For as long as weapons have had a reload feature, i've been bothered by how the reload key is the light key, and i'm sure i'm not the only one who thinks this could be done better
There are two problems with weapons using the light key for the reload button, those problems are
- If the server takes place in a dark environment, to toggle your light on or off would have to wait until your weapon is reloaded, not everyone has their lights turn on when in dark maps, and because i haven't tried it recently enough, i don't know if a player's light stays on when they respawn whether or not they have that option enabled
Not a particularly good point, but it's a point nonetheless
- A better point to make is how uncomfortable it is reaching the light key to reload whenever necessary, it seems to me that like me, the majority of people put the light key on the L key, makes sense right? L for light, yeah? But if you're keeping four of your fingers on the A, W, D and F keys, it's gonna feel pretty uncomfortable trying to get your thumb to the L key to reload since your thumb is the only finger that can reach the L key
And in that case, to move your thumb to the L key, your hand's gonna twist in a way that lets your thumb move to the L key, but keep 2, 3 or even all 4 of your fingers on the A, W, D, and F keys, which will feel uncomfortable for your fingers and possibly even cause some minor/very minor cramping in your wrist which can become a nuisance after a while
| Q: What should be done? |
| A: Use sit instead of light |
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Now you may be wondering, "Why use sit?", think of it like this, how important is sitting during combat situations? It's not important, players are gonna want to toggle their light more than wanting to sit down during combat, so the sit command becomes far less useful during whatever minigame the server is running that includes combat of any kind, so it makes more sense to make the reload key replace such a useless action
In addition, S is typically the backward movement key, so people would probably bind sit to a key they may not be using much or just some random key, if reload was to be made into the sit command, it can be bound to a key that's much easier to get to, such as the R key, the R key is the reload key in many shooters, and it's in an easy to reach spot while you're using your pinky, ring, and middle fingers to control your character, you can easily move your index finger to the R key to reload
So it makes the most sense, right? Anyone else agree and/or want a change to how weapons reload?
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