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I tried this and I have to say that to me it was awful for WoW. It's a lot more suited for First Person Shooters.

I use a Logitech G15 keyboard, personally. It gives me about 4 extra keys in direct range of my pinky without moving my left hand from it's main position, and another 14 keys that I can hit almost as quickly.

Although ... I have to admit leveling Rogue from 29 to 55 in less than two weeks has given me major pain in my arms ... but that would happen with any gamepad if you're not used to that level of strain.

I'm off for a week in Florida to let my poor tendons recover!

Edited, Jan 3rd 2007 6:22pm by Jordster

Odd. It's at the Best Buy where I live. They have 5, even :P

When I was playing EQ that was highly debated and according to one GM, if you can setup a macro on the gamepad that you can't setup in game then yes. Basically, if you setup a macro in the gamepad to perform several macros in game with the push of 1 button then it's against the rules. They frown on gamepads because properly programmed you can macro an entire fight or farm instance into a single button push then go AFK for awhile while the macro runs.

I seriously though about getting a gamepad and decided to go with the Logitech G15 keyboard and G7 mouse. I picked both up for around $150 from tigerdirect.com.

If your set on getting a gamepad I would check tigerdirect first. They usually are very good on their prices.

Just a FYI, if your using a gamepad to setup macros that violate the rules, you can be caught. I know a few people from EQ who got banned because they were using game pads.

When I first started in UO I was a clicker, the best way to learn not to click is to die, alot. I was dying in PvP and to mobs, didn't matter, after a couple of dozen deaths I decided there had to be a better way and started to use hot keys and macros.

I absolutely love my n52. I use it mostly when playing my warrior so I don't have to move my fingers as much across the keyboard but I've started using it more with my shaman as well. I just had to change some of my keybindings so I didn't have to mess with profiles on the n52.

Im along the same lines here.

I spent quite a bit of time last night configureing it and i dont think im done. im going to give it a solid week of playing with it befor i return it.

granted, im a "clicker", so its extreamly akward for me but im going to give it the old college try. If that doesnt work, ill return it for a new gaming keyboard.

Bought the N52 tonight another review to follow

i went ahead and got the fang... for $20 you can't go wrong. seems decent so far, like KT said about pads in general, it's really light and slides before the pressure activates the button, unless your wrist is resting on it. was thinking about getting a mousepad with a big gel wristpillow for it, but instead i might rig something up to the arm of my chair HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAA.

MINUSES:
only real complaint so far is that the distance from the thumb buttons to the wasd buttons is a little short and i really have to curl my fingers a little more... however, the plus to that is that the lefty thumb buttons are accessible to my pinky. i can see myself binding both pinky buttons to jump, and the two thumb buttons to ctrl/alt.

PLUSSES:
the cord is a little short for my taste, but it does have a couple nifty posts underneath to wrap the cord around, and a cutout to tuck the usb plug into, and it's only about an inch thick, so it appears that it would tuck into a laptop bag quite nicely. indeed, the bottom half of the fang fits snugly into a cd visor style pocket and if any impact knocked it out, a loose fang rattling aroung the bag would be the least of your worries. so if you're a traveling man like the long-lost barrelhunter or myself, the fang gets the highest marks for portability in transferring between a laptop and desktop.

BONUSES:
there's a flip-out tab with a large cutout at the top edge. the only thing i can figure it's for is to hang it up and out of the way. at the moment my fang is hanging off the corner of a 1/2" thick shelf within easy reach, and it's pretty stable.

there's a clear ring around the z-board logo that lights up when it's plugged in. X-TR333M3 modders and their ilk could open the thing up and replace the led with one that matches their case lighting. :D

PS:
there's a button that opens winamp, and all the standard mp3 player control buttons.


at this point, should i install the drivers and tell you guys what it's really capable of?

PLUG AND PLAY BABYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

ok so i think i finally have the pad configured how i want it. i tried playing last night to get accustomed to it. it is akward to say the least but i think ill get used to it. i have the directional keys set up like my keyboard and i also added tab and shift to the 1st layer. i programmed the 2nd layer with party selection (the F1-5 keys) and my heal buttons on the 6-12 keys for grouping when im a healer.

will give a full update in a week or 2 after i get used to it.

havent used it in PvP yet as i know i will get pwned by even a L30 because im unfamilier with it so far.

i like the idea of putting jump on the mouse. That would really help me out i think.

I use one of these and LOVE it, i would never be able to play using just the keyboard.

I have the jump bound to the thunb key, and the D-pad i use for a few things, open bags, map, quest log, charachter screen (basic presses) then with shift, PvP, guild page, PvP scoreboard, and BG map

The red button i use for my PTT vent key.

I also use a G5 mouse
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7424557&st=g5&type=product&id=1122655672410
with that i have shift bound to the left thumb key and the two middle buttons are ctrl and alt.

Between the mouse and N52 i have 40 actions (10 normal, shifted, ctrl and alt) along with the Dpad setup the way i do i never have to touch my keyboard other than to type, and my guild relies heavily on vent so i can play for hours and never touch it.

Although my Keyboard is a G15 wich is an awsome gaming keyboard with alot of extra buttons and macro settings and differant memory banks i could program even more actions and macros, but i have no need for any of that as my N52 + mouse is more than enough for what i do.

My UI is also setup specifically for how i play i have 4 4x3 action bars on the bottom of my screen (i love Discord) and i have them setup very nicely so even at a quick glance i know exatly where that skill is located so i know wich button i have to pres (wheter its a normal 8, or a alt8) but after nearly a year of playing like this i could easily hide my action bars and play just fomr muscle memory alone.

I highly recomend it, it might take a bit to configure it and get used to where things are on it, but once you get it down, a keyboard will just never work for you again :) It works great for FPS, and MMOs I have yused it alot for both and i must say it was the best 20$ i ever invested (found it on sale over a year ago)

Ok, update to my gaming pad experiance.

It sucks...

Im returning it.

I couldnt get used to it after 5 days of playing....

Waste of $$$$

That is all...