- Razer Tartarus V2 Wow
- Razer Tartarus V2 Setup
Hey all, first off please go to the Razer website and look at the product otherwise the thread will not make sense. I would like to point out that this is a experiment and a review at the same time of the Razer Tartarus. I am trying to find out if it may work well for FPS games like csgo. If you did not know the Razer tartarus is like a little brother to the orbweaver and is meant for MOBA games such as League Of Legends. Back when I was a league of legends player I picked myself up one of these. I haven't played league for years and lost track of the tartarus. I was cleaning my floor-drobe (my twist on the wardrobe but on the floor) and I found it. I thought to myself that the buttons connected to the joystick like d pad might become useful for weapon switching. If you go to the Razer product page (link below), Razor brags that the d pad has 8 different directional buttons. This means if I key bind it with the Razer software bindijg the pad to make North it go to my primary, North East for secondry gun, East for Knife, South East for Flashbang, etc. Now in theory this would be very effective for weapon switching and just changing weapons in general. I tried it out but unfortunately the 8 way directional keys are to close and it was near impossible to have 8 different weapon slots because you would accidentally swap to your knife when you wanted to pull out your pistol. Therefor I went back to the drawing board, the whole purpose of using the Tartarus was to be able to switch to all of your slots with 1 finger and still being able to move forward/left/right. I came up with the conclusion that it was possible to switch to 4 different slots effectively. Using razors synaps 2.0 you can custom bind a key to make it act like a alt button. So I bound one of the keys on the Tartarus to switch to a different key map when held down and then let go it would switch back to the previous key map when let go. Therefor you were only using 4 different directions but had 8 different slots. Example is North is for primary, East for Secoundry, South for Knife and West for Zeus. Then when I'm pressing my Alt key North is for Flashbang, East for he grenade, South for smoke and west for Molotov/Incendenairy. This took a while to get used to but once I was used to it switching weapons and grenades was very easy, effective and more importantly precise. I only had 1 more problem but had a simple fix. There are 2 buttons, 1 above the d pad and 1 below. The 1 below is ment to be space. That would not work because bunny hop works well with the jump being scroll wheel. I changed that to crouch and the one above to walk. I found it very useful.
Pros
Razer Tartarus V2 Wow
Both have a fairly similar price, being the Tartarus V2 slightly more expensive than the Logitech G13, although the latter today is sometimes difficult to find since it is a somewhat old product already. The Tartarus V2 offers more keys and the hand position is more natural, making it more comfortable to use in the long run. The Razer Gaming Keypad Add-on now supports the Razer Tartarus - our latest membrane gaming keypad, and is also compatible with existing Add-on’s such as the Razer Naga Add-on, Dominos and Bartender. The Razer Gaming Keypad Add-on comes bundled by default with Synapse 2.0. The Razer Tartarus Pro features Razer's analog optical switch. What does the thumb-pad do and how do the other buttons on the keypad function? The multi-directional thumb-pad is used for navigation by default and the button placements above and below the thumb-pad are mapped to 'alt' and 'spacebar' respectively. Functionality-wise, the Tartarus Pro has clicky, responsive keys and a ticky scroll wheel with precise steps to it. In the hand, the Tartarus Pro keypad feels like a glove but, if you are a right-handed user you will need to get used to the left-handed design of the Tartarus Pro, which resembles Ash's mechanical hand from the Army of Darkness movie.
Originally released in December 2017, Razer Tartarus V2 is a keypad with pretty much all the features that you’d need or expect for gaming. The latest version is a 32-key pad with a directional stick, and now with a full RGB lighting suite.
- Can easily switch weapons and grenades
-precise
-No need to stop and lift any fingers, only thumb is needed
-Fully customisable to what works with you
Razer Tartarus V2 Setup
-more mouse space on your desk
Cons
-Compared to a keyboard your thumb is not used much but with the Tartarus your thumb becomes VERY much used and important
-I have found out that you cannot switch weapons when you are crouched or Walking because your thumb is occupied
-you Need to have your keyboard in another position if you ever wanna type anything
I hope this made sense but otherwise you learnt something. I am sticking to the Tartarus and if you have ones I recommend giving it a try.
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http://www.razerzone.com/au-en/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-tartarus
