Because not everybody is good with the default key bindings...

I've seen a couple people complain about key bindings or how it's hard to keep up with all those keys.

Sometimes, it's just a matter of putting the right things at the "right" place. I'm terribad with the default bindings, yet I have no problem to keep up on Gold with these:

Power 1 > Shift
Power 2 > CTL
Power 3 > Space
Jump > E
Mantle > E
Dash > Q
Interact > 2
Sprint > TAB / Mousewheel Up / Mousewheel Down

Other keys keep the default bindings. If your keyboard is not QWERTY, adjust accordingly.

Why do I put powers on Shift, CTRL and Space?
Because while you move with WASD, you thumb and little finger are free. Trying to press 1, 2 or 3 while moving is less effective since you have to move one of your fingers away from WASD, but the Shift, CTL and Space scheme doesn't have this drawback. Thus, you can cast pretty freaking fast while moving without the possibility of hitting the ~ (console key that gets you killed all the time)

But Jump and Mantle have the same key binding
Yes and it's fine. You hardly need to use Mantle and when you really need to, you just have to be in cover, move toward where you want to go and press E, which will make you go over cover. It requires a tiny bit of practice, but it's worth it. The Jump being on E is easily accessible while moving forward, which makes time reaction much better.

Why is Dash on Q?
Because it's a "line" concept. W is moving forward, E is jump, Q is Dash. Those are your 3 most used key to move around and they're easily accessible to your fingers #2, #3 and #4. They make a line QWE on the keyboard

Why is Interact on 2?
Because it's not used much and 2 or 3 would be the easiest to access when everything else has been binded to another key. You usually have a bit more time when it's time to use this key, you're less in a hurray than other situations so it's not a problem if you need more time to locate the right key on the keyboard. This is about reaction time and 2 or 3 are good compromises for something easy and accessible.

Sprint?
This one is a bit more of a personal preference. You want something easily accessible, yet the easiest keys are already taken by more important functions.

I personally use a mouse which have a thumb button, so it's easy for me to just grab the mouse and forget about Sprint.

If you don't have the luxury of a gaming mouse, you can always use either Mousewheel Up or Down. You don't need 2 buttons for Previous/Next Weapon when there's only 2 choices. Both Previous and Next are the same thing. Might as well change the default binding for one of them and get the benefits from a pretty easy access.

In last resort, you can use whatever floats your boat, but I'd go with TAB since it's the only key that is "near" and isn't assigned yet.


There you have it, even if I'm terribad with a keyboard, I can keep up with everyone even on Gold with these bindings. I hope it helps some of you overcome these difficulties, because not everybody is a master at using the default bindigns.