3D Mouse in WoW

In my quest for one handed WoW gaming (and in my case, left handed as I have very limited use of my right hand, not enough to feel comfortable with a standard mouse or wasd), I've tried many different devices and programs to get the most out of WoW. The official mouse that came out a few years ago perked up my interest, but understandably it is made for right handed gamers. I've tried various programs with the 360 controller and even found one that worked for me for a while before it ended up crapping out. I recently tried the Logitech G13 as well once I found out the joystick was able to be used for mouse movement, but it's not meant for a faster paced, on the move game like WoW.

But now I found out about a 3D mouse that basically has 3 analog sticks that you're supposedly able to map to keys in WoW. Being left handed, it is great that both sides have a analog stick, as that means one will be accessible by my thumb. A second, I intend to make use of, is in between the right and left click buttons. I hope I'm allowed to link to this image, because it shows the setup and default layout of this mouse for WoW:



I think with the way it is setup by default, they are still (rightfully) assuming that the majority of people are going to use the majority of their spells by the keyboard. Here is what I was thinking, and this is where I thought you guys could add your thoughts and ideas about it. I'm going to be using mostly the middle and the right joystick, where in my case my left thumb would be placed. One of those, I plan to make WASD for movement. The other, I plan to make my abilities 1 2 3 4 by way of pressing up down left right. Anybody who has played console RPGs is probably familiar with using the analog directions for spells, but I realize to others it might sound strange. Now, my right hand, I think, will be able to handle pushing shift and control as a modifier, and that in conjunction with the analog I choose to use for 1 2 3 4 will access 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =. I realize this only leaves me with 12 abilities, though. Maybe I can also use alt for 4 more spells. I think I'll be able to manage with 12-16 frequently used spells. For the rest used less frequently, maybe I could use the scroll through the action bars feature?

The analog stick that would be accessed by my ring finger or my pinky finger doesn't seem like it would be that easy to use, though I suppose I won't know until I get my hand on the mouse. I figured I would map stuff like jump, map, quest log and bags there. Useful stuff that isn't that pertinent to have fast reflexes on them. What would you use it for?

Thanks for reading and (hopefully!) replying to my long winded post, I find the people here more intelligent and helpful overall, so I hope to see a few new ideas for when my new mouse arrives in a couple of days, and I hope even more it will allow me to finally play WoW comfortably!|||For you and your issues, I'm sure it's great. I have the opposite problem in that I am susceptible to repetitive motion injuries in my hands from computers (web designer and a gamer), knitting, and violin, so I'll be staying away from this mouse myself.

However, report back and let people know how it goes. There have been other people posting here who have had similar issues to yours and it would be nice to be able to point them at something that might help.

...Ren|||Interesting..|||First impressions of the mouse aren't good after a couple hours with it. Everything works, but the analogs are a bit smaller than I thought they would be. Also, WASD isn't as fluid on the analog stick as it is on the G13. It's not really playable. I'll continue to tweak the settings and try it out more for a few days, but I don't think it's a comfort thing.