There is a small minority of gamers who like to have the best equipment possible, either because they spend the vast majority of their time playing their favorite game, or they want to gain some edge over the rest of the players and become hardcore.
Both types of gamers are willing to grab their wallets if they see something online they think they would put into good use, and this is very true for world of warcraft players. This game is all about tactics, and a complicated task calls for serious measures. Better aiming, more programmable button, more comfortable grip, these are all a must for the wow gamer who is willing to pay.
That is where the Steelseries Special-Edition
The wire is top notch quality, it wont break nor does it pull the mouse back, a real asset to have, and the buttons are easy to get used to. My brother is using this mouse 2-12 hours a day, depending on if he has to go to uni or not, but generally speaking the thing is put under some serious use.
Serious enough to justify the $85 price, he paid $135 around Christmas by the way. When someone buys a mouse for almost a hundred bucks, designed for hardcore use with his favorite game, they rightfully think that the device will hold on for at least a year or two before it shows signs of wear and tear, and probably even more before mechanical issues start to rise.
I’ve seen the mouse after just two months of use and I was shocked. There is no better way to describe the sight than the picture attached to this article, if I was to summarize I’d say it looks like it was put into an acid shower for a few minutes. The paint is peeling off just after a few months, that is something I wouldn’t expect at the checkout for an item worth that much.
It is definitely a manufacturing glitch, or even a design fault because this is not the only piece with this specific program, more gamers report their mice to show the real color of the plastic just in a few short months.
There are a few issues with the software as well. The speed setup in the control software results in strange things it has to be set to 1600dpi or the speed in windows desktop and ingame differ from each other. This might be a one in a million thing, may be observed by others, or just a temporary glitch, frustrating none the less. The buttons have to be assigned to macros executing a simple task ingame or otherwise they tend to do their default program, another problem, may or may not be fixed by a patch, still needs to be noted.
The leds look awesome with their true color shades, but does it matter on the long run if the mouse looks like it’s been sanded to plastic? Hm, that’s not even a half bad idea, sand it to the plastic and you’ve got a white mouse instead of a patchy looking one. Steelseries admitted the problem and they’re willing to replace the unit, but you have to pay the postage for yourself where my brother lives, $30-$40 just to have it replaced with another faulty piece, doesn’t sound like a good deal and I wouldn’t be surprised if he mentioned it in his blog.
Has anybody here heard of multiboxing in world of warcraft? What are your thoughts?
I’ve heard of it, multiple times in fact. The idea is really great but I’ve never had the extra cash to run two accounts just to run two copies of wow, besides I suck with one copy at a time anyway