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Congrats on getting something that doesn't hurt your wrist Liam, that's important in a mouse!

Quoting: rudzhaYou did some research before your purchase, right?
I'm looking for a new Linux "gaming" mouse, because my Saitek/Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 is falling apart.
Can you suggest any other brands and mice that work well with Linux and/or have Linux support?

My Logitech G502 Proteus Core's served me well for a few years now. I think it has some Windows-specific software or something, but I've never tried it, and never had any problems with using it on Linux.

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You are all such fancy pants with your ultra c00l gamer gear. The path to glorious frags is paved with many broken cheapo mice and modesty!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4g1ucyhw4487rhw/2017-05-04%2021.07.54.jpg?dl=0

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will it be platform independent multiplayer ? or will it be just like CoH 2 and DoW 2

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It's most likely DoW3, which will make a lot of people happy. I'll pass on it, however, if that's the case.

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Quoting: ZlopezI think it's Dawn of War 3, the sound of the gunfire is very similar to the imperial knight solaria from DoW 3.

Even the sweeping gunfire is reminiscent of that Knight, so I'd go for DoW3 too. Not really my cup of tea, but I'm sure plenty will be happy by it.

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That ui looks way too much like the original fallout games to not run into issues further down the line.

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I've got a naga (my second) and couldn't do without the numpad anymore. I play too much wow to stop using it.
Pro-tip Liam. Turn that light off. It generates heat and will make the palm of your hand sweat after long term use.

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I have a Razer Naga for about 4 years now (I disagree on the MMO buttons being useless btw. - I couldn't imagine playing a MMO without them anymore, or really any game that needs the number keys). I never had any issues with the mouse, and I'd probably buy from Razer again. Btw. even on Windows you don't need their software if you can live with the buttons assigned to standard keys. The MMO buttons are liked to the 1-9,0,-,= keys, which in 99% of the time is what you want anyway.

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I'll add my voice to the chorus of complaints about build quality -- I've had a number of Razer devices over the years, and they all developed faults (usually with the scroll wheels) over the course of a year or so. I'd recommend avoiding them and going with roccat instead (at least, for devices supported by the no-longer developed Linux configuration tool).

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well it is really time to get something deeper and more addictive in the genre just like PP
i hope i will be playable with only 1 unit.

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Would be great to see DOW3 or Doom

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Nice to see a game that uses multi cores for a change, 100 + fps @ 1440p . Does seem slow paced but not a big player of these types of games.

Nice to see decent launch options too like Monitor selection, input ect .

Quite liked it tbh. Will keep an eye on this

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Quoting: SslaxxNice mice suggestions, but are there any good cheap mice around?

You're gonna have to define "cheap". Roccat has a few $40-50 mice. That sounds dirt cheap to me.

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Can't get 4.16 to compile on Antergos :( nor 4.15 for that matter

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Nice mice suggestions, but are there any good cheap mice around?

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I live and die with Logitech G700S.

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"I suffer from a permanent injury in my main hand/wrist, which hurts the longer I use a mouse..."

Maybe you could try a trackball. It helps a lot.

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I finally got to installing it a month ago, its been working well. Would be nice to have a pixel doubling like OpenRA, sometimes it seems rather small on 3440x1440

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Quoting: rudzhaYou did some research before your purchase, right?
I'm looking for a new Linux "gaming" mouse, because my Saitek/Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 is falling apart.
Can you suggest any other brands and mice that work well with Linux and/or have Linux support?

I own a Steelseries Rival 700 and a Roccat Lua. Especially the Rival is great device, would never give it back. In general both brands have pretty good Linux support and imho a better build quality.

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Quoting: numasanI've been scouting for another, hopefully "for life", quality mouse that won't just break out of the blue, and I might go for the BenQ Zowie EC2-A as it is completely driverless and highly regarded...

Zowie mice are excellent. I highly recommend them.

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Terror from the Deep Strikes Back, this looks super interesting. I loved the X-COM games but something from Gollop is possibly even more interesting.

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Unless Razer has dramatically improved the quality of their products, I can't recommend them. I used to be a bit of a Razer fanboy until two of the three Razer products I owned developed significant faults. Read any review of Razer products and you'll find that a majority of people have had similar experiences. Stay away from Razer. They're overpriced, and you'll be lucky to get six-months out their products.

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Wishlisted!

It looks really nice, although I hope it's more stable than Wasteland 2, at least for me that was sadly a real crash-to-desktop bonanza.

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I bought a Razer DeathAdder Chroma and like you Liam I was very happy with it. After a bit over a year, the middle mouse button suddenly stopped working, and reading up on it, many people have issues with Razer products build quality. I know I was just one of the unlucky, but I'm turned off of the Razer brand now as I expected it to last longer, especially for the price.

I've been scouting for another, hopefully "for life", quality mouse that won't just break out of the blue, and I might go for the BenQ Zowie EC2-A as it is completely driverless and highly regarded, or maybe the cheaper Logitech G102/203.

While geeking out on researching mice, I found this youtube channel and I found it very helpful.

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I am a longtime Deathadder fan myself, right now I'm using the third one in I think 14 or 15 years. But it's not a Chroma, has to be one of the other editions with green backlights. The first one had a firmware issue (so I was told when returning it to the vendor) after a few weeks and was replaced without questions and free of charge. It survived many LAN parties and never let me down in frenetic deathmatches :)

In addition to the ergonomic design and smooth responses I also value this mouse for the textile insulation on the cord instead of the usual rubber and just the right weight for my taste. One of my preferred use cases for the additional buttons is push-to-talk.

But I never installed any special software or drivers, it always worked out of the box, no complaints. After reading the article and z3ntu's comment above I will give both linked packages a try though.

A mate introduced me to Razer with the Boomslang, which isn't an optical mouse. But the Boomslang placed the ball way back at the very end of the mouse, almost under your wrist. It was awkward to get used to and I told him I would never fall to such fancy gimmicks (it shipped in a tin can!) and switched back to my cheap MS Pilot mouse or industrial Logitech bulk ware. A few years later I chose to buy the Deathadder after gripping every mouse on display in the store and was instantly hooked, it just felt right.

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Quoting: Geppeto35One of the character class should be stalker as in the so-impressive novel from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (if you don't know what to read, try it)

You could mention the novel is Roadside Picnic :P

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Quoting: BeamboomPS: I never started using Linux "to escape MS's monopoly" - I did it because it's simply the better OS for my line of work. ;)

Sysadmin ?

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Great news we are getting more stuff.
Can't say I really enjoyed BFE , but surely other people will enjoy this.

BTW Liam , the way you worded the title makes the game sound like it's the last hope for Linux.
Serious Sam , defender of penguins everywhere:D

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Quoting: rudzhaYou did some research before your purchase, right?
I'm looking for a new Linux "gaming" mouse, because my Saitek/Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 is falling apart.
Can you suggest any other brands and mice that work well with Linux and/or have Linux support?

Ha, I also have a very old RAT9 that just feels wrong at times (switching modes randomly, battery draining rather quickly, pointer motion sometimes erratic, etc.). I am looking for a replacement as well.

The fact that it doesn't work well anymore also slows me down on my "ratctl" driver development.

A feature I really enjoyed on this mouse was the horizontal scroll wheel, which can be extremely useful at times. And changing sensitivity with the press of a button can also be handy :)

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One question, it the mouse wheel button good? Those are sometimes quite uncomfortable. Or even non-existent.

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