Guys I'm looking for a new mouse since mine recently isn't working properly.
I had an Ikari for about a year until it broke/something inside it fried after a power outage but that doesn't make sense since on 1 computer it works fine, and on mine it doesn't work at all (unrecognized driver issue or something). Tried many times to put it back on my computer but has failed 90% of the attempts, 10% of the time it works somehow for no reason.
After that I got an M510 which has been great for over a year now but the scroll button isn't as sensitive as it used to be.
I have an HD9 mousepad which made a previous mouse I used on it very glitchy and had extremely poor tracking. I found a nice $20 mouse but have no clue if it will work on the mouse pad because its optical and since its $20 I don't know if it will break in a month.
I'm looking for a mouse that probably won't break for years unless I try to purposely break it by throwing it at walls and putting it under water and still has decent tracking for <50. Never spending 100$ on a mouse ever again unless I know its unbreakable. Or if someone is knowledge able to help me with my Ikari since it still works but won't connect to my computer(maybe I have to take it apart and fix some stuff on the inside?).
Edit: Ikari still broken, probably need to trash it. Got a Delux M555 which is essentially a chinese counterfeit of a deathadder for 1/4 of the price($20). Great mouse, recommend it for anyone. Don't get a deathadder, totally overpriced.
1. What's your grip style? Fingertip 2. What's your sensitivity? low/medium I think 3. What's your maximum budget? 25$ ish 4. Do you want additional buttons? no 5. What games do you play? LoL 6. Do you mind angle snapping? Yeah 7. Other relevant information: I'm looking for something which is lighter to click than my previous mouse
Hey recently my mouse broke so I am looking to getting a good one. I have always just had shitty $10 mice but I was looking for something better.
1. What's your grip style? Fingertip 2. What's your sensitivity? medium 3. What's your maximum budget? $60 4. Do you want additional buttons? I don't really mind but its not necessary 5. What games do you play? StarCraft 2, Brood War 6. Do you mind angle snapping? Yes 7. Other relevant information: I was looking at the Steelseries Sensei RAW, Steelseries Kinzu V2 or Roccat Kone Pure. Any ideas? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
On June 08 2014 06:05 LaNague wrote: Just a warning, i bought a G100s a few months ago and while it is really nice, the buttons dont register clicks properly anymore.
I think for a higher priced mouse, this is unaccaptable. I didnt even play Starcraft or League much during this time.
Usually Logitech build quality is pretty good, and the G100 is pretty inexpensive. Could it just be a faulted product, a one timer?
On June 08 2014 09:56 LaNague wrote: No, i have read about this on many forums, but i thought "how bad can it be, MINE will certainly work, its LOGITECH"
I guess you'll have to ask them to replace it until you end up with one that's perfect. Logitech has three years warranty or so, so it'll be fine in the end.
On June 08 2014 09:56 LaNague wrote: No, i have read about this on many forums, but i thought "how bad can it be, MINE will certainly work, its LOGITECH"
Funnily enough I have never had a problem with Logitech products. I've owned a mini optical, G5, G100, MX Anywhere, and G502. The bad things that have happened were all related to the G5, which had the braided cable worn out and the left/right tilt mouse wheel being stuck (which was my fault due to bad housekeeping) but I fixed that by cleaning it.
So I have this weird problem with my new Deathadder 2013, that whenever I reboot my PC, I can't doubleclick anything. The fix is to go to hardware and sound -> mouse. If you open that menu, it begins to work. I have suspected that it might have some conflicts with my old Lachesis software. I uninstalled it but I still think there are some conflicts that's causing my new mouse to behave weird.
So..... I need some serious help on selecting a new gaming mouse. Hopefully you can help.
1. What's your grip style? I am a claw grip. Though occasionally I will migrate to finger-tip only.
2. What's your sensitivity? Medium
3. What's your maximum budget? I have no maximum budget.
4. Do you want additional buttons? I don't need any extra buttons. Though I don't mind extra buttons as long as the feel "natural".
5. What games do you play? Sc2 mostly; however, I have started playing FPS such as CoD ghosts and BF 4.
6. Do you mind angle snapping? No preference.
7. Other relevant information: I have tried the Razer Taipan and Death Adder. I like the Taipan for its small, comfortable feel. However the extra buttons felt like they always got in the way. The Death Adder had a much more comfortable, controllish grip; hoewver, the incline/hump felt too high with my claw grip and causes my thumb to hurt.
I was looking at the GX9 and/or Razer Orobus. But not sure if they are good for what I am looking for.
I think it's somewhat important to say what kind of sensitivity you use for FPS. A majority of the casual FPS players out of my friends run like 2-5cm for a 180 turn level of sensitivity, while another group uses ~20-45cm for a 180 degree turn. If you're part of the second group, you probably use a mouse way differently in an FPS game than you do in games like sc2 or LoL, including grip etc. It can change requirements quite a lot, and also demands a certain tier of sensor in regards to consistency and the max movement speed that they can track, in order to work well
On June 16 2014 23:44 Cyro wrote: I think it's somewhat important to say what kind of sensitivity you use for FPS. A majority of the casual FPS players out of my friends run like 2-5cm for a 180 turn level of sensitivity, while another group uses ~20-45cm for a 180 degree turn. If you're part of the second group, you probably use a mouse way differently in an FPS game than you do in games like sc2 or LoL, including grip etc. It can change requirements quite a lot, and also demands a certain tier of sensor in regards to consistency and the max movement speed that they can track, in order to work well
I'd "prefer" to fit into the second group when playing a FPS such as CoD ghosts. From my experience; however, when I amp the sensitivity up that high to do 180 degree turns... I can't aim worth anything. As such I often just keep my sensitivity at medium.
EDIT: Also depends on what type of weapon I'm using. If I'm running around like a crazy man... 2-5cm CM is nice. If I'm trying to hit people from across the map... I won't be able to with 2-5cm CM.
On June 16 2014 23:54 Praxy wrote: Also depends on what type of weapon I'm using. If I'm running around like a crazy man... 20-45 CM is nice. If I'm trying to hit people from across the map... I won't be able to with 20-45 CM.
On June 16 2014 23:54 Praxy wrote: Also depends on what type of weapon I'm using. If I'm running around like a crazy man... 20-45 CM is nice. If I'm trying to hit people from across the map... I won't be able to with 20-45 CM.
That seems somewhat backwards
how? I'm not very well versed in mouse terminology.
Would have thought the lower sensitivity would be better for long distance aiming. If you have low sensitivity turning around quickly can be an issue. For example when I play CoD im normally on my mouses 400 DPI setting but for Quake style shooters I normally do 800
On June 17 2014 00:30 Iksf wrote: Would have thought the lower sensitivity would be better for long distance aiming. If you have low sensitivity turning around quickly can be an issue. For example when I play CoD im normally on my mouses 400 DPI setting but for Quake style shooters I normally do 800
I think I messed up on the CM definition... thank you. I will update my post. I meant that. Thought higher CM meant faster sensitivity... oops.
On June 17 2014 00:30 Iksf wrote: Would have thought the lower sensitivity would be better for long distance aiming. If you have low sensitivity turning around quickly can be an issue. For example when I play CoD im normally on my mouses 400 DPI setting but for Quake style shooters I normally do 800
I think I messed up on the CM definition... thank you. I will update my post. I meant that. Thought higher CM meant faster sensitivity... oops.
Nah, everyone just confused here
DPI isn't a method that you can use to determine sensitivity in an FPS game, because one player could use 400 DPI and 10 sensitivity in one engine, and another could use 800 DPI and 5 sensitivity, and their aim would turn 180 degrees with the same amount of mouse movement.
When i say 25cm/180, i mean your character does a 180 degree turn in 25 centimeters of mouse movement, 0.25 meters.
Many people, especially non competitive+researched, use things like fingertips or pivoting wrist to turn in an FPS game, and use only like 2-5 centimeters of movement to turn around completely. That's considered quite normal to them.
The other camp would often call "only" 10 centimeters to turn around a very high sensitivity, with many people using 20cm, 30cm or even 40cm+ in some games to turn around. It's often done because you can learn to move quickly and then it does not seriously compromise the amount of time you need to make quick turns, but lower sensitivity is widely accepted to allow for higher accuracy and far stronger muscle memory
They're so different, that some types of mice are completely acceptable to one group, but very difficult to use for the other
Here's an example of a very low sensitivity:
That's very very low though for snapping around
This sensitivity is listed as 70cm for a 360 turn, which is 35cm/180:
You can use double that sensitivity^ and still fall well into the second group using more than "very high" sens very comfortably. It's just that a ton of people use like 2-5 centimeters for a 180 turn, and a ton more use their hand/arm differently and use like 10-40cm.
On June 17 2014 00:30 Iksf wrote: Would have thought the lower sensitivity would be better for long distance aiming. If you have low sensitivity turning around quickly can be an issue. For example when I play CoD im normally on my mouses 400 DPI setting but for Quake style shooters I normally do 800
I think I messed up on the CM definition... thank you. I will update my post. I meant that. Thought higher CM meant faster sensitivity... oops.
Nah, everyone just confused here
DPI isn't a method that you can use to determine sensitivity in an FPS game, because one player could use 400 DPI and 10 sensitivity in one engine, and another could use 800 DPI and 5 sensitivity, and their aim would turn 180 degrees with the same amount of mouse movement.
When i say 25cm/180, i mean your character does a 180 degree turn in 25 centimeters of mouse movement, 0.25 meters.
Many people, especially non competitive+researched, use things like fingertips or pivoting wrist to turn in an FPS game, and use only like 2-5 centimeters of movement to turn around completely. That's considered quite normal to them.
The other camp would often call "only" 10 centimeters to turn around a very high sensitivity, with many people using 20cm, 30cm or even 40cm+ in some games to turn around. It's often done because you can learn to move quickly and then it does not seriously compromise the amount of time you need to make quick turns, but lower sensitivity is widely accepted to allow for higher accuracy and far stronger muscle memory
They're so different, that some types of mice are completely acceptable to one group, but very difficult to use for the other
You can use double that sensitivity^ and still fall well into the second group using more than "very high" sens very comfortably. It's just that a ton of people use like 2-5 centimeters for a 180 turn, and a ton more use their hand/arm differently and use like 10-40cm.
Thank you very much for the clarification. When playing a FPS I "prefer" lower sensitivity. Unfortunately I currently have my mouse set up on my keyboard tray, which only has approx 15-16 CM of room. As such I try to keep my CM at 10-12 (per 180). Occasionally faster if its a faster paced shooter.
I could try moving my mouse on top of my desk for more room, but then my entire hand is elevated. Not sure I like that.
Hopefully I can find a mouse that actually suits me xD
On June 17 2014 00:30 Iksf wrote: Would have thought the lower sensitivity would be better for long distance aiming. If you have low sensitivity turning around quickly can be an issue. For example when I play CoD im normally on my mouses 400 DPI setting but for Quake style shooters I normally do 800
I think I messed up on the CM definition... thank you. I will update my post. I meant that. Thought higher CM meant faster sensitivity... oops.
Nah, everyone just confused here
DPI isn't a method that you can use to determine sensitivity in an FPS game, because one player could use 400 DPI and 10 sensitivity in one engine, and another could use 800 DPI and 5 sensitivity, and their aim would turn 180 degrees with the same amount of mouse movement.
When i say 25cm/180, i mean your character does a 180 degree turn in 25 centimeters of mouse movement, 0.25 meters.
Many people, especially non competitive+researched, use things like fingertips or pivoting wrist to turn in an FPS game, and use only like 2-5 centimeters of movement to turn around completely. That's considered quite normal to them.
The other camp would often call "only" 10 centimeters to turn around a very high sensitivity, with many people using 20cm, 30cm or even 40cm+ in some games to turn around. It's often done because you can learn to move quickly and then it does not seriously compromise the amount of time you need to make quick turns, but lower sensitivity is widely accepted to allow for higher accuracy and far stronger muscle memory
They're so different, that some types of mice are completely acceptable to one group, but very difficult to use for the other
You can use double that sensitivity^ and still fall well into the second group using more than "very high" sens very comfortably. It's just that a ton of people use like 2-5 centimeters for a 180 turn, and a ton more use their hand/arm differently and use like 10-40cm.
Thank you very much for the clarification. When playing a FPS I "prefer" lower sensitivity. Unfortunately I currently have my mouse set up on my keyboard tray, which only has approx 15-16 CM of room. As such I try to keep my CM at 10-12 (per 180). Occasionally faster if its a faster paced shooter.
I could try moving my mouse on top of my desk for more room, but then my entire hand is elevated. Not sure I like that.
Hopefully I can find a mouse that actually suits me xD
Understandable, but being somewhat elitist, i wouldn't asking for a new mouse, but for a new desk/table ;p
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