are there really people out there playing a game like Diablo with WASD?
I mean ok, if they want to, why not. If thats fun for them. But calling it superior over a mouse steering. That’s ridiculous. In the end its an action RPG, I want to have the action going on continuously. Which means I am spaming continuously my 6 skills. I dont know how many skills are there available at the time in D4. But I cant imagine that piano playing skills would improve any Diablo experience.
Maybe they don’t know about the “force stop” button. I mean how difficult can it be to have 1 finger resting on a key that makes you stop when you want to stand still? How difficult can it be to keep Left-Mouse button pressed for as long as you want to walk without hitting an enemy? And how difficult is it then to use that resting finger on that “force stop” key in case u need to stand still?.. I mean dont they know that as soon as u hit that force stop button you automaticaly use the primary attack that is bound on ur Left-Mouse button???
Maybe they need a guide for that…
→ Lets Try:
Movement/Interaction/Primary Attack: Left-Mouse Key
Secondary Attack: Right-Mouse Key
Skill 1-3 depends on what is comfortable for you I suggest use a Nostromo otherwise put them on: ASD
Skill 4 (again best is a Nostromo): Spacebar
Force Stop: Shift Key
Now point with your mouse where you want to go “und ab geht die Post!”. But remember, as long as you keep that index finger pressed on your left mouse key you will not stop walking, even if you hover over an enemy. So in case that you want to use your primary attack, just wake up your pinkie and let him have fun hitting that shift key. You might be even surprised that you don’t even need to let go your index finger from your hopefully still pressed left-mouse button…
have fun
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well my friend who has never played a aRPG before did nothing but complain about the lack of WASD movement… personally i have never tried it but i do think i would be better for the wrists tbh…
and if ppl want it then why not? i mean its basicly the same as useing a stick on a controller… should take less then 1h to program into the game…
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If mouse is superior, let people have WASD and be n00bs then, why get so worked up about it.
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People want an option to use WASD, it doesn’t have to remove click to move. Why? Because for example on a world boss it can be hard to find a place to click to move without accidentally clicking on the boss and then attacking while failing to move and getting hit because of it. This is annoying and solved by WASD. Also with WASD you can move backwards while still attacking and you can circle strafe. You can’t do that when you can only move towards your mouse pointer. Holding shift to stop moving is a bad idea because in this game you need to be constantly moving or you will quickly find yourself standing in some type of damage.
If you would like to try out WASD in an aRPG then try out Warhammer 40K Inquisitor Martyr which has WASD or I guess you could try Diablo Immortal which also has WASD.
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Mouse movement and WASD movement are very much diffierent from each other, with WASD being the easier choice for kiting while attacking.
Everyone online game that is good has NEVER had more than 2 control schemes. Diablo 4’s PvE and PvP will be balanced around gamepad and mouse move, it’s that simple. 
What you describe is a skill issue, what you suggest is a mitigation for that skill issue… It does not solve the original issue of having poor hand eye co-ordination.
I don’t know underr what rock you lived but WASD in Daiblo will lead to a lot of problems that makes WASD supperior over M&K because D4 was never designed to be a twinstick shooter. Stuttterstep alone is a big enough issue why WASD would be the more efficient way to play the game. Then look at the fundamental issues with the Diablo series and you’ll find ways to animation cancel in unintended ways and to increase attack speed.
The ones under a rock think console gaming is better than pc, it’s not hence why the best pc’s cost like 5k+. Wasd allows strafing similar to an analogue stick. We could even strafe in D3 why not D4?
Because (almost) noone cares about D3 but people will go craycray if the realise D4 is coded in a similar way and rectreated al the flawed code form the past.
Lol i know what you mean. Flawed code xD
You also had WASD in Diablo Immortal so its not like they haven’t already done it.
Diablo Immortal was a mobile port to pc was it not? I assume that’s easier to implement. Every PC Diablo game is point and click, it sounds to me like people who main other games are attempting to drive the design choices for the entire, and more franchise dedicated player-base for their short stay?
You could strafe in D3.
They had it sounding perfect… D1 fear, D2 cube/runes and charm, D3 graphics (and then some) and combat flow with everything from all 3 previous titles and added stuff for D4.
It’s still a good game mind that! Lol