17 Warcraft Tweaks That ACTUALLY Make A Difference (No Addons!)

[@BellularGaming]

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[@JoshuaHamberger]

Holy shit Bellular is doing an actual WoW tutorial video. When was the last time…

[@Grubnar]

"WHAT YEAR IS IT???"

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

Long time healer here & that help/harm tip just blew my mind. I had no idea that was an option & will be experimenting with it immediately. My bars are about to look so much nicer.

[@thezerb]

As a more flexible camera solution, I recommend " Actioncam Plus". Same functionality as the console commands, and also the additional AC functions like over tehe shoulder /off to the side if desired,. But most importantly: Fully customizable with automatic switching for mounted /not mounted or in /out of combat.... This means you can for ex. fly with the standard camera (and not trip out and misnavigate with the AC camera angle), while having the AC angle applied as soon as you´re dismounted for better battlefield visibility.

[@michaeldromes3948]

I resisted using the interactive key for so long but it has been a game changer. Not only for those things mentioned in the video (+fishing!), but you just do things so much faster in general. I started winning objective captures in BGs at least twice as often, be it azerite mining or capturing building, same with war supply chests or anything really.

[@amartian2]

insanely useful for clicking on summoning portals (unless someone is on a vendor mount) and warlock gates. Also, clicking on small objects in the game world, so long as your *camera* is generally facing the right direction, you can use the interact key.

[@Stryding]

very nice tips, im saving this for when I get on my PC and nice seeing another 'Shift+Space bar for mounts'-user 👍

[@RZethusE]

The quality of these videos for new players is 2nd to none. Top tier guides much like the ones done in previous xpacs. Very valuable stuff.

[@SaskatoonSaul]

Arent these commenters supposed to be stealing mining nodes in game?

[@ochatach2]

Whoa, a bunch of this stuff that's new I had no idea about, addon-less is getting way better

[@davidcovey3001]

I use "Shift" modifies for a lot of my action macro's. Meaning if I were to use "Shift"+"Space" to mount up, then that would cause a problem for me in combat because in PvP I jump around a lot to cast on the run and maintain momentum in one direction. Otherwise great list, I already do most of it though! haha

[@sullyvapes9331]

i like using opie has a lot of neat features for a pretty light weight addon can set any mount or spell in game to a keybind that opens a radial menu. love opie ❤️

[@ignas2158]

For the keybinds - there's alot that can be used. The most suitable way I've found is to place your little finger on "Shift" and "Ctrl" button and look how comfortably far does your thumb and index finger reach on the keyboard. After that, after you use all of the unused letters (for my instace 4/5/6 and Y/H/N), you use duplicate the keybinds with the same Shift+X or Ctrl+X. That way you have 3x more buttons to use that are mostly used in combats. Also don't forget the F1/F2 and others :)

[@Nokomak]

I literally just need one thing. Cursor highlight. Can't see where it is during fights. Especially lost me winnable fights in PvP.

[@starshinewindlord2716]

there is an Accessibility feature to make the cursor's normal art a different size. some specific fixed sizes and blizz still controls its shape.

[@mightyOmouse]

There are weak auras for mouse cursor.

[@justinotherday6199]

There’s an addon called Cursor Trail. It’s been helpful during those chaotic fights.

[@Zectifin]

@@justinotherday6199 second this. I use it all the time and its great. you can even theme it per character so you could have say a light themed one for your paladin and a fel themed one for your warlock.

[@dread46]

@@Zectifin False, you do a fel themed one for ALLyour characters cause let's be honest, warlocks are the best class! Besides that very subjective comment some real advice: get cursor trail, since i got it i have no problems anymore with locating my cursor, very lightweight aswell and highly customizable

[@rilufuzz]

Having these console commands pasted in the description would of been the cherry ontop :P Edit: Nevermind. I just saw the link lol. Thanks :D

[@dread46]

I ws fistpumping into the air once you mentioned that shift+spacebar and ctrl+spacebar tip for mounting up. Been using it since 10 years or so and i can't even imagine any other way to do it, pure convenience

[@nacho7007]

You can pretty easily make a weak aura to turn on/off self highlight options in/out of combat. I just googled it after I watched your video and got it set up in a couple minutes.

[@Kithhurrn]

Think the point was what can be done without WA or any other addons. Especially since some addons, WA being a prime example, are causing rather long load times so some folk want alternatives.

[@nacho7007]

​@@Kithhurrn yeah for sure and I hesitated to post about it. But I was playing with player highlight and it's awesome in combat but for me annoying out of combat. There's not a function in the default ui to have it on only in combat.

[@danielantonioginartemilane1658]

Uff amazing man, specially the mount one. I didnt knew that

[@StarlessSupernova]

I’m just now getting back into WoW after a looong hiatus. Them making mouseover functionality a toggle in the settings is a game changer. No more making macros just for that function.

[@chefRyan38]

My dude the @player and cursor macros are amazing I've been using them on my huntard for years

[@JiSe6669]

For AOE stuff that you sometimes need to aim precisely/or want to switch between targeting yourself: /cast [nomod, @cursor] AOE; AOE - without mod you autocast it at cursors, with one you do it normally /cast [nomod, @cursor] MovementThing; [@player] MovementThing - for totems, feathers etc. Using qualifiers like [combat] can help making stuff like /cast [combat] Combat Ress; Normal Ress /cast [combat] Movement; Mount - to have your primary movement ability in the same bind as mount New [Known: Spell Name] is also quite nice for keeping your bars tidy: /cast [Known: x] X, [Known: y] Y; Z

[@yesteryearr]

I am someone who enjoys playing the game without add ons, and the default UI has come a long way and if you set it up properly, you can seriously increase your effectiveness in dungeons and raids👍

[@Max_Mousse]

Ive been using razer tartarus for all my mmos, its been such a crazy quality of life improvement. I kept my wasd keys the same (middle of keypad), put my main attacks on the thumb buttons, my main utility skills around my movement keys, and use the wheel on the keypad to mount up because I didnt really know what else to do with it

[@nacho7007]

I don't think I've played wow without a gamepad since 09 when I got a logitech g13 then orbweaver now tartarus. Sad to say but I'd have a really hard time managing with just my keyboard. It would be a big learning curve. Something to consider when switching to a gamepad.

[@cedricagbosonan5041]

Lol crazy, i also have a tartarus and i bind mount to the Scroll wheel 😁

[@fritzschnitzmueller3768]

show ur logs bro

[@ShawnLambert-uq3pm]

@BellularGaming Surprisingly, and likely at the cost of disgusting others, I don't use letter keys for key binding (might change that after this video). Instead, I use keys 1-6 and F1-F6. If I play a healer class, I use 1-6 and Mouse Buttons for my beneficial (healing) abilities, and F1-F6 for Damaging Abilities. ` is for interrupting and scroll wheel click is for speed buff (sprint/stampeding roar and such) A, W, S, D for movement with double mouse-click (hold) for precision movement, tab for targeting, ` for interrupts, 1-6 for primary abilities, F1-F6 for non-primary abilities, Shift+1-6/F1-F6 for primary CD's, and 7-0 for non-primary CD's. Effectively consolidating my hand placement to 12 keys 90% of the time. Special perks to anybody, who like me, has a keyboard with their 1-6 and F1-F6 keys .000001 centimeters apart xD (Exaggerated, but they are closer to each other than other keys by a reasonably efficient distance)

[@sardonicspartan9343]

Im out of town so ill have to come back to this later. Thank you for putting this out there.

[@plebeianwisdom4296]

New player here! Thanks for the macros tip had no idea how to use those.

[@BluntforceJ]

The interact key is going to be a game changer for me.

[@deadcel11r]

Casting @cursor is great, particularly love it for Flamestrike...but for Heroic Leap it kinda sucks, half the time you have your Heroic Leap targeting template out you can see it's clipped on some weird piece of terrain or invisible wall, so despite it taking a tiny bit longer, I keep that one on default cast so I don't jump somewhere stupid

[@MatadorMedia]

God I hate on mouse click; it's not easy to know where your mouse is at in this game, you know?

[@Silent002]

The good news is, there's settings to make that easier to find, too.

[@yuemi]

Try AddOn "CursorTrail"

[@justinotherday6199]

I know this video is about “addonless” settings, but I’ve been using the Cursor Trails addon, and using some of the highlight features. It’s been wonderful so far.

[@Ex_Machina.]

shift + space is a genius bind for mount thank you

[@JD-kf2nz]

You press C and V with your thumb?! What kind of monster are you

[@ch3v]

I honestly never knew about the in game mouse over option. I've still been making macros for this.

[@isaacfarmer7138]

I’ve been using shift space to mount up since BFA and it’s been so nice

[@DanPlaysGames17]

I saw this keybind for mount awhile back too and been using it ever since I also use crtl space for my yak

[@Boomken76]

I use a G600 12 button thumb pad, using the mouse's app remapped keys to the numpad, then in game used one bar to bind the numpad key to the bar. Saving that as a master lay out no mater how many classes I will always have the custom binds for the mouse. Also if you still want the sit keybind Ive used the page down as thats just used for the chat window which you can just mouse scroll. I also bound sheath weapon to \ as its helpful for seeing weapon out or not when moging

[@attheworktable]

looking forward to your keybinding vid! good stuff!

[@bilcifer666]

for mounting i use shift left click, right click, and middle click. left for my main mount, middle for transmog/trader mount, right click for water/gathering/other mounts.

[@AkiRa22084]

Shift+Space and Ctrl+Space are way better used for movement abilities like Sprint, Blink, Disengage. Since our brain connects moving fast with jumping.

[@RaimaNd]

I would love to see all these things for classic aswell. I always force myself to use an addon like ElvUi because the default UI isn't looking good and isn't versatile. In retail it's much better.

[@KibblesDoesStuff]

I love these tips but hey Michael?? Pressing Z and X with your thumb?? Just me, but I press Z with ring finger for mount up and X with index finger as my interact key. Also, pro tip, use middle mouse for ping

[@paulblankenship8344]

I'm a keyboard turner so a lot of this doesn't really apply to me since I click on my abilities, but the camera stuff in particular seems like it'd really help, I can't wait to try it!

[@paulblankenship8344]

Click casting as well, I think that'll also be super useful

[@maxpowers4436]

learn to not keyboard turn

[@paulblankenship8344]

@maxpowers4436 never

[@jeoff511]

this is like saying "these driving laws are cool but i like to speed and run red lights" you are doing it wrong. these things arent hard to do.

[@paulblankenship8344]

@@jeoff511 bad faith comparison. by not obeying driving laws, i am putting myself and others in genuine danger. keyboard turning hurts no one

[@lSynonymousl]

OMG thank you these tips are amazing!

[@Palisis]

The actionbar tweak is something ive been doing for years. before the current Ui, i would use bar addon to do the same.

[@georgeindestructible]

Just some input people should know before they start puling their hairs out, if you try to cast a mouseover spell with any of your mouse buttons other than left right and middle, unless it's an instant cast it will not work on unit frames, it works on the 3D world sniping spells on targets but not there, don't ask why, assume spaghetti code and use Clique by either directly binding a spell or with a macro with it.

[@daztora]

I wish I could use thumb keybinds but I always fat finger space bar

[@metalspoon69]

The default mouseover casting option isn't really that great compared to custom mouseover macros but still, great that blizzard built it in. But hey, im a lowly healer, what do i know lmao

[@Zeraphym47]

wahts the difference? that makes macros superior?

[@lonewiso]

The World of Warcraft will be a much different place w/o any ad ons. No ad ons, "Red circles" would have the highest player death count of all time... lmao

[@ayasemisaki8309]

Oof.. taken me 15 years + to learn these tricks.. always been a mouse clicker and usualy reached the numbers 1-5 and binded a letter to the remaining numbers aswell as a few letters to the other actionbars.. these tips might improve my playstyle abit 😅

[@Amplifymagic]

Not only ZXCV keys, but I also rebind ASDF keys since I have no need to keyboard turn or back pedal.

[@bogidahuo1892]

What?

[@Amplifymagic]

@ watch the video, Bellular talks about assigning new keybindings to unused but convenient face keys.

[@bogidahuo1892]

@@Amplifymagic yeah, I know. How do you strafe?

[@Amplifymagic]

@ like anyone else? QWE

[@bogidahuo1892]

@@Amplifymagic oh alright, I thought you used your mouse to side walk with W haha. I use A and D for strafe and no turn keybind.

[@DerekWorth02]

I bound interact to the ~ key. Should give it a try.

[@lovin_nature_adventures9050]

Lately every time I log on one of my addon bars is always on the top of screen. I have to use edit mode to bring it back down to center to use the buttons. Very strange

[@curzone6054]

I’ve had the same thing, super frustrating

[@bootnscoot5265]

I just tend to keep my binds under 15 total keys, after that it starts to become exponentially more difficult to keep track of what im pressing vs keeping track of the ever increasing pace of the game, not to mention also trying to remember alts and their various binds. Im tired boss.

[@KrasusDB]

Didnt know basic wow had healbot functionality built in. nice.

[@traxtaro0]

i buy a 12 button mouse just so i can use the numbers 7 through 0 for wow. I have my mount/travel form on 7, and yak on 8

[@MrLordMooMoo]

UI is a part of the inertia of coming back to WoW.

[@maxpowers4436]

Its prolly the easiest its ever been tbh alot is baked in now

[@Wwareagle]

Why make us type all these commands when you could include them in the description so we could copy and paste?

[@hujiosnurgio2940]

Thats are really good tipps

[@Gremlenz]

Would be nice to know the default console commands to swap back to if you dont like the /console actioncam basic. What is the default and how to swap back? This was not in your video.

[@leggomygecko]

Just type /console actioncam off. That should get you back to normal camera mode.

[@TheFeather47]

I've just recently gotten used to using the numbers for dragonflying. I'm a dirty whore action bar clicker. But I'm trying to do better! The mouseover casting...dear lords this is getting used right effing now! These are all amazing tip that are really hidden away. I used to tank/off-tank and I was decent and used NOTHING, my gods if I had these functions back then?!

[@Boomken76]

10:07 or just hide when in combat, Engineer's & alts have a bar just for teleport items, dont need so see them in combat.

[@Scumdog562]

Oh man these comments lmao

[@kerriganrush7155]

For real... I had to do a double take of what video I'd clicked thanks to all the bot comments o.O lol

[@chalo3427]

all that and for some reason we still can't; change the quest text layout/size etc. XDXDXDXDXDXDDXD great video either way and thank god for that addon that changes the quest stuff

[@redoneredone7640]

EXCELLENT video.

[@Frotchesoffical]

When i want to go back from Elvui to regular ui (doe to performance issues) which Folders do i need to save to keep the Elvui Interface and settings like graphics, keybinds, etc.. ?

[@Boomken76]

5:30 rly hands is your choice, how about Brez, if your class has one theirs no reason NOT to have it on middle mouse, warlocks with there slowest cast in the game Bres can pick folks up faster then the legacy way

[@Fehrax]

Autowalk: Shift+W

[@NathanSStorey]

You press those buttons with your thumb???

[@no-budhee6657]

lol that’s exactly what I thought. I feel that would cramp the hell out of my hands.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

He must have tiny hands. Talked as though T was a mile away... T has been in my key binds since vanilla.

[@Zectifin]

I have a mercstealth keyboard, so yes lol

[@tgravenart]

Damn hasn't Taliesin been talking about making this exact video? OOF.

[@adamzandarski8933]

They fell off

[@lazereth45]

It’s so dumb that they don’t have a similar movement control to FFXIV where your character will turn and walk backwards, seems like a basic accessibility feature

[@Kithhurrn]

Ya. Everyone just says strafe but that's not always the best thing to do. I managed to keybind walking backwards to the 'down' button on my mouse but not all mice have that option.

[@AnaseSkyrider]

That's not always a good thing in FFXIV. It tends to be better, but sometimes you need more fine camera control over your facing direction. Particularly if you're dealing with a gaze mechanic, you can lose up-time on your GCDs because the movement mode you're talking about would force you to turn and face the target even when you error on trying to use an ability that's on cooldown, so you have to hold your casting. Unlike the WoW-like movement mode, where you can flick your mouse to turn away at an instant's notice. Basically, each mode has places where it's not great, and then "tricks" to get around it at those times.

[@MsWillowbayOrelse]

I would like my UI to stay how I put it. Everytime I log in my bars are on opposite sides of my screen... This started when the anniversary patch came out.

[@YvanZed]

Why not just put all the commands in the video description, or even in the comments?

[@heroman1322]

Watch time 🤑

[@ChrisTehKiller169]

​@@heroman1322 at the expense of actually being helpful to your audience, not a good look. just put it in the description

[@craynak]

Just commenting waiting for some hero to do all of that whilst I put my kids to bed ✌🏽

[@BrianHitchner]

So, in case none of you noticed (which is odd because he mentions it multiple times during the video), they DO have a link to all the commands and macros mentioned in the video in the description.

[@TheLokap360]

@@ChrisTehKiller169who gives a shit

[@Hillgrov]

3:32 By all that's holy, how is C easy to hit with your thumb?

[@DanPlaysGames17]

How is it not?

[@Hillgrov]

@@DanPlaysGames17 maybe if you don't rest your palms on the table/palm-rest and instead apply a claw like typing style.

[@TheVulcin]

Do you have to press the console command each time you log in? 2:11

[@confusedbutok]

No, once you've pressed it once you can permanently pull the camera that far back and you can always change it back if you don't like it.

[@Silkstep]

I sub'd.

[@chrisspence5757]

Hello Bellular good sir please could you name your Belstaff jacket, its sweet

[@guidoviglietti5344]

Anyone tell me what chest is in the thumbnail? And where to get it?Is that a chainmail tabard? Thank you in advance.

[@TheBaldr]

How close do you sit to your monitor?? At full screnn I still can't read any of the text on your UI.

[@mycahmcgee8513]

Click casting sucks as I run a naga and their system doesn't recognize the side buttons.

[@chend2217]

Which add on is this beautiful quest log interface?

[@no-budhee6657]

Dialogue UI

[@bslacrimosa]

Omg lol needed this

[@Angelfyre.]

I presume mouseover casting works with healbot?

[@WalterRiggs]

I just want to know how to hide the XP bar. Can’t get rid of the dang thing

[@thezoito18]

I wish i could make chat frame desappear since we can deactivate the chat.

[@Grimeleech]

I am not playing wow but I am furious my mmo can't do most of these ;_;

[@jimmytwotacos4214]

I've never used key binds and I think I have one macro. Never made sense to me. Still don't.

[@punkfacexo6066]

I just want to know how to remove the yellow numbers during fights

[@Phili89pp]

what is you nameplates addon in that nasty blue m+ ini?

[@patrickdubois7692]

thanks

[@uplink4567]

Why can't I use my mouse over macro for divine prism and divine tol bell on the party name's

[@markpotts7186]

You forgot switch graphics engine, drop the gender politics, make orcs true to the rts games, write a story that focuses on you the player and not the supporting cast for once, stop hiding beta testing as a true game launch. The list goes on.

[@TanknorrisWoW]

Alt 12 on my mouse for mount

[@jonhunt1419]

I'm a mouse clicker. When you loot a mob the little windows showing what you looted block part of my action bar. How do I get rid of this or at least move it? What are the item you looted windows called? Anyone?

[@no-budhee6657]

Loot window? You can easily move it with edit mode. Edit: oh you mean the alert frame that pops up. Yeah I had to get an addon to move those to the side. You can’t move them in the base UI. I used MoveAny.

[@jonhunt1419]

@no-budhee6657 I'll try that - thanks

[@MinecraftersVL]

Didn't you make this video a few months ago?

[@Conclava]

Recycled content in the game needs to have corresponding recycled content on KZbin

[@Nokomak]

That mount up tip is useless. Mounting up fast is not necessary. You don't do it in combat and you have to stop too and even wait. This ain't GW2. For me Shift plus space is awful because I have core skills on QER12 and then a shift plus for those. And it's important to be able jump in combat. ShiftE is usually a clear cast skill. ShiftSpace is by default in PvP set to bring up the scoreboard which has blocked my view so many times. I don't do PvP too much so I'm too lazy to unbind it.

[@no-budhee6657]

Home key, page up and page down on my 75% works great. It gets me to move my hand off the mouse so I don’t cramp up too.

[@timtrepanier9845]

Bind all your movement to your mouse. Including jumping

[@AnaseSkyrider]

Any time you have to rapidly mount up post combat, starting that cast time is useful. Or just how about the fact it's nice to do an easy keybind for something you do a thousand times a day, instead of having to hover over to an action button. The shift-part is less obtrusive with an MMO mouse because you'd put your rotational buttons on your main buttons, with modifiers only for cooldowns and the like. I can't remember the last time I tried to jump while accidentally using a modifier button.

[@jordanh8249]

How do I turn action cam off…

[@lorzon]

I have 20 years of muscle memory with my addon stack. Weakauras is more confusing than the US tax code. I WILL misfire mouseover casting rendering it useless. I LIKE being able to just sit down with a button press.

[@no-budhee6657]

Whatever works for you, really. As long as you’re not using the #9 key to cast a spell you’re probably alright.

[@lorzon]

@no-budhee6657 1, 2, 3,.4, Q, E, R, F, V (and shift+ for the letters) for actions, healium, and DBM and that's all the major ones that actually affect gameplay to any great degree.

[@Ata5ll]

Mouseover casting doesn't even work properly... Sometimes I log a char and then it doesnt get MOC, even though it's turned on. Also, you're doing a blizzard now? making a video for 12 year olds and those who didn't figure these things out ages ago.

[@jeremyaaronbates]

It's Zed, not Zee. Zed.

[@user-dw7lv6cn5kl]

Controller support when

[@ShadowsOfThePast]

Isn't it already supported..? Kinda.. there's some addon

[@bootnscoot5265]

@@ShadowsOfThePast Has an addon that makes it presentable, but controller support is built in now, with icons as well.

[@ShadowsOfThePast]

@@bootnscoot5265 Oh yeah shi.. forgot about that 👍🏻

[@utopiandystopia1383]

probably when it gets ported to console eventually

[@bootnscoot5265]

@@utopiandystopia1383 It quite literally already has controller support.

[@jeroenbakker1425]

How to make Warcraft better if Blizzard keeps buffing and nerfing classes ?

[@ChinnuWoW]

Simple. Stop being obsessed with numbers. Play what you like and you’ll be viable.

[@Boomken76]

9:25 R and F, F for inter act & R for special action, how do you think folks were spamming kicking fish back into the cooking post.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

qertfghzxcv all get bound to skills, along with some with mods like shift and ctrl.