For clarification, deviation only means that when setting the mouse to 400 CPI, a mouse with +10% deviation will actually be set to 440 CPI. It is not to be confused with speed-related accuracy variance (or acceleration), where the cursor indeed does not end up where it should.
To give an example, on a mouse with very low SRAV (such as the Viper V3 Pro), a sensitivity of 2 at 400 CPI and a sensitivity of 1.82 at 440 CPI will both result in a 52 cm/360 turn circumference in CS 2, so when doing a 30 cm flick, they'll end up in the exact same position. CPI deviation merely requires some adjustment (either of sensitivity or CPI itself) when switching from a different mouse.
Yes, but we can know that because of your review, but what about a new firmware? will maybe change it? what about people not reading your review? they will end with a changed sensitivity, and at least me, I can tell a 5% deviation will feel odd. For example, I tried the razer cobra and it was awful with the sens, I ended returning it to amazon way before I could see why on your review.
and also, I do not think you should be adjusting your sensitivity in every game because the sensor changes between one mouse or another
There are people (few, but there are) with multiple mice on the desktop or setup for laptop/desktop. I for example have 3, a naga v2 pro, an hsk pro, and a logitech vertical mice, and I don't think it's acceptable to expect from me to mess sensitivity from every game and lose my time calculating it if I use one or the other, much less in a mice of that price
That's why I think we are at a point where a sensor deviation, even a 1% is not a good result. If perfect results can be achieved by dozens of mice on the market, then there's no reason of why a flagship of 160€ cannot and see it as a good result. For me it isn't in the slightest.
But I guess is just a matter of wording,