Wednesday, August 19th 2009
Razer Treats MMO Players with Naga Mouse and Megasome Mousepad
Gaming hardware specialist Razer announced two products designed for the MMORPG crowd. The Naga MMO mouse, and the extra-large Megasome mouse-pad to go with it. To begin with, Naga boards of a 12-button thumb-pad that lets you assign as many as 12 macros apart from this, the upper thumb are has two buttons next to the mouse's main buttons, and four-way scroll-wheel. Under its hood is a 5600 dpi 3.5g Laser sensor. With the Ultrapolling feature, the mouse ensures a high polling rate for its USB interface, boosting accuracy, with a response time of 1 ms. The mouse lets you use game-specific addon packs (that probably come with pre-defined button profiles that work well for most players). The software allows you to store unlimited character profiles. Measuring approximately 116L x 69W x 41.6H mm, Naga is an upper-mid-sized mouse. Razer will start selling these for around US $80 soon.
As its sidekick is the Megasome white gaming mouse-pad. It comes in an extra-large size of 350 x 230 x 2 mm, and makes use of a silicone mat for just the right traction. The surface is white fluorescent for an ambient glow. It is expected to be priced at $50. Videos related to the two products titled Razer Naga key binding and add ons in-game configuration, and Razer Naga Introduction Video can be watched on YouTube.
As its sidekick is the Megasome white gaming mouse-pad. It comes in an extra-large size of 350 x 230 x 2 mm, and makes use of a silicone mat for just the right traction. The surface is white fluorescent for an ambient glow. It is expected to be priced at $50. Videos related to the two products titled Razer Naga key binding and add ons in-game configuration, and Razer Naga Introduction Video can be watched on YouTube.
34 Comments on Razer Treats MMO Players with Naga Mouse and Megasome Mousepad
However it's a bit of a moot point for two reasons :
A) Nearly all MMOs use three or less combination function buttons. I.e. CTRL + XXX ; ALT + XXX; SHIFT + XXX. So really, you just need two or three mouse buttons on the sides.
B) If you use a standalone board pad, like an Ideazon Fang, then you don't ever touch your keyboard again, except to type. Between a mouse with two side buttons, and the board pad alone, you're looking at over 150+ button combinations in a generic MMO game.
Having used the Fang and similar board pads, in conjunction with a mouse, I can say that all these side buttons would get a bit uncomfortable and convulted.
None the less, there are SOME bindings that could be useful with the mouse buttons alone, so I will definately give this a try with the board pad.