Razer Taipan - Page 26

Out of my reach until I get a Dremel to toy with, but I've already considered it

Good thing we're on the same page here. I mostly poked you with that because it's important we agree on some terms, for people reading our posts might not get misinformed since we always expect a certain level of knowledge on some aspects of mice sensors behaivor.

I think the "pro" aspect has been beaten to death by now
I used to play with a potato (mechanical mouse) and still beat the big boys, so yes, you can do "well" with a "potato" if you might, but you will have to circumvent the limitations of such hardware, until you're finally limitated by it.
That's exactly what happens with the Intellimouse, it has many limits which need to be circumvented, and at some point it became a limiting factor for high-tier gamers, so it's being replaced by newer, less restrictive models as the way to play the game successfully evolves.

I am certainly one of those crazy 180º turners, and I do that on most if not all games.

So if this ain't corrected, or if it happens also on hardpads, I guess the mouse is not for me (yet).

Thanks for your honest impressions

Agreed on your edit. It would be useful for someone with a hardpad to test for negative acceleration aswell. It might only affect cloth pads

Any lense from any optical mouse should work, provided they are coupled with an Avago sensor.

Then, you would have to compensate for the CPI difference

Or to gain some CPI as the Kingsys was designed to?

Well Yes, that too.

Have fun modding Logitechs inside. Would prove rather difficult don't you think?
Edited by Skylit - 6/30/12 at 3:19pm

Difficult = fun!

You should include that info in the review man, testing laser mice on a cloth mousepad = bad. Overall, that review is not so good tbh.

Can't please everyone.

I thought his (your) review was quite nice.

Me 2... skipping all the junk like how the material of the packaging feels and getting straight to the point.

Great first post mr new person.

The review was good.

I thought the review was middle of the road, but I have higher expectations these days. He made a few decent points but it needed more elaboration. I would've expected to at-least show the surface used, and try other surfaces, show how the mouse glides, show the cursor on-screen, etc. I also find your response "cant please everyone" as an excuse that you don't have room for improvement. I await someone who is going to do a more thorough review.

so he should only test in conditions that favor the mouse? why is it bad to test all surfaces to show where a mouse might be weak? There are plenty of players who prefer cloth pads for their cushioning and friction/control properties

while I think it might be bad to draw any definitive conclusion based on only one tracking surface, that doesn't mean the test is invalid. If a mouse is weak on a particular surface it should be made known for sure. While laser mice have been weaker on cloth pads in the past, it doesn't hurt to keep testing because chances are we'll eventually get the "perfect" laser instead of just assuming things will never get better