“In English: Raaazer!, Raaazer! – Do you hear me?!”
If you were on the GamesCom in Cologne or watched the live stream, you may remember this phrase. The Aion booth tried to communicate with the Razer one by shouting throughout the whole hall. Someone even recorded this stuff. It was pretty cool, in my opinion.
But that’s not the point I was going to talk about
The last weekend I decided to replace my old ZBoard keyboard and my 10$ mouse with something more awesome, expensive, special, epic. I first asked around on Twitter for some recommendation, because I really had no idea what’s good, what’s not. Within few minutes I already received some, but most of them were Logitech G*insert a number here*. I somehow didn’t want it. Don’t know why. Some time later someone mentioned Razer. Thanks to this, all my memories about Razer awakened. I hurried to their website at RazerZone and there it was. The monster mouse, designed for MMOs, Razer Naga! I think it was love on the first sight!
I’ve read few reviews about it, but couldn’t find anything bad about the Naga. So I made up my decision and bought it from Amazon for 80 €uros. Since I also was going to buy a keyboard, I ordered the Razer Arctosa for 50 €uros. There are also some more expensive ones, but the only difference is the *bling bling*.
This all arrived today at my home and I decided to write a first impression about this hot stuff.
The Naga
Razer Naga is their newest creation. This mouse way specially designed for MMO’s. When I first hold it in my hands, the difference between the 10€ mouse was HUGE! It really fits my hand perfectly and feels very well. I can reach all its 17 buttons without any problems.
The installation went smooth. I plugged in the USB cable into my computer and within few seconds Windows (7) detected and installed the mouse. Done. No extra software necessary. All buttons are working, including the 12 ones on the left side.
Once the mouse was up and running, I hurried and logged into Aion. Before configuring the keymap, I switched to “Num” from “123″ on the Naga’s bottom. That means, the 12 buttons are now assigned to the number keypad, or however it’s called. I decided to assign my 4 buffs on the 1-4 buttons and it worked flawlessly. My unused thumb can now be used in my pwnage process . That’s really comfortable, I don’t have to use my left hand for all my skills anymore
However, I never used my right thumb in MMO’s before, so it was at first really weird. After 15 minutes of grinding mobs I got much better in this. The accuracy hitting the right button increased from like 50% to 95%. Even though I used only 4 buttons out of 12, the other ones are easily accessible as well. It’s just a matter of time until your muscle memory gets used to it.
Maybe I’ll discover some downsides of this mouse later on, but until now I nyerkin’ love it!
Arctosa
The keyboard I bought together with the Naga is called like this. In my opinion the design is done very well. It’s pretty thin and the upper surface is shiny. Actually it’s nothing special, but there are 3 nice features. 
- Usually keyboard blocks and the computer starts beeping if you press more than 3 (or was it 4). On this keyboard nothing will happen. You can press as many key as you want, at the same time. For me it’s nyerking useful. It happened so often that I had to press more than 3/4 keys due to WASD and the numbers. Now it’s all solved. :D
- Disable keys. You can disable keys for example the “Windows” one by pressing the Razer logo at the upper right + the key you want to disable. This in my opinion is also very useful when playing games. Someones I hit accidently the Windows button and the game minimizes. This is no good, especially when you’re currently fighting. Good stuff.
- Macros. Of course you can set up macros for this keyboard as well. First the software must be installed though. The interface is really simple. On the screen there’s your complete keyboard. By clicking on a key will open a menu with many macro options like launch a program, etc. The generic macro stuff I guess. :P
That’s all. I’m gonna GET IMBA now! xD
21. October 2009 at 5:31 pm
When I had to replace my old mouse I also had a hard time deciding which mouse to buy. The Naga looked cool and very useful for MMOs, but I decided to get a Logitech G9 instead. The reason I had to get a new mouse was because my old mouse stopped working, and that mouse just happened to be a Razer mouse ^_^ If I had to buy a new mouse again I would probably get the Naga instead, I haven’t really read any negative stuff about it, just like you said.
Are all the buttons on the Naga really easily pressable while rotating your camera? I always have problems finding good bindings for skills and end up having to use keys like Y, so the Naga would definitely be useful for me :P The keyboard looks nice too.. I wish I had money :( I’ve had a logitech G11 for.. way too long :P
21. October 2009 at 5:42 pm
Yeah, rotating your camera won’t affect your right thumb. It may be not that easy to do so many things at the same time, but I personally am almost completely used to both the keyboard and the mouse.
21. October 2009 at 7:37 pm
A comprehensive review of my gear:
I’ve got a Razer Pro|Touch which is the same as the Copperhead (I think), except in WHITE, which is so much more hip. So hip in fact that they don’t even sell these anymore! :p Four side buttons on this one, I never use them in games, I find it way weird to have a part of my skills mapped to the mouse and the rest to the bottom of the screen / keyboard.
Mousepad is a Razer Destructor, black, which is a nice contrast to the mouse.
Keyboard is a white brand Cherry model G320 with laptop-ish keys that “snap down” nicely when you poke them. Didn’t cost much at all.
White gear gets dirty-looking faster though. Only recommended for perfectionists like me or people who have a servant for each of their fingers who’ll grind their cleric for them 24/7 like George Bush. He could well be playing Aion. I bet he picked Elyos.
21. October 2009 at 7:41 pm
Damn! A servant for every finger? Can I haz’ one? :O
Can they only be used for finger? What about female ones?