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Is a wireless mouse good for the game?

Angel_Heart

By Angel_Heart,
Posted on: 2009-08-13 20:24 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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wireless rocks no messy wires. I use it

 

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You will have to accept the fact that one day your mouse will go out on you at the worst possible "gaming" moment but other than that, I think most of them work well.

Personally, I have no need for a wireless mouse or keyboard, therefore, I don't use one.

 

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That is the mouse i'm currently using, works great, the battery charge will hold for about 12 days, or longer depending on how much it is used. I often have a problem with the right mouse button going out on me since i'm constantly looking around when i play. Hopefully this one will last me over a year Most likely i'll have to replace it for that right button before the battery will ever go bad.

 

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Its a 50/50 thing... I had a wireless mouse once, but the batteries would die on me at horrible times, and depending on the mouse that you buy there MAY be some latency between movement and it registering, or even if your mouse would go into sleep mode if you don't use it for a few minutes. This would always happen to me as I'm a binder, not a clicker.

The only real upside to it is no wire.

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I have the MX Revolution myself. If you install the Uperoptions tweak, you can re-bind every button to the keyboard. I use the rocker for targeting (up for next, back for previous, push in for nearest), the forward/back buttons bound to O and L, and left/right scroll to [ and ]; then I bind powers to them per-character as needed.

It's a godsend for Kinetics. Left/right scroll for speed boost and IR; forward and back for transfusion and siphon power; ctrl+forward and ctrl+back for transference and Fulcrum Shift. Six powers, all with easy access, without going near my power tray. That leaves it free for attacks.

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I currently use a Logitech wireless laser mouse, but not that one. And I would not use that one for one simple reason - it does not take standard batteries. If the battery dies at a bad time, you have no mouse unless you keep a spare plugged in. I use AA rechargeable batteries in my mouse and have a spare set charged and ready to go. That would be my only concern.

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I use a wireless Logitech mouse and my only complaint is that the connection fails every now and then, which essentially freezes my mouse for about 10 seconds. Other than that, it's wonderful as long as I keep my eye on the battery life and pop it on the charger overnight when it gets down to one bar.


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I've always kinda been anti wireless as far as mice and keyboards go. The wire is not really that much of a issue for me, besides it's great for threatening to strangle the crap out of people who in real life keep interrupting you while on a task or strike force.

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Originally Posted by protonic_flux View Post
i've always kinda been anti wireless as far as mice and keyboards go. The wire is not really that much of a issue for me, besides it's great for threatening to strangle the crap out of people who in real life keep interrupting you while on a task or strike force.


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Wired. No weirdness that way, except if you buy a crappy optical one like the tiny Microsoft ones. Those are awful.

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Originally Posted by SpaceNut View Post
I use a wireless Logitech mouse and my only complaint is that the connection fails every now and then, which essentially freezes my mouse for about 10 seconds. Other than that, it's wonderful as long as I keep my eye on the battery life and pop it on the charger overnight when it gets down to one bar.
Do you have the USB dongle plugged into the back of your PC? That causes all sorts of interference. Get a USB extension cable, lead it to behind / under your monitor, and plug the dongle in that.

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