I was afraid of that as well, though it looks like I might manage now. I’ve constantly been adding buttons and combinations to make it better. I’ve also made several macros that should reduce the amount of buttons you need, and clique makes it even better.
So I started out with:
- 1~5
- alt1~4
- R & F
- M5, Alt M5 (extra mouse button)
- M6, Alt M6 (extra mouse button)
- ` (backtick), M3 (middle mouse button), and caps lock (but rebound to something else).
I kept having issues with keybinds on several classes so I expanded this. First I bound misdirect to “Alt + LMB” via clique, and then made my skillbar 2 slots wider for 4 extra binds. This meant that I could expand to the 6 and alt 6, and I’ve added Alt+R and Alt+F.
It still wasn’t enough though, so I’ve also added F1, F2 and F3 for keybinds. I couldn’t bind any further, because I’ve bound F4~F8 to oPie wheels to put even more stuff on. Last week I’ve decided to bind Hunter’s Mark to Alt+Mousewheel up, and Feign Death to Alt+Mousewheel down, just to get a bit more control.
Next to that I have a few clique setups, currently ALT+LeftButton on an enemy with hovercast uses interrupt, which is useful for interrupting something that I haven’t targeted. In SL I will do the same for tranq shot but on Alt+RMB
For healing pots and health stones I’ve started using a macro:
#showtooltip
/use [button:2] Healthstone
/stopmacro [button:2]
/castsequence reset=combat Abyssal Healing Potion, Healthstone
Uses healing pot and if right click is used, healthstones. Right click lets me use healthstones directly, though I’ve still got a slot to bind it atm (might change).
This is my current setup, though I’ve primarily been playing epic battlegrounds, so it’s a bit different from what I’ll be using in SL: https://i.imgur.com/D7Gp5sm.png
- F1 = azerite, this will probably be my covenant ability (not the class one)
- A1 is flare, which I won’t be needing for PvE, so it’s a free slot
- A4 is Double Tap which I only use for EBG bursts, so that will be a free slot
- 5 & A5 are currently PvP talents, they will be off my bar in SL
- 6 is cloak and will disappear
- A6 is just to keep track of Healthstones, will make a WA for that instead in SL (for all consumables)
- AM5 (extra mouse button) will probably become tranqshot
The take from this is: be creative with what you can do with your keybinds. There are addons and macro abilities that make it possible to reduce the amount of (hard) keybinds you’ll need. I’ll probably be swapping spells and which slot they have in SL until it feels natural.