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Legitimacy of a G15's macro keys in CoX?

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2009-12-28 08:30 in Player Questions

 

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First off: Wow, a bit over 3 months this thread had been buried. This is a bit of a zombie thread.

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Originally Posted by troy26 View Post
I have a couple of questions:
1. Has anyone here know of someoen that was banned because of using a G series keyboard (and if so, what were they actually doing that got the m banned?)
No, but the terms of the EULA allow them to ban your account, especially for botting. The GMs don't let the rest of the public know who is banned or why.

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2. What abotu people that suffer from carpel tunnel and need to macros to allow them to play the game at all? I actually know of someone that had to stop playign because he devoped carpel tunnel from swinging a hammer all day.
Actually there are alternatives: gamepads, rebinding the keyboard to ease controls, or using the mouse for attack powers. Complex timed macros are not needed to play the game. Your friend could play slower, without programming attack chains.



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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
The developers have no issue with the G15 as long as you don't use it to fully automate your play. As in, no walk in, hit one button, leave, come back to a dead room.

I myself use it (with a .1 sec delay after the "/" key) for global channel binds.
/this.

I've used the G15 in several MMOs - and currently use the G110. No issues - as long as it's not abused (or overly automated.)

 

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Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
First off: Wow, a bit over 3 months this thread had been buried. This is a bit of a zombie thread.
Out of all the thread necros, though, I think this is the best example of an appropriate one that I've seen. I guess 100% appropriate would of been to make a new post and link to this one to show background, but this was just as good.
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Actually there are alternatives: gamepads, rebinding the keyboard to ease controls, or using the mouse for attack powers. Complex timed macros are not needed to play the game. Your friend could play slower, without programming attack chains.
Yeah - using something like the G-Keyboards (the G11, G15 [two models, older and unavailable one had 18 Gkeys], or what I want - the G19) or keypads like the G13 or Nostromo N52 is fine, as long as you (as I pointed out earlier) are not using it with it's software to fully automate gameplay. Someone using it for a handicap (such as carpal tunnel) would definatly be fine.

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