My ability level versus other people is not the question here. Though, I'm not surprised that you'd be immature enough to not pay attention to anything that's been said and make that assumption. Seems pretty typical. Lemme try to explain it again for the simple minded adolescents. Pay careful attention.Atlas wrote:
Prove it... I'm sure you get owned every day by keyboard users. That's what people said about the N50, I bought it, and it was crap. Not enough buttons, and if I needed to type something I had to take my hand completely away from the controls to do so. Just another annoyance. I doubt buying an N52 is going to make anyone better at BF2.DobermanDog wrote:
Because as has been pointed out, for people able to adapt, the Nostromo does it better? And with less risk of RSI.Atlas wrote:
I have to agree with you man. I tried the N50 and it was no good. I'm sure the N52 is better and all, but I have been using a keyboard all my life, nothing is more natural at this point than my keyboard and mouse. Also, why take up extra desk space with an N52 when a keyboard does basically the same exact thing?
Is anything like this going to magically make you a killer in ANY game? Nope. No one's making that claim. If you get used to it (and can wrap your brain around "shift states") can it make your gaming experience (and possibly your actual gameplay) better? Definately. I spend less time stretching across the keyboard for keys with the Nostromo. Any microsecond not spent reaching for keys is time that I can spend doing something else.
The N50 was a little lacking in keys. That's already been mentioned here. (Have difficulty reading or is it just the comprehension you find troubling? Or do you just jump into a thread & spout uninformed crap without seeing what's aleady been said?) The N52 more than rectified that shortcoming. That being said, I never really ran into a game that I couldn't work up a decent N50 profile for.
As has already been pointed out (Hey, there's that statement again) the Nostrom can handle scores of different commands, when you use the shift states. Of course, that requires a little manual dexterity and the intelligence to remember those commands. Maybe that's where you run into problems?
If you use games such as BF2 as an online chat room and need to be constantly typing on the keyboard, well, that's your issue. Personally, I Skype with my teammates in most games and find that the Quick Comm menu covers pretty much everything else in BF2. If I want to type to someone in-game, I'm certainly not going to do it in a situation where I can't take my hand off the Nostromo for a second. You've gotta take your hand off the mouse to type quickly & effectively don't you? (Though, maybe you're so skilled at doing one-handed activities that you can type "W00t! pwned!" with that hand.) Personally, my Nostromo is just inches away from my keyboard when in use. So if I wanna say, "Hey, nice kill" or whatever to someone, it's no problem.
Another benefit that I forgot to mention previously. When I used to go to some big (50 - 100 people) LAN parties, space was often at a premium. I take one of those tiny flexible keyboards (such as this one http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications … ;CatId=142) for the little bit of actual typing I've ever gotta do. No big-ass Microsoft split keyboards or whatever. Just that thing tucked away under the monitor and plenty of room for my Nostromo & mouse.
Just to reiterate for the slow out there: Will a keyboard replacement like this transform you from a target to a killer overnight? No. Nothing will. But it might help you to enjoy the game enough in order to keep improving. And who knows, it may give you a little tweak that'll give you the advantage over a player of equal skill gaming on a plain keyboard. Even if it doesn't, at least it's not gonna contribute to your carpal tunnel syndrome as much as any regular keyboard will (yes, even split ones.)
