remap your keys!

[Zisa]

Keep getting easy kills for people for dumb shit - weapon changes etc.

Q - change weapon
E - change mode
R - change shield

left SHIFT - free look
(can you guys not hear horses, or get it that near start of round it could still be enemy cav?)

you get the idea...

[Grey]

always considered remapping weapon slots, cause in very deep melee combat I HAVE pulled another weapon....but yeah for me the tilde key is not a hard reach, spend half my time in warband holding tilde.....and as an archer, people say its all click click click, but I press R more often than clicking

[Joxer]

1-weapon slot 1, 2-weapon slot 2 etc. 

[Digglez]

anyone have the problem that it doesnt save changes you've made?  I've searched taleworld forums and not found anything.  I tried the demo on steam, which I'm thinking caused the problem (but it had the same problem as well)

[Camaris]

I always wanted to do this but i am a bit lazy ;)
Would love to have my shield on the back as standard as 2hander ;)
But i guess that is not possible with a 2-Hand weapon that can be
used as 1-Hand.

[AzureSkys]

Nearly every game I've played for the past 10 years have been remapped. I don't get why WASD became standard for movement keys. I've always ESDF which is a natural position from typing. It frees up more keys to use the small finger with. It works well for games where leaning is possible as A lets me lean left and Q lean right while being free to still move around (too many years playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault).

 I use Q for looking around, A for kicking, shift for zoom, etc. I've always specified mousewheel movements, too: mousewheel up for weapon change and wheeldown for shield rather than scrolling through a selection. I always use Y for Chat-all and U for Chat-team not matter which game I play.

I'm new to M&B multiplayer, so that's my config from single player. Not sure if I'll have to change things up.

[Grey]

 . I've always specified mousewheel movements, too: mousewheel up for weapon change and wheeldown for shield rather than scrolling through a selection.

Thats standard settings.

This game doesnt have enough buttons to warrant remapping imho, WASD, q for QQ, E to use, R for view, F for kicks, shift for zoom, tilde for freelook, X to change mode, SPACEBAR to pull stunts.....sorted, super efficient, ONLY combo that can take a little getting used to is going from free looking to rightstrafe kick.

[Gafferjack]

anyone have the problem that it doesnt save changes you've made?  I've searched taleworld forums and not found anything.  I tried the demo on steam, which I'm thinking caused the problem (but it had the same problem as well)

Make sure that you've mapped a key to every function available; otherwise it won't save your keybinds. I had the same problem when I first started playing Warband.

[Kung Fu Jesus]

I like to put kick on a side button of my mouse. So I press my thumb to kick. Otherwise, I keep most things standard. As soon as I try to remap something, it completely screws up my muscle memory as I've used the same basic buttons for 10+ years.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

most important change for me: put freeview on third (wheel) mouse button. Makes it a lot easier to stay aware of everything behind and around yourself.

[Belhade]

Good tips. I've also used ESDF for everything for about fifteen years. I may put freelook onto my thumb button (Logitech G5 ftw) since this game has no VoIP (my standard thumb mapping).

[Peasant_Woman]

I have freelook on Q, voice commands on V, change weapon on C and the others keys as standard, suits me very well.

[Phazey]

Freelook on my mouse 5 is helpful. Looking around while moving is very useful.

No other remapping needed for me, because i use my nostromo speedpad n52.

I have macro's for: "LEFT" "RIGHT" and "CHARGE" in teamchat. Saves some typing when trying to lead in battle and allows me to shout "CHARGE" while fighting.
Oh, i also two macro's for convenience: one that just keeps the rightmouse button pressed (permablock) and the other that keeps rightmouse pressed and also keeps W pressed (block and walk forward). Used to use them a lot during long, tedious strategus battles.
(Yes, i know you can block, walk forward and open chat to achieve the same effect, but i like having it on a button.)

[Madcat]

I wish I thought about the "esdf" configuration when I first started playing multiplayer games. I would have used that instead of "wasd".
It's too late for me to learn a new setup all over again as "wasd" is programmed into my dna by now :p

The only remap I've done is,
Q = Looking around
Tilde = Holster
Mousebutton 4 = Weaponmode toggle