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 | Razer Naga MMOG Laser Gaming Mouse |
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Product Description
The Razer Naga is the ultimate Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming mouse that shifts the balance between keyboard and mouse by putting an unprecedented number of in-game commands in one place. A multi-button thumb grid and Razer’s MMO game interface add-on combine to place every command you need in the palm of your hand. An ergonomic form shaped to maximize ease of use lets you game in comfort for hours on end. With the Razer Naga, you will Get Imba.Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Razer
- Model: RZ01-00280100-R3U1
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.30" h x 8.60" w x 2.60" l, 1.00 pounds
Features
- 5600dpi Razer Precision 3.5G Laser Sensor
- 17 MMO-optimized buttons (including 12 button thumb grid)
- Optional MMO-specific software AddOns
- 1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
- Unlimited character profiles with AddOns
Editorial Reviews
From the
Manufacturer
The Razer Naga is the ultimate Massively
Multiplayer Online Gaming mouse that shifts the balance between keyboard
and mouse by putting an unprecedented number of in-game commands in one
place. A multi-button thumb grid and Razer’s MMO game interface add-on
combine to place every command in the palms of your hands. The Naga's
ergonomic form factor maximizes the ease of use and lets you game in
comfort for hours on end. With the Razer Naga, you will Get Imba.
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With 17 MMO optimized programmable buttons
coupled with custom interface add ons for MMO gamers, the Razer Naga
will take you much deeper into the realms of MMO gaming. |
 | 17 MMO-optimized buttons Program up to thousands of different in-game commands. |
 | Maximum Comfort for Long Gaming Sessions Game for days with the Naga’s ergonomic design optimized for easy access to every button. |
 | Custom Interface AddOns for MMO Games Organize your skills and eliminate visual clutter with the Razer Naga’s in-game custom interface AddOns (available for World of Warcraft™,Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning™, and more.) |
- Razer Naga MMOG Laser Gaming Mouse
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Quick Start Guide
- Master Guide
- Thumb Grid Trainer Stickers
- Cult of Razer Sticker
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Razer
Lycosa™ Gaming Keyboard Backlight Illumination
Non-slip rubber finish for optimum tactile comfort,
fully-programmable keys with macro capability | 
Razer
Megalodon™ Gaming Headset 7.1 Suround Sound
The definitive headset for gamers today, utilizing next-gen
technologies and a DSP system with unheard-of power | 
Razer Megasoma™ Professional Gaming Mat
A
hybrid of a hard and a soft mouse mat with a comfortable feel and
smooth glide |
Customer Reviews
Now with macro support!
** This review has been
revised for the release of the 2.0 drivers, which enable full key
remapping and macro support. THANK YOU RAZER! **
** Please consider
this a 5/5 star review. For some reason, Amazon isn't allowing me to
change that aspect of my review and I would like to keep the comments on
this product review rolling. Sorry for any confusion this may cause. **
My
first impressions review of the Razer Naga was pretty grim. Having come
from using a Logitech G7 for years prior, the Naga felt clunky at best
and the complete lack of any key rebinding support for a mouse intended
for MMO use left me scratching my head. In the days following that
initial review, Wave of team Naga left me a comment (as seen in the
comments section of this review) stating that they were intending to
address the later with an upcoming driver release. A few months later,
just as he had promised, version 2.0 hit... and it hit hard!
Before
I get into all that, let me tackle the ergonomics. As I mentioned, at
first I felt this mouse to be very clunky. Now, months later, I could
not have been more wrong. When they said this mouse was designed for
long gaming sessions with minimal hand fatigue, they meant it. My only
real complaints in this department is about button placement. No, no,
not the 12-button thumb pad... those are perfect! My beef is with the
two additional index finger buttons, which for me, are at best awkwardly
placed and at worst completely unusable.
But lets cut the
nonsense, if you are reading this you care about one thing and one thing
only... the 12 buttons on the side of this bad-boy.
I'll be straight
with you, at first it is awkward as hell and comes with a bit of a
learning curve. Don't expect to pick this mouse up and be some kinda of
button-pressing Mozart by morning. Now months after my purchase I am
still second guessing myself from time to time when reaching for the 8
and 9 key, mostly because I don't use them in very many games. As I
alluded to earlier in this review, they are placed such that I don't
have any issue at all reaching any one button (though 11 and 12 require a
funky move that can mess with my cursor precision.)
The 2.0
driver also brought with it two additional features that came as a bit
of a surprise to me... profiles and macros! The profiles are just what
you would expect and though very basic in their functionality, the
macros should get the job done nine times out of ten. If you are
familiar with the Logitech G15 or Nostromo N52, then you know what I am
talking about. If not, well, it's little more than pre-recorded
keystrokes with custom delays between them. Nothing fancy, but far from
useless.
Now that the issue of rebindable keys has been taken
care of, I struggle to find anything at all wrong with this mouse.
If
I absolutely had to give it a con, hmmm... I suppose it requires a bit
more care than other mice in order to keep clean. Lots of buttons means
lots of places for build up. Fortunately the fit/finish on this mouse is
tight enough that cleanup is a breeze.
Happy
grinding/fragging/whateveryouneed17gloriousbuttonsfordoing!
Finally, the mouse I've been waiting for!
Edit: I've stopped playing
WoW so much and have been playing other types of games recently. Now
that the buttons can be remapped this mouse works well for any game.
It's great for shooters because I can swap weapons without having to
reach for the F-keys. I've grown to appreciate how ergonomic it is. It
fits my hand perfectly. I'm fully acclimated to the button placement and
can hit the right one without thinking. Razer was right that it takes
15-20 hours for it to become second nature. I have found that for my
short fingers only 9 of the 12 thumb buttons are an easy reach. I try to
put the less important functions on the top row.
As an avid
WoW player I'm always on a quest for mice with more buttons. MOAR! Most
mice are limited to 5 mappable buttons that my fingers can actually
reach. Some do cram more buttons on the mouse but place them in awkward
locations that are only practical for infrequently used functions. I had
high hopes for the SteelSeries WoW branded mouse but it's built poorly
and the thumb buttons are hard to press individually without fat
fingering the next button. Another mouse I wanted to like was the Sandio
3D but it's way too large for my hand. Plus, the hat switches are good
for movement but not so good for mapping to four individual functions.
I've been using Logitech MX series mice that have 8-9 mappable buttons.
These are comfortable and the software is very flexible in how the
buttons are mapped. I've been content with them but am always looking
for more.
Enter the Razer Naga. I thought this was a Photoshop
joke when I first saw the picture. But they really have put a cell phone
style keypad on the thumb side for a total of 17 buttons. What's
amazing is they've done this while keeping the mouse a reasonable size
and having all but one button within easy finger reach. The mouse feels
very high quality. It's very comfortable with good tactile feel. The
scroll wheel is the nicest I've ever used. It's clear that Razer puts a
lot of effort into creating a functional design, not just something that
looks good in the box. My only complaint about the physical aspect is
that it's rather lightweight.
The thumb buttons will take getting
used to and I'm still working on it. I'm not going to raid with it out
of the box because I don't want people to die. But even after a short
while playing around with it in battlegrounds I'm improving and I can
tell that the muscle memory will build up quickly until it feels natural
- just like with a keyboard or gaming pad. Thoughtfully, Razer includes
rubbery stick on nubs that you can place as tactile landmarks to train
yourself. Razer claims 88% of gamers are fully comfortable after 18
hours of play.
The Windows driver is simpler and less flexible
than I expected. The thumb buttons map to either the number row above
the keyboard or the right number pad. The 5 main buttons map to the
standard windows Left/Right/Middle/Back/Forward actions. There is no
custom button mapping. Razer expects you to use an in game interface to
map your actions to the fixed buttons. This is fine for WoW but could be
a limitation on other games.
Razer supplies a custom WoW addon
that is available at [...]. It's just a branded version of Dominos - an
established addon. It's good that Razer licensed something that is fully
featured and well tested rather than creating something new that
probably wouldn't be as good. I'm unable to use it, however, because it
conflicts with Bartender4. There is no need to use the Razer addon as
the mouse is just acting like 12 keyboard buttons. Since the default
behavior is to just map the 12 numbers above the keyboard you could just
use standard WoW action bars and keybindings with zero configuration.
If
it's not clear by now, I think this is a great product. I've been
waiting for a mouse like this for 5 years and Razer has delivered!
Awesome mouse, wish it was cordless
Being a mac gamer (is that an
oxymoron?) I play a lot of World of Warcraft. I had previously
considered the Steelseries mouse, but after trying it in the store I
found it to be very uncomfortable (lots of sharp edges) and hard to use
(oversensitive buttons in hard to use positions). Topping that off they
don't offer OS X drivers (booo Steelseries).
I was thrilled to
hear of Razer putting out a MMO gaming mouse. I had always thought the
Razer design was kind of minimal or old fashioned having used a lot of
Microsoft mice. That was until I tried a Mamba in a local store and
realized how comfortable and well designed they were. So I put in my pre
order for the Naga and just got it yesterday.
First of all the
mouse is smaller than you think. The pictures make it look massive when
it is really not larger than a standard mouse. The extra space on the
left side for the 12-key pad gives it a more ergonomic feel (sorry
lefties). The second and 4th rows of buttons have a raised ridge helping
your thumb find the right button. So far I have only used a few options
in the first two rows, but I can easily push all 12 buttons using the
end of my thumb for the first two rows and the "knuckle" of my thumb for
the bottom two rows.
By default these buttons duplicate the
numeric keys 1 through = at the top of your keyboard. You can also
switch them so they duplicate the numeric keypad instead. Using them
under the default you can use the alt and control keys for additional
bar rows. I play a rogue and have the standard bar mapped to my most
used actions and the alt number actions mapped to my secondary lesser
used actions.
The dpi and polling rate can be easily adjusted
from the driver up to a very high 5600dpi and 1000Hz polling. Since I'm
not gaming in an FPS situation I don't really make use of that high a
spec, but it does make for smooth mouse operations. I'm running at the
default 1800dpi.
The mouse itself is very comfortable. There is a
glossy texture to the sides and a rubbery texture to the top. It feels
soft and natural in my hand. The buttons click solid and are not so
sensitive that they accidentally click. The teflon feet are nice and the
mouse slides very smoothly on my wooden desk. I've not bought a mousing
surface for it yet.
I am very impressed by their attention to
detail down to the packaging. Razer knows what they are doing and do it
well.
So my pro's summary is:
Feels and looks great!
12
button keypad is unusual but well done and usable
Cool blue lights
(if you don't like your mouse lit up you can turn these off)
For
the con's my first one is this is a wired mouse. I haven't used a wired
mouse in 10 years I think. It is weird going back. Of course it is a
well designed wired mouse with a braided cable. I still wish it was
wireless.
The lights under the 12-key pad make the surface there
warm. Not too warm but you will definitely feel some extra heat.
The
other reviewer mentioned Bartender4 compatibility. I'll admit I don't
use that, but I am hesitant to use the addons if they remove the
standard UI bar at the bottom of the screen. Right now I'm just using it
as the 1 through = number bar and am very pleased with it. I may try
the addon soon but I am really happy with my current UI and addons and
don't want to change it.
Note that you can't map macros or assign
different buttons to the 12 key pad in the mouse driver. They are
either duplicating the numeric row or the numeric keypad on your
keyboard.
Finally if you are used to the side buttons on your
current mouse (mouse button 4 and 5) these will take getting used to as
they are located at the upper left edge of the left button. This frees
your thumb up for the 12 key pad, but means you use your index finger to
hit them instead. They have a firmer click to avoid accidental pushes.
Con's
summary:
not wireless
12 button keypad does get heat from the
LEDs (you can turn the lights off to avoid this if it bothers you)
possible
addon compatibility if you want to customize it
Overalll:
If
you are a WoW player get this mouse! You will love it.
If they
made it wireless and either put synapse memory in it for button macros
or let the driver configure the 12 buttons for anything at all this
would be my one and only mouse. For now I'll plug it in to play WoW and
be very happy with my purchase. Very well done Razer!
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