Hi, I was wondering if there was any possibility that in a future patch we can get an optional toggle for using an aoe2 style building menu where in order to build buildings with villagers we first press the key to open the building menu?
Currently, because all the villager build hotkeys are available directly on the villager, we aren’t able to assign as many unique global hotkeys as we would like for stuff like unit garrison, atk move, Select all buildings, go to buildings etc…
Having this would really help with hotkeys setting and starting to play the game competitively, speaking as someone whos playing aoe2 ranked competitive on a intermediate-high elo (1800+) and it would also add extra qol because this would help all the people that are coming from aoe2, aoe1, warcraft3, starcraft 1 & 2
Quality of life is supposed to be pressing fewer hotkeys to execute an action, not more. Then there is the option to change your hotkeys. I have to test it, but there are conflicts that are allowed on these hotkeys.
I understand that for those coming from AoE2 the “economic and military buildings” thing might work for them and maybe they’ll put it in, but it’s also good to adapt to a new game while giving that possibility. Even in a mod I think they could do it?
If i want to use letters like Q, W, E for “find building/ find all of a building”, then i wont be allowed to use those letters as villager building hotkeys, simple as that.
And i find those building selection keys to be a lot more important than the build commands.
Currently my temporary solution is to rebind the villager build hotkeys further to the right side, to keys like B N M H J K U I, which is not ideal but i have to work with what we have supplied in the game.
Having the option that I am suggesting as an option would only help and improve the game, as variety and options and customizability is always a good thing. Don’t see a reason to limit these things.
If you have the “q” key to build a house with a villager, you stop selecting that villager and press “q” again takes you to the one you have assigned to “find X building”.
You would have to left click on the terrain to deselect the vill, but it doesn’t seem that complicated in my opinion.
Do you think so? I think it is a matter of getting used to it, but it is possible that there are the same keys for different things as an example I put here.
It is good that there is variety, maybe even a mod (when they are allowed in ranked) will be able to put it.
I would love you have this, especially with thé norse, where i find thé current hotkey system annoying. Thé military units build, and you can not use attack move and change stances like all of the other RTS games do…
And i am still searching for a hotkey that selects all of the great halls
I like to have baraks/longhouse on ‘1’ and archery range/great hall on ‘2’, stable is on ‘3’ and Temple on ‘4’.
It would be nice ton make this consistent…
And thé select siegeworkshop and a other building at thé samen time, is stupid…