How to kite? No, I know, there are a dozen guides out there saying to run at a monster, then run back once you provoked its attack, then run at it again and hit it. But how exactly do you do that, with your physical computer equipment?
I tried clicking them to attack, then clicking away to dodge back, then clicking to attack again, but I kept missing and the character would run past them without attacking. Or dodging back way too far before I could get the cursor hovered over the monster again. Or pausing to chop a tree I accidentally clicked on. To say nothing of monsters like pigs, who move when you're trying to click them.
So, I tried directional keys, and had... slightly better luck. Is there a key you like to put auto-attack on, so you're not holding it while trying to press multiple direction keys with the same hand? Left... control or something? That makes fighting with a mouse difficult... assuming you're an idiot like me who learned to use a mouse left-handed.
Additionally, directional keys are much less convenient than a joystick, because you can only move at 45 degree angles without a lot of swerving, and only at 90 degree angles, if you don't want to hold down two keys at once. I mean, I ended up thinking to myself, "Okay, hold left, while infrequently tapping up to travel left and slightly up, until there, time to dodge! Now hold down... wait, was that hold down and tap right, or hold right and... wait no, I was supposed to hit auto-attack and... dammit it hit me again!"
Of course I don't have a joystick. Must this be rectified? (Is using a joystick even possible, with the PC version?)