Why isn't there's a suggestion forum, or did I miss it? Suggestion on ults

Petoften

By default, the ult key, R, is used for many other things as well, and it's way to easy to accidentally use ult out of combat.

Either make it so that 'R' does not use the ult unless in combat; or at least give players the option to have that setting.

Soarora

I rebound the key to a different key and it solved the issue entirely.

theCampeR_

Petoften wrote: »

By default, the ult key, R, is used for many other things as well, and it's way to easy to accidentally use ult out of combat.

Either make it so that 'R' does not use the ult unless in combat; or at least give players the option to have that setting.

You can change the keybinds of almost all the actions in the game. Including the Ultimate key.

TaSheen

Soarora wrote: »

I rebound the key to a different key and it solved the issue entirely.

So did I. Whatever was on U wasn't anything I would use, so my ults are now on U.

Petoften

Ya, but I like this solution better. Rebinds might be a fair workaround but I didn't like to remember to use a different key than habit each time.

SilverIce58

So there is a solution to what you're proposing, but because you can't seem to be bothered to remember what key you rebound it to, its not a good solution? Bye

Heartrage

I don’t disagree with the sentiment, at the very least they could have made the automatic keybind different. However, this solution would prevent players from starting a fight with aoe ults or self applied ults.

Dr_Con

I'll be a pass on this. Sometimes you'll want to initiate a fight with an ult, or maybe you want to use your psijic ult to go back to where you were 4 seconds ago for some reason. Others already suggested rebinding so I won't say it.

This would be similar to locking all abilities and skills unless you are in-combat. How are you supposed to aggress things? Walking up to them?

the only thing they can do to sort of satisfy this without people being upset that they messed with their keybinds is to make it unbound by default to new players and tell those players to bind a key to their ultimate once they reach the skill requirement to unlock one. It adds another layer of complication onto the game as you'll have people who didn't read that who never use their ult until another player teaches them. I know you're probably saying "no one is that stupid" but it has nothing to do with stupidity, it's all about game design.

Danikat

Another alternative: you can rebind all the controls, so if you want to keep the ultimate on the same key you could rebind all the other things which use the same one to something different.

Petoften

Danikat wrote: »

Another alternative: you can rebind all the controls, so if you want to keep the ultimate on the same key you could rebind all the other things which use the same one to something different.

This is a much better solution, not forcing people to remember different keys than we've used for years.

There is no downside to letting players have this setting.

Wolf_Eye

I just changed the ultimate key to 6. So I have my regular skills on keys 1-5, and then my ultimate at 6.

When you rebind something, it will take you a few days to get used to it, but I promise you it will get easier and you will get used to it. It's been years now since I re-bound to 6 that I can no longer imagine any other key being my ultimate....

Holycannoli

Wolf_Eye wrote: »

I just changed the ultimate key to 6. So I have my regular skills on keys 1-5, and then my ultimate at 6.

When you rebind something, it will take you a few days to get used to it, but I promise you it will get easier and you will get used to it. It's been years now since I re-bound to 6 that I can no longer imagine any other key being my ultimate....

and 6 makes the most sense

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan

Petoften wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

Another alternative: you can rebind all the controls, so if you want to keep the ultimate on the same key you could rebind all the other things which use the same one to something different.

This is a much better solution, not forcing people to remember different keys than we've used for years.

There is no downside to letting players have this setting.

Have you never played other games? They all require you to remember different keybinds. Plus, this is the 21st century, where people have to remember PIN numbers, passwords, etc. Is it really that difficult to change the 'ultimate' keybind and remember it?

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Rebind the key if you dont like it. Mine is bound to U, but I also have the U button in a different spot on my left hand keyboard than it normally would be. Point is, you can bind it to anything, and any keyboard worth anything for gaming gives you almost infinite flexibility as to how to set it up.

I dont really care if they made a toggle for ulti use only in combat, but it would need to be a toggle. I also think its a bad solution. Plenty of times when you want your ultimate to be what engages combat. It would be very detrimental to only have ultimates able to be cast while in combat. And for the record, mine is bound to U (since beta) for the exact reasons you mention.

The downside to any change is one of priorities and resources. As priorities go for the devs, hard to get much lower on the list IMO. The solution is already there. They have bigger fish to fry.