I thought that was pretty neat, and I liked the flexibility of being able to move with my right OR left hand, but it was only after I began learning how to tank that I truly realized just how critical strafing and moving backwards was to World of Warcraft. Once I had my n52te up and running, I began using the D-Pad to strafe and walk backwards. Luckily, in the early days of WoW playing as a healer meant I was usually removed from the action and never needed to actually face my intended targets, so I never really found this to be a problem. As a result, when I play using a standard keyboard, I cannot strafe or back up. I tried it once or twice, but pretty much failed miserably. Final item of note, I don’t use the scroll wheel on the n52te as a button, instead it controls my speaker volume.įirst, a confession: I don’t know how to use WASD. The larger pad below the D-Pad is bound to my R-CTRL key (Push-to-Talk button). I use the smaller round thumb button above the D-Pad as my L-ALT key (for use in macros). Keep in mind that you can configure your keybinds however you like, I would just recommend avoiding keys that are bound to interface functions you use a lot (such as B for your backpack, P for spell book, or J for the guild roster). It was sort of arbitrary when I chose that to be the first key. The very first button is the accent/tilde key, which is just to the left of the 1 on my keyboard. The n52te has 14 regular buttons, a scroll wheel button, a round thumb button, a D-Pad, and a large thumb pad. From all appearances, my three year old n52te and the new Razer Nostromo are the same device.
*Note: For simplicities sake I’m just going to refer to the gaming pad as “n52te” from here on out. Keep in mind the keybinds for the n52te/Nostromo* are highly customizable and I would recommend taking the time to see how a few different configurations work for you, especially regarding the movement keys and “alt” key locations. Lately, I’ve thought it was about time that someone to put together an updated guide for (as it is now called) the Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad*. I’ve had to make room for our new spells and abilities, re-write macros to accommodate my shapeshifting preferences, and reorganize the movement keybinds.
Overtime, I’ve moved a lot of things around. When I first began using the Belkin n52te* Phaelia’s post really influences my choice of spell locations and macros. It revolutionized the way I played World of Warcraft, and was definitely one of the best decisions I have made in my gaming career. Now, over four years later I still use the Belkin n52te keypad and I love it to pieces. Back in May of 2009 I was inspired by Phaelia’s post in her (now retired) blog Resto4Life about the Belkin n52 to purchase my own gaming keypad.
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