This month marks 20 years of Guild Wars, a game dear to my heart personally and professionally. For fellow Steam Deck enjoyers, Sam Clarke-Willson created two control layouts: ABXY (face buttons for skills) and soulslike (triggers/bumpers). Try 'em out! wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedbac... - ThreadSky

bobbystein.bsky.social • 49 days ago

This month marks 20 years of Guild Wars, a game dear to my heart personally and professionally.

For fellow Steam Deck enjoyers, Sam Clarke-Willson created two control layouts: ABXY (face buttons for skills) and soulslike (triggers/bumpers). Try 'em out!

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:Game_updates/20250410

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softpads.bsky.social•46 days ago

Running across this post may bring me back to trying out GW2 again. I’ve been missing this game. Stopped playing with End of Dragons. I’ve been wondering about what I’ve missed. The new log in rewards I’ve tried. But it’s not satisfying enough to bait me for a log in frequently.

softpads.bsky.social•46 days ago

Plus I dumped Pc and play on Mac now. But I own a Steam Deck that I love. And I love controller. So that’s a way better solution than maintaining a sub to GeForce Now.

bobbystein.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've been using Sam's soulslike controller layout for almost 3 years on tempest and berserker. Does most things I need it to. Best of luck if you give it a try!

thetrin.bsky.social•49 days ago

Can you play with controller if you're playing on a regular PC?

bobbystein.bsky.social•49 days ago

These are designed to work with the Steam Deck's layout, which includes touch pads, capacitive control sticks, and the extra back buttons. If you want to try with a standard controller you'll likely find that some features (like radial menu) won't work. Moving and using skills might, though.

bobbystein.bsky.social•49 days ago

If you end up trying the templates you can also edit them to your liking to remap certain functions (or just use the keyboard for certain things).

thetrin.bsky.social•49 days ago

This is fascinating. I'm tempted to jump in and check it out. Thanks for the info!

sobrinth.com•49 days ago

Oh that's really cool, especially considering there have been multiple questions about this exact problem the last few days on the reddit.

lightwaves9.bsky.social•49 days ago

do you think these could work on the ROG asus ally? its like the steam deck but runs windows like a PC

bobbystein.bsky.social•49 days ago

That's a very good question. The layouts are designed for Steam Deck, but if you end up trying them out and encounter any issues on the Ally please post feedback on the discussion page.

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback_talk:Game_updates/20250410

lightwaves9.bsky.social•49 days ago

Will do, thank you!

bobbystein.bsky.social•49 days ago

Note that the layouts are in beta right now. If you have feedback, please share as it will help Sam with future revisions.

(You can also download and modify the templates to your personal tastes.)

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback_talk:Game_updates/20250410

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