, and in fact, their behavior depends on your current weapon! I imagine it would get even more confusing with 4 weapons.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 04:27

zeddidragon

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Yes

My name is zeddidragon and I support this.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 05:55

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Jontlemen

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sounds like a good Idea to me

sounds like a good Idea to me chief

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 05:55

#11

Jontlemen

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sounds like a good Idea to me

sounds like a good Idea to me chief

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