MentalEdge

Hey, I took out some frustrations by making a couple cathartic edits about downvoters that can't be asked to use words, because then I'd be able to retort about how wrong they are.

If you think that wasn't me "getting recalibrated" on this shit by doing something that amounts to little more than screaming into a pillow, then I don't know what to tell you.

Now get off that high horse, it's clear that your inability to reach the grass from up there is making you feel far too superior to even realize when you're being a patronising piece of shit who is farming upvotes, rather than helping anyone.

That's a better reason already, and you actually voiced it.

It's still voting based on your mushy feelings rather than the merits of what someone had to say, but still, bravo!

Now unless you have something to add beyond the obvious, sod off.

I wish. I just cut the straps off entirely so I can hold them further down, but the straps are what makes the off-set weight of the sensor bars bearable, so now I'm dealing with that.

Edit3: Keep em coming, one downvote on a serious comment is annoying. 2 and above after I turn it into a "fuck you" is a score-count.

Edit: Whoever downvoted me, fuck you. If the knuckles work for you, great, but they are objectively an ergonomic disaster.

Their adjustability is an illusion, because the design of the strap means you can't adjust how high or low your grip sits on the handle to accommodate fingers of different length.

So to use them comfortably, you just kinda have to hope your hands are the right size. Valve knows this, that's why they released a cad model for a 3d printed attachment that makes the handle thicker as a shitty fix to increase the grip-button distance.

Edit2: Hah, at least you additional assholes downvoting me now had to read me telling you to get fucked first. You guys are simply wrong if you think the index controllers are ergonomically sailient, and don't need replacing with something better.

You needn't look far to find Reddit post after post, article after article discussing the atrocious design when it comes to real people trying to use the damn things.

I actually hate the knuckles. They are ergonomic amateur hour, they were made for one size and one size only. I regret ditching my CV1 because of them, though being able to play VR games on Linux numbs the pain a lot.

For me they are basically unusable because of the placement of the buttons in relation to the handle.

Due to the straps, your hand has to scoot right up to the top end of the handle, but this means my long skinny thumb lands way past where the buttons are. To use the buttons, the touch pad or the joystick, I have to bend my thumb into a claw that's not even close to comfortable.

To see what I mean, hold your phone with one hand and try to touch the corner closest to that hand. That's what the Index controllers are like to use for me. I basically stopped playing games that require using the buttons.

The top adjustment moves side to side, not up and down, and if you put it in the lowest position possible, and therefore best for me, I now also have to bend my fingers sideways as well as inwards.

The large hand adaptor that valve made for people like me to 3d print barely helps, and makes their already heavier weight even more of an issue in games like beat saber.

I desperately need an alternative to them