ZBoard GW:F keyset

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Joh
Joh
Lion's Arch Merchant
#1
Looks like us ZBoard owners (though I'm still waiting for mine to arrive) will get a new keyset pretty soon.

http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=57398 (note: swedish page, but image and description are in english)

edit: "Boka" is swedish for pre-order so I guess it's not released yet. Specially since I can't find it at the official page either.
Esprit
Esprit
Desert Nomad
#2
Care to elaborate what makes a ZBoard so special compared to normal keyboards?
ibex333
ibex333
Desert Nomad
#4
Yay! it's about time!

Can someone who already has a zboard explain a couple of things to me?

1) So you buy this thing, it snaps on your keyboard, install the software, and you're good to go? Or you need to buy something else?

2)In your experience, how much did this help with your gaming? Rate it in usefulness 1 to 10 please.


If this thing is useful, I rather buy this and Factions - NOT CE. For the price of CE, I can have the Zboard and Factions.
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dargon
Furnace Stoker
#5
Personally, I prefer this

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie...ing/index.html

which you can get from newegg for $35 US, IMO, all the zboard is is a keyboard with fancy graphics and a few buttons that are shaped slightly differently.

The zboard insert works out to roughly $28 US (though newegg sells the inserts from around $20) + the cost of the zboard ($43 US at newegg). Sure the zboard is a full keyboard but really is it particularly comfortable to use for anything except gaming, not to mention that each game you want to use it 'properly' for requires that you spend more money.
Gaile Gray
Gaile Gray
ArenaNet
#6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joh
Looks like us ZBoard owners (though I'm still waiting for mine to arrive) will get a new keyset pretty soon.
http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=57398 (note: swedish page, but image and description are in english) edit: "Boka" is swedish for pre-order so I guess it's not released yet. Specially since I can't find it at the official page either.
Oooh, that's lovely! I hadn't seen that before. Thanks for the link!
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rollntider
Lion's Arch Merchant
#7
I have a zboard I will definately pick one up. I had one for wow, I traded it for the LOTR games. I cant wait to use one for the game I play the most.
Feminist Terrorist
Feminist Terrorist
Desert Nomad
#8
I didn't know there was a z-board for GW. I had looked some months ago, but didn't find it on the site.
theVariable
theVariable
Frost Gate Guardian
#9
Feminist, that's because it's new

Dargon, thanks for the link. The WolfKing Warrior looks a lot better for my uses, since I tend to play more than one game and I do so on my laptop
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skretth
Krytan Explorer
#10
its probably because if u go through the forums, teh gw posts have hte most compared to ANY other game there
Mordakai
Mordakai
Grotto Attendant
#11
There's even an ad for it in the most recent PCGamer!
Mindcrime
Mindcrime
Krytan Explorer
#12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joh
edit: "Boka" is swedish for pre-order so I guess it's not released yet. Specially since I can't find it at the official page either.
Correct.
Feminist Terrorist
Feminist Terrorist
Desert Nomad
#14
So...does this actually help your game or is it just something new and spiffy to use? Not that there's anything wrong with new gadgets.
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Kybos
Academy Page
#15
I have many ZBoards, and I have them all to be pretty useful.

The layout is nice for the keysets that I have; but, buying keysets for each game gets kinda lame and expensive.

I will probably buy this keyset when it comes out, but thats cuz I am a freak for Zboard keysets.
nohooiam
nohooiam
Lion's Arch Merchant
#16
honestly i think its a big waste of money.

for 60 bucks, the better choice is getting the high end keyboard from logi or ms
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rollntider
Lion's Arch Merchant
#17
the actual keyset is usually 20 bucks online and 15 in stores. The base set is around 40 bucks, if you already own a zboard base like me, then the cost will be around 15 bucks. I will purchase it because it has GW on it
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
Forge Runner
#18
*Looks at my standard Dell keyboard*

*sigh*
T1Cybernetic
T1Cybernetic
Desert Nomad
#19
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joh
Looks like us ZBoard owners (though I'm still waiting for mine to arrive) will get a new keyset pretty soon.

http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=57398 (note: swedish page, but image and description are in english)

edit: "Boka" is swedish for pre-order so I guess it's not released yet. Specially since I can't find it at the official page either.

Thats pretty cool news for us z-boarders, but now i need
to find the space to fit, yet another keyset for another game, .

It's starting to look like a z-board warehouse my place...
BellyFlop
BellyFlop
Krytan Explorer
#20
Here for people in the UK they can get the Keys here as well.

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=RM02759&title=zboard_k %20eyset_-_guild_wars_factions_-_limited_edition!

Released: 28 April 2006