In WoW I believe a character's torso and trunk animate independantly. I think they could very well be separate meshes pushed right up against each other.
Enter? Yes, of course - or some other key to start a chat, I don't recall what it was. How else would you start a sentance with W, A, S, or D? It's really not that annoying once you're used to it.
The alternative is that printable characters can't be used for actions, which restricts you to the arrow keys. There aren't many keys near the arrow keys, so your input UI is fairly limited. Also, since most people will be using their right hand on the mouse, it makes sense to have them leave their left hand on the left side of their keyboard. The only drawback is that players will sometimes stand around and babble "dude, i think i saw a dwarven rogue behind sssssssdaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" instead of running away while I slit their throats.
Enter? Yes, of course - or some other key to start a chat, I don't recall what it was. How else would you start a sentance with W, A, S, or D? It's really not that annoying once you're used to it.
The alternative is that printable characters can't be used for actions, which restricts you to the arrow keys. There aren't many keys near the arrow keys, so your input UI is fairly limited. Also, since most people will be using their right hand on the mouse, it makes sense to have them leave their left hand on the left side of their keyboard. The only drawback is that players will sometimes stand around and babble "dude, i think i saw a dwarven rogue behind sssssssdaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" instead of running away while I slit their throats.