BF2S Forums First World Problems

uziq wrote:

do the right thing, get a zowie.

Zowie or Steelseries gets my vote. I used a basic bitch Steelseries RAW. I like the handfeel.

zowie mice don't have software. plug and play. remembers its firmware settings. adjustable DPI and refresh rate and that's it. you can change the lift-off distance by pressing a combination of buttons when you plug in the mouse. super basic, and super good. i don't know why a mouse needs its own fucking software. it's just another layer of latency and another load of driver bullshit that will go wrong.

I wish Microsoft would revive the SideWinder product line for a third-gen peripheral offering. I could totally go for a 'Force Feedback 3' on the off-hand chance my old, reliable 2 finally kicks the bucket. Would hate to buy a replacement on ebay that smelled like cigarettes.

One mouse I'd like to try is the Swiftpoint Z. Would be nice for sandbox games like Far Cry, GTA, Mafia, etc. that frequently switch between a k/m ideal and something where a more analog control is helpful.

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Just calling it an MMO mouse probably doesn't do it full justice. A lot of games, including non-MMO ARPGs, space games, and various sandboxes have a ton of controls and can benefit from more input options. Some game mods will even add additional commands. Having the additional buttons for macros is nice as well. It can save my hand from having to wander around the keyboard too much or try to remember if I set something to shift-x, ctrl-x, or ctrl+shift+x and accidentally firing all of my missiles. It lets my mouse hand share some of the workload so my keyboard hand can focus more on movement. And it's something I definitely use more than "twice a week."

You kind of answered your own question on DPI adjustment when you said you used it for BF2 tanks. I frequently use it when popping between different perspectives, zoom levels, vehicles, and different games altogether. It saves me from having a complicated list of profiles or spending a lot of time in the main menu finding just the right amount of sensitivity.

If I tried something like the Swiftpoint Z and grew accustomed to a tilt (axis), I'd probably miss that too if the mouse broke down.

Yes, neither of these is a prerequisite for rocket jumping around TF2. But it's bemusing to me why it's cause for mild hostility and nose upturning in a first world problems thread. Just because a feature isn't useful or preferable to you doesn't mean it isn't for someone else. Your audiophile solutions probably won't be seen as a useful (or meaningful) expense to a lot of people. But far from sneering, I just think it's interesting.

I think the best I can do is a two-mouse solution. One for when I require more inputs, and one where I'm doing just about anything else. It's helpful that the Zowie is software free.

that was another trend i never really got. i had the g15 (g25?) logitech keyboard. the orange one with a tiny little LED screen that could even show your BF2 stats. whoever used that? it was like an ancient precursor to the fancy OLED touchbar on current-gen macbooks (courtesy +$300). and who the hell uses those? a neat gimmick but meh.

i went mechanical in like 2008/9, way before it got utterly stupid and became like a connoisseur-level passion with its own subreddits. nowadays people are buying mechanical keyboards with custom-machined keycaps made out of different plastic profiles, machined bases, removable cables, weights and counterweights, 25 different type of switch, obligatory RGB ... and spending like $400 in the process. a simple no-frills mechanical does for me (and, no surprises, i type a shit-ton), ditto the simple mouse.

But it's bemusing to me why it's cause for mild hostility and nose upturning in a first world problems thread.

and, well, i'm expressing the same general disdain as you. this 'cram it with features' design philosophy is the reason why 99% of gaming peripherals look like a deconstructed Richard Roger's building.

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Also fwp, both my front loading washer and dryer open to the left. It would be nice if they opened in opposite directions so I didn't have to wrestle clothes around one of the doors. Of course it's more important that they just function. And I'm glad I don't have to use a communal laundry room or sit around a laundromat.

Not all models let you customize swing direction.

Not a major grievance by any means, though. But I will buy a matched set when one eventually breaks down beyond the point it's worth fixing.

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i have this one and absolutely love it. the g pro wireless is great too

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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

All the DLC for EU4 is currently on sale at 50% to 75% off. Together it comes to $190. On sale …

I'm not really alone in my frustration with this stuff, but it's staunchly defended by who I guess are Paradox fanatics. "What about Sims, or what about the Train stuff" some say. Yeah, ok. The trains sim is expensive for each new train. So I guess I should be fine with paying $15 every time a set of glorified decision making tools are released that should have been in the base game. Or "oh hey, we forgot to skin the soldiers for this one minor faction. $10, please."

I usually wait until the sequel's out on these kinds of games so I can grab it all at deep discount. But EU4 has been out since 2013 and there is still pending DLC. I guess it could be worse with something like a subscription fee, but still … talk about milking your players.

I have all of the EU4 DLC. Since I buy each DLC at launch, I have paid way more than $190 for all of it but since it is spread over 7 years it didn't seem bad. I have 1658 hours in EU4 and another 1409 in CK2. So I have gotten the value out of the DLC for all the games. Paradox is now adding a subscription service to allow people to play EU4 with all the DLC so they don't have to make an upfront investment of hundreds of dollars to get the full experience.

It's amazing how incredibly cheap some video games are as entertainment. $190 looks like a lot, but it's only cost macbeth $0.11 per hour.

Even if you only got 10 hours of play time out of a video game costing $60 it's still way less expensive than spending $20 on a 90 minute movie.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

If you've spread it out over 7 years and have played like 1000+ hours, I guess it's justifiable. But it's still a huge sum even on a sale to ask of new or returning players to get caught up. And maybe a bit of a cruel model for people who don't have much money. I feel like the DLC is only going to get more densely packed and less inspired per as time goes on.

I don't mind paying for expansive scenarios, events, or even skins on occasion. But I think charging $15 for stuff decisions that should honestly be in vanilla seems like it's taking advantage a wee bit.

HOI3, EU3, Victoria II 100+ hrs ea/, CK2 ~50 hrs. No data on some of the earlier stuff.

Non-Paradox: CoH ~500 hours, CoH2 ~400 hours.

BF1942-2, I don't really want to know.


e: for people who build janky-fingered gundams, they probably don't feel much of an impact

I wouldn't invest any time or money into a game if I saw it had hundreds of dollars worth of DLC. I suggest you not bother with EU4. The learning curve is very steep. The last few DLCs have been criticized as just including a bunch of new buttons to click but the upcoming one looks good. I think they worked on the next one for over a year. It's also unusual for a game to get nearly a decade of updates and support.

I was going to pre-order Crusader Kings 3 but I doubt it now. A fancier map and more RPG elements? Meh. If it included Total War style battles I would be very interested. The same thing with EU5 if there is ever one. Unless they add real time battles I wouldn't get that either.

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Uzique wrote:

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