I have played competitively without learning a single hot key before and using my mouse exclusively. I was never a big fan of hot keys. I only used hot keys for setting a path for my scouts to follow.

There game is like 6 months away from being released.  This is beta.  Plenty of time to tweak it so it works well with WASD and click-to-move like GW does.

Games that use WASD simply play better. :/

This is supposed to be a real beta where people give feedback to improve the game, NOT a demo.

You can't give feedback on the game yet, because YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

In a week and a half or so, call for WASD all you want, if it's not present. Shut up until you actually know it'll fit.

lol

pre-beta angsts

It's true. I'm sick and tired of all the feedback showing up now.

It was acceptable a month ago, when Tyo was telling us how wrong we were about everything and there were about a half zillion fewer people posting inanities. Now it's beginning to grate on the nerves--close your mouths, enjoy the late August weather, and wait at least until the game's been shown at PAX. At least then you can attempt to sound like you know what you're talking about.

And get off my lawn, too!

*Jumps off the lawn*

yes wasd improves combat contole with a locked camra angle but it removes the strategic pow  (point of view ) and removes the rts gene because you wont be able to focus on more then one spot at a time mainly your char, blacking out the entire battlefield. while mouse action gives you the advantegs of moving while analysing the entire battlefield.

You don't need a behind-view camera lock for WASD.

The WASD movement can be based off screen orientation.

To be fair, Mythos did (/sadfrown) WASD movement from a topdown view fairly well.

I remain solidly in the wait-and-see camp for WASD and Demigod.

I remain solidly in the well-put-it-in-and-see-how-it-works-if-it-doesn't-don't-use-it camp.

Wrong. No, I'm not going to argue, I'm fine this way.

Your opinion.

I'm not suggesting to remove click-to-movie.

Legerdemain made a good point with Mythos WASD.  Though Mythos isn't unique, other roguelikes have used WASD in the same way.

Perhaps, since the way the game works by default anyways(i.e units face where they want to go and then move), left and right (A and D for you wasd crazies) turn, and forward (again W for the arrow impaired)  do move forward. Back (or S for the people who don't understand symbols and words) wouldn't do anything as I don't see minitours running backward... maybe taping it does a 180 as quickly as possible?

Being able to strafe and move backwards is awesome.

Like in World in Conflict you do shift+n(iirc) to have your units move backwards.  This is beneficial because most vehicles have better frontal armor.

This could be beneficial in Demigod if you have to face someone to use ranged attacks(likely) and/or if you have to face someone to use spells on them(almost likely at least in many cases).