I'm a disabled gamer and play with the "Reduce hold to interact" setting. It works great except for when Pets are running around the ship. I'm often accidentally picking them up when trying to interact with things, especially during the heat of battle. My request would be to allow players to reassign the hotkey for picking up pets.
Reduce hold to interact setting and picking up Pets
@sourscar Not needed. Just place your pet out of the way if another ship appears to be aggressive.
Also, if you think that's bad, try switching to your firearm to shoot a chasing ship, only to lose your rowboat. It's happened to me with the setting, since I also use it.
@galactic-geek I disagree. I may not always have time to run around the ship looking for my pet to place it out of the way or to go into settings and dismiss it. I also play with 2-3 other people and they'll have their pets out. On PC the F key is used to interact with most things, sails, cannons, barrels, ammo chest, etc. The rowboat release is activated with the R key, I don't run into that issue with the rowboat. I changed the Cycle Weapon hotkey in settings and I have the option to switch weapons using the #1 and 2 keys, which can also be reassigned in settings.
I'm not asking to permanently change the hotkey for everyone necessarily, just to have the option to if preferred.I don't think many would use or need this option, but I am always in favor of providing input options, especially for those that do not fit the standard input model.
Till then it might not be advisable to have your pet out when you want to be combative and competitive or see the comical effect that your opponent just sees you mid fight showing your companion some affection... as if he wasn't even there.
@cotu42 Yeah, you're probably right that most may not need or use the option, though the same could be said for any of the accessibility options.
I know I'm part of a small group of players that would appreciate this option and that I could just not have my pet out. But... I paid to support Rare and to be able to have a fun companion by my side. I can't control what happens in game with PvE enemy spawns or enemy players, so putting my pet away/aside on the fly can sometimes be an issue. I also don't want to have to ask other players to put their pets away because I keep accidentally picking them up when running around between interactive things on a ship. It doesn't have to be the option to reassign the key, it could simply be changing the key to R like some of the other interactive things or adding a separate hotkey to dismiss/summon pet quickly. I just thought the option to reassign the hotkey would be better for most, those who are fine with the way it is and those who might prefer to change it.lol at "mid fight showing your companion some affection"
Sorry Captain! It's Polly's affection time, adjusting sails and firing the cannons will have to wait.@marsmayflower Yeah, kind of. It's in the accessibility options. It removes having to hold the button the entire time, just requires one quick push/click. You still have to stand there for the entire duration of course.
This was brought up once when people were complaining that when opening chest in row boat you sat down. Rares response in the dev stream was to slow down and you wouldn’t have that issue.
I was upset about that statement. When you are in the heat of battle you every second counts you can’t just slow down. Hopefully now that pets are out they can give the issue some more attention.
@andyxxpanda1290 I was a little surprised by that response as well but figured I could live with it. In most cases, not all, I don't have to interact with the rowboat during battle. I can control where I place objects in the rowboat and try to avoid accidental sit downs as much as possible. Still happens all the time though, lol.
With pets, my options are to place it out of the way somewhere at all times or to not have it out. If pets are left unplaced on the ship, they wander where they please. It's like constantly tripping over pets when cooking in the kitchen.@sourscar it also happens a lot when you got storage crates or treasure everywhere accidentally picking them up. I wish you could individually choose wether certain things are hold down or press.
@andyxxpanda1290 I can see that being an issue for some. I'm a bit of an organizational freak and place everything in neat piles away from cannon, sails, etc., so I don't run into that very often. I would have no problem with Rare adding that option for players though.
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