Call for thoughts on the Thrustmaster Fragmaster 13
Cmdr_Pooky asks
"I have recently took a long gander at
Thrustmaster's Fragmaster. I must say
that it is quite impressive looking but
I was wondering if anyone out there had
any practical Quake 2 experience with it.
I see a trend of first person shooter
controllers coming out by various but my
problem with Thrustmaster is they sometimes
will use generic drivers and not device
specific for a particular os. Has anyone
out there used the Fragmaster yet? "
3M Precise Mousing Surface (Score:1)
I bought one of these today, and it's really, really nice. Highly recommended, despite all of the marketing cobblers on 3M's web site.
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Try the Panther XL (Score:1)
first-person shooters, you might want to try the
Panther XL from Mad Catz [madcatz.com].
I bought a Panther on a friend's recommendation, and
it's turned out to be amazingly fast and intuitive.
It also had the bonus effect of almost eliminating the
headache/nausea that I'd sometimes end up with (and
that I've heard others complain about) when playing
Quake or another FPS for an extended period of time.
Stay away (Score:1)
Speaking of which, I recently got a USB mouse for x-mas as well as a special mousepad, called the 'Precision Mousing Surface'. It's made by 3M.. these to things really helped. I was surprised, I'd say I'm consistenly getting about 25% more FPH from these 2 periphs alone. Try that and save yourself some money, you'd be much happier.
3M Precise Mousing Surface (Score:1)
Tough Call.. (Score:1)
Also, the Vertical range for mouse emulation doesn't reach far enough. It has only a third of the play that a normal mouse has, making it really hard to look up.
I love the feel of the triggers and the thumb buttons are placed just right. I like the resistance a bit lower. I'm sure it'll get a little looser with use, but without the ability to calibrate, and the truncated Mouse-Y axis, this stick is destined for the closet.
The fragmaster- what do hz do? (Score:1)
Not Enough Buttons (Score:1)
I've looked at these things, but not even tried one, because they seem to be lacking in buttons. I use a four-button mouse with wheel in my right hand, and of the 17 keys I reach with my left hand without moving it, I use 11 quite regularly. Add to that the 12 function keys which I use for team communication, and a few other, harder to reach (they require hand movement) keys for various other things, and a controller without a couple of dozen buttons doesn't look so appealing.
cjs
Not Enough Buttons (Score:1)
Just watch out for that itchy nose though.
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