This is a problem a BIG problem. I will be in the same boat. I have not downloaded W3 yet but sadly I pre ordered it only a few days ago. If only I had waited because keybinding is a must. There is no excuse not to have ANY key being able to be rebound, it is a lefthanded AND accesibility thing.

This is a MAJOR issue. If I had known I would not have purchased. I can't believe no rebind passed the CDPR design phases......unbelievable ! Such a simple thing too.

I have the same problem, as lefty the default keybinding is really hard to use, I have problems pressing ALT to make hard attacks and combos, I keep pressing windows key instead, and things like that... it's not funny to be discriminated for being part of a minority.

Well, my best mate is left handed, but he plays using the mouse with his right hand. Probably because as a kid he couldn't afford a computer and started playing games at my place (so with right hand setups). Muscle memory.

Anyway, the keybind issue is totally unacceptable and you should be granted a refund.
I'm not left handed but I don't play with wasd either, I wouldn't be able to play tw3. It's not just "an inconvenience", but people that play with wasd can't understand how big a deal this is.

I do hope so.

Remember Witcher 2?

Maybe this time.

After all the Dev hype about we want to give the players the best possible experiance BS they cant get something as simple as key bindings correct for a day one release. How hard were they trying? Not very it seems. Hard coding keys is sloppy and lazy

I agree. A few keys can truly not be changed, which is bad enough, but to have many "Locked" and yet actually still changeable through manual editing of the settings file seems obtuse to me.

Currently some players are having to edit text files or download third part key remapping programs, since the game wont let you remap the movement controls. Of all things to lock. You must use WASD or the arrow keys. How did anyone think that would be fine? (Rhetorical - well, unless CDPR care to weigh in) I'm pretty sure (at least I damn well hope so) it will be patched, but as you said, after all the hype it feels like pre 2000 days. And as I understand it (mention above in fact), The Witcher 2 had similar problems.

What else does it affect then? There's already an option to switch the buttons for "okay" and "cancel". I'm not sure what else is bound to those two buttons since I'm using a controller.

You seriously expect a lefty to try to game righthandedly? That's so unthoughtfull. Now I'm righthanded myself but why don't we all start playing lefthanded? Are you incapable of doing so? Or have you just never tried it?
Ofcourse you never tried it, and if you did it was just a short experiment, after which you happily returned to your normal gameplay.
Maybe you didn't mean to but that felt a bit condescending to the lefthanded person. If you didn't mean so than my apologies. If you did then as Will Wheaton would say 'don't be a d*ck'.
Even as a righthanded gamer key rebinding options are a must in pc games. It's unthinkable not having those options in a AAA game nowadays.
If I wanted to use a controller I would've bought a PS4 or something. Mouse /keyboard is my thing.

Try? As in try to do things right handed? I'm not sure if that's what you meant, but... do you know what being left handed means?

All we need is a statement from CDPR to the effect of
1. They understand many people are having accessabilities and it is their goal to have W3 as accessibile as possible and hence are currently working on a patch to allow rebinding of ANY key for the PC version".

Not "can't be done at this time" but confirmation they are ACTUALLY working to fix this. Anything else really falls short.

This is all we would need from CDPR. I really hope they are like everyone says different to other devs, and that they actually listen and NEVER make this mistake again. The thing I fear is people say they did this with W2, now THAT scares me.

Yes, I am left handed and have never used a mouse with my left hand. You are perfectly capable of doing it if you give it a shot.

Oh yeah. That Witcher 3 detected your horse and mouse BIG RESET everytime the game starts.

I'm confident though that CDPR will address this issue with a patch. It's sad really to change the bindings only to have the game reset it default EVERYTIME.

This doesn't warrant an actual refund in my opinion.

Not sure if by "you" you mean me, or "you" as in 'people in general', but I'm not left handed.

But no, left handed people are left handed. Right handed people are right handed. That's what that means. In no way would I expect a left handed person to try and use their right hand, to play a game, when something can simply be allowed to do the thing that games have allowed for many, many years. Rebind keys. And it's not just for left handed people.

For me the solution is for CDPR to set up their UI to reflect the keys that can be rebound, and unlock the ones that really can't, not expect people who are left handed to try not to be to compensate. Left handed people are pretty common.

gotta love discrimination!