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

If you are on a tight budget newer Microsoft Wheel mouse optical mice are cheap and plentiful on eBay etc. Last time I bought one they were £8 each in (as far as I could tell) new condition. They were last made around 2009 and are still really great mice for FPS games. Buttons and scroll wheel will feel a bit cheap if you're used to newer stuff but they work fine and the sensor is solid when USB polling is set to 500/1000hz. Maybe even try a Microsoft intellimouse if extra buttons are a requirement for you.

Anything else I would even consider recommending would be a decent jump up in price (£30+).

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Quoting: GuestNow just hurry up blizzard and give me Overwatch then I can get rid of windows and use my SSD for linux!

Hehe, I've lost hope on Blizzard, they just deeply hate Linux.

In my case, the feeling is mutual. I don't like their games either. They are the only larger publisher I have never bought a game from. I couldn't care less if they ever support Linux. But as far as Overwatch goes, wasn't it supposed to run in one of the newer WINE patches just nicely?

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I don't usually like these kind of games but something has triggered certain interest in this one...

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Uhmm, Starcraft 2?

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Hi,

I played it a little, it's very unstable, i got lots of crash, mouse becomes unreactive ingame (but not in menu), terrible clipping, some GUI horror... but at same time, it feels attractive, so i will keep an eye on it and try more.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: SamsaiDevil Daggers (I want to beat Liam's highscore!

Never gonna happen.

If it doesn't happen tonight then I will organize a special stream to make it happen.

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Quoting: SamsaiDevil Daggers (I want to beat Liam's highscore!

Never gonna happen.

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It ain't a beautiful day here. Staying indoors and watching someone play video games is exactly the right thing to do.

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Quoting: JahimselfThe lava can also be for "vulkan" ^^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan

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I'd be exceddingly surpirsed if it is anything but dow3

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Quoting: AnachronyX"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.

I tried one a few times, feels too alien to me :(

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It's probably Dawn of War III, but I wish it was Doom.

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I hope it is not doom, as many users will have it already. We need something big and shiny and new so that gamers are happy and feral still gets the buck

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The lava can also be for "vulkan" ^^

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Quoting: GuestNow just hurry up blizzard and give me Overwatch then I can get rid of windows and use my SSD for linux!

Hehe, I've lost hope on Blizzard, they just deeply hate Linux.

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Quoting: GuestWhy people would love this to be Battlefield 1? The game was mediocre what I have seen. Pretty graphics, yes (Frostbite engine is really good, but it is directx heavy AFAIK).

Well, pretty much the same people who do not bother checking the original publishers of Feral's previous Linux ports... Expecting Feral to come up with an EA or Bethesda port out of blue extremely unlikely; yet some naives keep crying for Battlefield and Skyrim... Hack, we have a useful tool called SteamDB which indicates potential Feral ports in 10 km, yet some wishes for mobile games or console games... It looks like Linux gaming extended to a point which includes "average gamers" who usually do not bother investigating. For some point of view, it is not a bad thing but seeing same wishes for every Feral tease makes me tired.

Sega, Square Enix, Codemasters, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 2K Games are the publishers that Feral has contracts with. Please keep your expectations realistic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_Interactive#Linux

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Quoting: ageresIf a game I already own gets ported to Linux, I buy a copy and store it in my inventory. I cannot gift it immediately because I don't have any friends using Linux, so that would be counted as a Windows sale AFAIK. So, what should I do now?

Gift it to me? ;)
No, seriously: I don't know.
Except for developers with their own store, of course.

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If a game I already own gets ported to Linux, I buy a copy and store it in my inventory. I cannot gift it immediately because I don't have any friends using Linux, so that would be counted as a Windows sale AFAIK. So, what should I do now?

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Insta buy for me and my buddies. Big Victor fans and Motörhead fans, what could possibly go wrong? I guess I need to finish up some games before end of May :D

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Quoting: 14Use the right tool for the job. I have the Nyth and it's just about perfect. I have large hands, so I use the wider attachment piece on the side. I like several side buttons, but I don't need all 12. The Nyth allowed me to put a blank strip in the middle so I can grip the mouse as hard as I want without mistakenly hitting buttons. The far rear buttons are too hard to quickly reach, so I have the double-wide buttons in those spaces. So, I end up having six buttons on the side. They get a lot of use in, yes, MMO GAMES, as well as FPS. Get used to switching weapons using mouse buttons and the keyboard becomes too slow.

So yeah, the Nyth deserves "MMO" and "gamer" labels.

Before the Nyth, I had the Logitech G600 and the Razer Naga before that. I thought that the Logitech was a really, really good mouse, but after about a year, my hand started hurting because of the way you have to grip the G600. Since there are three main click buttons instead of two, you lose the 'ring finger' to grip the right side of the mouse, leaving only your pinky. After about a year of my pinky doing the heavy lifting, I couldn't take it anymore. It was a bummer. That was the only reason I switched to the Nyth.

Hi 14,
I'm using a G600 since a couple of years and I'm really happy with the buttons that I use in FPS games to quickly switch between weapons or do some actions. However it's a little too narrow for me and I'm not holding it straight (it rests a bit sideways in my hand). I just discovered the Nyth reading your post and I'm really interested in it. How's the software support for it under Linux ? Does Roccat provide something to configure it or is there a non-official Linux tool that does the trick ?

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next step is the performance conformance...
at least i'm my book

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Quoting: nitroflow

Quoting: UltraVioletseems really good to be able to get the game into your library if its declined, but, hopefully you know the person your buying a gift for and if all would like it or not before you buy it :-)

Actually it won't show up on your library, it will be refunded.

I completely mis-read that bit didn't I :-)

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I hope that this won't hinder the possibility to receive uncensored or unavailable Steam games through gifts (I got an uncensored Half Life that way a few years ago). Although I don't know if this ever worked with unavailable games because I didn't have a need to try that yet.

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I had to switch my mouse about 3 months ago. My MX518 finally died after 7 years of daily usage, much to my grief. Ended up switching to G402 as I've seen people commenting that it's the next closest thing. Having used various mice from various companies (including Razer Deathadder), I still think MX518 was the best one out there. Overall I prefer Logitech over Razer.

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QuotePeople will now likely just resort to places like Humble for that purpose.

That does not work.
I have a group of 4-5 friends back home.
Sometimes we buy games for each other on humble to share and play online (especially on sale)
Numerous times we were limited to buying ONLY 2 copies each from Humble.

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I would love to say original Dawn of War; but given the fact that there are at least 5 Feral related branches of Dawn of War III on SteamDB, it is most probably DoW3.

https://steamdb.info/app/285190/depots/

I don't find DoW3 extremely bad but I would rather prefer playing the original DoW online.

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Quoting: BeemerAs long as this is implemented, I'll only be buying games for myself from now on. That means no more four-packs either to give out copies later.

Well, the new system may not cover current 4-pack games. Those packs are designed to gift them later. But, two/three/four-pack system would be revamped as well; that might clarify your fears...

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Quoting: nitroflowSpace Hulk: Deathwing would also be cool, and the shooting sound is close to one of the weapons in that game too.

I didn't played the Space Hulk: Deathwing, but from what I read, the game is really bad. Stupid AI, many bugs and others things, that are making it unplayable, so I rather see DoW 3 instead of Space Hulk. But what I want to see on Linux is Battlefleet Gothic.

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

This mostly depends how the multiplayer code is done. If the game uses dedicated servers than probably yes, but if the network code will be same as in Space Marine or DoW 2 than probably no.
I didn't played the DoW 3, so I'm unable to say if the Relic has better multiplayer code than in DoW 2.

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The game now has a demo on Steam. I played it yesterday (and wondered if I should write an article, just to find out there already is one :) ). It's really leaned to Xcom, which I consider a good thing. The graphics remind me of Torchlight. I do like the environmental interactions, it adds nicely.

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Klei must be the word Quality in some other language. Added to my wishlist ready for the Linux release.

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