Dalant Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Anyone here use the G13 game pad I been thinking about getting it I have a G700 mouse and just a plain keyboard. Just seeing if anyone is using this with SWTOR now and how it is working for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoverFist Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Anyone here use the G13 game pad I been thinking about getting it I have a G700 mouse and just a plain keyboard. Just seeing if anyone is using this with SWTOR now and how it is working for them. Works great, I've had mine a couple of years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypsezero Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm using one. Only problem I have is there is no preset for swtor but its easy enough to setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptMilkman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I use that and a mouse.. that's it and doesn't matter what game I play. Easy to use, easy to setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmaredine Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have one and it works in game but, I have not configured all key bindings yet. It will work to create macros you can use in game for casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekarx Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Using a Nostromo N52 here. It is older but similar. To me, what makes that and the G13 worlds appart from the other speepads is the inclusion of a Directional-pad, which lets you move your character with a single finger (thumb) as opposed to 2 or 3 of the standard WASD-like pads, letting your free to mash away. I have been using my Nostromo N52 for over 5 years. I would marry it and have it's babies. The ability to also macro keys so they repeat themselves while you are simply holding them down also saved my carpian tunnels. Now, having assigned one of it's keys to SHIFT, you can imagine how much I just dont lack keys when I combine it with my razer Naga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talongore Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I love using the G13... Also using the G510 keyboard, and have all the UI screens (Crew Skills, Char screen, etc) mapped to the G keys on the left, so they're easy to get to from the G13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaithZ Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I've been looking at getting one of these... just not sure if I could 'adapt'. I currently use a G510 but don't use the macro keys much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialsoagree Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Using a Nostromo N52 here. It is older but similar. To me, what makes that and the G13 worlds appart from the other speepads is the inclusion of a Directional-pad, which lets you move your character with a single finger (thumb) as opposed to 2 or 3 of the standard WASD-like pads, letting your free to mash away. I have been using my Nostromo N52 for over 5 years. I would marry it and have it's babies. The ability to also macro keys so they repeat themselves while you are simply holding them down also saved my carpian tunnels. Now, having assigned one of it's keys to SHIFT, you can imagine how much I just dont lack keys when I combine it with my razer Naga. I've owned both (the old n52) as well, and disagree. The thing that makes the 2 worlds apart is the curvature of the n52. With the n52, it's MUCH easier to each all the buttons. I have large hands, and very long fingers, so I'm able to navigate almost all the buttons of my G13 with only a small amount of effort (and there are more buttons on the G13), but centering yourself on the n52 is MUCH easier, and there's absolutely no difficulty at all, even for someone with smaller hands, in reaching all the buttons. That being said, I'm not at all unhappy with the G13. It's really grown on me and even the joystick is fine for controlling my character. A and D keys typically turn you very fast, regardless of whether they're bound on a joystick or not, so the fact that it's hard to carefully navigate left and right with the joystick is not a complaint of mine, nor really even a fault with the G13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptMilkman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have large hands, and very long fingers.... Freak! I just threw up in my mouth.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialsoagree Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I've been looking at getting one of these... just not sure if I could 'adapt'. I currently use a G510 but don't use the macro keys much... It takes effort, but the effort can pay off. How many hot keys do you use on your keyboard with your hand (no mouse click or mouse hand help)? Do you have to look down to use any of those? If I told you I can easily use 20 hot keys with my left hand, without looking down and without using my mouse or my mouse hand (and that's mostly limited by the UI at the moment, I could easily increase that to 30 or 40), would you think the G13 is worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekarx Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) . It's really grown on me and even the joystick is fine for controlling my character. A and D keys typically turn you very fast, regardless of whether they're bound on a joystick or not, so the fact that it's hard to carefully navigate left and right with the joystick is not a complaint of mine, nor really even a fault with the G13. I would never use Left-Right to turn, but to strafe left and right (usually Q and E instead of A and D). Strafing and mouse turning instead of keyboard truning gives a LOT more control. Edited December 20, 2011 by Dekarx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesy Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 G13 and Naga Mouse. Best combo imo, no need for an overpriced keyboard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekarx Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It takes effort, but the effort can pay off. How many hot keys do you use on your keyboard with your hand (no mouse click or mouse hand help)? Do you have to look down to use any of those? If I told you I can easily use 20 hot keys with my left hand, without looking down and without using my mouse or my mouse hand (and that's mostly limited by the UI at the moment, I could easily increase that to 30 or 40), would you think the G13 is worth it? Alone, I'm not sure. Combined with a Nage or a mouse that have at least 7 buttons, could be. Personnally I tend to be heavy on both ingame and hardware macroes to diminish the number of keys needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilraazz Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 G13 and Naga Mouse. Best combo imo, no need for an overpriced keyboard/ That will be my setup tomorrow when my mouse arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialsoagree Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I would never use Left-Right to turn, but to strafe left and right (usually Q and E instead of A and D). Strafing and mouse turning instead of keyboard truning gives a LOT more control. I do believe a and d function as q and e when using the right mouse button. I find this gives the best of both worlds as one can use the mouse to navigate and have strafing keys, or one can not use the mouse and have turning keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ialsoagree Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Alone, I'm not sure. Combined with a Nage or a mouse that have at least 7 buttons, could be. Personnally I tend to be heavy on both ingame and hardware macroes to diminish the number of keys needed. If that works fine for you, awesome! The G13 might not be worth while. A lot of it comes down to play style. As a healer, I often have to have a lot of different spells available to me at any given time. Especially to avoid switching between a party layout and a solo layout. I've actually already maxed out the convenient UI space and am hoping BioWare opens the way for mods within the next month so better hotbar layouts become possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbiddian Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 g13 , g15 and g9 here, u dont need a keyboard if u have g13 tho, just a normal cheap keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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