Why do people mouse-click in 2026?

[Wakanda]

To be fair I wasn't even mouse clicking in 1999. I remember setting up WASD really fast too because I had already used that in Tribes. Trying to turn auto attack off and hit pick pocket and hide really fast, before turning auto attack on and mashing backstab.... mouse-clicking was pretty non-viable from the start.

Sorry for the random rant, but I was just watching this youtube video of someone on P99 causing a wipe... because they accidentally clicked the wrong mouse button and unmemorized their heal :eek: and my head nearly exploded.

https://i.ibb.co/rRHK3wxx/lolzerra.png

Is P99 truly a bunch of 60+ year old boomers or something? Like it's so hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that there are people mouse clicking and keyboard turning in any game in 2026.

I try to remove the persons name because I don't really want to flame them as an individual, but mouse-clickers in general. I want them to feel shame and embarrassment because maybe it will help them embrace normal gaming habits that anyone under the age of 50 should probably have.

[BradZax]

You're like 1000 years old.

[Wakanda]

You're like 1000 years old.

I think I may be the youngest P99 player NGL :eek: I'm only 57 years old.

[Cecily]

It's ok to play games without optimizing all the time. That's actually the optimal way to play.

[greatdane]

I remember setting up WASD really fast too because I had already used that in Tribes. Trying to turn auto attack off and hit pick pocket and hide really fast, before turning auto attack on and mashing backstab.... mouse-clicking was pretty non-viable from the start.


I remember back in the early days it was common to bind stuff to numkeys and move with the arrow keys. If I recall, WASD didn't become really widespread until Counter-Strike became a game that every gamer on the planet played.

[Goregasmic]

Keybinds follow across characters IIRC and that's fucking annoying.

Like if you bind sense heading to W then that hotbutton gets triggered across all toons. I set up the stuff I use extensively but I'm not trying to master play speed or whatever.

Probably doesn't help that I main a chanter and there's

SO

MUCH

SWAPPING

that nothing is at the same spot depending on what you're fighting.

So I basically have GCD, invis item, AE stun, AE mez and charm bound and that's about it.

[sammoHung]

I'm pretty sure this person was high AF.. which is understandable.

But also, DAMN I miss Tribes.

[Belambic]

WASD is an inferior key set up than ESDF. With ESDF you have another column of keys you can use for binding. The F key has the detent so you know you're on the right keys. E is closer to the middle than the W key is in that combo.
I started using this back in my FPS days and would use the extra key binds for weapon swaps and taunting macros.

[Smoofers]

It's ok to play games without optimizing all the time. That's actually the optimal way to play.

"if you kill your enemies, they win" vibes

[Naethyn]

ESDF gtfo

[Belambic]

ESDF gtfo

Try it, you might find that it's superior.

[sammoHung]

Try it, you might find that it's superior.

i physically cannot. but also.. who WASDs in EQ? i just hold down right mouse button and click left mouse to move. true GOAT movement option

[Belambic]

You can't strafe with the mouse.

[Smoofers]

You can't strafe with the mouse.

Shitter detected. You can if you have a mouse with more than two buttons

[Stakorian]

Because they are atrociously bad. Watching most P99 videos and it’s a clusterfuck of clicks, keyboard turning, mouth breathing, and downright embarrassing play It’s no wonder why so many need to multibox to get anything done.

[Goregasmic]

It isn't like this is a 200apm game though. Most of the top chanters I've seen still click a ton.

[OriginalContentGuy]

I have no idea why I use a mouse. Has what happened to OP occured before in exactly the same way with myself as the healer? Well, no but a few close calls. That's as a Wis healer and so decidedly not swapping spells in combat. Those that can do this comfortably are a rare breed and those who enjoy that playstyle are to be respected and are rarer yet on vintage elf simulators.

[OriginalContentGuy]

I'm pretty sure this person was high AF.. which is understandable.

But also, DAMN I miss Tribes.

Shazbot me too

[Ekco]

https://playt1.com/

we should all just show up with a [p99] clan tag and takeover someone's server

[Cecily]

"if you kill your enemies, they win" vibes
Someone is mad people click with their mouse. I am objectively, morally, and ethically correct.

[sammoHung]

https://playt1.com/

we should all just show up with a [p99] clan tag and takeover someone's server

omg a Tribes RPG community, too.

Ok, I've had enough of 2000-2001 nostalgia, I'm goin back to 98-99 truly

[BradZax]

would be fun

[Evia]

Hi! I'm a clicker! Not on everything...(I set all spells to the num pad, auto attack to numpad 0)
But the real question is...why do you care so much about how someone else plays a 20+ year old game? I've never understood this desire to force people to play like they do. You can apply this mindset to IRL, too. It's just as weird. Live and let live my friend. <3

[PatChapp]

I keyboard turn and mouse click
I play an enchanter mostly,or if in raiding im warrior tanking/bane bot
I do fine. I think the only enc solo camp ive never done is 2f hate,mostly because of the new rules.

[Cecily]

EQ is a 10 APM game. You guys are fine.

[spoil]

It's not like using keybinds takes more effort, quite the opposite.

For example targeting a group member for a heal is a fkey + numkey. As opposed to dragging my cursor over to my group window, clicking a group member, then going over to my spell bar and clicking a spell. It's so much easier.

[Jimjam]

It's not like using keybinds takes more effort, quite the opposite.

For example targeting a group member for a heal is a fkey + numkey. As opposed to dragging my cursor over to my group window, clicking a group member, then going over to my spell bar and clicking a spell. It's so much easier.

You know mouse clickers aren't doing something so smart as using the group window to get targets.

[Cecily]

You know mouse clickers aren't doing something so smart as using the group window to get targets.
You can do that? I always just clicked on the person's character if they needed a heal. Usually worked fine.

[magnetaress]

Left clicked the threads link with room for enlightenment in my cold dead heart.

Found it here.
I keyboard turn and mouse click
I play an enchanter mostly,or if in raiding im warrior tanking/bane bot
I do fine. I think the only enc solo camp ive never done is 2f hate,mostly because of the new rules.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Everquest was designed around using a keyboard and mouse. Filed under drugs.

[magnetaress]

Everquest was designed around using a keyboard and mouse. Filed under drugs.

What kind?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

What kind?

The kind that give you pixel sickness. Evercrack is a helluva drug.

[spoil]

Everquest was designed around using a keyboard and mouse. Filed under drugs.

And in archaeology they use shovels and tiny little picks for delicate work.

I'm going to use keybinds as much as possible because just pressing a key is the best tool for the job, faster and less effort. And I use the mouse as needed. If you want to dig a ditch with a little hand tool obviously you can do it, but I'm going to file that under drugs.

[Goregasmic]

I use keybinds so I can auto attack faster. Gives me more time to go fix a sandwich while the raid target dies.

[Jimjam]

I use keybinds so I can auto attack faster. Gives me more time to go fix a sandwich while the raid target dies.

Do you mean like a button which just backstabs (or whatever) 5 times?

[kjs86z2]

Stand behind raid target

turn on auto attack

set mouse clicker on backstab

go eat

[cd288]

I'm pretty sure this person was high AF.. which is understandable.

But also, DAMN I miss Tribes.

It's ReconodoJoe. He's prone to inane rants that no one cares about