What are some useful keybinds?

[Combo]

Hello villagers,
I remember the game when I was a kid, now I'm still a kid but older, I never used keybinds back then, just the good old mouse. I've heard that using keybinds are the key to become a good player, so do you have any useful keybinds that may be helpful to do things faster?

Cheers,
Wolf

[KILLER]

Best thing to do is redo your own to suite your style. a few of the most essential shortcuts you'll need

idle villger
create villger
create paladin
create horse archers
create halb
create champ
create arb archers
create castle units
build stable
build barracks
build archery range
build houses
build farms
Attack patrol

back in aoe building rotation was really important, i don't use it in aoc though, not sure about the real pros. obvoiusly the more you have the more efficient you will become.

[la_nague]

and also all the keys for selecting buildings and building units.

if i want an archer, you dont search for an archery and click on the picture, you do CTRL-A A. takes a split second. H C is building a villager.
Only thing you cant do with keybindings is researching upgrades.


Its also good to put "idle villager" on TAB and press it a few times per minute. You dont want idle villagers.

[EarthRed]

If you really want to make things easy, get a mouse with some extra buttons and bind the most important things there. At the moment, I have Idle Villager and Town Center on my mouse, and on the extra keys on my keyboard I have macroed military building cycles.

[la_nague]

i never understood those "gamer mice" with 10 buttons.
Why would pressing a button somewhere on the mouse be more comfortable than pressing tab or something.

All it does is make the mouse a heavy bulky monster.

[Mobile Infantry]

Q,W,E,R - All military units depending on location of icon position. So the archery range - Archer Q, Skirmisher W, Cav Archer E, etc.

I used most standard hotkeys, but im sure the top players customize them fully.

April 6th. "14!"

[Telvas]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von la_nague:

i never understood those "gamer mice" with 10 buttons.
Why would pressing a button somewhere on the mouse be more comfortable than pressing tab or something.

All it does is make the mouse a heavy bulky monster.

+1
Additionally mouse is for moving cursor - using gazzilion of buttons prevents you from moving it freely. Why to pack everything on mouse, while the other hand is on keyboard with 20 or 30 keys (+combinations) available easily?

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Skitsofrantic:

April 6th. "14!"

Hah, "11" :D

[EarthRed]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von la_nague:

i never understood those "gamer mice" with 10 buttons.
Why would pressing a button somewhere on the mouse be more comfortable than pressing tab or something.

All it does is make the mouse a heavy bulky monster.

Mine has two... Also, it's easier because the thumb of your right had is doing nothing, while as your left had is still pushing other buttons.

[the cup]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von la_nague:

i never understood those "gamer mice" with 10 buttons.
Why would pressing a button somewhere on the mouse be more comfortable than pressing tab or something.

All it does is make the mouse a heavy bulky monster.

I agree 10 is OTT if that exists, but mine has an extra 2 compared to the clicks and is useful because your hand is already there so you dont have to move your hand on the keyboard if you want say KP5.