are extra mouse buttons useful

[tJuggernaut29]

so i have always used simple mice, currently using the mouse that came with my HP, and am looking to finally buy a good mouse.

so the question is

some mice have like a whole number pad on the side, some have just 2 or 3 more buttons, are these extra buttons actually useful, or just distractions for your hand? and is having like 10 buttons more distracting than just 3 extra or no extra? do people actually use the extra buttons?

 

Thanks

[EunSoo]

Depends on what you play. Mouses with millions of buttons are usually aimed at mobas. For FPS games, you only have a use for one or two extra buttons. For FPSs, I normally have one side button set to melee and the other to a useful game specific hotkey. I have no experience with Mobas or mouses meant for them so I can't help you there.

[dizmo]

I find the side buttons insanely useful and honestly would never use a mouse without them. They allow quick access to important things in games (health packs, reload, etc) and when you're browsing it's a very fast back or forward button.

[tJuggernaut29]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

I find the side buttons insanely useful and honestly would never use a mouse without them. They allow quick access to important things in games (health packs, reload, etc) and when you're browsing it's a very fast back or forward button.

the ones with like 3 more buttons or like 10 more?

[Alliewya]

I have the 2 side buttons on the left mapped to copy/paste and the 2 on the right of the mouse as undo/redo - really useful in everyday applications and saves you having to reach for the keyboard as often. 

[Techicolors]

two buttons minimum for me just for forward and back for browsers

[dizmo]

7 minutes ago, tJuggernaut29 said:

the ones with like 3 more buttons or like 10 more?

Pretty sure they both have the basic features. If you don't know what a mouse with 10 buttons is for, you don't need it

[Princess Luna]

Corsair Gaming Katar is simplistic to the bone but has a wonderful spotless sensor.

[Triventular]

i use a logitech g300s that has 6 extra buttons... i use it mostly for csgo but you can put profiles in it to make life easier.

the bhop btw is just repeated spacebars haha i still have to strafe on my own

 

i use the extra buttons for the small important things like in pubg instead of constantly pressing T on the keyboard, i can just use my ring or middle finger to press the button on my mouse

[tJuggernaut29]

52 minutes ago, Triventular said:

i use a logitech g300s that has 6 extra buttons... i use it mostly for csgo but you can put profiles in it to make life easier.

 

the bhop btw is just repeated spacebars haha i still have to strafe on my own

 

 

i use the extra buttons for the small important things like in pubg instead of constantly pressing T on the keyboard, i can just use my ring or middle finger to press the button on my mouse

do you find the extra finger buttons more annoying to get at than having 2 on the thumb?

[Triventular]

1 minute ago, tJuggernaut29 said:

do you find the extra finger buttons more annoying to get at than having 2 on the thumb?

i prefer the finger buttons than the thumbs because its easier for me and its more of a preference thing. some people like mice with the extra buttons on just the thumb side and some like it around.

 

well if you really want to get a new mouse with all the buttons, you might need to think about it first. like what are the possible uses for these buttons etc.

[vanished]

I have just 2 on the side and it's come to the point where I use them without even thinking and if they weren't there I feel awkward and limited, like if you tried to use a mouse without a scroll wheel.  I know personally I could easily go for 4 and make good use of them.

[Hiitchy]

I actually have keys mapped on my mouse for different things in Final Fantasy XIV, it worked out really well for me, but it depends on person to person what their preferences are or what they would be using the buttons for. 

[ARikozuM]

The G502 has the perfect amount of buttons for me. Everything to do with shooting or selecting and even just working with my vet software is done with the mouse and I feel strange without the extra buttons. It's to the point where my hospital desk looks like a gaming battle-station rather than a doctor's OEM off-the-shelf "it only needs to Google" PC. 

[Kimmaz]

I use the logitech G500s, its great.

[BeefyMeats]

Bruh, G402 is where its at; it fits like a glove. Its the same as the G502 but the scroll wheel feels like a normal scroll wheel. Its got five buttons on the side, and all are able to be pressed without hindering access to left/right click, but its also a bit heavy/solid.

It has really helped for focusing my left hand only on WASD / Q / E / R. Than any other awkward further away keys get assigned to my extra mouse buttons, and volume adjustment too. I don't think I could ever go back to not having them.

[ramencupofjoy]

I don't find any use for more than two buttons, so I like the G703. Straightforward and has a really good sensor to boot.

In Overbotch I usually bind melee to the back button.

[Cosmos1234]

Very.My mouse was broken for 3 weeks and i had to use a microsoft mouse.

I was broken for 3 weeks too.

[tJuggernaut29]

I think i decided for the G602 after visiting the microcenter, anyone have experience with that mouse?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Changing fire rates on guns with TopLeftSideThumb button
COD Preset - Concussion on TopLeft, Grenade on BottomLeft

 

Even just forward and back in Web browsing...

 

Don't forget you can even download more software to get the most out of it... assigning macro's and shortcuts to anything is a great ability to have for ease of use.

[Noyu]

2 hours ago, tJuggernaut29 said:

I think i decided for the G602 after visiting the microcenter, anyone have experience with that mouse?

Do check out the G603 as well.