Hotkey help - please?

Hi

I've had many hunters in the past, it's all i played in vanilla! i made this new guy from scratch with my partner (RAF) and holy cra.... my fingers are killing me!

I'm all over the place right now, i have hotkeys everywhere and it's starting to drive me insane.

I was wondering if i could get some advice? what keys do you use for your traps? what button do u press to activate the launcher? where are your stances hotkeyed? i'm going to list my hotkeys and what each of them do and i'm hoping someone takes the time to read them all and give me some advice.

I have 1 rule... never let go of the mouse or use the mouse to activate an ability. I refuse to click and i refuse to let go of the mouse, that's one thing i promised myself.

Anyways... it's long :\

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WASD+QE = movement, i don't backpedal but i don't want to hotkey S...feels weird. I strafe using Q and E but sometimes A and D.. so i can't hotkey those.

Anyways...

1 = Steady Shot / Cobra Shot (Beast spec only)
2 = Concussive Shot
3 = Serpent Sting
4 = Arcane Shot
5 = Scatter Shot
R = Will of the Forsaken
` = PvP Trinket

Alt 1 = Hunters Mark
Alt 2 = Masters Call
Alt 3 = Chimera Shot / Kill Command (beast spec only)
Alt 4 = Aimed shot / Focus Fire (beast spec only)
Alt 5 = Multi Shot

Shift 1 = Aspect of the Fox
Shift 2 = Aspect of the Hawk
Shift 3 = Aspect of the Cheetah
Shift 4 = Readiness / Bestial Wrath (beast spec only)
Shift 5 = Mend Pet
Shift E = Rapid Fire
Shift C = Distracting Shot
Shift W = Camouflage
Shift F = Scare Beast
Shift D = Misdirection
Shift + Space = Disengage

Ctrl 1 = Raptor Strike (lol)
Ctrl 2 = Wingclip
Ctrl 3 = Feign Death
Ctrl 4 = Kill Shot
Ctrl + Space = Deterrence

Middle Mouse = Send Pet
Mouse 5 = Send Pet Back
Mouse 4 = Flare

Shift + Middle Mouse = Tranquilizing Shot
Shift + Mouse 4 = Silencing Shot
Shift + Mouse 5 = Widow Venom

Now here's the annoying part.. which I'm not happy with.

Ctrl + Mousewheel up
Ctrl + Middle Mouse = Frost Trap
Ctrl + Mouse 4 = Freezing Trap
Ctrl + Mouse 5 = Snake Trap
Ctrl + Mousewheel left = Immolation Trap
Ctrl + Mousewheel right = Explosive Trap

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Thank you! i appreciate any feedback and i would live to see what some of you are using for your hotkeys, especially those PvP-must hotkeys for your traps/stances/etc.

:)

Arrow up- Up
Arrow down- Down
Arrow left- Strafe Left
Arrow right- Strafe Right

Numpad= all crucial Damage abilities.

Num 1- Arcane shot
Num2- Raptor Strike
Num3- Hunter's Mark
Num4- Serpent Sting
Num5- Scatter shot
Num6- Multi Shot
Num7- Concussive Shot
Num8- Steady Shot
Num9- Chimera Shot
Num/- Cobra shot
Num*- Freezing trap
Num- Aimed Shot
Num+ Trap launcher
Num0- Jump

The 6 Keys above the arrow keys are defensive abilities and aspects.

Delete- Disengage
End- Master's call
Page down- Feign death
Home- Aspect of the cheetah
Insert- Aspect of the Fox
Page up- Aspect of the Hawk

The mouse should only be used for longer cool down abilities. You want your mouse to be dedicated to movement, so you can kite more efficiently, and not main abilities like arcane shot, steady shot etc.

Middle mouse button- Ice trap
Mouse wheel back- Deterrence
Side mouse button 1- Target nearest player
Side mouse button 2- Pvp Trinket
Mouse wheel up- Freeze trap/ trap launcher macro

The keys to the left of the arrow keys can be set to spec specific abilities or main abilities that have a short cool down. Your pet abilities could be set here as well.

Enter- Kill shot
\- Silencing shot
Backspace- Flare
]- Snake trap
'- Pet attack
[ -Pet return
/- Tranquilizing shot
Period- Mount
Semi colon- Auto run
F12-Chat

All long cooldowns are set to shift and alt keys. And pet abilities. Also any ability that is not used every fight can be set to a shift key like scare beast or dismiss pet.

Shift delete- Rapid Fire
Shift end- Dps Trinket
Shift Page down- Blood fury (dps racial)
Shift insert- Roar of sacrifce
Shift home- Aspect of the Pack
Shift page up- Intervene
Ctrl delete- Glove tinker
Ctrl end- Belt tinker
Ctrl Page down- equip/use Rocket boots xtreme
shift middle mouse button-Parachute
ctrl enter- summon pet 1
ctrl slash- summon pet 2
ctrl Backspace- summon pet 3
Shift slash- Scare beast
Shift arrow key up- Dismiss pet
Shift arrow key right- Eagle eye
Shift arrow key down- Immolation trap

Grouping similar hot keys into their own sections is the key to this hot key layout. It makes it much easier to learn and once mastered i believe it to beat WSAD hot key layouts. WSAD is too clumped together. This layout gives you the ability to press all of your main abilities within the reach of one finger( your pointer finger ). Your movement is reserved to your ring finger, middle finger and pinky, and sometimes your pointer finger can take the place of your middle finger at the strafe right hot key.

This layout is setup with Kiting efficiency and PVP in mind. This layout works for PvE but I would not say its optimal for it.