just switching from arrow keys to grid keys + minimap allowed me the control i needed to crack the top 1K's.
i'm left handed so before having NUM-0 and the ->'s was pretty easy. moving my hand to T to retreat was like muscle memory, now i basically shoved my keyboard off my desk, planted my hand on wasd, and i'm trying to use grid keys, Ctrl groups for key things like support teams and vehicles, and i really gotta rebind the tacmap to left-ctrl or shift or something. it's really handy for capping orders and seeing units.
My fellow left-hander! If you have autohotkey, here is a set-up I have put together since using my right hand on WASD forces my thumb into an extremely unergonomic position to hit shift and ctrl. With this set up it's easy to reach right shift and ctrl and keep your hand open.
Only one issue... with R set to + when you hit it infantry responds "retreating!" but doesn't. I have reported this bug to no avail. W can also be iffy for stop. I have both of these keys bound to thumb buttons on my mouse as well to compensate.
Cheers
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#IfWinActive, Company Of Heroes 2
Insert::4
Home::5
PgUp::6
Delete::1
End::2
PgDn::3
*get rid of the * and the space between : and S or : and D. they make


Numpad7::Q
Numpad8::W
Numpad9::E
NumpadAdd::R
Numpad4::A
*Numpad5:: S
*Numpad6:: D
NumpadDot::F
Numpad1::Z
Numpad2::X
Numpad3::C
NumpadEnter::V
NumLock::F1
NumpadDiv::F2
NumpadMult::F3
NumpadSub::F4
*RAlt & W:: Send {Backspace}
*AppsKey:: Send {9}
Numpad0::F
Left:: Send {Numpad0}
Down::Tab
Right::F5
Up::Alt