Neat, speaking of which, I'd like to know how people have their abilities setup for PvP, its fast paced, and requires lots of skills (not all of them mind you) are your finger tips but I have a hard time hitting anything passed 5 with my keyboard. So I tend to have my Instant Cast Abilities on 1-5 so I can do those while moving. But this might be a good alternative.

Etter, I find I am able to use it effectively enough after only a couple of hours. I do occasionally glance down to confirm where my thumb is. Most people online say it takes about 10-20 to get very good at it, and most tend to stick to about 9 buttons for quick access depending on their hand size. Some keys have grooves to help confirm your placement (like f and j on the keyboard) and the mouse includes extra training stickies for those that need it. You do need to be prepared to spend the time learning it.

I think once you hit 50 you may find that is not enough keys Etter. I guess it depends how much you want to rely on clicking for less used skills or not. The operative has about 45 skills and I think 80%+ of them are critical for PVP. Of course, maybe only 15-20 get used frequently (which is still a lot) but the others are still critical in the right situation, and need to be accessed quickly. Do you at least use shift or something to double those keys use?

Gif, personally I am running with this right now:

1-5 & 1-5 plus shift: Main melee dps abilities
Q,E,R,F,C,V (plus shift too): Interrupts and "Oh Shit get me out of here" type abilities
x: self-target modifier
Naga, 1-6: Ranged dps abilities
Naga 7-12: Heals
Naga 1-6 plus shift: out of combat convenience like recharge
Naga 7-12 plus shift: stealth & other frequent enhancements
Middle mouse: cloak

I actually took some time yesterday to roughly plan where I would put all my abilities up to level 50 (including alternate build types) so that I don't have to move things around too much after learning them.

Using the mouse wheel to cycle targets is interesting. Do others do that? I guess I shouldn't be zooming in and out anymore. I still use tab, but perhaps it could be better used for something like self-targeting.

I used shift-mouse wheel to cycle allies.

Clark - I honestly can only keep 20 or so abilities mapped in my mind.

I'm not sure you need everything to be a decent PvP player. If you can leverage /everything/, sure, it will give an advantage. But, mostly PvP has cycles of abilities that you use. I'll have to see as I get to be higher level if those aren't enough for me.

I modify with shift for all the stuff, I just don't currently have much double mapped.

(I also don't mind clicking some abilities which aren't as time sensitive. Buffs, turning on sprint, switching 'modes' (stances or whatever you want to call them), etc. Plenty of things get used only a little or in low leverage situations, so I forget where I had them mapped even if I do it.)

Still loving the mouse. I am using a few sticky trainers as well now, and will probably keep them on. It comes with quite a few so it's not a worry if they fall off or whatever (though they are well made).

For me, I think just having a new 5600dpi mouse is nice. I loved my old mouse but I realize now it wasn't quite as accurate as the newer gaming mice.

Etter - fair enough. I'm not critiquing, and I get where you are coming from. I think, really, I just wanted a new toy to play with.

I am becoming annoyed with the SWTOR UI though. Specifically, there aren't enough quickbar locations for me. There are the four quickbars available, which covers off my mouse, 1-5, and `qerfcv well enough, but I now also want to assign some routine items to my function keys.

There is a fifth quickbar, but it seems like you can only rotate to it on your main bar, and not assign shortcuts directly to it. I wonder if you can do that by editing a configuration file directly. Damn it.

Clark is hardcore. I'm not sure where all these abilities are coming from! :)

I do look forward to UI Modifcations . . . I loved modding my UI in WoW.

You wont use all 40 trust me. Depending on the skill tree you go down, you negate certain abilities. Like I know a few abilities I have are just less powerful versions of something I get in my middle tree as a BH. That is not to say I wouldnt mind more bars as well, especially when I have my companion out and she is taking up one full bar.

They've stated they'll allow more UI Customization.

I don't really know what that means.