Keyboard inputs / Publisher rules
The cited publisher rules for OSRS, WoW, FFXIV, and PoE do not mention Rapid Trigger, SOCD, or DKS; they address automation, input broadcasting, or macro behavior instead. Check the current rule text and your keyboard maker's documentation for its implementation details.
These are common descriptions, not product specifications:
Vendors implement these features differently. Read your keyboard maker's documentation; the feature name alone does not describe every implementation.
See the OSRS setup hub for game context and the OSRS foot-pedal and macro-rule guide for that separate topic.
Jagex's Rules of Old School RuneScape, under “Macroing and third-party software/hardware,” says:
It means using software or hardware that can help you play the game with the software or hardware doing things for you that you should be doing yourself. Our games are meant to be played by humans …
Jagex, Rules of Old School RuneScape
This describes software or hardware doing game tasks for a player, not keyboard switch features.
If you have any doubt that something you are thinking of using could be considered breaking this rule our advice is to not use it.
Jagex, Rules of Old School RuneScape
Jagex's “Mouse Keys - Changes & Clarification” news post (January 25, 2017) is about the operating system's Mouse Keys program and remapping, not keyboards:
You may now only use your operating system's official default mouse keys program, unless it is to remap a key to any other button. If we find evidence of you using other forms of mouse keys in game, we will take action against your account.
Jagex news, “Mouse Keys - Changes & Clarification” (January 25, 2017)
Jagex, “Macro and client features not permitted” — This page covers macro and client features identified as not permitted.
For setup context, see the WoW setup hub and WoW keybind setup guide.
Blizzard's WoW input-broadcasting post says:
The use of input broadcasting software that mirrors keystrokes to multiple WoW game clients will soon be considered an actionable offense.
Blizzard, “Policy Update for Input Broadcasting Software”
Written about WoW, the post concerns mirroring keystrokes to multiple clients; it is not about single-client play.
Under “License Limitations,” Blizzard's End User License Agreement says:
bots; i.e. any code and/or software, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, that allows the automated control of a Game, or any other feature of the Platform, e.g. the automated control of a character in a Game
Blizzard End User License Agreement, “License Limitations”
This passage describes bots through automated game or platform control, not keyboard switch behavior.
Square Enix's FFXIV support FAQ, article 5382, says:
Third-party programs and tools that permit automated or "absentee" play are prohibited.
Square Enix support FAQ, article 5382
It addresses automated or absentee play, not keyboard switch features. See the FFXIV setup hub for game setup topics.
See the Path of Exile setup hub for game context. The game's Terms of Use says:
Utilise any automated software or 'bots' in relation to your access or use of the Website, Materials or Services.
Path of Exile Terms of Use
This concerns automated software or bots related to access or use of the listed Website, Materials or Services, not keyboard features.
A community-written guide on Grinding Gear Games' forum that cites staff statements is a separate source. Its author says they are not a GGG employee, and it is not an official GGG rule. It says:
The most commonly cited rule pertaining to macros is "one action per key press."
Community guide on Grinding Gear Games' forum
To press a single button resulting in multiple actions being taken would be regarded as partially automated gameplay.
Community guide on Grinding Gear Games' forum
These quotes discuss macros and multiple actions, not the named keyboard features. See the PoE keybind setup guide for a related input workflow.
As checked on October 30, 2026, none of the quoted pages mentions Rapid Trigger, SOCD, DKS, actuation depth or Snap Tap. They cover automation, Mouse Keys, input broadcasting or macro actions. Read your keyboard maker's documentation for how its feature works, then compare that with your game's current rule.
None of the linked rules names Rapid Trigger. Jagex covers macroing and Mouse Keys; Blizzard addresses input broadcasting to multiple WoW clients; Square Enix covers automated or absentee play; and PoE's terms cover automation and macro actions.
Start with the linked publisher source for your game: Jagex for OSRS, Blizzard's End User License Agreement and input-broadcasting post for WoW, Square Enix's FAQ for FFXIV, or Path of Exile's Terms of Use. This page is dated; re-read the source before configuring.
Jagex's OSRS rule says: “If you have any doubt that something you are thinking of using could be considered breaking this rule our advice is to not use it.” If you remain unsure, follow that instruction and contact Jagex with the feature's exact name. This repeats Jagex's wording, not a separate interpretation.
Read your keyboard maker's description for the exact feature and how it works on that model, then compare it with your game's current rules. If you still cannot tell whether that setup fits the rule, ask publisher support using the feature name and keyboard model.
Sources
This guide compares the linked publisher pages and the community PoE forum guide. The forum guide is community-written, not an official Grinding Gear Games rule.
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