Lima Zulu, on 25 January 2012 - 12:49 AM, said:
I'm curious if a trackball really can compete a mouse in shooters or other action games? What's your device model, btw?
A Logitec (I forget the model #) wired (I hate wireless due to battery requirements and lack of trust with RF systems) thumb ball with 2 buttons (3 counting the roller that also operates as a button). Focuses more on fine motor control with the fingers than on wrist motion (my wrist has a bad tendency to twitch at inopportune moments) and requires less surface area to be useable. Works well enough for shooters and in at least two of the MMO's (not going to name names so as not to advertise for them), as for adventure games I'm not sure. Would depend on the type (side scroll, top view and what not). There is a sharp transition curve though between different types of trackball (thumb ball to centered finger ball and vice versa) and from track ball to and from mouse. That last part is where I think allot of the anti-trackball hate comes from. It is a p.i.t.a. to switch over then jump straight into a game. Don't do it expecting to be at the same level to begin with that you were when you were using the othere interface type. I've personally found the thumb type to fit my style the best.
Edited by HIemfire, 25 January 2012 - 07:53 AM.