Si tomas con seriedad tu participación en esta clase de juegos, conocerás la importancia de contar con el hardware y los periféricos adecuados para potenciar tu rendimiento frente a la computadora. Uno de los componentes que adquieren una importancia brutal es el mouse o ratón. Debes dejar atrás los modelos tradicionales y apostar por un mouse gamer para MMO. No es una opción ni un lujo, sino una necesidad absoluta.

Tienes que saber que un mouse MMO no es para cualquiera, ni siquiera para un gamer promedio. Cuentan con una arquitectura única y un diseño desarrollados especialmente para mejorar el rendimiento. Destaca la presencia de botones laterales configurables como una especie de teclado numérico, mediante los cuales puedes establecer macros que agilizan el acceso a tus habilidades o movimientos especiales.

Encontrar el mouse gamer ideal debe ser tu primera misión si aspiras a ser un buen competidor en los MMO. Afortunadamente, existen tiendas online como Cyberpuerta que cuentan con modelos de diferentes marcas, características y precios para adaptarse a tus necesidades y presupuesto. A continuación, vamos a darte algunos consejos para encontrar el mouse MMO perfecto que te permita elevar tu juego y convertirte en un rival formidable.

Características que debes buscar en un mouse gamer para MMO

Múltiples botones programables

Un gamer de MMO sabe que la velocidad y la organización son cruciales para brillar en las partidas. El valor y la conveniencia de un modelo están asociados a su capacidad para ejecutar múltiples comandos de forma simultánea, oportuna y sin errores. La gestión eficiente de las habilidades, los ítems que cargas en la mochila y la ejecución de macros se convertirán en una ventaja competitiva. Si logras perfeccionar estos apartados, te colocarás un paso por delante de los demás jugadores.

Allí es donde cobra importancia tener un mouse gamer para MMO con múltiples botones programables. Este diseño permite asignar comandos críticos a botones específicos con el objetivo de que accedas a una habilidad con un solo movimiento de pulgar. Desde el principio, notarás la diferencia en comparación con las dinámicas de un mouse convencional; reducirás drásticamente el tiempo de reacción y, por otro lado, liberaras tu mano izquierda para concentrarte en tareas estratégicas complejas.

Existen modelos de mouse gamer para MMO que son excepcionales. Colocar uno sobre tu mousepad abrirá la puerta a una experiencia distinta. Uno de los mouses que cuentan con mejores reseñas es el Razer Naga V2 Pro, el cual incluye un conjunto de tres paneles laterales intercambiables para diseños de dos, seis o doce botones. Por supuesto, la mayoría de los gamers de MMO suele decantarse por la configuración con el panel completo de 12 botones, los cuales están en una matriz de 4×3.  

Ergonomía

La ergonomía es un aspecto al que no debes restarle importancia, sobre todo, si eres uno de esos jugadores que pasa mucho tiempo frente a la computadora. En el caso particular de un mouse gamer, un diseño que coloca el máximo confort como prioridad es indispensable. Los juegos MMO suelen demandar varias horas a la semana, por lo que la comodidad en el agarre se convierte hasta en un tema de salud.

El diseño ergonómico distribuye el peso de manera uniforme, reduce la tensión en el tendón del pulgar y previene lesiones causadas por el uso repetitivo. Este es el motivo por el que los fabricantes lanzan modelos avanzados de diferente tamaño, así como versiones para diestros y zurdos. De igual manera, hay carcasas intercambiables para realizar ajustes de altura y el ancho del mouse según las preferencias y necesidades personales.

Por más apasionado que seas, es imposible no experimentar cansancio o malestar si pasas muchas horas frente a la pantalla. El trabajo de un mouse gamer ideal para MMO es reducir o eliminar por completo la fatiga natural causada por los esfuerzos repetitivos. Su arquitectura prioriza la postura de la mano y satisface los distintos tipos de agarre, ya sea que prefieras el uso de la palma, un sujeción estilo garra o el empleo de las puntas de los dedos para potenciar la agilidad.

Precisión

La precisión y sensibilidad de un mouse gamer para MMO marcan la diferencia a la hora de elegir un modelo específico. Lo primero que debes saber es que existen mouses con sensores ópticos y láser. En la mayoría de las ocasiones, los ópticos ofrecen un mejor rendimiento para el rastreo y adaptación a diferentes superficies, mientras que los mouses tipo láser destacan por una mayor sensibilidad. Este último valor se mide en puntos por pulgada (DPI, por sus siglas en inglés).

Por ejemplo, modelos como el ASUS ROG Spatha X, así como el Corsair Darkstar Wireless, destacan por ofrecer una gran precisión. Dependiendo de tus necesidades y presupuesto, puedes optar por modelos con sensores ópticos avanzados, los cuales entregan un seguimiento perfecto incluso a altas velocidades de movimiento, eliminando el jitter y la aceleración indeseada.

Ten en cuenta que la opción de ajustar los DPI, propia de esta clase de ratones, es una ventaja táctica. Durante la exploración, puedes establecer un DPI elevado para moverte rápido por el mapa, mientras que en combate podrías bajar la sensibilidad para apuntar con mayor exactitud a objetivos pequeños que se encuentran en movimiento.

Diseño y materiales

Hasta ahora, hemos centrado nuestra atención en la funcionalidad y el desempeño, ya que estos dos valores inciden directamente en el carácter competitivo. Como factor adicional para una compra inteligente, considera el diseño y los materiales de fabricación. Un mouse gamer ideal para MMO será utilizado durante largas jornadas, por lo que es prioritario que cumpla con estándares de calidad que aseguren una buena durabilidad.

Existen modelos elaborados con carcasas reforzadas a base de polímeros de alta densidad, las cuales son resistentes a golpes ligeros. Aunado a ello, lidian de mejor forma con el desgaste natural de miles de horas de juego.

En este apartado, dale importancia a la textura superficial, ya que influye en la calidad y solidez del agarre. Un acabado mate o texturizado permite una sujeción más firme. Existen mouses que cuentan con zonas de apoyo para el dedo pequeño de la mano, lo que favorece una postura natural y relajada durante sesiones prolongadas. Como puedes darte cuenta, todos estos aspectos van relacionados y no deben analizarse de manera individualizada. Al final, lo que importa es obtener una experiencia satisfactoria tanto en materia de desempeño como en confort y durabilidad.

Elegir el modelo correcto atraviesa por analizar tus necesidades, la arquitectura interna del mouse y su capacidad de personalización. Solo así podrás convertirte en un jugador formidable, elevando tu juego a un nivel profesional y disfrutando al máximo cada experiencia MMO.

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In Dragon Quest Heroes: The World’s Tree Woe and the Blight Below, these iconic teardrop-shaped blobs have never looked more adorable and homicidal, which is what makes killing them en masse one of this game’s greatest pleasures. It’s one of many delights aptly delivered by a collaboration that is one part Dynasty Warriors, one part Dragon Quest. As a hack-and-slasher with countless enemy encounters, character growth, and a shopping list of quests, it was joy to be reminded how much both series have in common.

As a contrast to all the dimension hopping that made up much of last year’s Hyrule Warriors (a Dynasty Warriors take on The Legend of Zelda universe), this Dragon Quest spin-off takes the reverse approach. Instead of protagonists jumping to various worlds in older Dragon Quest games, adventurers from those games come into the new world established in Dragon Quest Heroes.

Welcoming these otherworldly guests is a new foursome comprising of two co-protagonists whose default names are Aurora and Luceus, the boisterous King Doric, and an skilled inventor named Isla. I have always admired the mainline series for defying traditional fantasy RPG party formations and archetypes and this new team could easily carry a mainline Dragon Quest installment. That’s a bold statement especially when Aurora and Luceus are two sides of the same coin. Their complementary personalities are best showcased during the cutscenes where your see Luceus’ analytical side and Aurora’s impatience to jump into battle. Aside from a momentary interlude where you’re forced to use one of the guest adventurers, you can have a wholly enjoyable time relying solely on these new characters while ignoring the rest of the roster.

It’s a varied cast where each warrior easily proves their worth over the course of a single battle. The only thing better than seeing 3D models of characters like Dragon Quest IV’s Alena and Kiryl is hearing them speak for the first time. Just as it was momentous to have voice acting in a Final Fantasy game in 2001 with Final Fantasy X, so too was the introduction of dialogue in Dragon Quest VIII ten years ago. Hearing much of the cast speak in English accents in Journey of the Cursed King created a rare connection to the Tolkienian roots of JRPGs. Having Yungus’ cockney accent reprised in Dragon Quest Heroes–by the original voice actor no less–only makes this reunion all the more special.

This mingling of heroes from other worlds helps distract from the story’s laughably generic premise of light versus dark. Even the two co-leaders are named Children of the Light. The story starts off on an uncommonly cheerful note, even by Dragon Quest standards, where humans and monsters are happily co-existing. Due to a spell by a dark wizard named Velasco, the monsters are suddenly reminded that they’re supposed to hate humans. The ensuing chaos and unrest gives the game’s heroes more than enough to deal with, let alone reason to investigate why their non-human friends suddenly turned on them. It’s a good thing the story has its share of twists and guest character interactions to compensate for this otherwise plain narrative.

Nor, perhaps, will it fail to be eventually perceived, that behind those forms and usages, as it were, he sometimes masked himself; incidentally making use of them for other and more private ends than they were legitimately intended to subserve. That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested; through those forms that same sultanism became incarnate in an irresistible dictatorship. For be a man’s intellectual superiority what it will, it can never assume the practical, available supremacy over other men, without the aid of some sort of external arts and entrenchments, always, in themselves, more or less paltry and base. This it is, that for ever keeps God’s true princes of the Empire from the world’s hustings; and leaves the highest honours that this air can give, to those men who become famous more through their infinite inferiority to the choice hidden handful of the Divine Inert, than through their undoubted superiority over the dead level of the mass. Such large virtue lurks in these small things when extreme political superstitions invest them, that in some royal instances even to idiot imbecility they have imparted potency. But when, as in the case of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire encircles an imperial brain; then, the plebeian herds crouch abased before the tremendous centralization. Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.

But Ahab, my Captain, still moves before me in all his Nantucket grimness and shagginess; and in this episode touching Emperors and Kings, I must not conceal that I have only to do with a poor old whale-hunter like him; and, therefore, all outward majestical trappings and housings are denied me. Oh, Ahab! what shall be grand in thee, it must needs be plucked at from the skies, and dived for in the deep, and featured in the unbodied air!

It is noon; and Dough-Boy, the steward, thrusting his pale loaf-of-bread face from the cabin-scuttle, announces dinner to his lord and master; who, sitting in the lee quarter-boat, has just been taking an observation of the sun; and is now mutely reckoning the latitude on the smooth, medallion-shaped tablet, reserved for that daily purpose on the upper part of his ivory leg. From his complete inattention to the tidings, you would think that moody Ahab had not heard his menial. But presently, catching hold of the mizen shrouds, he swings himself to the deck, and in an even, unexhilarated voice, saying, «Dinner, Mr. Starbuck,» disappears into the cabin.

[blockquote author=»DALAI LAMA» pull=»normal»]A given kill has the potential to drop a medal version of that respective monster. With the medal, you can summon that monster as an ally.[/blockquote]

When the last echo of his sultan’s step has died away, and Starbuck, the first Emir, has every reason to suppose that he is seated, then Starbuck rouses from his quietude, takes a few turns along the planks, and, after a grave peep into the binnacle, says, with some touch of pleasantness, «Dinner, Mr. Stubb,» and descends the scuttle. The second Emir lounges about the rigging awhile, and then slightly shaking the main brace, to see whether it will be all right with that important rope, he likewise takes up the old burden, and with a rapid «Dinner, Mr. Flask,» follows after his predecessors.

But the third Emir, now seeing himself all alone on the quarter-deck, seems to feel relieved from some curious restraint; for, tipping all sorts of knowing winks in all sorts of directions, and kicking off his shoes, he strikes into a sharp but noiseless squall of a hornpipe right over the Grand Turk’s head; and then, by a dexterous sleight, pitching his cap up into the mizentop for a shelf, he goes down rollicking so far at least as he remains visible from the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music. But ere stepping into the cabin doorway below, he pauses, ships a new face altogether, and, then, independent, hilarious little Flask enters King Ahab’s presence, in the character of Abjectus, or the Slave.

It is not the least among the strange things bred by the intense artificialness of sea-usages, that while in the open air of the deck some officers will, upon provocation, bear themselves boldly and defyingly enough towards their commander; yet, ten to one, let those very officers the next moment go down to their customary dinner in that same commander’s cabin, and straightway their inoffensive, not to say deprecatory and humble air towards him, as he sits at the head of the table; this is marvellous, sometimes most comical. Wherefore this difference? A problem? Perhaps not. To have been Belshazzar, King of Babylon; and to have been Belshazzar, not haughtily but courteously, therein certainly must have been some touch of mundane grandeur. But he who in the rightly regal and intelligent spirit presides over his own private dinner-table of invited guests, that man’s unchallenged power and dominion of individual influence for the time; that man’s royalty of state transcends Belshazzar’s, for Belshazzar was not the greatest. Who has but once dined his friends, has tasted what it is to be Caesar. It is a witchery of social czarship which there is no withstanding. Now, if to this consideration you superadd the official supremacy of a ship-master, then, by inference, you will derive the cause of that peculiarity of sea-life just mentioned.

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