Posts Tagged “Tech”

Last night I was on my Horde mage camping a vendor for an alchemy recipe. At one point boredom overcame me and I repeatedly clicked the vendor and noticed that my mage had slightly turned. But I hadn’t turned her, so how could this be?

Well, it turns out, as I had just accidentally discovered, that when right clicking and dragging the screen AT THE SAME TIME you move your character.

Yes, I’m fully aware of how n00bish this makes me sound. I’m pretty sure I’m the last person in WoW with a 2-button mouse to have learned this.

But I have an excuse!

When I started playing WoW I used the 1-button mouse that came with my Mac. When I learned about and read how to perform a jump shot, I knew I couldn’t do it with my 1-button mouse. However, eventually it broke and was replaced by what I currently use - a TrackMan Wheel. But I never revisited the possibilty of performing a jump shot using this new mouse.

Until last night.

There are times when you can explain something to someone until you are blue in the face but they don’t get it until they figure it out themself. Yep, even by accident when they weren’t trying. Then they come to you all excited and with a big goofy grin on their face and tell you that now they know what you meant. And then you choke them while yelling, “That’s what I’ve been telling you all this time!!!”

Can you tell I’m a parent?

This was one of those times for me… except all the jump shot guide authors aren’t wanting to choke me.

Needless to say, I spent some time playing around with this “new toy” - on my mage. I practiced it while she was running on her mount. Run forward, jump, right-click+drag, continue running in same direction as before. It was awesome!

It works when you are swimming too! You right-click+drag up and your character swims up. You right-click+drag down and your character swims down. It makes swimming an entirely new experience for me.

I honestly have no idea why I didn’t accidentally discover this a long time ago. I suppose it’s proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks.

I am so trying this on my hunters tonight.