"Q" button is broken

[Metharos]

So it seems that when an action is bound to "Q," the action does not fire properly. This doesn't affect every action, but it does appear to affect things like Parry/Shield Block, as well as possibly Use Ability and Switch Weapon.
Interestingly, these abilities do appear to work when bound to "Q" if you are sprinting, and possibly if you are swinging your weapon, but not if you are walking or standing still.

If you've got something bound to the "Q" key and it's no longer functioning the way it should, try rebinding it as a workaround until the issue is resolved.

I have personally tested only one other binding on "Q," that being Finisher, since this issue arose today, and that particular binding seems to work fine. I don't know why some actions are malfunctioning when bound to that key and some are not, but I hope this helps some players that are experiencing this problem, and maybe helps the Devs pin down exactly what went wrong.

[Mai Balzitch]

YESSS its driving me crazy

[dart1194]

Ohhhhh is that what's going on? I thought they had done some secret change where I had to now press both my melee button and Q xD. Well after using Q all this time, it'll be fun getting used to a new button. Yay...

[ExodusN1]

I thought it was just my grenade that got messed up after the patch...crazy it's just what is bound to "Q" lol

[To-SToned_2ShooT]

So this is why I can't parry with Q.
The Dev that did this hates keyboard users, bugged Q from day 1.

[Voodoo]

parry on q
standing still? does nothing
sprint? parries fine
interrupt melee swing? parries fine
shooting? does nothing
just walking? does nothing

[Grave Fatigue]

I've Q bound as my tagging / emote button, 5 key is my ability (I've an mmo mouse with the numbers on the side). Q will still activate my ability seemingly at random, so when i'm trying to tag a med stim or whatever, i'll use a charge of ability instead

[Lepenski Vir]

Hmm that's interesting, i have the same problem with grenade since launch. Maybe I'll try a different key when they fix the mouse issue. Although it was the same in Word War Z so who knows. Saber do love their bugs

[Theatergoing Dalt]

Very frustrating bug, I use Q for parry/block and don't feel like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up my muscle memory by switching keys. Hopefully there's a hotfix for this sooner rather than later

[S P Y M A S T E R]

How about Im not gonna play their game until they fix it. Yeah, seems like a better solution, Im not their beta tester.

[XsemetH]

I use Q to interact and I don't have a problem with it, but it's very strange for a single key to be bugged. (I will also test this asap)

EDIT: It also happens to me now :), yesterday there were no problems (aside from performance issues again), now I had to rebind it to "alt". If you rebind the "Q" key, there will be a UI bug that does not show you what key to press when you pick up items or interact (shadow immersion update ftw).

[DreadPanda]

have Q as heal, i can open chat and see that q is inputting correctly from my keyboard but i just won't heal, 2 stims and one in front of me and i just can't heal.

[Shadow Panther]

If you want weird Q key interactions, try this. I've put class ability on F but Heavy (and only Heavy) refuses to recognise it and still only uses it on Q.

[VX #2]

Got this issue as well

[Rosh+]

i had my q set to parry cus that was the stun button in the first space marine

recent update reset my controls and bugged them out so i can't rebind them as well, very fun

[Shodan]

This update is QA disaster.