Are gaming peripherals overrated?

[nightHawk12]

From personal experience, I thought getting a gaming mouse(G102) would help me rank up and improve my aim in FPS like CSGO(Gold) and Valo(GNM). Turns out I am still stuck in the same rank after 2 years. I know I have skill issues but isn't it a marketing gimmick if they sell the mouse and keyboard with a gaming prefix and add multiple DPI options and a 1000hz polling rate when you literally can't improve just because of upgrading the gear?

On the contrary, I believe good headphones are necessary for footsteps and sound but I seriously doubt gaming mouse and keyboard has any impact on gaming other than aesthetics and placebo.

 

[ronnie_gogs]

A mouse with a good sensor and polling rate is would perform much better than any normal office everyday mouse designed for regular usage. Its not just aesthetics as you can actually feel the difference in performance. However you cant just expect to improve your ELO just cause of your equipment. If you feel it makes no difference whatsoever try playing the games with a regular office mouse and see if its just aesthetics. For my case I hate using the generic logitech, HP mouse even for normal usage. It feels sluggish and not as responsive.

Gaming keyboards are another matter. A good normal keyboard will perform good no matter the application. However there are keyboards which can give an unfair advantage in games. Mostly applies to higher ELO ranked matches but adjustable actuation keyboards can be game changer for fps games. Some features are even banned in tournaments like snap tap in razer and rapid tap in steel series keyboards.

Wooting, Razer Huntsman, Steelseries Apex these gaming keyboards can offer a advantage which normal keyboards cannot provide. But you are talking about keyboards costing over 10k usually.

Again if you have skill issue no gaming mice or keyboard can magically improve your ELO.