Tips and Tricks

Overview
Tips and tricks for new players.

Key Shortcuts
Here are some useful key shortcuts (assuming you don't change too many defaults):
 * Press Shift-B to open Backpack and all Bags.
 * With open Backpack, press B to close Backpack and all open Bags.
 * Press R to reply the last whisper, after pressing R, you can use Tab to cycle through people who have whispered you.

Make sure the hotkeys of all of your most used abilities and items are close to your hand.

Auto-Loot
You can loot all items in a corpse, container item, or harvestable resource (herb, mineral vein/depost, or skinnable corpse) by holding the Shift-key down when right-clicking. Try it!

General Combat Tips

 * Managing aggro and handling adds
 * Ready attack before in range
 * Using ranged weapons
 * Running away wisely
 * Be wary of spell resistance

Buffing Up Before Battle
If available, the following buffs should be applied before fighting:

Checking If Within Range
If you have a ranged ability, power, spell, or weapon on your command bar (Auto-shoot for bows, guns and wands):
 * When the key-shortcut number is white (1), you are in range.
 * When the key-shortcut number is red ( 1 ), you are out of range.

Global Cooldown
Bear in mind that whenever you use an ability or an item, you will have to wait 1.5 seconds till you can use another spell or ability, this is called Global Cooldown. To ensure that you can use your next ability or spell as fast as possible, consider pressing the hotkey, or clicking on the button rapidly when Global Cooldown is almost at an end.