Mouse Move Noob

[Klaus]

I understand that steering with the mouse (or in my case, a trackball) is superior to using the A and D keys. I often steer with the mouse while riding or flying, but how do you steer with the mouse in combat? The eventual goal is for my hunter to be able to negotiate a jump shot, but I am stuck on even more simple tasks:

How do you ride up to a flag and target it to click when you have no cursor? How do you ride into a group of foes and select your target?

Is holding the W key and steering with the mouse as efficient as pressing both mouse buttons to move? the latter takes more strength than I can muster for very long.

How exactly does one do a jump shot? I have watched multiple movies that make it look easy.

I use the mouse almost exclusively to steer. Strafe I use keys for (mostly) and occasionally I'll hold down the turn keys (default A and D) when I'm using the mouse for something else. I use the W key to move forward unless I'm on autorun - I find the both-mouse-buttons thing pretty useless except for when my left hand is busy holding a drink or a child or some such. :)

To answer the question about selecting a target - you either tab-target or you stop steering long enough to click on something.

Jump shot is: hold right mouse button, press jump key, move mouse to swivel toon while in the air, press hotkey for the shot, move mouse back so you're pointing the way you started. Do it fast enough and you have a jump shot. I've never found it all that difficult (I do it on both my mage and my baby hunter).