Loss of control feels bad

And I still cannot replicate THAT (whether on Sorceress with Fire Bolt or Witch with Chaos Bolt), what is going on ?!? XD

(What do you do exactly ?)

Mouse & Keyboard for me, personally. Equip staff, don't tick the box, move with left click and shoot with right click.

When you move backwards but shoot firebolt at target, she moves backwards slowly toward the point you clicked before. (i.e the gliding effect)

Tick the box and repeat experiment. When you start shooting, she stops moving even if you issued the command to walk back. You can still move while casting if you want but you have to reissue the command or use WASD to constantly keep control of her movement.

Ok, ok, I do see the difference now.

I think I didn't see it because this difference only seems noticeable (or even exist ?) if you don't immediately give a different move order (since I was specifically thinking about kiting).

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omendancer#1232 wrote:

Press G
Click on the arrow to the right of the skill
Bottom right, check Always attack without moving.
Go to Options
Go to Interface
Scroll down to Gameplay an check Attack in Place Key Stops Move

I'm quite happily walking around using my left mouse as move only and as soon as i use my right mouse button to cast a spell I stop moving. No walking towards a target or floating around the screen out of control

Hey!

Getting back at you, yet again. Your post is on point! kudos again.

I went in the game and did a new test and then 5 more tests on top just to make sure.

For whatever reason, checking "Always attack without moving" on the G panel is now working. When ticked, attacks will stop you.

It looks/feels like this:



Not as smooth as it should be:



but at the very least I'm not moon-walking all over the map.



So there you go folks.

Imho, the best solution is to use merc with WASD movement mode. That way you maintain control of your character at all times and still enjoy decent animations.

Alternatively, you can follow omendancer's settings. Though, it feels a bit choppy and you will start to notice the slow attack animations and how they kinda lock you in until they are done 🤣 (maybe this is a non issue when you are high level? so... maybe activate later on? Idk.)

For anyone wondering... is 6-10 frames a long time? it depends on your reaction time I guess:





Here is a 3 frame difference in the attack animations of these two characters.

Go test things out yourself, I think the gifs and videos submitted so far are self evident unless we are being faecetious and disingenuous. Regardless, IDC! nobody reply to me anymore. Post is dead. I found my solution and the world could burn to ashes for all I care. You do you! xD 🤣🤣🤫 peace out!

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Edit: for clarity.

Edit 2: omendancer, my previous replies still stand. It appears that it's an issue specific to mercenary. I just logged into my Witch hunter and I can confirm checking "Always attack without moving" does nothing. As soon as you close the panel it resets to unchecked. This does fix the issue for witch / sorc / ranger with the caveats mentioned above. Bug reported (https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3645282)