Am I doing this right or what?

First off - I downloaded fellow boxer mo_ron's config file from his excellent LOTRO guide at tankers suggestion in my first post on this board. Thanks guys - props!

I also bought Logitech's G110 keyboard (love) and G500 programable mouse (starting to hate). I havent taken too much time learning how to use the programable features on these devices yet but I think I get the jist and have mapped a few functions to both devices

I must confess that I have been doing much more playing in the game and a lot less research on how to map keys and make my own config files - its just too much fun to play with what I have at the moment. However I am approaching Lvl 20 on my team and Im starting to think about my play style boxing Great Barrow instances, the skirms and effective rotations. And just being as fast - efficient - potent - and in control as I possibly can be.

Right now I'm slow - lucky - potent -and basicaly on the verge of being out of control, just pressing buttons and giddy when something cool happens.

I started out with a main guard, 2 hunters a mini and a cappy (as mo_rons guide demonstrates) but I dropped the captain around level 12 or so.

Heres how a typical event goes down:

If pull is fixed and sevral mobs are just standing around picking their noses:

I stop about 20 ms from the mob -
I hit key T - which makes my team target my guard
I hit tab - which makes my guard target the first mob
I click broadcast on -
I hit Cntrl+1 which toggles class stances
I line my team up by using one of the line formations that I mapped to my keyboard or by using the movement keys to face the mob -
hit key 1 - which triggers my hunters to release quickshot,Guard to do Ward, Mini do nothing.
hit key 2 - hunters release Barbed Arrow, Guard does Shield-blow, mini throws damage buff (cant recall the name)
hit key 3 - hunters swift bow, Guard vexing blow, mini heals target assist (guard)
hit key 4 - hunters: Penetrating Shot, Guard: cutting attack, mini heals

Using the movement keys to make minor position adjustments as needed on my team - with mo_rons file i can move just my team with the num keys or move everybody with W,A,S,D

Rinse repeat if needed.

If things go haywired - broadcast off - and break out with my guard to get things back under control - if i need to I will also switch to the mini and heal who is in need.

Broadcast off - loot (some times if everything is lined up right - I will loot simutaneously with broadcast on).

Wandering monsters I just run up to with team on follow smack'em around with my guard - hit broadcast on - sart at key 1... - rarely need to do more than this - broadcast off - loot - resume.

With this strategy I have been able to plow through all content in archet, chetwoods, the marsh, the surrounding area of the Greenway, through old forest and have just started to plunder the southren barrow downs. Even in areas I used to be extra careful in when solo'ing, like the second tier of Andrath vale, the marsh spider queen or the elite spider in the old forest, we chewed through - heck we even slaughtered the elite warg in chetwoods at level 7 and even though I eventually lost my undying title (again) this time it wasnt at the claws of that damn mutt.

Most of the time things are pretty smooth and if i take my time and plot and stay on it - I feel in control - but.....

Every once in a while things go astray - like an add or regen or me being stupid and i totally lose it and even though i pull through - it isnt pretty to witness. live and learn.

and then sometimes things go complettly wonky and my toons start spinning around in circles or runs off in some random direction or wont respond to my keystrokes - in these cases i try to mitigate the damage to my team - and first concentrate on stopping my team and then killing the mobs - and then getting them back in formation and hope nobody is watching.

So my question is... is this about what the rest of you are experiencing/doing? Am i missing something fundemental here? Where can I refine this process and what tips have you got for me?

I know that up to now content has been pretty tame and its about to get harder.

I would really love a beyond the basics config file with instructions on how you set up your keyboard - your UI - your keymaps. the works - lol

You don't need to turn broadcast on/off, and this is probably the reason you are getting spinning toons. For example, broadcast on, press and hold 'a', broadcast off will leave every toon except the main thinking 'a' is held down.

You should have a keymap setup with '1' setup for send to all windows. Now when you press '1' it gets sent to everyone (no broadcasting needed.)

I almost never turn mouse or keyboard broadcast on, maybe once per session.

Unfortunately your comment just blew my whole concept about how I thought this worked - looks like I better go back to the wiki and re-wrap my head around this - it aint easy being nub

[monkeysuncle2007]

What server are you on currently? I play on Brandywine, if you are on Brandywine look me up since the xpac hit I've been on my capt Loaden, gonna be leveling my Rk/mini next so Laoniitas or Laorob.... or I'll work on my x6 hunter team, Laoborn is my main hunter. I can walk you through a mixed class team etc and get you started. A lot of Is Boxer is fiddling with it with the clients open and seeing what changes etc, I've spent countless hours getting it all working, now I can run any of the Moria 6 mans "solo" and GB trio etc just a lot of experimentation dieing a bit and restarting and finding strats that work for you.

Thanks MU2007 - sadly I am on another server but i do appreciate the offer- and if i cant find the time to wrap my head around this I may have to roll some toons on your server to get a leg up - i hit lvl 20 this week and ran my team through GB and the Gondaman skirm - didnt do so well with the caller pull in GB but i can see with a little work i can get past the caller and the worms - but i really need more independent control of my team and my main - the skirm was pretty standard stuff - a little faster pace then im used to - but thats a good thing - it keeps me frosty and is good practice - but still i need to get back to the basics and understand how to set up my team with out broadcasting - maybe this weekend or some weekend soon we could correspond or meet up via vent or skype or what ever and ill take you up on your generous offer - i do need help on this - i only have an hour or so that i can spend on this game during the work week - and every other weekend belongs to the misses (honey do's) so - its hard to get started properly.

with rgrds
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Yeah, the mini boss in GB always gives me problems with my guard/mini/4 hunter team. I've got a number of mixed teams available now, but haven't played in a couple months.