The Best Option For EVERY SETTING In Guild Wars 2!

[@seagrey75]

As a returning player after 9 years and 1200 hours in game, this guide will help a lot. Thanks.

[@EyesOfGehenna]

Double tap to evade also makes jumping puzzles very frustrating. Can't count how many times I evaded forward when I was on a ledge and fell to my death. Snap Ground target to current target is also annoying for putting down siege. For example when you have a gate targeted and you want to put down siege, it will put the ram right in the middle of the gate. It's also interesting that they added more visibility to the mouse cursor (though it takes some getting used to), but I feel it's treating the symptoms rather than the cause, at least for me. The reason I lose track of my mouse cursor is when you move your camera holding down the right mouse button, the cursor actually disappears. So when you get done turning it reappears but might be hard to find back again. This is reduced by right clicking on your characater, so effectively at the centre of the pivoting but most of the time you'll have the mouse cursor somewhere to the right of your character. When you then stop pivoting you're eyes are either focused on your character, an enemy you've engaged or some flashy fashion wars stuff that has entered your view. I wish that the cursor just wouldn't disappear when pivoting.

[@traveling.down.the.road56]

Thanks for doing this video Mighty Teapot! Most players don't realize how important it is to optimize their settings, until after they have played for hundreds of hours, and developed bad habits and then have to go through the difficult task of retraining their muscle memory to learn different settings that are more efficient, so they can more easily accomplish the hard end game group content. I remember how hard it was for me right after changing only a few settings, but what a huge difference it made in my game play. I hope that most new players in GW2 find this video and take the time to adjust their own settings. I'll certainly be referring every new player that I come in contact with to this video.

[@Thedarkbrazuk]

44:27 Why tf is it so convoluted to control the character in tab target mode, when in action camera mode you simply move with the same speed no matter what direction you're going? I got so pissed with this the first time I tried the game I just uninstalled it, giving a second chance now but that still bothers me a lot

[@lukehill9934]

Cursor contrast is I think something that ArenaNet needs to address. I'm partially blind and I lost track of the mouse SUPER easy, but the problem is that when I turn on the Low or High contrast mode the cursor fidelity is no longer the same. That is, the actual spot you need to be in for a click to register as hitting a given button is not *quite* the same as when you have it on Normal. They need to take another swing at that one, and have people who are visually impaired do playtesting on it to make sure it is actually helpful before releasing it. It's like those library stairs that have become a meme for wheelchair-using people - really aesthetically pleasing and great for able-bodied folks to use, but an absolute nightmare to use if you're actually in a wheelchair because of how it's designed.

[@earthwurmjimthefirst]

Until anet release a first party solution, try yolomouse

[@lukehill9934]

@@earthwurmjimthefirst Yeah I saw that in the video and I have a decent solution already. Thanks for the advice thought :-)

[@Adeon55]

Yeah, when seeing the Low option demonstrated here, I thought I would much prefer that over Normal, but it feels off for this very reason. Your mouse "tip" can appear to be quite far into a button before the effective mouse tip is actually touching it. I think it'd feel a lot better if they just moved the effective mouse tip to the edge of what we visually see as the mouse tip, rather than the thick outline just being a deceptive glow surrounding the real mouse.

[@sqike001ton]

This might be one of the better video ideas you've had teapot I think this is going to be really helpful for everyone old players and new players alike

[@ybench]

Extremely helpful as a new player trying to catch up with some friends. Thanks so much for getting me up to speed on this front, mate.

[@Acolyte7]

As a Specter enjoyer... weapon stow saved my life. Always used to annoyingly auto attack on allies, making so much noise.

[@tekenagakun]

hi can you time stamp when he talks abou weapon stow? thanks

[@Sir_Scuttles]

Did you talk about action camera? Did I miss it? While I know it's not optimal for things like pvp, but I have noticed that it does seem to positively affect player retention. Anyone that is used to using controllers or playing FPS games feels immediately more comfortable and engaged in the combat with action camera. So I think we should spread awareness of it and leave it up to player preference.

[@icata12345]

every time someone mentions action cam on stream he goes on 20m rant xD

[@cloggedpitot1]

I just downloaded the game yesterday, and was about to uninstall until I discovered action camera. Couldnt agree with you more coming from playing fps type games.

[@AdiShuji]

@@cloggedpitot1 Same, action camera is what really made the game far more enjoyable for me.

[@Ham68229]

For me, I've actually learned several classes better because, I have ALL utilities/abilities available to me from the start, now, granted, yes, still have to unlock the elite specs but, big deal. As a veteran player, I do feel this is a good refresher. Thank you. Cheers :)

[@agentelvis81]

Good video, I've been playing for a long time but took a few years break and this helped catch me up with a lot of stuff, and caught me on some obvious mistakes from the old days. Didn't know boosting was frowned upon by some, but I guess I kinda get it. If you've got hours though, who could even care? I used one my second time around with Engineer, and I'm glad I did. Some classes don't feel too unique until you level up and get access to the good stuff - that's when you really get to see and feel what sets each class apart. When I was able to plan a proper build and not worry about survivability so much I had a lot more fun and stuck with it. No reason to grind everything, all the time. Treat yourself.

[@maxzett]

37:15 isn't the only way to get the top speed on griffon to have this checked?

[@RegalpowerRPG]

Hopefully one day we get character or gamemode bound settings. Great video!

[@RegalpowerRPG]

Anet please don’t monetize settings templates /s

[@itvictor]

​@@RegalpowerRPG fwiw there's a setting in arcdps that lets you set keybindings per character (or even per elite specialization)

[@LudvikKoutnyArt]

That idea sounds absolutely horrifying. The settings are extremely overloaded. It would be a complete hell to have to keep them manually in sync between every character. I mean look at this video. It's embarrassing that the GW2 settings are so overcomplicated the video explaining them is nearly an hour long.

[@cambeul]

SWTOR was nice that you could copy a Characters Keybinds and Settings to a new toon, and then change that toon hoe you like

[@traveling.down.the.road56]

@@itvictor A setting in arcdps that lets you set keybindings per character, or even per elite specialization??? That's fantastic, and I'll have to check it out right away. I can only imagine setting up all of my 26 characters with keybindings that allow me to always put my stun break skill on the same key press, or to group CC weapon attacks and skills to the same group of keys for every character, just as two examples. This will make game play easier for me, instead of trying to memorize all 27 elite specializations, plus dozens of core professions. Thanks for letting us know about this feature in arcdps!

[@ersetzbar.]

well about the autotarget thing. you can setup a key that disables autotargeting while pressed, allowing you to move without taking a target and jumping on it

[@odin13th76]

For the ground target snap to target its great when you remember to switch targets. So many times would be doing metas and see someone with low hp id go to heal them but go to the boss instead lol that's the main reason I have mine off. As for the ergonomic part of keybinds, wish we had that in gw1 for mapping lol, scrapping those edges and constantly holding down wasd for hours is what killed my wrist lol

[@manzanasrojas6984]

16:24 "Philanthropy exists to launder the reputation of the powerful" My world has been shaken in its core lmao

[@agentnukaz1715]

didint expect to learn a bunch this, thnx!

[@dimitarbaychev3690]

awsome watching many vidos about gw2 but your videos makes me think and watch in diff side of the things... you good bro

[@Breadfriend69]

Thanks for the video. I am new and have zero idea how detrimental some of the settings are, but now the game is much more enjoyable.

You actually want the "right click to interact". There are times when the downed player is right beside a portal or a conjured weapon that just pressing F will make you take the portal or something else rather than rezzing the player. I learned that from Helseth. :)

[@hellmouthoftheuniverse]

Just target the player first before pressing interact. Cause sometimes when you right click to turn camera with that setting on, your character performs finisher because you just accidently right click on a downed person who you dont want to finish off. Thats so annoying when it happens.

[@antivalidisme5669]

Super neat one, genuinely learnt a couple of things, sweet. Cheers!

[@GrimeeZone]

Thank you so much for the guide, I was so confused as to why my fps was low. This has helped enormously, much appreciated!

[@atlas3191]

Omgod, your keybindings are great. My hand doesn't hurt anymore because mine were too close. I really like how you use alt + for your utility skills.

[@OOOO-fb5gf]

I have over 2000 hours in the game and until recently I didnt know there was action camera. Yesterday I figured out by accident that you can double click a waypoint to teleport to it. And also I didnt know about this instant cast skill retargeting... O_o

[@izzy7716]

Best video you have made ever! (rlly needed)

[@JoelPedrosaJr]

Started playing yesterday and really enjoyed the game. Your video helped me a lot.

[@Draconicrose]

You can notice the mount camera roll when you mount up on the skimmer. If you have it on the camera will "roll" with the skimmer, if you have it off the camera will just go up to adjust for the mount height.

[@lilyrae1190]

Wow.... 5 years playing and i never used Fast with Range Indicator... What a game changer! thanks Teapot!

[@jackrose5077]

This is a really helpful guide, thank you for uploading, just recently got in to Guild Wars 2 and I'm pretty sad that I judged it for all this time, started with WoW and that was a bit of a mistake lmao.

[@DubbedJey]

This was so much help for a new player as myself, thank you.

[@PepeDuranT]

Honestly, Arena Net should hire you, thank you for this amazing video!

[@hanneskarlbom6644]

FYI: Don't turn on all names unless you have a good pc, it's the number 1 FPS hog. Use the keybind that allows you to temporary activate it.

[@dontscenic]

so i tried the action for the camera and i can't get it to stay behind my character and have what his face is be forward; it only goes by what is in front of the camera and about face doesn't change just the model but the whole on my end as well. Was wondering if anyone else is having that issue. The only way i can get something close to his effect is activating the toggle for action camera, while its checked, which needs to be bound to a key; hold another button that is bound to look backwards and then if i want to aim anywhere other then max angle my camera as close to straight down to the ground which for stuff like WvW is mostly a death sentence.

[@lussdoru3108]

Thank you VERY much. That actually helped a lot!

[@Acolyte7]

YESSSSS we need videos like this, GW2 is so confusing with settings. I remember back in the day when I just started, trying to figure it all out. Great work, keep the guides going, really improves the accesability for the entire community!

[@KamiKaXi]

this kind of videos helps a lot ✌🏾 🍻

[@hypnotic13371337]

Pro tip, keybind the "Snap ground target to current target" to something easily accessable and you can toggle it on and off mid cast!

[@epicon2935]

My about face is so fast and my char moves away from the camera. I've been looking on how to change that but I cannot find it. How would you do that?

[@michaelmyers1339]

thank you so much for this video I just started this week and this really helped thank you so much

[@Vjklv-ty7mn]

i play hammer catalyst,i dont realy have a movement leap that i want to not hit enemies with,as my only leap is a big heal only if i hit a target,and i use lightning flash teleport to run away,i also use action camera so i just turn my camera and teleport,my question is can autotargeting help vs a stealth enemy in PvP,if the enemy keeps leaving combat and making me lose target,and i have autotarget on,the second he is out of stealth i just need to press any skill and it will target them right?,is it so bad that i realy shouldnt use it?

[@ninjathehuskey4373]

Severely under rated video right here!

[@Orbert]

Thanks for explaining Autotargeting. That crap drove me nuts.

[@U-rok]

One important thing to note is that "Auto-loot" is only available if you have the "Advanced Logistics" mastery completed.

[@GamingWithPayne]

I'm literally sitting here with my mouth agape at what I was ignorant to for YEARS. Thanks for the explanation.

[@pancake7183]

17:45 I'll never forget. It was the second month of the game being out, I was in WvW with some friends and we were roaming for kills. We stumbled upon a warrior and he went to run away, greatsword 5, back towards us, bulls charge, right back towards us. We let the guy get away because we were all laughing too hard.

[@danielz.8447]

Thank for the vid and huge help you provide, bless you

[@wolfewrites]

so incredibly helpful, tysm

[@drallak442]

Thank you for this! I hate wikiing the entirety of the settings list so this helps me be able to get a decent grip that will make the game easier long term. Right now these settings are frustrating that's learning curve. I'm already without a lot of the frustrating mechanics.

[@thecat3309]

I have a question! I have enabled free camera but I still cannot run towards the camera in game, even with about-face. Anytime I press the right mouse button to rotate my field of view my character turns their back to the camera.... do I need to stop using the right mouse button? Or is there another trick to this?

[@thecat3309]

Oh, it actually seems to be pressing the right mouse button instead... THAT will take some getting used to....

[@lindvi0r]

Is there a way to turn off the camera from reset while on a mount? Even with free camera, it doesn’t apply to mounts

[@MightyTeapot]

Unfortunately not!

[@imkey]

Cursor contrast is not precise. The pointer's location is not where the graphics for it draw it if you select any option other than none. Do not recommend this if you value precise mouse pointing. Use third party mod for this.

[@endlessnutellatoast]

can someone help me, when i try about face it automatically draggs my camera, I'm not sure what setting I have to turn off to stop that.

[@lussdoru3108]

maybe u are pressing right mouse button instead of pressing left mb before pressing about face

[@etainebless5056]

my decision to sub to you depended on whether you reply to the little helper or not, glad you did so take my sub!

[@Telleelle]

When opening map, you can still move, but you can not use mouse turning. So I use arrow keys for forward/backward and turn.

[@Telleelle]

Well if you hold "right click" on mouse before opening map, you can actually turn with mouse.

[@stevendeslauriers1369]

(Melee attack assist) I've only learnt that this setting was in the game about 5 years late.... and OH MY GOD was I missing out for having it on.

[@MrGradara]

when i use about face, free cam stop working and it follows the character turning 180° aswell. help??

[@MightyTeapot]

Make sure you hold down left click as well while about facing, it's a bit gimmicky but you'll get used to it!

[@MrGradara]

@@MightyTeapot thanks man! it works! you are super

[@SheenaMalfoy]

Hey Teapot, can you do a complete camera/character control video? Like slow down and explain how to do the about face trick, click by click, and how to manipulate the character/keypresses to turn and move at will like that? I know the basic about face but comments here clearly don't understand how you've done it, and I'm nowhere near able to do the more advanced stuff you're doing here. In addition, is there another setting affecting your ability to cast skills behind you? My Renegade freaks the fuck out when I try aiming a single pixel too far behind me and nothing works ever (this being separate from the "can't find pathing" on the warband which is also annoying).

[@izzy7716]

Teapot i have a problem, when i setup About Face its not only my character changing direction to the camera, but the whole camera change direction. How to fix this? so it can be display how u do

[@wanya6046]

not sure was it free camera option ? something like that

[@MightyTeapot]

You want free camera on as well! Additionally, hold left click when about facing (weird gimmick I know but that's how it works)

[@sombrego2260]

I actually prefer turning off friendly player names so I can easily clock my party allies or NPCs in big fights.

[@aggeman2]

If you remove ”right click to interact” how do you deal with the infamous ress/stomp situation in pvp?

[@Xperi3nc3]

You use the interact keybind instead

[@aggeman2]

@@Xperi3nc3 Yeah, but the issue is when there's 2 bodies on top of each other. Rightclick gives you the option to target the one. Interact keybind just grabs what it thinks is nearest.

[@MightyTeapot]

Right click to interact is good for PvP!

[@aggeman2]

@@MightyTeapot thanks! I was confused 😅

[@SQLdb]

Super useful. thank you

[@crystallindsell5061]

How do you put your map on top right? Mine is bottom right and I would prefer it at the top.

[@R_SENAL]

Um.... I Always have on Autotargeting, but I'm used to what it will do too, it's been on for 5 years, so, too late to change it now. I've also Always played with Instant Targeting too, so much so that the green circle annoys me if a default setting kicks in somehow. I would like to point out, if you do ANY Guild Hall Decoration, you MUST set it back to Normal for it to work right. I have a lot of movement preferences different than you because I don't like mouse movement, but my combo of differences works well for me, the only one I think I need to now add is about/face, so thanks for that! And I've had weapon stow bound to Mouse 5 (1st button behind wheel) for ages but I didn't know it would change skill timers, so that's awesome!!

[@trignich]

Same, always had autotargeting on and when I tried to turn it off it just messed me up. I get around the "jumping away" without having the skill target at something by swaping to action camera and kinda like manualy target the skill that way.

[@SheenaMalfoy]

It's not too late to readjust to having Autotargeting off, or even to situationally turn it on or off. I played for 7 years before ever touching that setting, and even still I toggle it depending on what class I'm playing. Shortbow Renegade or Pistol Deadeye in open world? Always on, saves me so many clicks when mobs die in big events. Reaper or Dagger Ele? Always off, because the directional movement skills are so much more important. You're allowed to choose when/where you need it most, and toggle it appropriately.

[@R_SENAL]

@@trignich Oh I can't use action cam for anything. I'm not sure how to describe how I get around it...it is just like on an instinct level I've been doing it so long, I'd have to log in and really pat attention to what I'm doing again. 😅

[@R_SENAL]

@@SheenaMalfoy That could be a good option. I don't play dagger ele much but Reaper is my main and yeah, the shroud gap closer would be nice to sometimes use in a different direction! 🙃😉

[@kimrasmussen7188]

i prolly used many of the wrong settings, specifically the melee assist. this is the best way to support your favorite mmo. start with the basics.

[@demianpelos]

How can i tirn off the particles of the bases in pvp?

[@pirateFinn]

The boost thing is what I did at level 28 with warrior. I already have played some MMOs so was familiar with combat and then got bored of core warrior and boosted to farm PoF maps for HP to get Bladesworn, then returned to doing the main story to get through and learn the world. The wiki gets most of the info I need anyway and there's lotsa builds online to template from, more so with some time reading what each ability does. I'd say you're correct with "unable to screw yourself over" too in the sense that builds are usually pretty self building and it'd be horrendously difficult to make a crippled build.

[@superdrew907]

is it possible to get a mount without buying a boost or one of the expansions? ? I guess I could google it but I'm not sure if you ever address that question. good video. look forward to seeing more. New player here so a lot of valuable information for a noob such as myself.

[@lavenderlovee]

No you can not if you didn't buy expansions, however when you reach level 10 they give you the raptor mount for 12 hours to try

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Useful, thanks!

[@m7sn00]

I'm new to PC, can I move with the mouse? cuz I'm so slow with the keyboard.

[@williammatos1490]

Nice vídeo!

[@regista4]

I couldn't get Use Free Camera to work without binding a hold button for it in Keybinds which Teapot didn't have - when I'm running forward and realign the camera by holding left or right click my character always turns automatically - can anyone advise on what I'm doing wrong here? EDIT: Figured it out - In case it helps anyone else, I had 'Use either mouse button to change direction' ticked - turning it off allowed changing camera without changing direction if using left click.

[@ecthe07]

Thank you! I was able to do it by following your instructions!

[@belairbeats4896]

most important video! What a waiste to play 700h before seeing this ^^

[@superhello443]

Keybinds is the big big one here. For a very very long time as a new player, you won't experience "the real combat." That is with Quickness and Alacrity, which literally makes it so you have to do your rotation twice as fast, inputs-wise. If any of these keybinds turns out to be a button you press a lot on one of your builds, and it's awkward to press quickly, it's really gonna make the rotation learning process quite difficult. For example: Me, F keys are a big no-no. Some classes don't have super active uses for these, but Elementalist, Revenant, Engineer, Ranger, for example, some of their elites have you press a whole lotta F keys.

[@sqike001ton]

So I think they need to make the lvl 80 level up reward give you everything you get in the lvl 80 booster the celestial gear and weapons is a good baseline for newbies

[@nic3shoot211]

how to make the minimap go up ?

[@icemand27]

You seem like the most knowledgeable in this game. I have a question. All of a sudden today I'm not able to select barrage with left mouse and drag and release skill at desired range. Now I have to left click skill get off button hold right mouse to drag to range then click back to left to fire skill. Is this a new patch that came out of is there a setting that got messed up. Any help would bring back joy to this game for me

[@dannyinfinity]

when I first played the game I have a hard time with controls because when I need to turn left I have to press and hold Q and same to applies with E when I NEED TO GO RIGHT. that's why uninstall the game. does anyone know how to fix this?

[@LLPTV]

Collision sensitivity is a bit unintuitive, the higher you set it the more stuff it allows to be between the camera and your character before snapping closer

[@EvilMyself]

How much time was there between the clip at 3:50 and 4:02 lmao. He went from lvl 1 to 80 real quick XD' Edit: Ah vm I see, he used a lvl 80 boost to show stuff more clearly

[@lordsquirrelington1604]

Just downloaded the game like a week ago and i think guild wars might have new default settings because a lot of things that weren't checked for you i had enabled like a LOT.

[@Pwnz0r_Tv]

send gold to this dude getting stressted about a default's adventure,ilove this community haha

[@SuspiciousAra]

i am always asking myself, why the local time, you know your local time. maybe server time or tyrian time? what is the purpose of them?

[@Xarr23]

Couldn't concentrate after that guy being left on seen

[@Kettlepip]

The biggest problem I have with GW2 is being able to see what the fuck is going on in combat as the game vomits particle, spell, ability effects to the point of blocking out even being able to see the boss you're fighting. The ground is covered with so many effects and circles (even using the SAME colours for positive player effects and enemy telegraphs at times - bonkers), so as to make the entire screen a smorgasbord of bullshit. I was hoping you might spend a little more time on how to optimise the graphical settings so as to make the screen space more readable in (particularly larger scale) combat.

[@demianpelos]

Can i turn off the instructions when i get into pvp maps?

[@Jmvars]

I changed my keybinds to be more ergonomic and I had to rewire my brain to the new controls. Even if I could do the rotation in golem, in combat I'll fumble and do the old keybinds. So yeah, sort your keybinds out as early as possible.

[@chriscow2]

thank you for this. i played this game for 10 years and I had just about everything turned on that you said should not be on permanantly XD hahahaha now I can have better gameplay lmao

[@ranggadwipangestu7149]

how to chaneg the cursor size, mine big

[@icata12345]

first person camera is good for precise jumping puzzles

[@traviscue2099]

They need to add "remove player spell effects" on certain open world bosses you cent see a thing.

[@latchedatom215]

that would be the effect LOD option :)

[@bgh12g]

that interacting with someone trying to help hasnt happened to me yet after 4 months in the game outside of a rez during world bosses.

[@joshuaxiong8377]

"Hardest thing in this game is character movement." Me, who likes fighting games: Ahhh shiet, here we go again.

[@growthrulove]

How do you boost?

[@adamii323]

LMBO on 'Teapot's Little Helper'. He's practicing for the Steam launch 'ay? lol

[@florenckaf]

The title is misleading. This video should be called rambling mostly about settings in live stream.

[@YouTubeChillZone]

Thank you for that yolo mouse

[@dioxideuniversal]

My camera looks absolutely nothing like this. Regaredless of how I set it, it feels like it's swinging like crazy with even the most minute movements.

[@grvestcrimsontriforce8891]

As someone who's played since the before times. The fact that he doesn't mention the best setting in the game the action camera is kinda personally offensive.

[@Pow3rGaming]

I enjoy your content. TY

[@HarleyMaebry]

Already had Motion Blur at zero, but now I’ll move that slider and set it to zero again in memory of TB.