It’s a minor gripe, but one that could be alleviated entirely if signing up for a Razer account were made completely optional. I’m sure this could be useful for professional gamers who frequently travel for LAN parties, but registering for yet another account and installing software that phones home-however rarely-tends to set folks on edge.
The general idea is that you’d be able to save a copy of your settings into the cloud, and thus have access to your keybinds, macros and the like should you travel with your gear, replace your mouse, or purchase a new PC.
If you’re willing to create a free Razer account, you can use the Synapse software to customize the Naga and save those settings to your profile. Gaming mice enthusiasts have long since grown accustomed to installing software so they can tinker with their toys, but you’ll also need to register for a Razer account, a premise I’ve always found a little ridiculous. The Naga works out of the box, but you’ll need to download Razer’s Synapse software to customize the mouse’s features. Razer’s Synapse software has also stepped its game up, an attempt to evolve from onerous gewgaw to potentially useful tool. This is crucial, as keeping track of twelve buttons can be a colossal pain-earlier Nagas featured buttons that were all uniform, which made firing off that critical spell or ability a confusing mess. That’s all well and good, but of far greater importance is the fact that each of those twelve buttons is arrayed in a seemingly haphazard but actually brilliant angled pattern, which makes it easy to find each and every button. It’s a marked improvement from the squishy buttons of Nagas past-you can check out PCWorld’s guide to mechanical keyboards for the lowdown on why mechanical keys are, in general, pretty neat.
I do love the clicky sound of mechanical keys-hence my preference for mechanical keyboards-and the mouse’s tactile and audible feedback should help you know exactly when buttons are being clicked. The twelve side buttons are mechanical now, which ostensibly offers improved accuracy. You can tweak the sensitivity-all the way up to 8200 DPI, which I find ludicrous-and even calibrate the mouse laser’s ability to track your particular mouse pad or surface. The latest version of the Razer Naga has mechanical switches built into the buttons that provide very satisfying, very clicky feedback.
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