Gamers are the best and worst customers to have. If you can get them to try out your products and like them, you have earned a faithful customer forever. However, if you are not lucky enough to catch their attention before the gamer falls in love with a product, then the manufacturer will never be able to pull them to their side.
Rude Gameware is a company that is new to the scene. You may not have heard of them and if you’ve already found your manufacturer of choice, you might not give them a second glance. When I got the Fierce Gaming Mouse v.2 in the mail, I was shocked. The mouse isn’t perfect, but is well worth a look.
Design
Out of the box the Fierce v.2 is quite the looker. Rude Gameware has mixed tblack and silver together for an incredible two tone look. The basic frame of the mouse is a sturdy, shiny black plastic and this is accented by a black rubberized texture in the places where you hand will touch it. The left and right click buttons have a shape and style that are reminiscent of the Razer Deathadder with its grooves that cause the buttons to really hug your fingers. This provides superior comfort as well as grip.
The Fierce v.2 has 4 additional buttons above the standard mouse buttons. These include 2 thumb buttons and two index finger buttons. These buttons have the most ergonomically perfect placement of any mouse that I have ever touched. Using them is the most natural thing you can do. There is absolutely no hand discomfort at all in their use.
The silver button in the center will allow you to cycle through 4 DPI settings. Each DPI has its own color as a visual indicator of which setting you are using. While the color indicator is very helpful, the button is not at ergonomically comfortable as the thumb and index finger buttons. The placement is only complaint that anyone could have about it. If you are used to using you finger tip to change DPI, then you will have to retrain yourself to use the base of your finger to click it or deal with the discomfort.
The mouse comes with 35 grams of adjustable weights that you can apply to the weight tray that ejects from the bottom. The weights include 3 ten grams and a five gram. The weight tray ejects when you push the button on the bottom of the mouse. The latch holds the tray in under normal circumstances but if you set down the mouse too hard then the tray may eject itself.
