The Aquila-X is one of the entry level gaming mice from Armaggeddon. Originally I had purchased this mouse because my older supposedly "gaming" mouse was supposed to last me a while, though one year is hardly lasting for me. Priced at RM 69.90 from the store I bought it from, it was quite a hard choice for me as there were many other cheaper mouse which I could have easily picked but I decided to try out gaming products from Armaggeddon.
Going over the cosmetics first, the mouse comes with a matte finish covered with a soft touch feel. As you can see from the images above, the mice also has LED lines along both sides of the mouse which light up red on my model, but most other models light up blue. Though the mouse comes with many other patterns on the mouse itself, and different colours as well, like red (as shown above), green, yellow and blue, though they're LED lights are either blue or red and you cannot change the colour of the LED. And as you can see it is very apparent that this mouse does not come with macro keys like other similar looking gaming mice such as the Steel Series Kana, Sensei and Kinzu, while not having the two side thumb buttons of the Kana or the Sensei. It also shows that this mouse is suitable for real-time strategy games like Starcraft II but work well on other genres like first-person shooters too, more on that later. The scroll wheel has a textured surface, adding a more expensive look in my opinion. It also has an ambidextrous design making it a just as comfortable for left-handed users, but this also leads to a less comfortable design compared to mice like Func's MS-3 or the Razer Naga which has a place for your pinky finger to rest comfortably.
The button below the mouse changes the CPI of the mouse. The basic four different CPIs are 400, 800, 1600 and 3200, and the colour of the CPI button changes accordingly, starting from off to red and ends at the blueish green. It's not really a selling point, and maybe some of your OCDs will be tested seeing green and red, but its nice to know what CPI setting you're on, and you can play around with the software which you will have to install to change certain settings on the mouse.
There are a few additional features that come with the mouse, the software would be one of them, which does let you change how bright the LED lights shine, and also allows you to add breathing effects. The software also lets you set macro-keys which will be brought with the mouse itself since it does come with 64 KB of Onboard memory, and it lets you set up to 5 different profiles. It's cool that they let you set up custom keys for the mouse but since they are just 4 different buttons on the mouse. A braided cable is a welcome feature which they have added to this mouse, which does make your cable last longer and not suffer too much damage from animals like cats (I have 4 at home, and previously I had lost 2 devices because of them, love them though).
On to the overall feel, it is very comfortable to hold and use, and we have to thank the soft touch feel for that. It also makes it easy to grip the mouse and also prevents it from slipping off your hand while you're in those stressful gaming situations. I would recommend this mouse for those who like to claw-grip their mouse, users who like to palm-grip might consider opting for a different model. The mouse also has three large teflon feet, and they glide across most suitable surfaces quite smoothly. The left and right buttons are just as they should be, and are just as comfortable.
I tested it out on a few games, and very clearly it shows you which group of gamers it is aimed at. It mostly for those that prefer to use the mouse without additional macro-keys. It works superbly on Starcraft II, I played a few games and also was still comfortable to use over those long periods. It worked fine for Dota 2 as well but for games like Blacklight : Retribution, which I had already set my previous mouse's thumb buttons to weapon slots 3 and 4. And though it does take some time getting used to, not having the thumb buttons make it a little harder to access my grenades which are on weapon slots 3 and 4 (yes, I carry 2 grenades). I had also played Hawken with it, and works fine as well.
This mouse is well-made, and the soft touch feel and matte finish keep the mouse from looking like a cheap product and adds a certain premium feel to it. And although it is an optical mouse, using a suitable surface won't present any problems with using it. I did face only one problem with it, which is the mouse suddenly starts trailing randomly (not across the screen just a small area) when left for a while. This does not happen while you are moving the mouse, only after you leave it for a while which happens a lot while when I watch movies. And what surprised me was it only happens when I leave it on the mouse pad which was also a product from Armaggeddon, and not on the black table the mouse is resting on in the pictures. But since it doesn't affect me when gaming, it might just be me. As a final verdict, it is a good mouse and for the price if you want a gaming mouse, at a cheap price, bare minimum, no bells and whistles this is an excellent choice, but that is pretty much as far as this mouse goes.
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