I am not sure why this even exists (it is not hard to hit "next"), but it can be super annoying. You can move from deploy to attack/transfer to commit without clicking the button, and accidentally submit your orders. Of course it requires deployment first (if you have any income, some templates you may not), but it can still happen.

I just don't understand why those hotkeys exist at all. To me they are only potential for mistakes and offer no benefit.

No thanks. That is how I do all my turns, via the hotkeys. It is rare that I bother using the buttons.

If anything you could seek a new setting that allows users to disable them but you should never advocate for the removal of functionality.

Keep them! It makes it tonnes faster to play. It's difficult to commit in time with 5 min boot and no hotkeys.
Edit: I play from browser, and it saves me about 1 min per turn; it adds up quite quickly.

Edited 5/20/2015 19:23:58

If I'm playing on the desktop, I actually find the hotkeys to be much faster than clicking.

I've definitely committed when I didn't want to that way though. Maybe we could have the option to turn them off, like you can do with card dialogue or begin click?

There are hotkeys?!?

A - move forward step

Q - move back a step

Z - commit

I play this game for a couple of months now and i didn't know there were hotkeys either

I always use the hotkeys. Really the only time when there's a risk of committing accidentally is during deployment, since you're essentially automatically in the submit phase. 'Z' doesn't do anything unless you've left the deployment and attack phases, so I don't really see the problem.

"A - move forward step

Q - move back a step

Z - commit"

How can it possibly save a minute Dan? I guess I don't understand. We are talking about 3 mouse clicks in a turn (unless you need to alter orders), that takes what...5 seconds total, max?

It's now a natural habit for me to use hotkeys, so it would take 55 secs more. ☺

Hotkeys are optional anyway, so there's no need to remove them, only disable them, if you don't like them.

This saves me so much time, the ability to swiftly adjust deploys when you attack (can also be done by pressing CTRL) and so on is so nice. There is no reason to remove a feature that makes a game more efficient; I can understand making an option to disable hotkeys, but honestly can't you just not press them (no offense)?

Also, they're especially useful when playing multiple rt games with short boot. Without it, I'd be unable to play as good since I'd waste time simple switching phase and then in turn end up with less time to think.

Well, sure...I would take an option. That is a no brainer. But what if they cannot make it an option?

The reason I have an issue with them is sometimes I might click chat or PM, but for some reason it does not put the cursor in the chat box, so if I type those letters it can skip ahead. If that happens to be after I deployed, I could commit without even doing my moves. It doesn't happen often, but it has moved on me a half dozen times and I happen to have caught it before hitting Z (thankfully that is not an often used letter).

Moral of the story, this should be an option so nobody commits without wanting to.

I use hotkeys all the time, and it's annoying when you accidentally press z :)
But an option to disable them would be nice. Or even custom hotkeys?

I need my hotkeys. Please don't get rid of them.

Chris, why would it not be possible to make it an option?

Alternately, a good option would be to allow each user to map their own hotkeys, thus minimizing the risk of accidental use for those who dislike them.

Edited 5/20/2015 22:08:59

Why not just make a setting to turn it off and on?

Edited 5/21/2015 00:52:26

I've never hit a hotkey on warlight, I don't plan to. Even in real time, because I never think anyway. Neither do they bother me one bit.

@Chris: you could change your keyboard settings to DE (Germany), Y and Z then switch places. Hard to hit it accidentally then.