Change lightning strike & ground slam to cast/attack where you're standing

It takes time to get in melee range. You might be able to LS 2+ times by the time you get into melee range.

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dsifu wrote:

It takes time to get in melee range. You might be able to LS 2+ times by the time you get into melee range.

Takes no time to get in melee range with flicker strike. And if you're against a ranged mob, you'd have to run to them instead of waiting for them to get to you.

Anyways, I'm just playing devil's advocate here. The point I'm trying to make is that however you or your friends might use LS, it is a melee attack that has a ranged component. Changing it's core functioning to be like that of a ranged attack goes against that distinction, and removes options for other players. You have shift-click available to you, and if you want to use a melee ability like it's a ranged one then wearing out your shift key is the price to pay.

No I agree there are times where meleeing with LS is needed for faster clearing. I would just like there to be some way to lock the location at which you cast a skill to smoothen out your gameplay.

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dsifu wrote:

No I agree there are times where meleeing with LS is needed for faster clearing. I would just like there to be some way to lock the location at which you cast a skill to smoothen out your gameplay.

There is, it's called the shift key, which allows a very smooth transition between casting/attacking while standing still, and running until you're in range to use that skill. If it were a toggle on/off thing, you'd have to check to make sure that it's toggled or not, and it would be (from my experience) much more of a hassle to be constantly toggling something on or off, and it would be used just like the shift key except that you have to press the button again to turn it off instead of just taking your finger off the key.

A toggle on the hotkey slots for skills might not a bad idea actually.

Edit: Actually I think a toggle on each hotkey skill slot might bring some interesting mechanics to the game. An example would be turning summon skeletons into a skeleton shield on the fly. It would also stop you from moving towards enemies after you kill them with ranged skills which can be frustrating at times.

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dsifu wrote:

Holding shift almost all the time feels uncomfortable.

I changed the keybinding from shift to the space bar, I find it much more comfortable.

If I use lightning strike bound to anything other than left click, I use it on that spot without having to hold shift.

I've used LS for 54 levels and very rarely shift click. ( mainly only to visually see how much faster I'm attacking)

I find I clear mobs much faster using it as a melee skill. Especially if there is a rare mobster... Phase run +LS till all the normal mobs ar done, then finish off the rare w/ heavy.

Favirite melee skill in the game by far.

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Saffell wrote:

If I use lightning strike bound to anything other than left click, I use it on that spot without having to hold shift.

it still makes you move into a melee attack.

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dsifu wrote:

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Saffell wrote:

If I use lightning strike bound to anything other than left click, I use it on that spot without having to hold shift.

it still makes you move into a melee attack.

Only if you use it on a mob. If you use it on the ground it won't.