Posted by Teckman @ 21:01 CDT, 20 June 2010 - iMsg
Does anyone know if the Abyssus Mirror edition has fixed the tracking issues with the original version? Also does the texture on the sides specifically actually feel different or what?
that picture is very misleading, correction only hinders your aim when the vertical distance is very small compared to the horizontal (or similar situations), you can aim in diagonal lines like that all day even with correction.
But even in those situations you won't notice the correction once you got used to it, hence a lot of people are saying it is placebo or overhyped.
This pretty much, but to be honest, even though it is a placebo, mice without prediction just feel smoother to me. Not like it matters since I've used ones with and without for years without any difference in super-pr0 performance
Well correction really isn't that bad a thing unless of course you're just a casual gaming newb and actually use 5600dpi, then that little correction is going to make a big difference.
A friend just came over and I tried out the 518, I really like that it has higher dpi than my mouse (ms3.0) but wtf, how the hell does anyone play with mouse correction?! It's really really obvious to me that the mouse was moving to places I didn't want it to go to, especially with very minute movements (I was playing with a high sens)
It's not overhyped at all. Anyone can aim with a mouse, doesn't mean it's accurate. Play long enough using correction and there are many situations where it will be noticed with all types of motions not just some plain diagonal movement. If enough people hadn't bitched about correction in the first place, Razer would've never even taken notice and bothered to allow a mouse which can have correction off.
I wouldn't say correction hinders precise aiming in a fps, it's just that it gives a different feel you have to adapt to if you come from a correctionless mouse.
For other uses like graphic editing, correction of course is bad. From a technical point of view it is bad. But from gaming experience and looking at what most people use I would agree it is overhyped.
Personally I have never aimed better than with the salmosa or 518, both have correction. I have also owned and used ie30 and wmo for a long time, just to say I know what I'm talking about.
We need a competitor to Avago. They aren't facing any pressure to put out quality products. Their latest sensors are absolute SHIT and there's nothing we can do about it.
having to clean an optical mouse is such a big backstep, I remember this shit from ball mice. uaaach =(
I guess the sensor surface with this mouse is just too small so that every dust grain might compromise performance. OR, your pad is dirty like a doormat. Another semi-fuckup from razer but there's still salmosa and deathadder 3g so all is well =)