Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O. 7 Gaming Mouse Hands-on

The very first thing we seen in regards to the M.M.O. 7 had been its brilliant orange highlights -- with the exception of the usual left and proper clickers and a dpi switch, every single button, scroll wheel and rocker on the mouse pops with vibrant colour. The orange accents extend to the system's metal undercarriage, in addition to to 2 of the unit's three swappable palm rests and certainly one of its three pinkie grips. The vivid coloration nearly acts as a "what's new" indicator, drawing attention to the seven new inputs obtainable on the mouse's thumb relaxation. Right here you will discover a familiar round nub that was once the RAT 7's precision purpose toggle -- the M.M.O. 7's new 5-directional rocker still does the "sniper button" trick, however it also presents four extra inputs over its predecessor. Flanking the 5D's sides are two additional toggles, as well as one more skirting the sting of the thumb rest's bottom. Mixed with the legacy buttons on the remaining's high lip, these additions give a thumb access to ten toggles at any given time. A pair of ActionLock buttons hug either aspect of the mouse's horizontal scroll wheel, each toggling a constant input of their respective clicker when activated -- as well as a mode indicating LED colour change on each button's edge. Most of the new rodent's changes are welcome, but we could not help however discover a few minor tweaks that seem to detract from the system. The usual RAT 7 mouse options a DPI adjusting rocker simply below the scroll wheel, allowing the person to kick the peripheral's sensitivity up or down with a north or south toggle -- the M.M.O 7 would not discard this characteristic, but instead swaps the bi-directional rocker for a regular button. This is not a major inconvenience, as there are only 4 levels to switch between, however with the ability to step up and down was a bit extra handy than cycling through all 4 settings simply to drop sensitivity down a notch. Still, the one-way rocker will get the job done; we did not have any bother hitting any of our pre-set configurations within the M.M.O. 7's 6,four hundred dpi range. The M.M.O. seems to endure a slight drawback on the customizability entrance as effectively -- although it options all of the identical movable elements as its predecessor, the angle of the mouse's thumb rest can now not be adjusted utilizing the unit's included hex key. Although the mouse's pinkie guard and the thumb relaxation's sliding mechanism still use commonplace hex sockets, adjusting the thumb relaxation's pivot resistance now requires using a phillips screwdriver. This screw-swap is probably going the device's largest fault, and whereas it's strange (and somewhat annoying), it is a minor inconvenience at best, although we must wonder why the change was made in the first place. Replace: We contacted Mad Catz concerning the change, and have been told the mouse's pivot function was "removed" to decrease the prices. We found the mouse was still capable of a pivoting the thumb rest with careful use of a screwdriver, however. Nonetheless, Mad Catz warns users to not remove this screw, so tweak at your own danger. The hex key nonetheless does its job everywhere else -- handily swapping out alternate components, tweaking the thumb relaxation's ahead position and securing within the five six-gram weights within the rodent's belly. Using the mouse is a predictably acquainted affair -- its movable parts molded to our hand simply as comfortably as Cyborg's earlier models, so much in order that we virtually needed to remind ourselves we were taking part in with a brand new beast. New it is, though, exemplified by its bright colours and wild assortment of new buttons. We downloaded Cyborg's pre-configured MMO profile pack and fired up some outdated recreation accounts, casting spells, firing phasers and looting our fallen foes with ease. With ten toggles inside attain of our thumb, accessing inventory objects, skills and action slots was a breeze. Things obtained even simpler when put in the M.M.O. 7's customized World of Warcraft plugin, a useful add-on that gave the mouse an in-recreation drag and drop interface for on-the-fly customization.

As nice as the RAT / M.M.O. 7 hardware is, the peripheral owes lots of its marvel to its companion software suite -- it allows customers to load dozens of nicely crafted, freely out there recreation profiles, or construct their own custom management setup complete with keyboard mapping and macros. All of Mad Catz' Cyborg mice use the identical program to customize their three "cyborg modes," or profile configurations that users can swap between on the fly. The M.M.O. 7 takes this a step further, adding a "mode shift" button simply above the pinkie guard, successfully including three extra profile configurations that can be toggled at any time. This gives the mouse up to 78 programable commands. Yowza. The M.M.O. 7 has enough room to program in all your major skills, and then some -- simply knowing that aggressive PVPers have entry to this sort of know-how makes us tremble with fear.