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Will the lack of a numpad restrict me from playing certain games?

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I am planning on getting myself my very first Mechanical Keyboard. So my budget isn't low and restricts me to the Quickfire TK.

 

What I wanted to talk about is numpad. For the same price I'll be able to get myself the Quickfire Rapid. I really like the look of this keyboard because it has white lighting and overall it looks very simple.

This keyboard doesn't come with a num pad trough.

 

So I have played games that make use of the num pad extensively. Let's say I go with the Rapid. Will this cause issues in which I won't be able to play certain games?

 

I play all kinds of games, not just shooters.

 

I hope someone can help me out.

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Well...

 

Some games, yes.

A lot of the games in particular that I play use the number pad for ancillary controls, and I can't exactly remap it to other keys because the keyboards already pretty much fully mapped lol.

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I don't particularly see many games that really make use of the numpad. If the game does, most likely you will be better off with a controller instead of using the keyboard.

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Well, if the game in question requires a number pad, then the answer is yes, you will not be able to play it. The keboard physically does not have a number pad.

If you don't mind not being able to play those games, then I would say go for it. But if you play those games on a frequent basis, then I would continue to save money until you can afford a keyboard with a number pad.

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Okay so there might be a chance that I can't play certain games that use the numpad.

 

I really really like the look of the Rapid. The simple black and white backlight makes me so moist (joke). I don't really like the Quickfire TK because of the RED backlight.

Does anyone know if there is another mechanical keyboard that is just black and with white backlight for under €100 with a numpad?

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I just found out that the Quickfire TK is also available in white backlight. It looks so good, but it's MX Brown trough.

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The only game I can think of that uses it as part of its main control is Arma 2. Arma 3 does use it a little bit for camera resetting but most people don't use it. There aren't a lot of games that use it.

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Back then when I played Dota on Warcraft 3 I used the num pad a lot. Now that I don't have WC3/Dota anymore I personally find the num pad to be unnecessary for gaming.

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Back then when I played Dota on Warcraft 3 I used the num pad a lot. Now that I don't have WC3/Dota anymore I personally find the num pad to be unnecessary for gaming.

 

I'm a pretty casual gamer. I play all kinds of games. From shooters to RPG's, RTS. I did play Dota 2 for a bit but eventually stopped playing it.

 

I also like playing MMO's sometime. I own Guild Wars 2 and The Old Republic trough I haven't played them in months.

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I'm a pretty casual gamer. I play all kinds of games. From shooters to RPG's, RTS. I did play Dota 2 for a bit but eventually stopped playing it.

 

I also like playing MMO's sometime. I own Guild Wars 2 and The Old Republic trough I haven't played them in months.

 

I'm a casual gamer too. I just haven't played a game that would require the numpad since WC3. :o 

Although it is very useful when typing homework or writing a report.

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I'm a casual gamer too. I just haven't played a game that would require the numpad since WC3. :o

Although it is very useful when typing homework or writing a report.

 

Currently I'm on a Logitech K200. When I plan on getting my new keyboard, then I'll keep the K200 for when something breaks. 

 

Maybe this changes the decision? Still unsure hah :(

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I have seen some games use the Numpad for things like flying an aircraft.

 

Personally, I use the Numpad whenever I need to make spreadsheets or use a Calculator, so a TKL isn't an option for me in the first place. Currently, I am intending to buy the QuickFire TK at some point in the future, as it fits the bill of having a Numpad while being smaller than a full-size keyboard.

 

Another option would be buying an external Numpad, such as http://amzn.com/B000MGBPNI or http://amzn.com/B00O4F4QIY . For my use case, those wouldn't really work because I do use the Numpad frequently, so I would pretty much have the Numpad on my desk, connected  to my PC at all times, defeating the purpose of having it be external in the first place.

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Garry's mod relies heavily on the numpad. As do many flying sims and RTS games.

 

But I don't know of any recent AAA title that uses the numpad.

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