Posted by DJTyrant on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 - 11 Comments
Tags: mice, mmo, mouse, peripherals, razer, razer naga
PC peripheral maker Razer introduced a brand new mouse today called ‘Naga’ which is focused on MMOs (which coincidentally comes right before BlizzCon). Full disclosure, Project Lore has a video content partnership with the ZAM Network which is running a promotion along with Razer for this product.
Razer goes on to describe it:
The Razer Naga is the ultimate Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming mouse that shifts the balance between keyboard and mouse by putting an unprecedented number of in-game commands in one place. A multi-button thumb grid and Razer’s MMO game interface add-on combine to place every command you need in the palm of your hand. An ergonomic form shaped to maximize ease of use lets you game in comfort for hours on end. With the Razer Naga, you will Get Imba.
The Razer Naga, Razer's new MMO Mouse
As a fan of Razer’s mice (I use the DeathAdder) I’m a little taken aback by this device. It seems extremely bulky and almost too big for it’s own good. Positively thinking though the keys look like they have a nice size especially at seventeen buttons. One of the features I have loved about Razer mice is their comfort. The DeathAdder fits perfectly in my hand and is not overly complicated with buttons (which this mouse won’t be able to claim). Thankfully all the buttons are fully customizable via Razer software, although how it handles macros remains to be completely seen.
While this isn’t the first MMO mouse (and not even one that has features specific to WoW) the Naga looks to cram as much as possible onto one device. The last MMO mouse (the WoW MMO Gaming Mouse from Steelseries) was met with mixed reviews, especially because of it’s initial price at $99 (while this has come down a bit) and it’s handling of macros. The price of the Naga is $79, which means consumers will need to be serious about picking this up.
Until we get our hands on it (which we should at BlizzCon this weekend) we can only speculate at this point. I’m being cautiously optimistic, but I generally like simplicity in my mice. Interestingly, they are marketing the mouse as “Be Imba” (be imbalanced) as if this mouse might give the player an unfair advantage over another because they’re using this mouse.
What are your initial thoughts on the mouse? Will you consider picking one up? Are specialized mice necessary?
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By Dagimpster on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
17 buttons is way to much IMO 5 or 6 is fine.. but 17 you will be hitting3-4 buttons when going after 1
By Rogue4Life on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
wow!! i am sure sitting next to the n52te (which i have) whatever gaming keyboard you have you ding a geeklevel.
that is a lot for a mouse and i am curious about the size of the thing as well. the n52te is really ergonomic and I am sure the mouse is, but it must weigh a fair amount as well compared to its competitors.
guess all you need to do now is get the new WoW wireless headset and a light shall shine on you from above.
i’ll be sticking with my 6 button mouse for now though. thanks for the preview.
By FozziE on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Wow… 17 buttons… Talk about overkill..
By Eric on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Well ,on the side it looks like a tic-tac-toe game. For God’s sake man, this is Razor we’re talking about! The design is as pretty as Hulk Hogan in a pink tutu. Completely useless, un-ergonomic, bulky as an orc (although I like that about orcs…).
Answer: not in a million years pal. Maybe http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-mamba/ , a much better choice IMHO.
By Drstealth on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I just have one question.
Is facerolling easier on a keyboard or this new mouse?
By Nalamin on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
hhhhhhmmm “Naga” very suspicious ; )
By Alayea on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I prefer my good ol’ 2-button mouse, sorry. I’m much more of a keyboard user anyway.
By Elsey on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I dont see the point i can do Heroics with Just a mouse no keyboard and raids with just a mouse and the movement keys combinding them into one is just a waist of a hand and 79$
By Barduck on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I’m using a 10 button mouse atm it’s just cut out for wow imo. Just enough button, ergomocily positioned and cool looking too. And the mouse has it’s own build in memory so your settings are stored in to it, so whenever you change pc you only have to install the driver and you can use it as your used to.
http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Mice/ROCCAT-Kone/
By Andonur on Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 3:35 am
Haha fucking hell dude. that’s insane..
By Gotchandan on Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 6:24 am
haha x))