MMO Mice Recommendations?

With all of the discussions on macros and hot keys... I would appreciate some MMO mice recommendations and possibly things to look for or to avoid.

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cyanideinsanity

Add another to the G600 pile. Its the only mouse I've used since 2012 and I have no plans to change. The 12 buttons are setup in a W pattern making them more discernible, and the g-shift button is great as a modifier.

bloodprophet

Wandering Mist wrote: »

For me personally I have tried "mmo" mice with tons of side buttons but I always found the buttons too small and ended up pressing multiple buttons at the same time, which causes a ton of issues.

So instead I went the other route. I have a standard gaming mouse (the Steelseries Rival 310) and a Razer Tartarus V2 gamepad.

The main advantage of the gamepad as opposed to a normal keyboard is the added scroll wheel and d-pad for the thumb. Usually on a keyboard my thumb rests rather uselessly on the space bar, whereas with the gamepad there are far more things you can do with it. I control my character with the d-pad leaving more accessible buttons open on my fingers for my abilities. The added scroll-wheel can be bound to anything so I usually use it for target selection. It's very handy.

I have had mine for a long time. Highly recommend it. I like being able to set up multiple profiles for various games. Changing from one setup for Fallout 4 to Cyberpunk 2077 and an MMO is super easy and being able to change the binds in the editor makes it easier depending on how you want stuff laid out.

CakeBanditJr

vmangman wrote: »

CakeBanditJr wrote: »

Logitech G502 Wireless Lightspeed mouse and an Azeron keypad

That's not a proper MMO mouse. 12 buttons is the way to go.

Says who? I'm willing to put money on the fact that I will run circles around you with my "non proper mouse". It has 9 programmable buttons. What more do you need expert?

Songcaller

Is it easy to circle a target with a Tartarus? I am considering a purchase but, if you can't strafe around a target I'll stick with my current setup. I'd get the Tartarus to go alongside my Naga Chroma.

By circle I mean always moving to stay behind a target...its my PvP style in duels and 1vs1 for when I'm Melee. I'm used to dual thumb sticks on controllers, not sure about a solo thumb stick.

Rhuric

@Neurath the default button layout are the left side of a qwerty keyboard including wasd. You can use both the thumbstick and the buttons to do what you're asking

Songcaller

@Rhuric

Cheers mate, I have ordered a Tartarus V2. Am quite excited. The good news will be I can practice the use of the hardware during the testing phases to prepare for the live game. Love the options available!

Vhaeyne

A lot of talk about the Tartarus on here. I wish y'all the best of luck. I had a Orbweaver for about a month on my desk a few years back. I had it all set up right, no worries there. I just ran into a ME problem. Every time I would go to type my hands would end up back at WASD on my main keyboard.

Ended up just unplugging it, and throwing it in the closet. I thought about rebinding my keys to not using any letter keys, but I find that I have have more than enough key binds when I rebind QERTFGZXCVB keys.

Good luck.

Rhuric

I'm enjoying it, played around a bit on WoW and tried some Tera (That one hates my comp). Wasn't in much of gaming mood today but it was great. Sat on couch, mouse on one armrest, gamepad on the other like I'm on a fuzzy throne. Glorious.

Songcaller

I've resisted for a long time, but, because I will be a support class, it will be nice to have my skills on my Naga Chroma and then navigate via the Tartarus, with the extra buttons allowing me to target team mates on the fly (If the option's available to program F Numbers to target team mates). Not sure how the setup will work with Hybrid Combat but if I can't run a decent setup I'll revert back to my current setup.

My main concern will be voice communications. I don't mind reverting back to my main keyboard to type in chat boxes etc. It will be nice if I can activate speech communications without taking up a key bind on my mouse (Often use middle mouse click on roller). I prefer to have weapon swap on middle mouse click on roller. Played MMOs longer than I had voice communications lol.

Mowaby

Neurath wrote: »

I've resisted for a long time, but, because I will be a support class, it will be nice to have my skills on my Naga Chroma and then navigate via the Tartarus, with the extra buttons allowing me to target team mates on the fly (If the option's available to program F Numbers to target team mates). Not sure how the setup will work with Hybrid Combat but if I can't run a decent setup I'll revert back to my current setup.

My main concern will be voice communications. I don't mind reverting back to my main keyboard to type in chat boxes etc. It will be nice if I can activate speech communications without taking up a key bind on my mouse (Often use middle mouse click on roller). I prefer to have weapon swap on middle mouse click on roller. Played MMOs longer than I had voice communications lol.

I just ordered one. There was something similar that I never used back when I played UO. I am going to give the keypad a shot now because I like my g pro wireless more than my corsair scimitar. I will have to see how it fits on my desk too...

Volgaire

One thing I can never get behind is a mouse with a tonne of buttons, especially the mmo ones that have 12 or more. That's just me however and I know a lot of people dig using such as mouse since it can also enable playing with one hand comfortably.

Wandering Mist

Neurath wrote: »

Is it easy to circle a target with a Tartarus? I am considering a purchase but, if you can't strafe around a target I'll stick with my current setup. I'd get the Tartarus to go alongside my Naga Chroma.

By circle I mean always moving to stay behind a target...its my PvP style in duels and 1vs1 for when I'm Melee. I'm used to dual thumb sticks on controllers, not sure about a solo thumb stick.

If you're using the d-pad to control your character like I am there is a bit of a learning curve as the d-pad is slightly off-centre. You'll need to practice a bit to go consistently in a straight line. Aside from that though it's really easy to use.

Songcaller

Wandering Mist wrote: »

If you're using the d-pad to control your character like I am there is a bit of a learning curve as the d-pad is slightly off-centre. You'll need to practice a bit to go consistently in a straight line. Aside from that though it's really easy to use.

Okay mate, I've read some reviews and will either get my brother to modify the d-pad for an analog stick, or, run the WASD in the central area and use the d-pad for 8 button presses (Not for movement). I accidentally bought the Pro version but the switch activations are faster. I will see what I'm most comfortable with and determine the setup when I can get in game.

I won't use the double use functions for the Pro though, but, I will reduce the key activation to the highest preset possible for faster activation. Don't need a double press per button. I've heard the double press isn't too good anyway.

Edit: Spelling mistakes.

Songcaller

Mowaby wrote: »

I just ordered one. There was something similar that I never used back when I played UO. I am going to give the keypad a shot now because I like my g pro wireless more than my corsair scimitar. I will have to see how it fits on my desk too...

Yeah, sounds excellent mate. I've ordered The Huntsman Elite too. My current Logitech Keyboard is longer due to Macro Keys. I never use the Macro Keys so the space is wasted space. I should be able to sort the space out quite well indeed.

Looch_

Wandering Mist wrote: »

For me personally I have tried "mmo" mice with tons of side buttons but I always found the buttons too small and ended up pressing multiple buttons at the same time, which causes a ton of issues.

So instead I went the other route. I have a standard gaming mouse (the Steelseries Rival 310) and a Razer Tartarus V2 gamepad.

The main advantage of the gamepad as opposed to a normal keyboard is the added scroll wheel and d-pad for the thumb. Usually on a keyboard my thumb rests rather uselessly on the space bar, whereas with the gamepad there are far more things you can do with it. I control my character with the d-pad leaving more accessible buttons open on my fingers for my abilities. The added scroll-wheel can be bound to anything so I usually use it for target selection. It's very handy.

I need to try this. Hard to get away from my keyboard. What do you jump with? 20? I feel like jumping puzzles could get tricky on that.

I am using the Wireless Razer Naga Pro Trinity and its been great. Just a few hurdles. The 12 buttons are small. You also have to pinky grip the mouse which takes a bit of getting used to. But for an MMO mouse with customization I am not sure you can find better.

Songcaller

So my setup is complete. It is much better turning on the Dpad, much faster response and swifter direction changes. Haven't worked out whether I will strafe with it yet though. The Huntsman Elite is perfect too. I have the setup in perfect harmony and in the perfect positions. Pleased I took the plunge and gone full Razer for Peripherals.

rikardp98

PollexTroy wrote: »

Wandering Mist wrote: »

For me personally I have tried "mmo" mice with tons of side buttons but I always found the buttons too small and ended up pressing multiple buttons at the same time, which causes a ton of issues.

So instead I went the other route. I have a standard gaming mouse (the Steelseries Rival 310) and a Razer Tartarus V2 gamepad.

The main advantage of the gamepad as opposed to a normal keyboard is the added scroll wheel and d-pad for the thumb. Usually on a keyboard my thumb rests rather uselessly on the space bar, whereas with the gamepad there are far more things you can do with it. I control my character with the d-pad leaving more accessible buttons open on my fingers for my abilities. The added scroll-wheel can be bound to anything so I usually use it for target selection. It's very handy.

I need to try this. Hard to get away from my keyboard. What do you jump with? 20? I feel like jumping puzzles could get tricky on that.

I am using the Wireless Razer Naga Pro Trinity and its been great. Just a few hurdles. The 12 buttons are small. You also have to pinky grip the mouse which takes a bit of getting used to. But for an MMO mouse with customization I am not sure you can find better.

Yes, if you use the d-pad to move then jumping puzzles can get pretty hard. I personally use the scroll wheel on the Taurus to jump and that works fine for what I'm doing in wow classic.

If I want to do soon real jumping puzzles or similar, I just use my normal keyboard

cyanideinsanity

PollexTroy wrote: »

I need to try this. Hard to get away from my keyboard. What do you jump with? 20? I feel like jumping puzzles could get tricky on that.

I'd imagine you'd map one of the main keys to jump, it is fully remappable after all.

Virulent

The only good 12 thumb button MMO mouse on the market IMO right now is the Corsair Scimitar.

akabear

Ah, back in the day with L2, a mouse in right hand, nostromo in the left. And that nostromo was so well setup that during intense pvp or pve the keys were depressed akin to piano concert concerto!

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