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I use a normal shitty old mouse personally, and I don't even bind skills to it, M4 is autorun, alt+M4 is mount, M5 is self target(mostly use it on healer since there isn't much point otherwise).
I use a lot of modifiers though, got used to it over the years. Off the top of my head, normal 2 first 12 bars are 1 2 3 4 5 Q E R T F C V <(not sure what it is on QWERTY keyboard, but that's the key left of Z next to Shift), then other one is Alt+ the same stuff but X for the last button(not Alt X, just X). Then I have some side bar buttons like G, Z, Alt Z, Alt X. Generally that's enough, I think I have a few more for some classes that are probably Ctrl+ something or whatever but I usually don't like Ctrl keys it's just when I run out of keys on some classes like SCH.
Mostly after that's it's working the bars so they make sense to remember easier and so they're optimized depending on how often I want to press stuff. I also do thematic keys to keep class switching more simple, for example R tends to be AoEs(damage or heals), Q tends to be heals/self heals/defensive buffs, E short oGCDs, CVF long cooldowns, < is sprint on everyone, X is movement abilities, etc. I try to keep the main rotation buttons on the numbers if possible. There's obviously some exceptions but it's nice to keep things consistent when you switch to a new class to retain some of the muscle memory.
That said a mouse is probably better in some conditions during raiding so you can move and hit stuff at the same time. I often have to hit keys weird during raids, or hit autorun for like half a second and shit like that to make it work.
I use a lot of modifiers though, got used to it over the years. Off the top of my head, normal 2 first 12 bars are 1 2 3 4 5 Q E R T F C V <(not sure what it is on QWERTY keyboard, but that's the key left of Z next to Shift), then other one is Alt+ the same stuff but X for the last button(not Alt X, just X). Then I have some side bar buttons like G, Z, Alt Z, Alt X. Generally that's enough, I think I have a few more for some classes that are probably Ctrl+ something or whatever but I usually don't like Ctrl keys it's just when I run out of keys on some classes like SCH.
Mostly after that's it's working the bars so they make sense to remember easier and so they're optimized depending on how often I want to press stuff. I also do thematic keys to keep class switching more simple, for example R tends to be AoEs(damage or heals), Q tends to be heals/self heals/defensive buffs, E short oGCDs, CVF long cooldowns, < is sprint on everyone, X is movement abilities, etc. I try to keep the main rotation buttons on the numbers if possible. There's obviously some exceptions but it's nice to keep things consistent when you switch to a new class to retain some of the muscle memory.
That said a mouse is probably better in some conditions during raiding so you can move and hit stuff at the same time. I often have to hit keys weird during raids, or hit autorun for like half a second and shit like that to make it work.
